[time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display
Edgardo Molina
xe1xus at amsat.org
Wed Nov 14 03:37:08 UTC 2012
Dear Azelio, Tom, John and Luciano ( I hope I am not missing anybody),
Thank you all of you for your kind advise on this subject. I am sorry I was unable to reply in a timely manner. I had to leave town for a week for new IT business. I think I will start by dismantling the unit display and test the tantalum capacitors as you mentioned. If I can achieve success by doing this it is fine. Otherwise I could consider using it as the GPIB workhorse as I just started to obtain my first ADEV, MDEV and TDEV graphs with TimeLab and a Prologix adapter. May I know the command for turning the display off via the GPIB port? That is something nice for long periods of sampling.
A whole new world has just opened to me. Know I am starting to get intimate with my frequency standards by knowing them in deep. If all goes well I should start updating my wish list for a Wavecrest DTS unit next year. For now I will squeeze every single Tau value from the graphs using the 53132A.
Last but not least. If the display fades away I could eventually consider buying a new one as the whole instrument is in pristine condition and would be a shame to see it working without a brilliant display.
Thank you for all your feedback.
Wishing you all a pleasant evening/morning.
Kind regards,
Edgardo Molina
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On Nov 4, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Timeok <timeok at timeok.it> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> to avoid more display "consumption" during long acquisitions, there is an HPIB command to blank the display on the counter. I have asked to KE5FX to add this feature in Timelab during the acquisition setup. Hope he have time to do this.
>
> Luciano
>
>
>
> Il 2012-11-02 23:13 John Lofgren ha scritto:
>> <- snip ->
>>
>> Two possibilities: Cathode poisoning or bad tantalum caps. I'm not
>> sure if "cathode poisoning" is really the correct term for this
>> effect, but it's similar. There have been a number of tutorials out
>> there about rejuvenating VF displays.
>>
>> <- snip ->
>>
>> It appears that the military parts system has the EL displays listed
>> for replacement purposes.
>> http://www.wbparts.com/rfq/5980-01-396-4645.html
>> http://www.iso-group.com/Public/PartDetail/CP3033A/12619547/12619547.aspx
>>
>> Should the display prove to be beyond recovery it might be possible
>> to buy a new one. Now, the cost may be another matter ...
>>
>> These are made by Noritake-Itron. The generic part number is
>> CP3033A, but it does not show up in their product line on their web
>> site. It might be worth contacting them to see if there's any
>> possibility of still getting them.
>> http://www.noritake-elec.com/contact_us.htm
>>
>> Searching for Itron CP3033A turns up some parts brokers that claim to
>> have access to 251 of them.
>>
>> -John
>>
>>
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