However, once it's plugged in it emits the most infuriating squeak I've ever heard. It's like it's full of really tiny rape alarms or something.
While it may be a bit low spec compared to a modern scope (20MHz, 10 in dual channel mode), it's a whole 5MHz faster than my vintage farnell DTC12 (wooo...) and it's PC based therefore a storage scope (YAY!!!!)
I'm going to do a bit of poking around and see if this is normal or fixable. Or I might just wrap it in foam and operate it from a draw...
I've emailed Robert Hunt from http://teralab.org/ (first website I found that mentioned an ADC-200) and he suggested it might be a loose inductor core. I've placed my bet on one of the electrolytics drying out.
Only time (and mail-order capacitors) will tell...
In the meantime check out http://teralab.org/ for lots of experimenty goodness.
In the meantime check out http://teralab.org/ for lots of experimenty goodness.
Update update:
Caps arrived, fitted etc. Apparently it wasn't the capacitors :(
It turn's out the mains adapter was to blame
Niiice!
This antique was supplying 15v instead of the required 12v. A quick sift through the spares collection (or crap heap as my dad used to lovingly call it) and some hotglue later:
*Ta-da*
One silent scope! (wasn't that an xbox game or something?)
Moral of this story: always check the power source. Especially if it's a massive, lead filled, unregulated toe-breaker.
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