I would agree that dis-encapsulating would be a long shot. Many years ago I worked with a company (MuRata?) to create a PLL module for a HDD controller. The module was a SIP, like yours designed on a thin ceramic substrate. Resistors were screen printed on the ceramic while caps, ICs transistors and the pins were soldered. A ceramic-like coating something like powder coating covered the module. That coating was very tough. If they were dropped sometimes a small chip came off but that was it.
If you have access to an oscilloscope, by probing all of the pin you can get an idea of where the (low voltage) inputs, the DC powers and the HV outputs are and what what the relationships ((levels, inversions etc) are. With that information a compatible driver can probably be created. (For extra credit, design a PCB to replace the module) -Bill- On Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 4:42:17 PM UTC-7 nice...@optonline.net wrote: > Hi Terry, > > I have never seen it done with this type of “hard forming” dipped > encapsulation. > > There might be the chance of dissolving the innards along with the epoxy! > > I’ve seen epoxy that fills a mold to cover parts and I think that is > dissolvable > > but I can’t be sure. In any case, this is going to require more > investigation so I > > can choose the best course of action. Thank you for the suggestion. > > All the best, > > Rich > > > > On Sep 26, 2021, at 7:26 PM, Mac Doktor <themac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sep 26, 2021, at 4:07 PM, Dekatron42 <martin....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it should not be to hard to reverse engineer the design and make > your own similar modules if necessary. > > > Is there a convenient way to remove the encapsulating material? I've seen > this done with other equipment. Typically potted in some sort of epoxy. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com > > “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, it > said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close up.”—Carl > Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", *Cosmos*, 1980 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/E32D96E0-C6FE-4AB7-9DD7-A6B8095E51D4%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/E32D96E0-C6FE-4AB7-9DD7-A6B8095E51D4%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/432f3734-833a-45aa-8f1e-46f65e26a950n%40googlegroups.com.
