Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

Dear Edgardo, On 14/11/12 04:37, Edgardo Molina wrote: 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

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

Hi Edgardo,all, the command to blank the display you can find: http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/53131-90044.pdf page 3-36 Disable display: :DISPlay:ENABle OFF (See Note below.) Note: This value is not stored on Save and is not part of the non-volatile state. Hope this command

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

Hi If you go shopping for a parts donor, a 53181 is probably going to be much cheaper. Most of the parts that burn out are common between the models. Bob On Nov 13, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Edgardo Molina xe1...@amsat.org wrote: Dear Azelio, Tom, John and Luciano ( I hope I am not missing

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

Am 14.11.2012 06:41, schrieb Tom Knox: Hi Edgardo; I have been looking for a part number and source. There was a part number posted but it was for the 34401A which is slightly different. I will post price and availability if I find them. Best Wishes; Thomas Knox Hi Edgardo, I bought my

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

Thanks Arnold the more information on this issue the better. I will take a look at your links. Regards, Edgardo Molina Dirección IPTEL www.iptel.net.mx T : 55 55 55202444 M : 04455 10045822 Piensa en Bits SA de CV Información anexa: CONFIDENCIALIDAD DE INFORMACION Este mensaje

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

On 11/14/2012 06:58 PM, Arnold Tibus wrote: Am 14.11.2012 06:41, schrieb Tom Knox: Hi Edgardo; I have been looking for a part number and source. There was a part number posted but it was for the 34401A which is slightly different. I will post price and availability if I find them. Best

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

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

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display 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

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

-53132A Faded and flickering display 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

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

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

[time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

Dear Group, Good morning! I just got my first HP-53132A frequency counter and Prologix GPIB-USB converter. Now I can do some measurements and I am excited about it. Everything looks promising. Condition of the instrument on the outside is like new, controls responsive and no fading in

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

You will be using the counter much on the GPIB than looking to the display, so try to keep the unit untouched. Better to use it and think about another one, now that you have one, you are not in a hurry so you can select a better one. You can also hunt for an SR620 or a Wavecrest... 25pS (or less)

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display Dear Group, Good morning! I just got my first HP-53132A frequency counter and Prologix GPIB-USB converter. Now I can do some measurements and I am excited about it. Everything looks promising. Condition of the instrument on the outside is like

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Edgardo Molina Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 11:24 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display Dear Group, Good morning! I just got my first HP-53132A frequency counter and Prologix GPIB-USB

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

Dear Azelio, Thank you. You are right regarding the GPIB operation but since I was looking for a high resolution frequency counter as well for a versatile basic instrument to start measuring with, I choose this frequency counter. Hunting for a better unit right now will not be a priority as

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

Unless it is a bad tantalum capacitor, as suggested: in this case yes, it has to be fixed. On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Edgardo Molina xe1...@amsat.org wrote: Dear Azelio, Thank you. You are right regarding the GPIB operation but since I was looking for a high resolution frequency counter

Re: [time-nuts] HP-53132A Faded and flickering display

- 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