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
> From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:37:08 -0600 > To: [email protected] > 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 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 > 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 tiene carácter confidencial. Si usted no es el destinarario de > este mensaje, le suplicamos se lo notifique al remitente mediante un correo > electrónico y que borre el presente mensaje y sus anexos de su computadora > sin retener una copia de los mismos. Queda estrictamente prohibido copiar > este mensaje o hacer usode el para cualquier propósito o divulgar su en forma > parcial o total su contenido. Gracias. > > > NON-DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION > > This email is strictly confidential and may also be privileged. If you are > not the intended recipient please immediately advise the sender by replying > to this e-mail and then deleting the message and its attachments from your > computer without keeping a copy. It is strictly forbidden to copy it or use > it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any third party. Thank you. > > > > > > > On Nov 4, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Timeok <[email protected]> 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, go to > >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >> and follow the instructions there. > > > > -- > > timeok > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
