Unusual functions of cheap parts

[Ken Smith]

People are funny. I had a 2 MHz scope once, did lots with it. You can
use scopes well above their f_max with a simple envelope detector.

I had one with about a 30KHz bandwidth. The nice thing about it was that
you could switch to driving the plates externally.

It got lost in a flood :<

 

[Rich Grise]

Win, I did a lot of digging and the best I can find is five glass
1N4004s.

As reluctant as I am to contradict a fart who's even older than me, if
it's glass, it isn't a 1N4004:
http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets_pdf/1/N/4/0/1N4004.shtml

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

clifto wrote...

Yeah. I have some extra instruments not doing anything, if you feel
well enough not to use that as an excuse. I get stuff real cheap on
eBay, and sometimes Harvard types are too proud to use it. And they
also give me stuff nobody wants. A perfectly-fine HP oscilloscope,
for example. Before anybody makes a remark, yes I've used HP scopes,
used them in EE lab years ago, and have a 500MHz 4-channel Infinium
plus an Agilent's 300MHz MSO on my bench now, so hide that smirk.

Well, I've been known to disdain HP scopes because their sync sucks,
and their knobs have terrible backlash, but at that price, hey, beggars
can't be choosers!

You already have my snail mail address - third or fourth class can't
be that expensive - I've gone some years without a scope - a couple more
weeks certainly isn't going to do me any harm! <hint, hint>

Thanks!
Rich

 

[clifto]

Before anybody makes a remark, yes I've used HP scopes,
used them in EE lab years ago, and have a 500MHz 4-channel Infinium
plus an Agilent's 300MHz MSO on my bench now, so hide that smirk.

I've used H-P scopes, too. They're perfectly fine scopes if you don't need
triggered sweep[1]. Some of them even play games.


[1] even those old Telequipment units would trigger on *some* waveforms.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

As reluctant as I am to contradict a fart who's even older than me, if
it's glass, it isn't a 1N4004:
http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets_pdf/1/N/4/0/1N4004.shtml

Cheers!
Rich

So, you think that a single datasheet covers all manufacturers, and
all production runs? Once again, you show a great lack of
understanding. I have several glass 1N4004 diodes in front of me.


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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Homer J Simpson]

So, you think that a single datasheet covers all manufacturers, and
all production runs? Once again, you show a great lack of
understanding. I have several glass 1N4004 diodes in front of me.

400 PIV?

 

[Winfield Hill]

Rich Grise wrote...

As reluctant as I am to contradict a fart who's even older than
me, if it's glass, it isn't a 1N4004:
http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets_pdf/1/N/4/0/1N4004.shtml

You're probably wrong, of course, as Michael Terrell points out,
but I'll have to admit that's an impressive list, and I love the
manufacturer's logos, 26 of them, all lined up. Sigh, I only have
datasheets from 20, stored in my computer. But, I have them from
Won-Top, Leshan Radio, Gulf Semi, Formosa Micro, Dachang, and
Bytesonic, to name a few they don't have, SFAICS. Plus, I have
multiple versions from several of the companies. So there!

So many files, so little time.

 

[Winfield Hill]

Winfield Hill wrote...

Rich Grise wrote...

You're probably wrong, of course, as Michael Terrell points out,
but I'll have to admit that's an impressive list, and I love the
manufacturer's logos, 26 of them, all lined up. Sigh, I only have
datasheets from 20, stored in my computer. But, I have them from
Won-Top, Leshan Radio, Gulf Semi, Formosa Micro, Dachang, and
Bytesonic, to name a few they don't have, SFAICS. Plus, I have
multiple versions from several of the companies. So there!

So many files, so little time.

Correction, they had Leshan Radio, listed as LRC. What a great
site,** now I have 1n4000-series data from 35 manufacturers.
That's got to be a record. Maybe I can stop now. [smile]

** They do append their own announcement page, "This datasheet
has been download from: www.datasheetcatalog.com - Datasheets
for electronics components." but at least it's on the last page.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

400 PIV?

Sure. Why not? They are as big as the plastic versions.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida