FYI: Here is the link to the 53132 CLIP.
http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/redirector.jspx?action=ref&cname=AGILENT
_EDITORIAL&ckey=1119025&lc=eng&cc=US&nfr=-33788.536880944.00
It wasn't there last I checked.
John K1AE
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> Subject: [time-nuts] 3.0GHz Channel 3 installation in Agilent 53132A Counter
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> I think I may need to clarify my prior posting.
>
> Both old and new Channel 3 boards work fine (and read correctly) in my older
> 53132A cou
Hi Jim:
I've seen a similar problem when one end of a ribbon cable connector is
soldered to the wrong side of a PCB.
Maybe you can unsolder a connector and install it on the other side?
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Brooke Clarke
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James Robbi
On 2014-03-19 16:00, James Robbins wrote:
I think I may need to clarify my prior posting.
Both old and new Channel 3 boards work fine (and read correctly) in my older
53132A counter.
Both old and new Channel 3 boards fail to work properly in (and read 4x actual)
the newer 53132A counter.
So
I think I may need to clarify my prior posting.
Both old and new Channel 3 boards work fine (and read correctly) in my older
53132A counter.
Both old and new Channel 3 boards fail to work properly in (and read 4x actual)
the newer 53132A counter.
So I think the problem is in the newer main 531
No, the suggestion makes perfect sense. A 12 GHz input board likely
has an internal prescaler with a division ratio that is 4 times that
of a 3 GHz input board, in order to have the main counter running at
the same internal frequency. For example, a 3 GHz input might divide
by 32 while a 12 GHz i
On 3/19/2014 8:26 AM, James Robbins wrote:
Thanks for everyone's help here. I have done some further sleuthing.
I have a second 53132A which has a 3.0GHz Channel 3. So, I switched the new
channel 3 board into the old 53132A and it reads properly. Then, I switched
the old 3.0GHz Channel 3 bo
Thanks for everyone's help here. I have done some further sleuthing.
I have a second 53132A which has a 3.0GHz Channel 3. So, I switched the new
channel 3 board into the old 53132A and it reads properly. Then, I switched
the old 3.0GHz Channel 3 board into the new 53132A and it also read four
Many thanks for all the replies.
Nigel, thank you for the link. I did have this pdf, but was not reading it
correctly.
It has been suggested that perhaps the counter main board was "set up"
(modified) for a 12GHz channel 3. That would have required some mods to the
actual main board, but I a
Jim,
You were looking for a 0 Ohm resistor.
Sometimes HP did not, in fact, insert a 0 Ohm resistor component in later
revs of some PCBs. They just added the default 0 Ohmers in etch, between
two vias. Then, if someone wanted to open the link, the etch was cut. I
guess it saved a couple of pennies
Further checking the service manual indicates that the main board treats
pins 9 and 10 of the ribbon cable as CH3code1 and CH3 code2 respectively so
perhaps it's using these as identifiers and it might be worth checking that
those signals are as expected. The prescaler board schematic shows 9
: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:19:14 -0400
> Subject: [time-nuts] 3.0GHz Channel 3 installation in Agilent 53132A counter
>
> I hope this is not too OT.
>
>
>
> I have acquired a 3.0GHz original Channel 3 board for my Agilent 53132A
> counter. When installed, it reads four times
Hi Jim
According to the schematic in the 53132A service manual and the datasheet
for the MB510 prescaler, the option 030 board is hard wired for a division
ratio of 1/128, and that's the lowest division ratio shown for that
prescaler.
I've not fitted one of the original HP boards but have
On 2014-03-18 12:19, James Robbins wrote:
I hope this is not too OT.
I have acquired a 3.0GHz original Channel 3 board for my Agilent 53132A
counter. When installed, it reads four times (4x) the actual frequency.
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with such an installation and can
point
I hope this is not too OT.
I have acquired a 3.0GHz original Channel 3 board for my Agilent 53132A
counter. When installed, it reads four times (4x) the actual frequency.
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with such an installation and can
point me to some setup item or zero ohm resist
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