Re: [volt-nuts] 3458A NVRAM

2017-12-19 Thread Dan Kemppainen
FYI, Ramtron was acquired by Cypress Semiconductor. I've had trouble finding some FRAM parts, but that may be changing as Cypress scales up production. Also, watch out for fraudulent parts on ebay. I've ended up buying a couple things that were bad, although not ramtron parts. Anyway, Keep

Re: [volt-nuts] Update on 720A

2017-08-09 Thread Dan Kemppainen
On 8/9/2017 12:00 PM, volt-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: I have trouble believing that the precision WW resistors in the oil bath did go low. I wouldn't presume to argue that you didn't measure them right, but there has to be something other than their value drifting low. WW resistors usually

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-14 Thread Dan Kemppainen
On 12/14/2016 7:18 AM, volt-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Our company has been committed to Eagle for about 5 years. The problem you face is that your investment in IP (schematics, board layouts, component libraries, etc) vastly out-values the software. With a proprietary system, you're

Re: [volt-nuts] volt-nuts Digest, Vol 88, Issue 4

2016-12-13 Thread Dan Kemppainen
On 12/13/2016 12:00 PM, volt-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: If you don't have any personal preference, then KiCad is definitely the way to go. It has improved dramatically since it got the CERN treatment and doesn't cost a cent regardless of size and layers. I haven't run PCBArtist, however it

[volt-nuts] Meter...

2016-10-31 Thread Dan Kemppainen
Hi, How much would you be asking for this? Dan On 10/31/2016 12:00 PM, volt-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Message: 3 Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:22:41 +0100 From: Andrea Baldoni < > To: volt-nuts@febo.com Subject: [volt-nuts] FS: NOS Agilent 34401A Message-ID:

Re: [volt-nuts] volt-nuts Digest, Vol 83, Issue 6

2016-07-06 Thread Dan Kemppainen
On Sun, Jul 03, 2016 at 12:33:04PM +0200, Andrea Baldoni wrote: Hello. I repeated the experiment with a better setup, I also added some alloys that are already arrived. So far, a really "low" EMF solder hasn't been identified. Measurements have been done between water ice point and boiling

Re: [volt-nuts] Building a high resolution DAC

2015-08-17 Thread Dan Kemppainen
Hi, 20 bits is ~1ppm resolution. 1ppm is pushing stability for most references, is it not? I would think that at 24bit or more the reference is more of an issue than the DAC itself. As I recall, sub PPM/C references already eat up your budget and then some! One would guess that as soon the

Re: [volt-nuts] *WAY* too expensive for even Keysight to, redesign

2015-05-15 Thread Dan Kemppainen
On 5/15/2015 12:00 PM, volt-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: In this paradigm shift I think Keysight is better then most. In my experience Agilent/Keysight has been very good. Had a signal generator long out of warranty, develop a problem with a front panel encoder. When calling for a

Re: [volt-nuts] Design Spark PCB Design Package

2015-01-05 Thread Dan Kemppainen
Have you looked at Kicad? It is used by both professionals and hobbyists, and being open source, is not reliant on RS to update it. Now there is a decent open source PCB layout program, I would not suggest anyone learn a new proprietary package unless there were very good reasons, such as an

Re: [volt-nuts] volt-nuts Digest, Vol 64, Issue 4

2014-12-04 Thread Dan Kemppainen
Hi, We have the professional Eagle at work. I also own a pro copy at home. The learning curve is a bit steep, but we have done some pretty neat stuff with it. It's more than paid for itself at home and at work. It's not really a cheap cad package, but it's also not the high end cad. Sort of

[volt-nuts] Voltage Reference.

2014-10-31 Thread Dan Kemppainen
Hi All, I'm working on something that requires a stable voltage reference. Long term stability isn't needed, but good thermal stability is. In other words it would be nice to have sub ppm/C temperature, but a few ppm/month or even per day isn't an issue. Anyway, it got me thinking about building

Re: [volt-nuts] volt-nuts Digest, Vol 36, Issue 14

2012-08-24 Thread Dan Kemppainen
This one looks more complex than you describe. However, I have one of the more simplified units, as you describe (At least, I think I do), which I would like to learn more about... Dan On 8/24/2012 8:00 AM, volt-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Its a potentiometer used to measure dc voltage.