PDP 11/45 partial success.
Jim Beacon
jim at g1jbg.co.uk
Fri Mar 18 17:30:32 CST 2005
From: "Tom Uban" <uban at ubanproductions.com>>
> The switching frequency of these supplies is in the neighborhood of 10KHz,
> which I'm guessing at based on my memory of the last time I listened to
> one whine/whistle.
>
> Are you sure that you don't have a ground loop in your scope setup? Have
> you isolated your ground plug wire on your scope? What is the amplitude
> of the spike?
>
> --tom
>
Tom,
it's not ground loop type noise - it is not present on all of the 5V
supplies. I suspect that a couple of the supplies are faulty, but I wasn't
sure if the spikes were a normal function of loading the supplies. I found
that the lightly loaded supplies have more ripple than the heavily loaded
units, and wondered if the spikes were apparent only under certain loading
conditions, but from Mike's reply, it would seem that it is a known fault
condition.
Jim.
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