Plus, then the vectorlist could then have it's own legacy of flaky
vector components! ;-)
Murphy's power over vector monitors is way to strong to overcome !
Clay Cowgill wrote:
>
> > Instead of waiting for HV transformers to be made, would it be simpler
> > to use some very popular, existing HV transformer (a nice one with the
> > HV diode built in) and design new drive electronics around it?
> >
> This is a good idea, IMHO. I had looked into using a GO-7 HV transformer as
> the basis for a new HV supply (not the cheapest, but readily available --
> seemingly forever-- and I had all the "parts" needed on old GO-7 chassis).
> I quickly realized I was in over my head on the analog side though and kinda
> abandoned the idea.
>
> The gotcha with picking a "cheap" HVT from MCM is whether it'll be cheap
> forever. (Sometimes the cheap ones are just getting sold off.) I also have
> *no* idea where you'd get a "designer's guide" for a particular model HVT.
> (I didn't know how to spec the boost transformer from a new supplier--
> robbing them from old GO-7's is only good for a while...)
>
> Since most all the color vectors use the same tube it seems that a common HV
> supply would be very do-able.
>
> I wonder if there's such a thing as "several" HVT's that have common
> footprints and at least "sorta" close specs? If so it'd probably be
> possible to do a single PCB and then have different stuffing options for
> more than one transformer in-case one were to "go off the cheap list"...
>
> -Clay
Received on Tue Jun 8 16:47:19 1999
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