Fluke 2640A and Fluke 2645A NetDAQ teardown
Created: 24 March 2025
Brief look inside Fluke NetDAQ scanner/DMM system.
Brief teardown of the Fujitsu PRAID C400i SAS HBA controller
Created: 30 January 2025
Dead SAS storage PCI-express controller card autopsy
Home-friendly 40 GbE link under 100$
Created: 28 January 2025
Setting up fast 40 GbE datalink between two machines for NAS application on budget.
Temperature datalogger for metrology instrumentation transport
Created: 23 January 2025
Model 6440 and 6442 datalogging thermometers with traceable calibration
8SFF NVMe kit for HPE DL380 Gen10 server
Created: 22 January 2025
Hardware from HPE for DL380 G10 servers for NVME PCI-Express based SSD storage connectivity.
Historic voltage reference battery
Created: 21 January 2025
A quick look on Mallory Voltage Reference Battery from 1965 and it's manual
A quick look inside National Instruments PXI-4071 7.5-digit DMM
Created: 17 January 2025
High resolution photos of NI top of the line DMM module - PXI-4071
Keithley 2601 SMU internal hardware photos
Created: 17 January 2025
A quick look inside old Keithley 2601 SMU with broken SMU modules.
Triple point of water 0.01 C standard test
Created: 08 December 2024
Few photos of experimental test with a triple point of water cell
A look at HPE M751dn toner cartridges
Created: 26 November 2024
It's time to rejuvenate HPE Color LaserJet toner cartridges? Photo-report.
Teardown of the Agilent N4691A 26.5 GHz ECAL module for ENA/PNA
Created: 19 November 2024
Agilent N4691A 2-port MW Electronic Calibration Module teardown
Teardown of Agilent 85093C RF calibration box
Created: 19 November 2024
A quick teardown of broken Agilent electronic calibration module for 300 kHz - 9 GHz bandwidth 2-ports
Internal photo of Fujifilm GFX 50S II medium format camera
Created: 14 November 2024
Quick look inside of digital medium format Fujifilm GFX 50S II body
Servicing yet another old Fluke 732A 10V standard
Created: 23 October 2024
A short process of fixing and calibrating Fluke 732A standard with photographs and data
Keysight B2987B electrometer internals photos gallery
Created: 23 October 2024
Internal construction of the updated Keysight B2987B series electrometer/high-resistance meter.
Internal design of Analog Devices DS1230 NVRAMs (former MAXIM (former Dallas))
Created: 20 October 2024
Internal construction images of DS1230 and few other battery-backed SRAM modules for non-volatile memory storage.
Photo-report of IEEE 38th North New Jersey conference and mini-show
Created: 10 October 2024
xDevs.com visited mini-conference and mini-show held on October 9, 2024 in New Jersey, USA.
Once again replacing old tantalum capacitors in TME? Not necessary, people say?
Created: 05 October 2024
Lore on forums about replacing all and every tantalum/electrolytic caps on 20+ year old gear is silly and unnecessary? Think again.
A look on 32-channel power modules from Advantest SSD tester
Created: 20 September 2024
Review of two Advantest SSD DPS G8001-66570 and SSD DR DPS G8003-66520 boards
Photo review of the HP 3458A "Prototype-4" A1 DC board from 1983
Created: 14 September 2024
Hands-on photoreview of very early 1983 HP 3458A hardware - A1 DC board
Weekend project - dual-zener low-noise ADR1000 X9-D module
Created: 19 June 2024
What would happen if lower-noise reference installed in 3458A? A quick look on hardware design.
ADR1001 in the house, ready for experiments
Created: 29 May 2024
Newest integrated heated buried 6.6 V zener reference from Analog Devices is finally delivered
A quick look on Isotech MilliK thermometry readout
Created: 28 May 2024
Isotech MilliK thermometry readout for precision RTD/thermistor measurements.
TBP-3 low-thermal binding post
Created: 24 May 2024
Overview of the TBP-3 low thermal EMF binding posts for electrical metrology enthusiasts
Fluke 80F-15 high voltage probe teardown
Created: 21 April 2024
A quick look at construction of high voltage probe for 15kV measurements
VPG VHP-3 10 Omega resistance element teardown
Created: 16 April 2024
Teardown of the damaged 10 Ohm VHP-3 high power foil resistor in TO-3 case
Quick look at National Instruments PXI-1000 with modules
Created: 15 April 2024
Teardown and some PXI cards overview from PXI1000 embedded instrumentation chassis
High-resolution macro for HP3458A U180 ASIC
Created: 02 April 2024
Imaging 3458A's ADC ASIC hybrid with Zeiss Axioscope automated microscope
A quick look at Fluke 754 process calibrator performance
Created: 30 March 2024
A calibration test of hand-held Fluke 754 Documenting process calibrator for SignalPath
Datron 4902 - DC divider from Datron 4900 system
Created: 28 March 2024
A quick look inside passive precision 1kV DC-voltage divider from Datron, Model 4902
Tinsley 5648 oven enclosure for resistance standards
Created: 20 March 2024
A quick look inside of heated oven box for thermometry resistance standards, such as 5685A.
ESI cables for bridge system
Created: 20 February 2024
A brief look on historical ESI measurement bridge system cabling
Metal foil TO-99 resistor network Model 1413
Created: 03 February 2024
A quick look, teardown and reverse engineering of old bulk-metal foil resistor networks, VPG 1413
Golden resistor network - VPG VSM86 custom chip
Created: 27 January 2024
A quick look, teardown and reverse engineering of old bulk-metal foil resistor networks from VPG, VSM86
Air draft cover for Measurements International 6000 bridge
Created: 23 January 2024
3D printing air shield for Measurements International 6000A connections.
First data-logging run in 2024
Created: 12 January 2024
Updates to live datalogging setup in year 2024
What's new?
- Fluke 2640A and Fluke 2645A NetDAQ teardown
- Brief teardown of the Fujitsu PRAID C400i SAS HBA controller
- Home-friendly 40 GbE link under 100$
- Temperature datalogger for metrology instrumentation transport
- 8SFF NVMe kit for HPE DL380 Gen10 server
- Historic voltage reference battery
- A quick look inside National Instruments PXI-4071 7.5-digit DMM
- Keithley 2601 SMU internal hardware photos
- Triple point of water 0.01 C standard test