29 May
2015
29 May
'15
1:28 p.m.
That's good to hear.
2 weeks ago I got an HP1630D and last week a 1631.
Both came with pods, but the first one did not have the "plug"
with the test leads, and the second one did. So I bought the second
The actual pods, which are plugged into the back of the instrument are
quite complex and have a ceramic hybrid circuit inside. Not the sort of thing
to attempt to replicate. The input to the pod is a pin header with an
odd spacing. The lead from that to the grabber clips is just wires, so something
could be kludged up
one too for the plugs with leads. The 1631 looks quite
identical to
the 1630, but the 1631 has additionally 2 analog inputs. Not sure
whether I will need them.
They are much the same instrument -- I think the same manual covers both, Most of the
boards are the same (there may well be different firmware on the CPU board, but I think
that is the only change). The 1631 has an extra PCB at the bottom which contains the
custom
input and ADC circuitry to make it act as a digital storage 'scope too.
-tony