Checkout what i did on mine for the blacklight. The -BL lamps output 365nm as their primary UV wavelength. I used a single strip 365nm led for that and then a 18" t8 white retrofit with some automotive tape to provide some white. The UV is just supposed to light up the fluorescent parts of the...
Well it is pretty good. Are there any plans to update the firmware for RZ or is the masteroids rev2 going to be something other than the teensy 4.1?
Got the 10 turn trimmers today and it's so much easier to tweak the darn radar into the right place.
I was messing with the machine this evening messing with video alignment. After about a half hour I noticed a corona sound and it was slowly getting louder coming from the HV PSU. Pulled monitor and popped off the cage to see the diode assy bent to one side. It was warm to the touch but that was...
Got it moved upstairs. Friend had an appliance dolly so she came over and helped me get this thing up. Damn this thing is heavy.
Still waiting on the coins entry bezels and flaps. They should be here tomorrow.
I saw that about adding X-Y Pos controls. But my plan is just bag the boards and the rest of the old parts and place them in the cabinet and use the RedZone.
Diode arrived today and.... it's alive. Lost one spring so I had to scrounge up another. Set to 14.5kv with no beam current.
Image is a little low but once I have the RedZone board back in I can deal with that because it has position controls. Retrace lines are not actually visible.
Im in Aloha, OR, Work in beaverton, literally right across the street from Tek. In fact it's an old Tek building.
Actually got the LeCroy from the Tek company store a bit before the pandemic for a few hundred. Just needed a new bios battery. Found a nice Leeroy 2ghz FET probe there too for...