I recently joined the Fluke 9010a/9005a club, and needed a z80 pod. Turns out these are expensive and very hard to find.
I bought the ebay repro kit, but there were a few things I didn't like about it. For fun, I used it as an excuse to learn how to design pcbs.
This was my first attempt. I'm not trying to profit from these; The minimum order from jlcpcb is 5 boards, so instead of throwing out the extras, I thought I'd offer the other 4 sets for sale and offset some of my component costs.
I also ran a second version and will likely add those 4 additional sets and partially assembled prototype boards later.
Things to note:
These are bare boards for the POD and protection circuits only - no components, cables, etc. are included.
Each set includes:
1 x Top board
1 x Bottom board
5 x Protection boards
BoM
I haven't had my fluke long enough to become an expert on using these yet, but I can tell you that the assembled pod passes self test, bus tests, is able to check roms, and runs uut successfully.
I made a couple of minor mistakes while designing the boards:
- I made an error with one of the traces on the bottom board and I had to manually sever it. It's marked on the board. Don't repair it.
- I reversed the footprint for a diode and a transistor in the schematics and the pcb is cosmetically showing them in the wrong orientation. Thankfully, the components just have to be installed in the opposite direction (documented and marked on the boards - see pics).
- I used two different capacitor footprint sizes on accident. Some have 5mm leg spacing (top board) and some are 2.5mm leg spacing (bottom board).
These boards are very close to the original schematics and BoM except for an alternative to the Fluke U10 voltage protector.
The pod uses the same header pinout as the schematics for the Fluke and UUT cables.
The version of the rom I'm using is 540351R1.1, but I'm not providing an image of it. Both the rom image and the z80 pod schematics can be found online.
I will not support these, but will answer any questions I can about assembly.
While not specific to these boards in particular, there is also a very helpful forum devoted to other repro fluke pods where you may be able to find help if you run into any trouble:
https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/fluke-reproduction-pods.484008/
4 sets available.
$55 + shipping per set.
Mailed in a bubble envelope mailer.
ppff preferred
Thanks.
I bought the ebay repro kit, but there were a few things I didn't like about it. For fun, I used it as an excuse to learn how to design pcbs.
This was my first attempt. I'm not trying to profit from these; The minimum order from jlcpcb is 5 boards, so instead of throwing out the extras, I thought I'd offer the other 4 sets for sale and offset some of my component costs.
I also ran a second version and will likely add those 4 additional sets and partially assembled prototype boards later.
Things to note:
These are bare boards for the POD and protection circuits only - no components, cables, etc. are included.
Each set includes:
1 x Top board
1 x Bottom board
5 x Protection boards
BoM
I haven't had my fluke long enough to become an expert on using these yet, but I can tell you that the assembled pod passes self test, bus tests, is able to check roms, and runs uut successfully.
I made a couple of minor mistakes while designing the boards:
- I made an error with one of the traces on the bottom board and I had to manually sever it. It's marked on the board. Don't repair it.
- I reversed the footprint for a diode and a transistor in the schematics and the pcb is cosmetically showing them in the wrong orientation. Thankfully, the components just have to be installed in the opposite direction (documented and marked on the boards - see pics).
- I used two different capacitor footprint sizes on accident. Some have 5mm leg spacing (top board) and some are 2.5mm leg spacing (bottom board).
These boards are very close to the original schematics and BoM except for an alternative to the Fluke U10 voltage protector.
The pod uses the same header pinout as the schematics for the Fluke and UUT cables.
The version of the rom I'm using is 540351R1.1, but I'm not providing an image of it. Both the rom image and the z80 pod schematics can be found online.
I will not support these, but will answer any questions I can about assembly.
While not specific to these boards in particular, there is also a very helpful forum devoted to other repro fluke pods where you may be able to find help if you run into any trouble:
https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/fluke-reproduction-pods.484008/
4 sets available.
$55 + shipping per set.
Mailed in a bubble envelope mailer.
ppff preferred
Thanks.
