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to: Jasen Betts
from: Leonard Erickson
date: 2003-05-23 16:36:14
subject: Info on old Serial to parallel converter

-=> Quoting Jasen Betts to Leonard Erickson <=-

 JB> Hi Leonard.

 JB> 21-May-03 03:34:09, Leonard Erickson wrote to Jasen Betts
 
 LE> It does have the 1488/1489 chiups. I remember those from when I
 LE> had it open, because I recognized them.

 JB> ok... in the 1488 pin 1 is V+  pin 14 is V- (theyre generally
 JB> somewhere near +/- 12v (but my notes say 7.5v to 15v)

 JB> so you could trace those pins back towards the powersupply end...

 JB> I'd expect either a rectifier of sorme sort and some resevoir
 JB> caopacitors the design of that could give some clues as to pahw sort of
 JB> supply it needs, or possibly a little DC-DC converter

 JB> and also work from the other end is there a rectifier that (for an AC
 JB> supply) or just that regulator

This whole unit is way too small for most of that stuff. The power
comes in via a "typical" coax power jack. And while there *is* a diode
and a few *small* capacitors, I doubt it's doing anything fany. 

Remember, this gizmo is about the size of a deck of cards.

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