Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Accu-Rite III DRO

In a message dated 08-Apr-01 20:52:38 Central Daylight Time, bheuver@...
writes:

> Does anyone know what the common failure on these is? Are they
> worth spending any time on, or am I best just to junk it, and use one
>

No clue what "common failure" is on those. But take a DVM and probe around
to see if the Vcc is OK (usually 5 VDC, and maybe some 12 VDC, etc., for the
readout, if other than red 7-seg. LED).

Probably not, but POSSIBLE the Vcc has lost its regulator, and gone "high",
to maybe +8 to +15 VDC, which would probably cook ALL the 5-V. logic IC's.

PC's are cheap, often free, these days, for old ones, and a '386 will perform
vastly more wonders than just counting like a DRO! But you gotta be a bit of
a nerdtinkerer to make use of that fact. Lotsa luck!

Duh...


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]