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What is typical deflection yoke current for full displacement?
Just curious how much current is required in the deflection yoke coil for a
full scale displacement of the dot? Are we talking in the mA or A range for a typical - let say ~20" - tube? I've seen vertical deflection circuitry specs around 3A p-p. Does the yolk really require this much current to reach full scale dot displacement for a sweep? Trying to get a rough guestimate of measurement bandwidth should I use the TV as an oscilloscope given the limitations of the voltage to current circuitry. Was going to implement V to I circuitry using high voltage and slew op-amps. It's not looking too hot - those coils really screw you. A TV oscope - that makes no linearity adjustments and has no bells and whistles - with a bandwidth in the 10's to 100's kHz is pretty crappy. If the yoke current range is in the amp range, I'm really hosed - not that I expected a high performance scope... Thanks, Monty |
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If you want to make a TV scope, you will be limited to the possible
timebase, because the effect of a physical magnetic field from such a winding is limited in response to start with. The yoke core, and winding is also designed to work at peak efficiency in the scan range that it was designed to work in. This is the reason why scope tubes use deflection plates, and not electromagnetic windings to make them have deflection. The scans in the TV set have very fast rise times. This way, very high peak current can be used. Depending on the particular yoke and deflection circuit design, they are using about 2 to 4 Amperes to do the deflection. You are in the proper range for the scan current. This however, is a very fast rise time. The average current would be bit lower. If you are using a TV CRT for a scope, don't expect more than a few hundred kHz resolution at the very best. For the cost and effort, you can find some very good used scopes around. Take in mind that when used, they are not expensive in relation to their original purchase price. You may have to buy two or three of them that are the same model, if they are older models, so that you can have spare parts to keep one good one going. I have seen some older descent 100 mHz scopes going for under 1000 US. The original purchase prices for these were in the many thousands of dollars. -- Jerry G. ====== "Monty Hall" wrote in message m... Just curious how much current is required in the deflection yoke coil for a full scale displacement of the dot? Are we talking in the mA or A range for a typical - let say ~20" - tube? I've seen vertical deflection circuitry specs around 3A p-p. Does the yolk really require this much current to reach full scale dot displacement for a sweep? Trying to get a rough guestimate of measurement bandwidth should I use the TV as an oscilloscope given the limitations of the voltage to current circuitry. Was going to implement V to I circuitry using high voltage and slew op-amps. It's not looking too hot - those coils really screw you. A TV oscope - that makes no linearity adjustments and has no bells and whistles - with a bandwidth in the 10's to 100's kHz is pretty crappy. If the yoke current range is in the amp range, I'm really hosed - not that I expected a high performance scope... Thanks, Monty |
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the vertical & horizontal should be the same so .......
on a old TV or turn the brightness down disconnect the vertical yoke and connect to 0-30 volt power supply and measure the current. "Monty Hall" wrote in message m... Just curious how much current is required in the deflection yoke coil for a full scale displacement of the dot? Are we talking in the mA or A range for a typical - let say ~20" - tube? I've seen vertical deflection circuitry specs around 3A p-p. Does the yolk really require this much current to reach full scale dot displacement for a sweep? Trying to get a rough guestimate of measurement bandwidth should I use the TV as an oscilloscope given the limitations of the voltage to current circuitry. Was going to implement V to I circuitry using high voltage and slew op-amps. It's not looking too hot - those coils really screw you. A TV oscope - that makes no linearity adjustments and has no bells and whistles - with a bandwidth in the 10's to 100's kHz is pretty crappy. If the yoke current range is in the amp range, I'm really hosed - not that I expected a high performance scope... Thanks, Monty |
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"Monty Hall" wrote in message m... Just curious how much current is required in the deflection yoke coil for a full scale displacement of the dot? Are we talking in the mA or A range for a typical - let say ~20" - tube? I've seen vertical deflection circuitry specs around 3A p-p. Does the yolk really require this much current to reach full scale dot displacement for a sweep? Trying to get a rough guestimate of measurement bandwidth should I use the TV as an oscilloscope given the limitations of the voltage to current circuitry. Was going to implement V to I circuitry using high voltage and slew op-amps. It's not looking too hot - those coils really screw you. A TV oscope - that makes no linearity adjustments and has no bells and whistles - with a bandwidth in the 10's to 100's kHz is pretty crappy. If the yoke current range is in the amp range, I'm really hosed - not that I expected a high performance scope... Thanks, Monty While this doesn't answer your question, I will say that if you just want a cheap scope, pick up an old Heathkit, Eico or similar tube scope from Ebay or a hamfest, you can get them for 10 bucks or less usually and the performance while low by todays standards, will blow away anything you can make from a TV. |
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"James Sweet" wrote in message news:%JZyd.2924$Y57.1652@trnddc08... | While this doesn't answer your question, I will say that if you just want a | cheap scope, pick up an old Heathkit, Eico or similar tube scope from Ebay | or a hamfest, you can get them for 10 bucks or less usually and the | performance while low by todays standards, will blow away anything you can | make from a TV. While they will be useable for basic TV servicing, a good scope can be had on eBay for not much more than an old Eico type. For some reason they have been selling for very little money in recent months - over supply I guess. N |
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