02-01-2016, 07:22 PM
When, long long time ago, in the beginning of my career I used to troubleshoot computers (PDP-11 type, so....large, multi-board etc) I made me one troubleshooting gadget I 1)could not do without, and 2) could do pretty much everything with.
Except power supply repair, which I had analog multimeter for.
That device was.... A logic probe. The industry was not making one to my specs, (not just Hi/lo and blinking pulse indicator, but mid-level and pulse counter also, plus very fast) so I designed and built one myself. Other than power supplies, I never had to use anything else. Even the multimeter.
I got me a scope but it was a whim my boss was willing to pay for. I did not need it nor I had any use for it unless after work hours when I got to play with my audio experiments.
It's like.....all you need some meet and some potatoes and a beer, but sometimes you just want some fancy stuff and then you pay your week's allowance for some caviar and a bottle of Mumm. Nice. But not necessary. But nice.
Except power supply repair, which I had analog multimeter for.
That device was.... A logic probe. The industry was not making one to my specs, (not just Hi/lo and blinking pulse indicator, but mid-level and pulse counter also, plus very fast) so I designed and built one myself. Other than power supplies, I never had to use anything else. Even the multimeter.
I got me a scope but it was a whim my boss was willing to pay for. I did not need it nor I had any use for it unless after work hours when I got to play with my audio experiments.
It's like.....all you need some meet and some potatoes and a beer, but sometimes you just want some fancy stuff and then you pay your week's allowance for some caviar and a bottle of Mumm. Nice. But not necessary. But nice.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
