Does it have to RCA Jan. This style connector is readily available in BNC from all sorts of suppliers.
There is another similar to this for 2.24 CAD @ Digi.
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Well I don't know, wouldn't you want an RCA as the single-ended input?
I actually had a BNC there initially which is an exact form and fit replacement for a buck.
Jan
On test equipment BNC for two reasons. With RCA the ground breaks first when removed and the signal pin makes before ground on insertion. Secondly BNCs I think are generally just all around better quality. RCA was never meant to be used the way they are. The RCA connector was intended to be a board to board or internal point to point connector inside a chassis like they are in HP339A.
But get the other guy's opinion too.
... and then some more on the SilentSwitcher which powers the autoranger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2-5XbKxIGI&feature=youtu.be
Jan
Jan
The Circuit Cellar interview also has a bit on the autoranger at the end...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIj9E2kQWUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIj9E2kQWUE
If you space them at 3/4" then BNC to Banana and double banana connections all just work. I asked for that on the QA401 and was told it would be a problem in the EU market. . . .
Actually ALL 19mm pitch speaker binding posts and connector blocks that accept banana's here are sold with a small plastic insert blocking the hole so you can't plug a mains plug into it.
I have a bunch of these spare if someone wants them
The inserts, that is.
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Funny - I did EXACTLY the same thing. It was a very loud BANG. The year was 1959, I was 5 and the speaker was a Wharfdale. I was never allowed to touch our beautiful Garrard 401 after that for like 10 years.....It was one of the stories I told my wife after I decided she's going to be my wife..to come clean for ALL sins, so to speak.
That is funny.
But I live in North America where the outlets are all blade type. No one knows, to this day, how I managed to get a banana plug into it. I don't remember myself.
I do recall thinking all music came from the wall. Afterwards, I figured the box was necessary to filter what you want to hear. Couldn't figure out what the the black disc thing was for at the time. I was 2 years then. 1961.
But I live in North America where the outlets are all blade type. No one knows, to this day, how I managed to get a banana plug into it. I don't remember myself.
I do recall thinking all music came from the wall. Afterwards, I figured the box was necessary to filter what you want to hear. Couldn't figure out what the the black disc thing was for at the time. I was 2 years then. 1961.
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I was invincible at 5. There was a brown thing plugged into the wall and it had round holes in it, slightly large than the banana's. Why it was there and what it was I no longer remember. Perhaps it was my dad's plug adapter since he traveled a fair bit.
There was a gathering of friends at our house, and I was just trying to please the crowd with some music....
Idiot proofing...."The bureaucrats know someone will do something stupid".
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Oh it surely becomes available! I just am putting the finishing touches on the BOM to get the cost together. There are a lot of 0.1% resistors for instance, and Mouser will have some values from one brand in stock, other values from another brand, and they need to be the right size etc. A lot of keyboard pushes!
Hope to have more info coming week.
Jan
I definitely want to purchase one too...this is perfect companion for either QA401 or any soundcard.
Please let me know when it is ready and what the price for this auto-range device is going to be.
I am leaning now towards assembling a kit of the two PC boards, the complete SilentSwitcher supply, the case and the programmed controller.
I don't want to spend my days soldering dozens of boards and having that done by a company is very expensive.
There are many SMDs on the board but they are relatively large (minimum 0805) and should be easy to solder.
I am also looking into the option to have the PC boards made with the SMDs only; it's the through-hole parts that make assembly expensive, but these can be easily done diy.
I am waiting for some more info on it.
Jan
I don't want to spend my days soldering dozens of boards and having that done by a company is very expensive.
There are many SMDs on the board but they are relatively large (minimum 0805) and should be easy to solder.
I am also looking into the option to have the PC boards made with the SMDs only; it's the through-hole parts that make assembly expensive, but these can be easily done diy.
I am waiting for some more info on it.
Jan
Personally I would preferred a finished soldered board by board house.
If you make 10-20 of those, wouldn't be the price very reasonable?
I mean, just a thought!