19-09-2018, 08:29 AM
It's happened before. In the .com boom all sorts of parts went on short supply. But usually it's chips, such as memory, that go on short supply.
I don't have full records of Aurora faults but the ones I can remember are:
Lazy crystal (not yet proven, it's coming to me soon to fix)
Faulty F connector. Astonishing. A bit of metal embedded in the insulation that shorted it out after a while in service
Badly soldered Xilinx. one pin was slightly bent during assembly. Worked on test, failed with customer.
Faulty decoder chip. Worked on test, failed with customer.
Customer error (wrong power connector). They made a decent donation to the Vintage Wireless Museum as an apology for wasting our time
I don't have full records of Aurora faults but the ones I can remember are:
Lazy crystal (not yet proven, it's coming to me soon to fix)
Faulty F connector. Astonishing. A bit of metal embedded in the insulation that shorted it out after a while in service
Badly soldered Xilinx. one pin was slightly bent during assembly. Worked on test, failed with customer.
Faulty decoder chip. Worked on test, failed with customer.
Customer error (wrong power connector). They made a decent donation to the Vintage Wireless Museum as an apology for wasting our time
www.borinsky.co.uk Jeffrey Borinsky www.becg.tv
