13-09-2018, 09:40 AM
Both Peter Scott and I have done design work professionally for most of our careers. We know what it means to not only design something that works on the lab bench but also stays working in the field and doesn't give grief in production. I know I've made my share of mistakes, designs that really wern't as good as they should have been.
For Frank, who doesn't come from a professional design background, to have achieved this level of quality and reproducibilty, is a great achievement.
FWIW, I'm in correspondence with a friend about his Aurora with a fault at the moment. The problem is slow boot, something that's normally almost instant. It looks like the 14.318MHz xtal on the decoder which is also the master clock for much of the design. It's not a design or tolerancing fault, just a duff xtal that's been getting worse over a period.
For Frank, who doesn't come from a professional design background, to have achieved this level of quality and reproducibilty, is a great achievement.
FWIW, I'm in correspondence with a friend about his Aurora with a fault at the moment. The problem is slow boot, something that's normally almost instant. It looks like the 14.318MHz xtal on the decoder which is also the master clock for much of the design. It's not a design or tolerancing fault, just a duff xtal that's been getting worse over a period.
www.borinsky.co.uk Jeffrey Borinsky www.becg.tv
