Hi, get out the newbie repellent...
I've purchased a B&K 162 transistor tester as some auctions mentioned that it is a great way to match trannies...I'm directly cloning the Moog 901a/901b oscillator controller/oscillator, and each of these has a "selected" transistor. There is no info on what it is selected for, and the 162 manual does not describe any process for matching. I'm now not sure if it's capable of doing so, due to having zero knowledge of such things.
The transistor tests it performs are:
Beta
ICBO
ICES
ICEO
with ranges of:
100uA
1mA
10mA
100mA
1A
If I should take the time and effort to search out all of this in order to gain a working knowledge, I will, but it's not something that will be of regular use to me. I know that might sound blasphemy here, but I'm just looking to see if anyone has a simple procedure that would allow my project to move forward.
Should I just breadboard a DUT VBE measuring bed instead?
The B&K also measures IDSS for FETs, and I need to measure some there as well (2N4339 for 1.0), and the manual is too oblique... Thank you in advance for any hand-holding.
I've purchased a B&K 162 transistor tester as some auctions mentioned that it is a great way to match trannies...I'm directly cloning the Moog 901a/901b oscillator controller/oscillator, and each of these has a "selected" transistor. There is no info on what it is selected for, and the 162 manual does not describe any process for matching. I'm now not sure if it's capable of doing so, due to having zero knowledge of such things.
The transistor tests it performs are:
Beta
ICBO
ICES
ICEO
with ranges of:
100uA
1mA
10mA
100mA
1A
If I should take the time and effort to search out all of this in order to gain a working knowledge, I will, but it's not something that will be of regular use to me. I know that might sound blasphemy here, but I'm just looking to see if anyone has a simple procedure that would allow my project to move forward.
Should I just breadboard a DUT VBE measuring bed instead?
The B&K also measures IDSS for FETs, and I need to measure some there as well (2N4339 for 1.0), and the manual is too oblique... Thank you in advance for any hand-holding.