
PARTS LIST
COMPLETE
COUNTER
C1 -1 -AF,
400
-volt
Myfar
capacitor
11- 14 -6.3
-volt,
50 -nu l pilot lamp and lens as-
sembly, three green, one while (Southwest
Technical G -6.3 and W-6.3,
respectively
or
similar)
I1 -Phono jack
l2 -Photo jack and
nylon
insulated mounting kit
:111 -Comparator module
312-
Scaler
module
313-
M5 -DCU
module (sec text)
316-Gate module
:117
-/rower supply
module
R1-470 -ohm, !4 -watt
resistor
R2- 10,000
-alum,
,4
watt resistor
R3- 100,000 -ohm, ;á .watt
resistor
SI-
Three- position, single
-pole
slide s-witch
S2- Four
-deck, four
-pole,
eight-position.
non-
shorting miniature selector switch.
Close span
first three
decks,
isolate fourth
with
spacers. (Southwest
Technical
SII'11151 or
equivalent)
S3- S.p.s.t. slide switch
54 S.p.s.t. normally
closed pushbutton
switch
Misc.-3"
x 5%" x 10" vinyl
-clad,
prepunched
case and support
assembly,
dialplate
*,
1 %-
inch knob,
mounting
brackets for modules,
me-
chanical
hardware,
#16 wire for grounds,
#22
hookup wire, solder.
*Auodi,ced
dialplatc available from
Refill's
Photo
Finishing, 4627 N. 11/h St., Phoenix.
Arisona
55014; in
black
and silver
$3.00; red,
gold,
or
copper
$3.45, postpaid iu
US.1.
Note.- Complete
kit
of parts to
build counter
in-
cluding case but
not
dialplate is
available
from
Southwest
Technical
Products,
Bat'
16207,
Sou
Antonio, Texas 75216.
Order
#
165C, $12e.
plus
postage, 7 lb.
Plug
the counter
into
a
source
of 117
-
volt
60 -Hz
power
and place
selector
switch
S2 on
EVENTS
and switch
S3
on
FOLLOW. One,
or possibly
two,
numerals
in
each decade
should
be illuminated.
Momentarily
depressing the
RESET
but-
ton
should
immediately produce
a
0000
reading.
Check
all
supply voltages, particularly
the
+6
and
+3.6
volts,
to be sure
that
they are
within 0.1
volt of their
correct
values.
The -6 and
+12
-volt
supplies
should
be checked at
their respective
terminals
on
IC2 of the
Comparator
module
Ml.
Place
the range selector switch
on
the
0 -200
Hz position and observe
the
COUNTING
light
on
the front
panel. It
should cycle
on for
10
seconds
and
off
for
10 seconds.
Place
the
selector
switch
on
0 -2
kHz. The COUNTING
light
should
now
cycle
on
for 1 second
and
off for
1
second.
With the selector
switch on any
higher
range,
the light should
flash
on
for 0.1 second, once each second.
To check the operation of the
decimal -
point
indicators, place
the
range
selector
April, 1969
HOW IT WORKS
COMPLETE
COUNTER
The frequency to be counted is applied
to
the
sensitivity control,
which reduces the input
level
by 1 or 10 to the approximately
100 millivolts
required for normal operation.
The
signal is
then
sent
to the
Comparator
module
(.111)
where it i>
converted from
a sine Crave
to a square
wave of
the same frequency
with sharp rise and
fall
times.
Any
noise that might be present
in the input
it
also rejected
in
the
Comparator.
The Compara-
tor output is fed directly
to the range selector
switch 52 and
also
to a pair of decade
scalers that
provides divide -by -ten and divide -by
-one- hundred
outputs.
The latter are also
connected to the
range
selector switch.
The output of the Comparator
( f ) is
selected
for the
EVEN'T'S function, 0 -200 Hz, 0 -2
kHz,
0 -20
kHz
and
for the
external gate (EXT.
GATE) operation.
"I'he output from the
first
decade scaler
(1 /10) is used for the 0 -200
Hz
position,
and
the output of the second scaler
(I /100)
is used for
the
0 -2
MHz position.
The time
base starts
with a 60 -Hz reference
from the power supply.
This
signal is
filtered,
squared,
and divided
by six all in module M6)
to
obtain
the 0.1- second gating
reference. Two
divisions
by ten produce the
1-
second
and
10-
second time references. "These time intervals, along
with
a positive
voltage for EVENT'S
and no
input for EXT. GATE are routed to the range
selector
switch.
hrom the
selector
switch, the tinte commands
go through the
HOLD-FOLLOW
switch which
permits a choice
of
automatically updating
the
reading or holding the
last reacting.
Both the measure
command and the selected
input frequency
go through the synchronizing
circuit in
the
Comparator
module.
The measure
command turns the
electronic
switch
on and off.
but
it does
it in
such a way that only whole
cy-
cles of
the input frequency are
counted. This
eliminates the one -digit bobble in the
counting.
The
time-base gated
frequency
then
goes
to the
counting and display circuits.
The
counter can be
reset
to zero
at any time
by
operation
of
the manual
RESET pushbutton,
but in
normal modes of
operation, the
counters
are automatically
reset
just before
a new count
begins.
The operation of the counter is fully
automatic.
The
available
measure
commands
are
10 -s
measure
and
10 -s display for
0- 200
-Hz
opera-
tion;
1 -s measure
and
I -s
display for
0 -2 -kHz
operation; and 0.1
-s
measure
and
0.9 -s
display
for
the
other
ranges.
To
keep
the
display
on
longer, Rip
switch
S3 to HOLD.
switch
on
the 0 -2
MHz position
and note
that
the
left decimal
point
indicator
is
illuminated.
For
other switch
positions,
lights
should
be on
as
follows:
0 -200
kHz,
right;
0 -20
kHz,
center;
0 -2 kHz,
left; 0 -200
Hz,
right.
With
the
counter
still
energized,
set
the
FOLLOW
-HOLD switch
to FOLLOW,
the
range
switch to 0 -2
kHz,
and the
SENS.
(sensitivity)
switch
to .1. Insert
a
test
lead
in the
INPUT jack and
touch the
other
end of the
test
lead. Note that
the
counter
starts
operating erratically
only
when
the COUNTING
light is
lit.
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