Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I continue working on the 1990s Tektronix TDS744A digital 4-channel 500 MHz oscilloscope. My plan was to fix the colors, but I ended up taking a closer look at the switching power supply board, testing and replacing a lot of high ESR electrolytic capacitors, fixing a board damage from electrolyte leakage and relubricating the fan. I did some experiments with the sequential color system. The color shutter has no voltage going into it. There's definitely a problem in its driver, but the shutter itself might be deteriorated too. For now, I decided to remove the color shutter. This gives me a bright monochrome picture. The oscilloscope is perfectly usable this way. I might try to put the shutter back in and fix its driver, but I'm not sure I want to spend my time on it, risking an accidental damage, as this oscilloscope is perfectly usable as it is now. This old Tektronix oscilloscope uses a CRT-LCD hybrid display technology - a monochrome CRT tube with a solid state sequential color filter (liquid crystal color shutter / LCCS / LCS / NuColor).
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I continue working on the 1990s Tektronix TDS744A digital 4-channel 500 MHz oscilloscope. My plan was to fix the colors, but I ended up taking a closer look at the switching power supply board, testing and replacing a lot of high ESR electrolytic capacitors, fixing a board damage from electrolyte leakage and relubricating the fan. I did some experiments with the sequential color system. The color shutter has no voltage going into it. There's definitely a problem in its driver, but the shutter itself might be deteriorated too. For now, I decided to remove the color shutter. This gives me a bright monochrome picture. The oscilloscope is perfectly usable this way. I might try to put the shutter back in and fix its driver, but I'm not sure I want to spend my time on it, risking an accidental damage, as this oscilloscope is perfectly usable as it is now. This old Tektronix oscilloscope uses a CRT-LCD hybrid display technology - a monochrome CRT tube with a solid state sequential color filter (liquid crystal color shutter / LCCS / LCS / NuColor).
The 1st episode:
youtu.be/RSEwT7ZNQZU
Please support my channel on Patreon:
patreon.com/DiodeGoneWild
Instagram:
instagram.com/savage_danyk
