A Great Contributor To Electronics,,I'm upset about Jim's Passing...It's always a Honor To watch His Videos!!! By the way He repairs the 465 We should rename him Jim " Mr.Tektronix " Williams. His Troubleshooting and engineering skills ceases to amaze me!!!( I'm a Electronic Engineering Technologist and Technician by trade) Thank You Jim.
@321reh I am sorry but Jim's skills on removing the solder using solderwick leave a lot to be desired . A motor vacuum solder sucker would have been better. The S/C 47 uF tantalum capacitor across the 15V DC power supply is a standard fault in the 465. I started my Apprenticeship in 1965, fault finding to component level is not hard if that's what you have done all of your working life, other equipment as well as Tektronix oscilloscopes. Rob
@321reh I am sorry that you can't appreciate the loss of such a great Engineer!!! Just by reading some of his application notes I can see I have about 1 / 10,000 the Electronic Knowledge that Jim possesses, My Father told me once to always respect someone who is wiser in his ways ,,,,Jim is such the Man!!! Jim has forgot more about Electronics than You and I combined,,,,I rest my case, The Video was enjoyable to Watch,
I went into electronics because I was reading Jim App Notes since I was 13 years old. It was too expensive to purchase component so everything was done in my mind. One day I met Jim in Paris. Was a great day.
I will always remember Jim for the great work he accomplished in educating young analog design engineers. His work belongs to the best out there. The world lost a great engineer and this makes me quite sad. Thankfully Jim left us with a great heritage.
A true "rock star" of analog design. Jim - your designs, appnotes, articles, editorials and instruction will be a treasured legacy for decades to come.
Oh nice, it has the top mounted multimeter/Frequency counter.. If one cap has gone bad, it's not before the others... you know the story and so does he!
question from Jim Williams: I have a 2465a where the displays disappears after few secs during initial power up. Any ideas? Do you have the schematic for this unit?
ICBMS doesn't use GPS because an ICBM follows a ballistic course that defines the impact area within the first few minutes of flight. GPS signals could/are used for mid-course, but terminal descent (thanks to velocity and re-entry) doesn't either allow much effect or reception of the signals.
Something simple like the capacitor failure is pretty common. I have an HP power supply I rescued from scrap that had a bad diode yet scrapped it at the service center - debug was "too expensive".
"let's poke around the inventory here..."
danielfiction 2 months ago
the world will miss you MR WILLIAMS!!
medolin1976 2 months ago
A Great Contributor To Electronics,,I'm upset about Jim's Passing...It's always a Honor To watch His Videos!!! By the way He repairs the 465 We should rename him Jim " Mr.Tektronix " Williams. His Troubleshooting and engineering skills ceases to amaze me!!!( I'm a Electronic Engineering Technologist and Technician by trade) Thank You Jim.
321reh 4 months ago
@321reh I am sorry but Jim's skills on removing the solder using solderwick leave a lot to be desired . A motor vacuum solder sucker would have been better. The S/C 47 uF tantalum capacitor across the 15V DC power supply is a standard fault in the 465. I started my Apprenticeship in 1965, fault finding to component level is not hard if that's what you have done all of your working life, other equipment as well as Tektronix oscilloscopes. Rob
robertgscott1949 1 month ago
@robertgscott1949 Engineer First,,Technician Second,,Please try to realize that!! You should read some of the stuff he did,,Quite a Amazing Man!!
321reh 1 month ago
@321reh I am sorry that you can't appreciate the loss of such a great Engineer!!! Just by reading some of his application notes I can see I have about 1 / 10,000 the Electronic Knowledge that Jim possesses, My Father told me once to always respect someone who is wiser in his ways ,,,,Jim is such the Man!!! Jim has forgot more about Electronics than You and I combined,,,,I rest my case, The Video was enjoyable to Watch,
321reh 1 month ago
Wow, having Jim fix your 465 would almost be like "Jesus Built My Hotrod." ;)
jkakari 6 months ago
RIP old Tektronix Freak
communicator9 6 months ago
I went into electronics because I was reading Jim App Notes since I was 13 years old. It was too expensive to purchase component so everything was done in my mind. One day I met Jim in Paris. Was a great day.
davidzitoun 8 months ago
Очень жаль, грамотный был инженер. Таких ныне мало.... Вечная память.
PCM63PK 8 months ago
RIP Jim :(
orbiter8 8 months ago
I will always remember Jim for the great work he accomplished in educating young analog design engineers. His work belongs to the best out there. The world lost a great engineer and this makes me quite sad. Thankfully Jim left us with a great heritage.
1366solar 8 months ago
The world lost a great one-perhaps the greatest ever
mdmde 8 months ago
A true "rock star" of analog design. Jim - your designs, appnotes, articles, editorials and instruction will be a treasured legacy for decades to come.
w2aew 8 months ago
So sorry to hear of his passing. :(
vk2zay 8 months ago
RIP Jim Williams
hrayrus01 8 months ago 3
Which merchant banker put dislike?
gerjaison 9 months ago
Can you tell me where the F116 fuse is please
nicci1812 9 months ago
i have the same desk state... messy. the only thing i dont have yet is a 'scope
williefleete 1 year ago
love the "inventory"
AmateurEngineer 1 year ago
I love the workbench.
jeriellsworth 1 year ago
Holy Cow, you can hear the clock ticking...
Oh nice, it has the top mounted multimeter/Frequency counter.. If one cap has gone bad, it's not before the others... you know the story and so does he!
QuiltedPine 1 year ago
This man is awesome. I talk a lot faster, but I'm about 1/10,000th as smart as this fella.
kc7fys 2 years ago
Jim Williams is a badass. Do not make him go small signal on your ass.
112smosquito 2 years ago
question from Jim Williams: I have a 2465a where the displays disappears after few secs during initial power up. Any ideas? Do you have the schematic for this unit?
nlimchua 2 years ago
ICBMS doesn't use GPS because an ICBM follows a ballistic course that defines the impact area within the first few minutes of flight. GPS signals could/are used for mid-course, but terminal descent (thanks to velocity and re-entry) doesn't either allow much effect or reception of the signals.
Something simple like the capacitor failure is pretty common. I have an HP power supply I rescued from scrap that had a bad diode yet scrapped it at the service center - debug was "too expensive".
jestertru 2 years ago
A rare combination of analog design excelence with hands on skill.
From Brasil ,Salud,Mr.Williams!
jgalindes 2 years ago
Fabulous! More Jim Williams please!
Any chance of a (virtual) tour of his lab?
I guess it's the lab mentioned in his book.
DataPrecision 2 years ago
The man knows his stuff; marvelous recall of the MinuteMan I technology. 5/5
uploadJ 2 years ago
Your workbench full of parts looks like my entire house. Great video.
pukaman2000 2 years ago