{"id":1130,"date":"2018-11-12T15:06:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T23:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2018-11-15T22:39:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T06:39:52","slug":"agilent-hp-54810-66501-didnt-even-trim-the-leads-for-the-100mhz-crystal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/12\/agilent-hp-54810-66501-didnt-even-trim-the-leads-for-the-100mhz-crystal\/","title":{"rendered":"Agilent HP 54810-66501 didn&#8217;t even trim the leads for the 100Mhz crystal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Louis Rossmann tored a fake Hakko soldering station down and was stunned to see the IC leads not <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WrHAXlXcZFg?t=2651\">trimmed<\/a>, a clear sign of lousy manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed the long pins of through-hole a crystal oscillator on a 54810-66501 acquisition board, coming from a well-made Agilent\/HP 54810A\/54815A\/54820A\/54825A oscilloscope (I know people complained about these oscilloscopes, but most of the failures is in the computer section, not on the acquisition board side. I know the computer section very well, so no problem for me.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_1022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1131\" src=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_1022-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_1022-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_1022-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_1022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_1022-840x560.jpg 840w, https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_1022-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_1022-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_1022-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_1130\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"1130\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/wonghoi.humgar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louis Rossmann tored a fake Hakko soldering station down and was stunned to see the IC leads not trimmed, a clear sign of lousy manufacturing. 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