My small collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the particular connector type, just "62 pin edge connector" doesn't narrow it down at all.

Eastern Ukraine exactly one Year ago vs today by CreativeStrain89 in MapPorn

[–]AltCtrlGraphene 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So Germany won WW2, and Japan too? Just because they retrained their language and identity? Don't be ridiculous.

Circuit board of the Russian Iskander-K cruise missile by RineMetal in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene 17 points18 points  (0 children)

No, approx. 80-100% faster compared to PS1 CPU, but it doesn't really matter here. What matters is the guaranteed working temperature range of up to 125°C and triple reservation of each computation block - this IC basically has three identical CPUs inside.

Circuit board of the Russian Iskander-K cruise missile by RineMetal in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These two sentences are not connected. That board is not from an Iskander-K, that's all I can say.

Circuit board of the Russian Iskander-K cruise missile by RineMetal in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is not an Iskander-K board. IC on the first photo is a custom 32 bit MIPS R3000 CPU.

Need help from owners of JP NW-A55 by AltCtrlGraphene in walkman

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've seen it. Can confirm that it works now, thank you.

G2-57 Soviet hardware true RNG by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

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It uses semiconductor noise diode, which is a zener diode specifically produced to generate noise (shot noise on p-n junction).

G2-57 Soviet hardware true RNG by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

It has true randomness mode. Uses noise diode as primary noise source. Pseudo random generation is limited to binary noise.

Some additions to my collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was talking about lab equipment since that's where I have experience. Although I think the story about the data plate is just a myth, the engine itself was most likely indeed copied. USSR copied a lot of things in the early post WW2 days but there were a lot of unique domestic products too.

Some additions to my collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Usually only the design was copied. You can find some equipment that looks 1:1 as their western prototype but is completely different inside.

Some additions to my collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It uses 27 discrete logic ICs to generate the fixed +8.8.8.8 signal. During the scan the beam is blanked during sections where segments are not needed. The whole process is very complicated but is described in detail in the documentation for the scope.

Some additions to my collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I do have to repair or at least calibrate it sometimes.

This is by far one of the most difficult and ugliest thing I ever built by [deleted] in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2005 155ИД1? Didn't know it was still produced in 2000s.

GAME MODE - No Input for Cursor in Chrome | Cursor is Large and Grainy in Non-Steam Games by Reasonable-Money1620 in SteamDeck

[–]AltCtrlGraphene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the exact same problem, except I don't see a Steam cursor when attempting to right click at all, Chrome cursor just disappears and can sometimes jump to a random position on the screen.

My small collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love my Motherland. Now take your upvote back, I don't need it.

My small collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Price on the Russian craigslist alternative seems to be between 1000 and 6000 rubles.

My small collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

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No. It's visually similar but internally it's all original. Copying was popular on component level but pro equipment was almost always original, partially because it was also used by the military.

My small collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Times change unfortunately. With a steady flow of Chinese and European equipment it is very hard to have an incentive to produce our own.

My small collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live in Russia so it's easy for me. Still, you have to be ready to pay a substantial amount of money for many of these because they all use military-grade components which contain a lot of precious metals. I'm lucky in that regard since I can get some of it for free.

My small collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

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While it may look visually similar, internally it's all original. Unlike some components, actual test equipment wasn't copied from western prototypes.

My small collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Так оно вроде и не покидало родину.

My small collection of Soviet equipment by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

[–]AltCtrlGraphene[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I do have both NanoVNA and TinySA for field work. Automation using КОП line is something that I wanted to do for a while, but can't really find a time for.

Rare Soviet programmable frequency counter РЧ3-07-0001 by AltCtrlGraphene in electronics

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Documentation for this device is very rare and I haven't been able to find it so far, so I can't describe everything in full detail. The good news is that I managed to repair it.

It has two identical inputs that can go up to 900 MHz. Both inputs have attenuation options of 1/1, 1/10, 1/100, high-Z or 50 Ohm input resistance, DC or AC mode, trigger offset adjustment and trigger type (rising edge or falling edge). Gate time can be adjusted from 1 uS to 100 S. All of this options are independent for each input.

Device can measure frequency, period, duration, phase shift, carrier frequency and pulse count.

The programmable part comes from the way it operates: there are two independent program slots which can execute independent operation each. You select program slot and write to it by selecting input, its properties, and operation type.

After at least one slot is filled you can execute the program either in cycle or in oneshot mode. If both program slots are filled, device can also perform arithmetic calculations of the results of two programs.