> That's good to hear. > 2 weeks ago I got an HP1630D and last week a 1631. > Both came with pods, but the first one did not have the "plug" > with the test leads, and the second one did. So I bought the second
The actual pods, which are plugged into the back of the instrument are quite complex and have a ceramic hybrid circuit inside. Not the sort of thing to attempt to replicate. The input to the pod is a pin header with an odd spacing. The lead from that to the grabber clips is just wires, so something could be kludged up > one too for the plugs with leads. The 1631 looks quite identical to > the 1630, but the 1631 has additionally 2 analog inputs. Not sure > whether I will need them. They are much the same instrument -- I think the same manual covers both, Most of the boards are the same (there may well be different firmware on the CPU board, but I think that is the only change). The 1631 has an extra PCB at the bottom which contains the custom input and ADC circuitry to make it act as a digital storage 'scope too. -tony
