[cctalk] Re: Current Loop Schematics

2023-05-06 Thread Charles Dickman via cctalk
ssion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Cc: Tony Duell > Subject: [cctalk] Re: Current Loop Schematics > > On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 1:34 PM Paul Koning via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > It seems surprisingly hard

[cctalk] Re: Current Loop Schematics

2023-05-02 Thread Mike Douglas via cctalk
If it’s specifically to interface to a model 33 Teletype, here’s a design that works well and is pretty simple. https://altairclone.com/teletype.html Mike

[cctalk] Re: Current Loop Schematics

2023-05-02 Thread Martin Bishop via cctalk
seem to work just as well, 10+ years ago the LM317 was my standard design. Martin -Original Message- From: Tony Duell via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: 02 May 2023 14:06 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Cc: Tony Duell Subject: [cctalk] Re: Current Loop

[cctalk] Re: Current Loop Schematics

2023-05-02 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 1:34 PM Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > It seems surprisingly hard to find that, though this > https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/rs-232-to-current-loop-interface.47841/ > is close. > > Conceptually it's really easy. The main tricky part, certainly if you're > d

[cctalk] Re: Current Loop Schematics

2023-05-02 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
It seems surprisingly hard to find that, though this https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/rs-232-to-current-loop-interface.47841/ is close. Conceptually it's really easy. The main tricky part, certainly if you're driving a mechanical terminal like a Teletype, is the current source. You