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Re: Protection from ESD / RF
Thanks for all the information and suggestions. I will chose a low cost option and have learned to be more thoughtful and careful with this wonderful tool. I have learned a lot from it and have a
By Terry Wassell #1398 · #40377 ·
Re: Protection from ESD / RF
It was the H4 . Purchased from R&L. I accept the blame for the damage. The nano was not defective.
By Terry Wassell #1398 · #40376 ·
Re: Smith Charts
Here's an example of what the Y21 method can do. The plots are for an ATC 2.7 pF capacitor. The VNA was an HP 8722D with Inter-Continental test fixture and calibration kit. Self-resonance is about 9.4
By Brian Beezley · #40375 ·
Re: Protection from ESD / RF
There is also a large family of low-capacitance limiter diodes from a number of (non-Chinese) sources designed specifically for the purpose if you choose to build your own. They are readily available
By W0LEV · #40374 ·
Re: Protection from ESD / RF
As Dave mentioned limiters like mini-circuits VLM-33W-2W-S+ are a good solution. Unfortunately these are hard to get as they are being re-designed, and ebay sellers know this and have jacked up prices
By WS1M - bammi · #40373 ·
Re: Bricked
Got it wrking now. It was a cable. I tried 4 till I got it wrk. And still only one firmware worked on it also
By Ted Garrett · #40372 ·
Re: READING L AN C VALUES USING THE NANOVNAs and the SMITH CHART
QUOTE: Good overview. I think it is worth to add a little bit more to point 2 of the recommendations. Because in case one is measuring a reactive component at a frequency range of interest, which
By W0LEV · #40371 ·
Re: Smith Charts
That would be fine. I think some of the L & C vendors that offer Touchstone files generate them from simulations, not from raw VNA data. I don't think they're trying to hide any issues with their
By Brian Beezley · #40370 ·
Re: Smith Charts
Understood Brian. You (I) can turn intepolation off. In any case, I suspect these measurements were done with TRL calibration on microstrip, TRL cal does have bandwidth constraints and perhaps is the
By alan victor · #40369 ·
Re: Smith Charts
Which VNA. Some early versions on nanoVNA has spikes when switching from fundamental to harmonic mode. The fix was to lower transition frequency. Some other versions could not handle the high
By Mike N2MS · #40368 ·
Re: Bricked
Ted, See Msg. #38300. I thot I'd messed mine up trying to upgrade the f/w by the DFU mode, but Stan talked me thru it, and now it works fine. There's a lot of good help here. jbl
By Barry Leonard KN4JRF · #40367 ·
Re: Protection from ESD / RF
Permanent installation of the following would go a long ways in protecting the S11 or source port: VLM-33W-2W-S+ From Minicircuits. It's presently under re-design, but is available and is designed to
By W0LEV · #40366 ·
Re: Smith Charts
Alan, I want the program to show what's in a file, not a sanitized version. Note that cubic spline interpolation, the kind of spline I'm familiar with, can yield points well away from a reasonable
By Brian Beezley · #40365 ·
Re: Smith Charts
Sorry for the bandwidth. Brian, two simulators failed to read the Johanson file correctly. However, a Keysight simulator had no issue. Operated fine. Here is s11,s22, and 20000 data points and of
By alan victor · #40363 ·
Re: Protection from ESD / RF
Which one? NanoVNA V2 frontend is quite different from H4 (for example). [email protected]> wrote:
By Dragan Milivojevic · #40362 ·
Re: Protection from ESD / RF
Terry, Can you please explain the RF exposure or ESD which caused the failure so that I can take precautions? 73 Jon, VU2JO [email protected]> wrote:
By Jon · #40361 ·
Protection from ESD / RF
Sad to report that, for the second time, my nanovna is broke from RF over exposure or ESD. My question is: can I protect the input with some fuse- or similar over-load protection device? Yes, I will
By Terry Wassell #1398 · #40360 ·
Re: Bricked
Use a different USB controller on your computer and check the USB cable. [email protected]> wrote:
By Dragan Milivojevic · #40359 ·
Re: Bricked
It connects, firm ware is the latest for the H model, i fellow the steps in the guide, the dfu demo software starts as normal starting delete phase, takes 18 hrs, now im in down load phase and its 4
By Ted Garrett · #40358 ·
Re: READING L AN C VALUES USING THE NANOVNAs and the SMITH CHART
Dave, Good overview. I think it is worth to add a little bit more to point 2 of the recommendations. Because in case one is measuring a reactive component at a frequency range of interest, which
By PE0CWK · #40357 ·