Saturday 31 December 2011

Fluke 6800 to 6502 pod conversion

So I've decided to convert a 6800 pod in to a 6502 just because I'm cheap and i like the challenge. Some of the 6800 pods had jumpers in them that would allow them to covert easily, mine was not one of these pods. I have the schematic drawn up and it looks like is should be possible with out to much hassle. The only trick is the pod is a 3 layer board with all the vcc and ground connections in the middle of the PCB. Were going to start on the processor PCB. Ive started by removing U12 You can throw this away because even if you covert it back to a 6800 you wont require this anymore. Last night i got all the trace cuts marked out there's about six of them on the processor PCB and only one on the i/o PCB. I'll take some pics and upload them tomorrows tonight's new years so no shop work tonight.