Author name: Mads Barnkob

Electrician, programmer, experimenter and amateur scientist with experience in industry automation, programming and all kinds of high voltage generating electronics. Administrator of https://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk and the high voltage community forum https://highvoltageforum.net

Philips Medio 50 kW CP-H X-ray Control Desk Teardown

I found a complete Philips Medio 50 CP-H system consisting of 2 meter tall 19″ rack with computer, driver, inverter and high voltage tank. Dual X-ray tube head rated for 150 kV and a control desk. It was only possibly for me to take the control desk with me. No effort was done for the […]

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Fujifilm PMT26A Photomultiplier Tube Reverse Engineering

The Fujifilm PMT26A photomultiplier tube module came from a teardown. The teardown of a Philips / Fujifilm PCR Eleva S / CR-IR 357 X-ray image scanner for computed radiography, became the basis for this reverse engineering project. You can see the teardown of the entire Fujifilm PCR Eleva S machine here. Teardown of the polygon

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Brandenburg Alpha Series II 5 kV Power Supply

The Brandenburg Alpha Series II 5 kV Power Supply is from Great Britain and made in 1977. The model 2507r is specified for 500 to 5000 VDC at 5 mA, around 100 VA power rating. I bought this Brandenburg Alpha Series II 5kV high voltage power supply from a University in France, cleaning out. I

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X-ray Image Laser Scanner Reverse Engineering.

Reverse engineering of laser scanner module from a Philips / Fujifilm PCR Eleva S x-ray image scanner / digitizer. Also known as Computerized Radiography (CR), it fulfills the job of scanning a x-ray exposed image plate with a laser beam and extract each pixel illumination with a photomultiplier tube setup. Part 1 pictures and long

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Philips PCR Eleva S, X-ray Image Scanner Teardown

This is a complete teardown of a Philips / Fujifilm PCR Eleva S x-ray image scanner system. Full of stepper motors, laser stuff and photomultiplier tube! If you are specifically interested in x-ray equipment and x-ray image scanners, you are in luck. I have done numerous teardowns and reverse-engineering videos on this kind of equipment.

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3x400V Mains Supply Soft Start and Data Monitor

Construction of a 3 phase 400 VAC at 32A mains supply soft start circuit with safety features and a data monitor. Pictures and schematics: https://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/general-electronics/3-phase-32a-400vac-soft-start-power-supply/ All parts like enclosure, current transducers, voltage step down, contactors and wiring is reused from my 3 phase 13 A Lübcke variac build, that unfortunately had one of the auto

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Cisco Cable TV EGC GaN Segmentable Node A90201, RF Amplifier Teardown

Teardown of Cisco Cable TV EGC GAN node and drop amplifier. Electronic Gain Control (EGC) technology and GaN (Gallium Nitride) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs}. These are modern versions running on fiber networks. These small amplifiers are used in houses where it is not practical to use a receiving antenna to get the signal from

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