SEM Musings

A log where I hope to document the situation of living with a SEM.

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In october 2016 me and a couple friends at work stumbled upon a Cambridge Instruments Stereoscan 260 SEM at an auction site. Starting bid 1 swedish krona. Since not bidding would be a serious crime against the quest for knowledge we decided to put some money in a pot and start bidding. 45 minutes later and 2750 SKr less in our pot we were the proud and giggly owners of a SEM. Now the SEM is in my shop at home and awaiting repairs and maintenance. I will try to document that process here :)

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Day 3 - Teaser :)
Dusty Circuit • 07/24/2017 at 22:25 • 0 comments

It's alive!! (sort of...)
Day 2.5 - Vacuum problems...
Dusty Circuit • 07/24/2017 at 12:41 • 0 comments

One step forward and three steps back. It seems both pumps need an overhaul. I think that I can fix the roughing pump but the turbo is a different story. I think I need to send it away to be serviced. Is Satan still in the soulbuying business?
SEM Musings - Day 2 - Probing Video Signals.
Dusty Circuit • 07/21/2017 at 16:16 • 0 comments

Today I started to look for the video signals. To be continued...
Day 1 - Intro Video
Dusty Circuit • 07/20/2017 at 17:49 • 3 comments

I made an introductory video on Youtube :)