HP8116a with error E51

Feb 26, 2008 3 Replies

Anyone knows what the error means ? i know its in the extended service errors. Unfortunately the docs in Hp website say its explained on page



10.1 and their doc ends at 9.8 .... i had a hardcopy of the manual somwhere but can;t find it right now .. drat !

Would be cool if i can fix it. ( i've fixed 3 or 4 of these before. )


Hello free_electron,

I've fixed a few of these myself - it's a well laid out unit and easy to work on. Does this help?:

Shaper Output State Test E51 The shaper IC U401 is not able to supply positive output when -90" startphase and complement output mode are selected with triangle waveform (VCO not triggered).Possible faults: VCO (Slope) IC Al: U201 Waveform switching Al: U104 Reference voltage switching Al: U204 Amplitude DAC A2: U27, U28, U17 Refer to Chapter 10.5, Chapter 10.3 and Chapter 10.4.

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