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Apollo Guidance Computer Part 22: Module B11 fails again!

CuriousMarc 66,787 lượt xem 5 years ago
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Shortly after being fully repaired, the AGC suddenly fails on us. It's our famed potted module B11 again. In another schematics deep dive, Mike finds the likely failing component. And we catch one of its diodes right when it dies. More module digging in perspective.

Some relevant links:
Playlist of the restoration series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdlisi_x7-Ut_-w7
Block I AGC period documentary: https://youtu.be/ndvmFlg1WmE
Inertial navigation system documentary: https://youtu.be/wD97RSpiZe0
Schematics: https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/links.html#AGC_electrical_schematics
and: https://archive.org/details/agc_handbook_jp2
Mike's AGC backplane viewer: http://apolloguidance.computer/2003100_071/pins
AGC software repo: https://github.com/virtualagc/virtualagc
The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk: https://youtu.be/xx7Lfh5SKUQ

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