IDX-PRO+VDI

[Wiltran]

Nice job Holyuser.

BTW it was going to cost me £35 to send you that money. I'm happy to do it via PAYPAL, but no other way mate, just too expensive, sorry .

Willtran, nice find mate and EXCELLENT job on building a top machine!!

Thanks Sean!

[holyuser]

BTW it was going to cost me £35 to send you that money. I'm happy to do it via PAYPAL, but no other way mate, just too expensive, sorry .

Okay, no problem!
Maybe some day in the future, when the conditions will be better.

[Orbit]

http://www.garysdetecting.co.uk/ you have not heard of ggolden mask?

[Orbit]

http://www.youtube.com/user/BanditoGoldenMask

[Sean_Goddard]

I have, I was UK dealer until Evergreen paid £30,000 to take it way. Thing is I was going to let it go anyhow. The GM is a TERRIBLE machine! Odd VCO, poor iron disc, hard to ground balance, and VERY twitchy and flimsy build.

Sure it goes deep but what use is that when it falls apart or wont discriminate very well. Sorry NOT for me. I'll stick with my modified Tesoros and Whites.

These are MY opinions, and are NOT necessarily what other who have used thee machines will find. I'm only saying what I see. I have no axe to grind with the creator of the GM machines.

[Sean_Goddard]

Okay, no problem!
Maybe some day in the future, when the conditions will be better.

Thanks Holyuser for your understanding. I still think you did a GREAT job on the VDI thing as a whole!

[eduardo1979]

Thanks Holyuser.You've done a good job for us all.We are grateful for their work.

[silverdog]

Ok Boards have arrived for the IDX to go with the VDI units added last week

I must stress at this stage everything is untested by me - I will add the pcb and kits to my shop as people have been asking for these for a while
Please understand there may be minor problems which could include missing components, or extra components supplied

I am trying to pull together some documentation but as with most other projects it is a bit sketchy

I have put together a partslist which I will use initially and will be building a unit from it as soon as I can to verify its accuracy

I will be trying to supply original components i.e. Lmc6484, Bc237
The partslist shows some alternatives

Thanks again to Eduardo and Holyuser for their great work

[eduardo1979]

Good Job! Very nice!

[der_fisherman]

Ok Boards have arrived for the IDX to go with the VDI units added last week

I must stress at this stage everything is untested by me - I will add the pcb and kits to my shop as people have been asking for these for a while
Please understand there may be minor problems which could include missing components, or extra components supplied

I am trying to pull together some documentation but as with most other projects it is a bit sketchy

I have put together a partslist which I will use initially and will be building a unit from it as soon as I can to verify its accuracy

I will be trying to supply original components i.e. Lmc6484, Bc237
The partslist shows some alternatives

Thanks again to Eduardo and Holyuser for their great work

My personal compliments to all three of you for making this possible, many, many thanks.....

regards
Andy

[eduardo1979]

[silverdog]

Thanks for the first couple of orders guys, give me a couple of days to get them out

I started mine last night and found the partslist needs work !!
I made the partslist from the schematic, not realising there were so many changes
I'll hopefully correct it tonight and can then put some kits together

This is just the IDX pro Kits, VDI kits will go out as normal

Silverdog

[steaua581]

I am a bit confused...wich one is the right schematic?..i"ve seen few mods..Is there an oscilograme..
Thanks
Marius

[silverdog]

TX=0,587mH
RX=36,5mH

I picked up a Blue Max Shooter DD coil which I was hoping to use on this project
It arrived yesterday and initial measurements give the following

TX=0.54mH
RX=15.4mH

Should this be ok for the IDX Pro ?
Anyone have pin outs, I'm not sure about the shield and how best to connect to the pcb, I rather not cut the connector so will look to source a male 5 pin plug that will fit

[silverdog]

A bit of help required

Connected up the Whites shooter coil over the weekend to the IDX, no joy

I seem to have a nice TX wave but nothing on RX, as there is no cap on the pcb is it possible there is no cap in this coil ?

Eduardo could you explain what you set VR3 to ?
Maybe show more details of the coil you used and how you connected it ?

Connection points for the VDI would be useful too, although not diffcult to work out a picture is always good, particularly for amateurs like me