Its my own fault I suppose, a customer's machine is missbehaving, they have sent out mechanical guys who have replaced most of the control system, but there are still problems. I showed a bit of interest, trying to be helpful, and got "volunteered" to go out to have a look. And its in Malaysia.
I though I had the problem sused, we reconned it was the speed encoder so sent out a brand new one, and I worked out a protection system to stop blowing the driver chips, but the new encoder doesn't work,
and i am going to have to take a scope, DVM, better a soldering iron just in case, plus solder spare boards etc etc. Excess bagage is going to be a joke, and I have to carry the lot, imaging wandering around a foreign factory pulling a suitcase with you
On the brighter side, the out flight takes about 14 hrs, but it is only 6hrs coming back. Time travel ?.
Ken