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hi all im yassine from morocco i have a small company we fix eye care equipements basicaly autorefractor and lensmeters

i dont know here to post this but i wanted to post here

my issue is we dont find replacement ics and parts and we found some solutions for some autorefractors
like for exemple nikon speedy-k ccd sensor when i doesnt see anymore the solution is basicaly remove all the ccd sensor and boards with it get a new what so ever camera extract sync signals inject them into motherboard to get text back on the screen and then inject new camera video signal back to motherbaord basicaly all autorefractor that have a mesurement sensor beside the ccd camera should wortk with this solution i have other solutions if anyone would like to share informations technicien electronics anything and we can help each others sorry for ma bad english

Welcome to the forum Yassol.

Ophthalmic equipment is a good speciality to be involved in. What you might need to do is to buy up every piece of "surplus" equipment you can find, then use those as your source of spares.

A lot of medical equipment gets prematurely retired from with government hospitals in the UK (for example). May I suggest that you find someone* here to pick up used equipment at the monthly auctions, then ship it out to you?

Good Luck.

* Not me, I hasten to add.

hi sorry i was very busy moving to a new place are very hard

yes i would love to to know and deal with someone who can help me

and ship machines to morocco here in morocco there is no sources

if you can help please message me to prowinux@gmail.Com or metrolec.maroc@gmail.com we talk about that and if you want you can pm me and for parts most of parts are just regular parts can be found in europe or china but payments methode here its very hard to get an international credit card to do payments

but its ok we can find a way to do some bis brother hope you can read this message thanks again for this wonderfull solution

Yeah, I'm full of bright ideas!

Hopefully someone with sufficient resources will be in a position to do business with you.

My dimmed memory banks seem to recall that a couple of the Main Players we sometimes see on here did some work out your way a few* years ago.

* Many, perhaps.

yeah i know im not the only but i may be da best for exemple

we found a new solution for rodenstock canon clone autorefractor

for error messages and no target problem and no video signal on the screen nothing big they use ntsc ccd cell and cx sony ics no datasheet thanks sony so first transcodign the signal from pal-b to ntsc 3.68mhz and then extract positive syncs inject them to gain text generator then inject converter video signal and its works and for error or no target message just block the focus motor when u power it up then call it to the limit of if and repower the machine and ur done values comes again to the screen

and once again anyone that have problems with eye care equipements just ask ur questions and maybe i can help

oh god i wish i was born somewhere else i can fix anything that run on juice lol

Don't sell yourself short ... it sounds like you're doing just fine.

And you may not be aware that in some parts of the world you wouldn't be "allowed" to carry out innovative repairs.

why you cant do that u could start ur own biz and do whatever u want !!!

I can only assume that you've never tried to do work in UK hospitals.

brother im in morocco you dont know what is morocco no parts for repair no ic's no nothing u have to be a maniac you have to modify anything that run on juice if i was in uk you will see something you never saw morocco its in africa so imagine most of ma repairs are modifications or includes modds

Yes; just the sort of environment I used to enjoy - where you have to rely on your own resources, really understand what you're doing, and seek out innovative solutions.

Back to First Principles. Real Engineering, in fact.

Good Luck to you.

But (and on the other hand) - hasn't the internet changed everything ... "levelled the playing-field" (whatever)?

Remember the definition of an engineer:- a guy who can do for a dollar what any darned fool can do for ten!