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- A Logic Probe for the beginner.
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- Technical Specifications:-
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- Maximum Input Voltage....... 12 Volts positive only.
- Over Voltage Protection..... 10 Seconds.
- Input Impedance............. Greater than 10 KilOhms.
- Detectable Pulse Width...... Approximately 100uS.
- TTL/DTL Logic 0............. 0 Volts to 1 Volt, + or - 0.1 Volts.
- TTL/DTL Logic 1............. 4 Volts to 5 Volts, + or - 0.1 Volts.
- CMOS Logic Detection........ Yes but limited.
- Indeterminate DC Voltage.... 1 Volt to 4 Volts, + or - 0.1 Volts.
- Display..................... Large Coloured Lights. Green=Logic 0,
- Red=Logic 1 and Yellow=Indeterminate.
- Negative Logic Detection.... No.
- Settling Time............... Approximately 2 seconds.
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- Note:- There is an experimental version using the ~Games Port~ as an A-D
- Converter with slightly different Technical Specifications. This has only
- been thoroughly tested on an A1200, but does work on an A500 etc.
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- Construction of the test lead.
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- Parts required:-
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- 1) A length of coaxial cable approximately 1.5 metres, RG58 or UR76.
- 2) A PHONO or RCA plug.
- 3) A countersunk head brass screw approximately 1.5" (37mm) long.
- 4) A matching nut.
- 5) An insulated crocodile clip.
- 6) A length of sleeving, (the sleeving off of the coaxial cable will do).
- 7) An old ballpoint pen case.
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- Strip at least 6" to 9" of sleeving off of one end of the coaxial cable.
- Do NOT discard this sleeving. Seperate the braid from the inner conductor.
- Solder the inner conductor to the head of the brass countersunk-head screw.
- Double click on the icon ~HardWare~ for additional information. To quit
- the ~HardWare~ screen press any key and the screen will close.
- Place the sleeving over the braiding before fitting the crocodile clip
- and then wrap some PVC tape around the ~Y~ joint of the cable. Solder
- the crocodile clip to the braiding. Dismantle an old ballpoint pen to
- obtain the case. Discard all of the inner parts of the pen.
- Before reassembling the screw into the ballpoint pen case, cut the case
- down to a practical length (approximately 3" to 4"). Fit the PHONO (RCA)
- plug to the other end of the coaxial cable, inner conductor to the pin,
- the braid to the outer part of the plug.
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- When you have checked this cable and are confident it is electrically good
- use the superglue to seal the top of the pen case and the nut. Do NOT get
- this glue on you or anything else as it is dangerous. Allow time to dry.
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- Interpreting the display of the ~Logic_Probe~ software:-
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- 1) Allow 2 seconds settling time per reading.
- 2) Logic 0 will show a constant GREEN.
- 3) Logic 1 will show a constant RED.
- 4) Indeterminate DC will show a constant YELLOW.
- 5) Indeterminate Pulse will show YELLOW for about 1 second followed by a
- short flash of RED or GREEN, doing this approximately once every second.
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- 6) If you run this software without the the parallel port A-D Converter
- connected only a RED light will show, the system should NOT crash.
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- *** WARNING. ***
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- DO NOT USE ON VOLTAGES GREATER THAN + or - 12 VOLTS.
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- Using the Logic Probe:-
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- 1) Read the ~Warning~ file and switch OFF the AMIGA.
- 2) Connect the A-D Converter to the parallel port.
- 3) Connect the cable to the PHONO socket of the A-D Converter.
- 4) Switch ON the AMIGA.
- 5) Start up the ~Logic_Probe~ software and begin probing.
- 6) When finished switch OFF the AMIGA and disconnect all of the hardware.
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- Acknowledgements:-
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- First of all many thanks to my wife Tricia who allows me to spend many hours
- on my computers.
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- Also to David Benn and Herbert Breuer for the ACE/AIDE combination supplied
- on an AMIGA FORMAT floppy disk which made it easy to compile this program.
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- Also to Laurence J Greatorex for giving these a shakedown on his A1200 with
- a Turbo LC '030 accelerator board and 32MB of fast ram, and to Bob Eva for
- testing on his A1200 setup, with a total of 10MB of memory, and to all the
- other people that have given any of these projects a rigorous testing.
- And finally to anyone else who I may have neglected or forgotten.
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- Mr Barry Walker,
- 70 King George Road,
- Loughborough,
- Leicestershire,
- LE11 2PA,
- England.
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- Email to:-
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- 106161.3245@compuserve.com
- or
- wisecracker@tesco.net
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- BYE.....
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