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- How To Use The Logic Probe, ~Project9~ Of ~TestGear3.lha~.
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- Important Note:-
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- Most of this information also applies to the Experimental Logic Probe,
- ~Project9A~ of ~TestGear3.lha~.
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- What It Is Used For:-
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- The Logic Probe is a device for finding out the state of a digital IC in
- a digital circuit board. Its' display is usually a set of coloured lights
- that indicate a ~Logic 0~, ~Logic 1~, ~Indeterminate DC~ or ~Indeterminate
- Pulse Train~. Place the Probe Tip on any part of the circuit board, (node)
- and check the Logic State at that point. The prototype Logic Probe was
- used to check the Logic States on the pins of the Parallel Port on a
- modern ~PC~ running ~Windows 98~ (TM), so that I could build an ADC to
- work on a ~PC~. It was 100% successful.
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- | A BASIC USE OF THE LOGIC PROBE. |
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- Figure 1.
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- A TYPICAL CCT BOARD
- +----------------+ PROBE +-------+ +-----------+
- | OoO O#O#O O#OO | <---->* LOGIC | +-----+ | AMIGA |
- | O Ooo #OO# OOO | | *>===>| ADC |}---{| PARALLEL |
- | (A) oooo O#OO | +--* PROBE | +-----+ | PORT |
- +--------*-------+ | +-------+ +-----------+
- | CROCODILE |
- | CLIP |
- +-------*------+
- |
- | (GND)
- __|__
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- Key:-
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- (A) = A Typical Circuit Board With Semiconductor Devices On Board.
- O, o, # = Represents Various Semiconductor Devices.
- <---- = The Probe Tip.
- === = Coaxial Cable.
- > = Signal Path.
- * = Electrical Connections.
- CCT = Circuit.
- ADC = Analogue To Digital Converter.
- GND = Ground.
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- 1) It is assumed that the Analogue To Digital Converter, (ADC) is
- connected to the AMIGA.
- 2) It is also assumed that the Logic Probe's output cable is connected
- the ADC.
- 3) It is also assumed that the Logic Probe software is up and running on
- the AMIGA.
- 4) REFER to Figure 1. Connect the ~Crocodile Clip~ of the Logic Probe
- to a Ground, (GND) point on the circuit board.
- 5) Power up the circuit board.
- 6) Using the Probe Tip touch different parts of the board and determine
- the Logic State at that point.
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- What This Logic Probe CANNOT Do:-
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- 1) It cannot do Negative Logic at all.
- 2) It cannot do Overvoltage detection.
- 3) It cannot test very high impedance circuits, > 10 KilOhms.
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- Mr Barry Walker, (G0LCU),
- 70 King George Road,
- Loughborough,
- Leicestershire,
- LE11 2PA,
- England.
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- Email to:-
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- wisecracker@tesco.net
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- BYE.....
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