Fluke 8842a instruction manual Waveforms at U101-24 and U101-25

8842A

Instruction Manual

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Figure 6-15. Waveforms at U101-24 and U101-25

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Figure 6-16. Typical Bus Data Line Waveform

The waveform at the storage capacitors can often be used to locate leakage problems. The leakage can be due to contamination on the Main PCA or to defective switches in U101. Figure 6-15 shows the waveforms across storage capacitors C102 and C103 (U101-24 and U101-25, respectively) for a specific input.

The A/D Converter communicates with the In-Guard μC via the internal bus, which also goes to several other sections of the instrument. What looks like a problem in the A/D Converter may actually be caused by a problem in another section of the instrument which is loading down the bus data lines (U101-1, -2, -3, -38, -39, -40). A typical waveform at one of the data lines is shown in Figure 6-16. One of the data lines can be loaded down so that the In-Guard μC fails to recognize data sent over that line. If so, the amplitude of the signal of the bad line would be less than 3V peak-to-peak.

One technique of finding an overloaded or shorted data line is to remove the In-Guard μC and drive one data line at a time through a 1 kΩ resistor. Measure the voltage drop across a length of the line. Normally the voltage drop across the line is zero volts (less than 5 μV). Voltage drops larger than 5 μV indicate a short. (The voltage drop is caused by excessive current flowing through the line.)

When troubleshooting the A/D Converter it may be desirable to determine what the reading is at the A/D Converter when the display is definitely incorrect. A digital

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