I just checked the Corsair manual. Definitely multiplexed and on two
boards so it could be the connection of that segment between the boards,
the driver chip, or the counter chip. Page 3-27 in the manual I
downloaded from TenTec some time ago.
73, Jerry, K0CQ
On 4/6/2011 4:11 PM, Clayton Brantley wrote:
> Barry: I have never dug into displays but most of them are multiplexed and
> the
> drive for that segment
> in all the digits is most likely at fault. Look at the display drawing and it
> should show what is driving
> that particular segment.
>
> I'll look at a drawing a bit later and see if there is anything obivious.
> Right
> now, I'm going but the seat
> of my pants. Hi
>
> Good luck.
> Clayton N4EV
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Barry N1EU<barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment<tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 4:00:00 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Corsair - blank LED segments
>
> I've never mucked around with the LED freq display before but the
> lower left vertical segment is out on ALL four digits of a Corsair LED
> frequency display. In other words, "6" looks like "5" and "8" looks
> like "9". Do they share something in common that would point to the
> source of the trouble? Obvious things to check?
>
> Thanks& 73,
> Barry N1EU
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