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Re: [TenTec] Corsair - blank LED segments

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair - blank LED segments
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
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Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:38:04 +0100
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Barry,

That is odd.

I don't think it can be the 68705 because that doesn't operate down at the segment level. On the other hand the 10MHz and 1MHz positions are fed by completely separate driver chips and components from the other positions. I can't see anything on the schematic which is unique to one segmens and also common across the positions ?????

73,
Steve G3TXQ


On 06/04/2011 22:29, Barry N1EU wrote:
Thanks Jerry, Clayton and Steve!

What was throwing me for a loop is that the Corsair II manual really
messes up this section - the text is copied from the Corsair I manual
but the counter logic circuitry is completely different.  To their
credit, the correct updated schematics are included in the Corsair II
manual.  The Corsair II uses 81246 Logic Board ->  81247 Display Driver
->  81248 Display Board while the text still references 80973 Logic
Board, etc.

As Steve suggests, it IS an odd fault because the megahertz digit also
shows the same fault so we can't easily isolate it to the driver of
the khz/hz digits.  I'm going to try and hang a scope probe on the
segment line and see if it is dead back to the display driver chips.
If so, I guess it could be a bad 68705 or ???

Thanks&  73,
Barry N1EU


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