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Offline amarTopic starter

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Troubleshooting Tips
« on: April 16, 2013, 05:02:52 pm »
Hi .
please suggest me basic tips for Troubleshooting the circuit.   
 

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Re: Troubleshooting Tips
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2013, 05:05:36 pm »
The circuit?
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Re: Troubleshooting Tips
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2013, 05:07:05 pm »
Experience. The way you go about troubleshooting The Circuit depends completely on what sort of circuit it is and what the problem is. I can't think of a single general troubleshooting tip other than "understand the circuit".
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Re: Troubleshooting Tips
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2013, 05:09:32 pm »
Ah, THE Circuit, of course.
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Re: Troubleshooting Tips
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2013, 05:27:22 pm »
Very generic:

- Isolating the problem to a specific module or part.
- Try to understand the operation of this isolated module/part.

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Re: Troubleshooting Tips
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2013, 05:48:33 pm »
Experience. The way you go about troubleshooting The Circuit depends completely on what sort of circuit it is and what the problem is. I can't think of a single general troubleshooting tip other than "understand the circuit".

I would add understanding the trouble with the circuit. I can't count the number of times I have to remotely fault find a circuit when the sum total of the trouble shooting information I have had was "It doesn't work" |O

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Re: Troubleshooting Tips
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2013, 06:01:02 pm »
You may want to get a copy of, 'Troubleshooting Analog Circuits' Robert A. Pease, Newnes

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Re: Troubleshooting Tips
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2013, 06:57:37 pm »
You may want to get a copy of, 'Troubleshooting Analog Circuits' Robert A. Pease, Newnes

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Re: Troubleshooting Tips
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2013, 01:13:34 am »
Hi .
please suggest me basic tips for Troubleshooting the circuit.

That's all the detail you're going to give us?

The generic basics are:
- study the circuit to understand how it is supposed to work
- measure/verify supply voltages
- isolate what works and what doesn't / divide and conquor
- trace signals
- measure/verify control signals
- measure bias voltages
etc, etc, etc...
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