Morning? It’s 5 pm here
Just getting home from work. Will try to look into it tonight. First priority: see if I have any output from the oscillator. Might hook up the oscilloscope and start poking around to see if there’s any activity anywhere.
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Morning? It’s 5 pm here
Yes, there's a definite time shift.. just have trouble says good evening when its morning here..
I’m having trouble saying “good morning” because... Well, just because
I'll take it!Maximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:20 pm Haven't played around with this for a long time but lets give it a go until someone else comes along that knows his or her stuff.
Yeah, the 7 MHz clock looks much cleaner, even if it overshoots some.Maximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:20 pm You would expect a more square wave out of the oscillator....
Yep. Will try that.Maximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:20 pm 1. Do you have a x10 setting on your probe?, does the output of the oscillator or the buffer look better then?
Not sure I understand that. You mean what voltage the peaks are at in the current waveform? They seem to be at around 1,5 V, which is weird.Maximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:20 pm 2. What is the Vmax out of the oscillator adjusting for the scope and probe settings?
I didn't order the parts. I got them as a gift from someone who bought to and didn't get around to building one of them. I don't think he completed the first one either.Maximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:20 pm 3. Do you have a datasheet on the oscillator you bought?
4. Did you get the exact same buffer as stated?
I went through my pile of junk looking for something that I could get a 25 MHz signal from, but I didn't find anything.Maximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:20 pm 5. Do you have another device with a crystal you can test(and also the operation of the device while measuring)
Quite close, at the JTAG connector.Maximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:20 pm 6. Did you get your grond connection close to the oscillator?
I'm a bit ashamed to say that I didn't check for shorts. YetMaximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:20 pm 7. Is the output of the oscillator or the buffer shorted to ground?
I might just order new buffers and a new oscillator to rule them out. It's not like they're very expensive.Maximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:20 pm I really do not see how a bad oscillator installation would kill the buffer, if VoutHigh of the oscillator is higher then the Vt+ of the buffer and the VoutLow of the oscillator is lower then the Vt- of the buffer (with the correct Vcc ofcourse) the buffer should give an output.
Try the X10 setting on the probe, rest should be ok.
If i'm correct you should see a oscillator high voltage output of about 90-100% of VCC or 2,8V-3,3v, the low voltage should be around 0-10% of VCC or 0-0,33V, this is dependent of the type of oscillator of course.
Could also be the wrong parts…
It was just to test your Scope setup, not as a replacement for your TF530.
On your own risk:
Sounds like a plan! I probably won’t even have to remove the oscillator as long as I remove the jumper at JP1. But we’ll see.Maximilian wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:40 pm On your own risk:
Personally i would remove the oscillator and use a 10K resistor to switch the buffer input between 3,3v and gnd while not touching the conductors and using short wires, the output from the buffer should respond nicely.
Thank you!