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  • stj
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    • Dec 2009
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    #41
    Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

    old gate arrays usually had an external "boot" eeprom or they had to be "mask" programmed at the factory - they didnt have flash in them then.

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    • Spork Schivago
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      • Mar 2012
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      #42
      Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

      Originally posted by keeney123
      I was just saying that a gate array can be programmed in the field. If HP was responsible for making this machine you might what to call them to make sure the IC is programmed. Also, if this O-scope is an older model you might also be able to get the schematics from them. The schematic would be useful if there has been more taken out then one chip. I fact the chip may not be damage, you might of taken out a power supply circuit. It would depend on actually what was shorted and how it is connected in the circuit. The schematic would also be useful if you need to repair this thing in the future. If they are unwilling to give you the schematics there must be some company that either sells them of you can get for nothing.
      Thanks Keeney123. HP sold the stuff to KeySight who destroyed it back in 2010 or somewhere around there. I've asked for a schematic but they said they have long been destroyed. It'd be nice if I could find one for this oscilloscope module. I guess the triggers on these modules tend to fail. This circuit has something to do with the triggering I do believe. The person who sold it to me showed that the oscilloscope module worked in his logic analyzer, minus the actual triggering function. I have searched high and low for a schematic. I've found the service manual for this module but it doesn't include any schematics, unfortunately.

      At this point in time, I think maybe I should first try to replace the caps. I'll just maybe go for 16V MLCC 10nF SMD caps. I'll install the unit in my HP 16702B logic analyzer and try to figure out how to use the triggering function. If it doesn't work, then I'll replace the IC and see if that fixes it. I guess there's a chance the short on the IC just made the caps explode off the board and didn't actually destroy the IC itself.
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      • keeney123
        Lauren
        • Sep 2014
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        #43
        Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

        If you have a chip number on the IC we could look up the data sheet to see how it works. That would help in troubleshooting the problem. Also, if you can give me the model number of the O-scope I will also look. The service manual should tell you how to calibrate the scope and that will also give you an indication of what has gone bad. You might what to go to this site and see if anyone has your schematics. http://www.keysight.com/owc_discussi...7356&tstart=-2
        Last edited by keeney123; 02-01-2016, 02:29 PM.

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        • Spork Schivago
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          #44
          Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

          Originally posted by stj
          old gate arrays usually had an external "boot" eeprom or they had to be "mask" programmed at the factory - they didnt have flash in them then.
          Yeah, someone on EEVBlog said something about "mask" programmed. Not really sure what that meant.

          There's a daughter board that has something to do with trigger too, real close to this IC I believe. I wonder if that daughter board has the firmware on it. It'd be nice, that'd mean that I wouldn't have to worry about whether or not this IC was programmed then, right?
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          • Spork Schivago
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            #45
            Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

            Originally posted by keeney123
            If you have a chip number on the IC we could look up the data sheet to see how it works. That would help in troubleshooting the problem. Also, if you can give me the model number of the O-scope I will also look. The service manual should tell you how to calibrate the scope and that will also give you an indication of what has gone bad. You might what to go to this site and see if anyone has your schematics. http://www.keysight.com/owc_discussi...7356&tstart=-2
            I did ask for help on KeySight's site, they're the ones who told me the schematics have long since been destroyed, along with most of the other information (like source code to the HPUX OS, etc). However, I did find a service manual on the oscilloscope module, just no schematics. I also found a datasheet on the IC but it's kind of lacking. The oscilloscope module is HP 16534A. The IC is an AMCC Q20025-0080B. This is the closest thing I could find for a datasheet for that IC...



            Service manual for the 16534A is here:


            Here's another link for the same document:
            https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...dcd515e29b.pdf

            The logic analyzer that the oscilloscope module goes into is an HP 16702B
            Thanks for the help!
            -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full

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            • stj
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              #46
              Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

              http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/

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              • keeney123
                Lauren
                • Sep 2014
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                #47
                Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                Originally posted by Spork Schivago
                I did ask for help on KeySight's site, they're the ones who told me the schematics have long since been destroyed, along with most of the other information (like source code to the HPUX OS, etc). However, I did find a service manual on the oscilloscope module, just no schematics. I also found a datasheet on the IC but it's kind of lacking. The oscilloscope module is HP 16534A. The IC is an AMCC Q20025-0080B. This is the closest thing I could find for a datasheet for that IC...



                Service manual for the 16534A is here:


                Here's another link for the same document:
                https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...dcd515e29b.pdf

                The logic analyzer that the oscilloscope module goes into is an HP 16702B
                Thanks for the help!
                Did you ask through the support site or the blog site for help? In other words did you ask the company directly or just the people on the help site? Seems like to test this out you will need an accurate power supply and a signal generator. So the scope is a plug in module and the problem is on that module? The chip you are concerned with has a phase lock loop and works on ECL and TTL logic. When we use to troubleshoot something like this we used an extender board. Just a board that brought the back plane out so we could use a scope on it. . It would plug into the connector and the O-scope board would plug into it. This way it would be out in front of the chassis. The Logic Analyzer should also have a trigger circuit which may allow you to monitor what information is transpiring on the chip you are concern with. Seems like if you run through either the test mode or calibration mode the machine will tell you where it failed. I might be a good idea to post a close up of the o-scope module so we can see what you are working with. I would first run the test mode out of the whole machine to see where it failed and to verify the other parts are good.

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                • Spork Schivago
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                  #48
                  Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                  Originally posted by keeney123
                  Did you ask through the support site or the blog site for help? In other words did you ask the company directly or just the people on the help site? Seems like to test this out you will need an accurate power supply and a signal generator. So the scope is a plug in module and the problem is on that module? The chip you are concerned with has a phase lock loop and works on ECL and TTL logic. When we use to troubleshoot something like this we used an extender board. Just a board that brought the back plane out so we could use a scope on it. . It would plug into the connector and the O-scope board would plug into it. This way it would be out in front of the chassis. The Logic Analyzer should also have a trigger circuit which may allow you to monitor what information is transpiring on the chip you are concern with. Seems like if you run through either the test mode or calibration mode the machine will tell you where it failed. I might be a good idea to post a close up of the o-scope module so we can see what you are working with. I would first run the test mode out of the whole machine to see where it failed and to verify the other parts are good.
                  Thank you Keeney123. I asked on the blog but a KeySight employee answered me. He was the one that worked on the development of the credit card demo board or whatever it's called for this logic analyzer. It's just basically a development board for it.

                  The test was ran and it showed triggering failed. When I did some research on this, I found that little riser board next to the IC seems to also be part of the triggering circuitry. Right now, without those caps, the triggering will still fail. I do have an old signal generator. It can only do up to 5MHz though. I also have another oscilloscope (100MHz bandwidth). I'm thinking if I could find the proper 10nF caps (the right voltage ones), I could just solder them where the old ones got ripped off / blew up / whatever and try the module, to see if it fixes the triggering. If not, then I'll try replacing the IC to see if that fixes it. It's just now a matter of trying to figure out what 10nF SMD caps to use. I'll post some pictures in a little bit here. Thank you!
                  -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full

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                  • Spork Schivago
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                    #49
                    Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                    Thank you for the link Stj. However, I can't seem to find any information there on the Agilent / HP / KeySight 16702B Logic Analyzer or the HP 16534A Oscilloscope module.
                    -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full

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                    • stj
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                      • Dec 2009
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                      #50
                      Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                      check monthly, they are on a mission to archive ALL old stuff!!!

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                      • Spork Schivago
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                        #51
                        Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                        Okay Stj. I just don't think the schematics were ever released to the public. I contacted a person who was working on these modules. He said he believed HP has these things called CLIPs (Component Level Information Packages) but he's never found one on the net or anything. I've got the service manuals for both the oscilloscope module and the logic analyzer but they just seem to tell you how to calibrate the equipment and gives part numbers for replacement parts. You know, real simple stuff for field workers or something. If the board fails the test, try this. If that doesn't work, replace the board with this part number. If the oscilloscope probe is bad, replace it with this part number, etc.

                        Anyway, here's the pictures I promised. Sorry that they're so dark. I had all the lights on in the house but it didn't do much good. DSC01507 shows a zoomed up picture where the two missing caps are. One has a missing pad but I think I can solder to the little bit of pad that's missing or solder to the via that it goes too. The circuitry in DSC01507 is on the back side of the board, same place where the AMCC chip is. Just on the back instead of the front. The AMCC chip had a heatsink that I removed. I hope these help.
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                        • keeney123
                          Lauren
                          • Sep 2014
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                          #52
                          Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                          I would then go back and contact HP try and talk to a tech in the service repair department and see if he will locate the schematic for this board. The unit is not that old they still should have them. He is says he does not then ask of a similar schematic so you can figure out the triggering circuit. There o-scope circuits should be similar as they are performing the same function. They have been making O-scopes since at least the 1950's.

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                          • Spork Schivago
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                            #53
                            Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                            Originally posted by keeney123
                            I would then go back and contact HP try and talk to a tech in the service repair department and see if he will locate the schematic for this board. The unit is not that old they still should have them. He is says he does not then ask of a similar schematic so you can figure out the triggering circuit. There o-scope circuits should be similar as they are performing the same function. They have been making O-scopes since at least the 1950's.
                            Thanks Keeney, I'll try that. I have a feeling though, since they sold everything for these logic analyzers and that oscilloscope module to KeySight, they might of just got rid of it. KeySight now owns the rights. I want to say it was 2010 when the KeySight employee they they did away with all the stuff. Something about how it costed money to run the HPUX servers or something and to keep all that stuff around. He said because it's over 20 years old, it's now considered obsolete and they did away with everything.

                            How should I contact HP? I think I'd probably have more luck with the business end of HP, rather than the consumer end. Maybe I can find an e-mail address on their site.
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                            • stj
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                              #54
                              Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                              i suspect they are lying and just want you to buy a new model rather than repairnig the old one.
                              typical company attitude these days.

                              they wont have lost the schems or software because they make up part of the patent and would be needed in any legal case against a cloner

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                              • Spork Schivago
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                                #55
                                Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                                I dunno Stj. I guess they could be lying, but that's a long time to keep the stuff around. The guy I talked to seemed to really want to try and help people. For example, the OS reinstallation discs were gone. He told me whenever they tried talking to HP, they had a heck of a time getting them to help, after they purchased everything. I found the ISOs for the reinstallation discs and gave them to the KeySight guy and he actually uploaded them on the KeySight FTP server for all to download, after verifying they were legit and everything. I'd think if he was lying, he wouldn't of cared about stuff like that, you know?

                                The servers were special. Not modern day. They had a mainframe running some software that was used to generate licenses for one thing or another. I don't know what the licenses were for, but if someone hasn't required a license in 5 years or so, I could see the company making a decision to scrape the special servers, rather than paying to keep them running in case one or two users _might_ need a license in the future. One of those do the pro's outway the con's?

                                I did tell him how I thought in the future, if they were going to destroy stuff like that, maybe they could release it open source before doing so. I could try e-mailing KeySight instead of talking to an employee directly on the site and HP as well, just to see if I get the same answers or not. I guess that would help show us if anyone's being deceptive. I still can't find an e-mail address for HP. I really hope I won't have to call them on the telephone.
                                -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full

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                                • stj
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                                  #56
                                  Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                                  license servers will be for FLEXLM, seen SGI using that crap.

                                  btw, what's this part in red, a battery-backed ram?
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                                  • stj
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                                    #57
                                    Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                                    http://www.woodmann.com/crackz/Flexlm.htm

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                                    • Spork Schivago
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                                      #58
                                      Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                                      Originally posted by stj
                                      license servers will be for FLEXLM, seen SGI using that crap.

                                      btw, what's this part in red, a battery-backed ram?
                                      Wow, you are good! My crappy photo and you could tell! It probably needs replacing. It's:
                                      H990A9922
                                      M48Z18-100PCI
                                      ZEROPOWER RAM
                                      Lithium Battery
                                      Malaysia. Written sideways, there's also a W1749X on there. I planned on replacing it once I got the triggering fixed (or at least the IC and the two 10nF SMD caps).
                                      -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full

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                                      • Spork Schivago
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                                        #59
                                        Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                                        So, I can use that to generate license keys, if my Logic Analyzer uses the FLEXlm stuff?
                                        -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full

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                                        • Spork Schivago
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                                          #60
                                          Re: Considering purchasing a Logic Analyzer

                                          With capacitors, I can always go over, with the voltage, right? I have evidence to believe it's a 10nF. I can't prove it but someone who has them found two others that appear to be identical on the same circuit. I pulled those two others and measured them on my board and they were both 10nF. I figured if there's four caps in the same circuit that appear to be the same height / width / length, if I have no other ways to tell, it'd be okay with assuming at this point that they are the same caps.

                                          The package seems to be a 0805. I found some 0805 10nF 100V MLCC SMD caps at Mouser. If the real caps are only like 16v, would 100V do any damage? Or could I safely use them? I thought the voltage was just the maximum amount of voltage the cap could handle...
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