25 Mar
2016
25 Mar
'16
8:21 p.m.
On 3/24/16 3:25 AM, Mattis Lind wrote:
It does seem that way. Thanks for
the suggestions, I have a few (likely
head-scratchingly obvious) questions below. This is not my area of
expertise by a long shot so some of these things are less than obvious
to me. Thanks for being patient :).
So I had a few
minutes tonight to investigate a few things:
- The startup PSU is running, and the relay in the 5V supply is firing and
stays energized until the supply is powered off.
- The +5V, and +/-12V bias voltages are being properly generated. This
makes sense, since the 2.5V supply is working fine. From my understanding
of the supply, this means the 300VDC is also present (also validated by the
relay firing.)
- The 20Khz clock generated on the bias board is present (measured from
pin 8 of J1 on on the bias board), at the proper rate and duty cycle.
- 5V AC and DC LO signals (measured at J1) are .3 and .9V, respectively.
Then a lot things seems to be working. Is the main chopper transistor driven?
How do I
identify which transistor is the main chopper? I've looked
through the schematic and the tech reference and I've come up empty.
First check that you have a signal on the primary side of the pulse
transformer T2 on the mother board? Driven through B22 / B24 from the
control board. Q6 collector.
These are the pins on J4 (on the motherboard) labeled
"-TRIGGER" and
"+TRIGGER" ? Is this safe to probe with a standard 10x oscilloscope
probe (assuming I bring some leads out to where it's safe...)?
If not then check backwards towards the NE556, Q6 and Q15. E9 pin 9 and pin
5. E8 pin 3. These outputs are OR:ed together via diodes and drive Q15 base.
Makes sense.
If yes then you need to investigate the secondary side of the pulse
transformer T2 on the mother board. (Now it is getting dangerous if you are
not careful). Is there base drive on the power transistors?
What precautions do you
recommend taking here?
Thanks again. I may have some time this weekend to play with this, but
I have family coming to visit, so probably not :). I'll let you know
how I get on if I do, though...
- Josh
So far, so good. I also measured the 5V
Overcurrent and 5V Crowbar on J1
(pins 2 and 19) and they're at 12V and 8V respectively. I'm not sure I
understand what this indicates; the Overcurrent lamp is not illuminated on
the power controller, for example, and per the tech manual (section 4.4.2)
if an overvoltage occurs and the crowbar kicks in, the supply should shut
down for ~1 second, which I'm not seeing any indications of (I'm not seeing
the voltage reach anything over .2V with a small load attached). The
overcurrent protection appears to work similarly. I don't see an
indication of what the levels for the signals on J1 are supposed to be,
however.
The NE555 will trigger on a low going TRIG signal, so if either the CROWBAR
SENSE (which is generated by a SCR that sinks this singal to ground when
fired) OR the +5V OVERCURRENT goes low it will trigger. These signals are
active low. I.e you don't have a over current or over voltage condition.
I'll hopefully have more time to debug later
this week, thought I'd report
my findings and see if anyone has any bright ideas.
Good luck!
/Mattis
> Thanks as always,
> - Josh
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