Oscilloscope screen pictures
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o make troubleshooting much easier you can view the next pictures. The pictures show the signals that I have explained in the earlier section. The pictures which show the strobe signal are more or less the same in every pinball machine. The pictures which show the signals of the segments are different depending on your pinball machine. The reason for this is because the different pinball machines have their own messages running over the display. But normally the signal should look similar.
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Pictures of the Strobe Signals |
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Signals at J1 and J2 pin 1 to 9. The picture shows a high-signal that has low-pulses. The second pulse shows the start of the second sequence. The high-level between the two pulses has little steps. This shows the other 15 pulses. |
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After the NOR-Gates U1 - U4 the strobes are inverted. The NOR-Gates receive their inhibit signal from the Blanking signal of the pinball CPU. |
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Shows the strobes after U5 and U6. As you can see the signals are inverted again. |
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Shows the strobes direct before they enter the bases of the transistors T1 - T16. |
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Shows the strobes after the collectors of transistors T1 - T16 directly before they enter the LEDs. |
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Pictures of the segment data |
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Shows the different information which comes from the pinball CPU board. They enter the PinLED Display board at J4 and J5. It is a composition of different pulses which control the single segments. |
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After the inverters U7 - U12 the signal is inverted. |
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Shows the signals after the drivers U13 - U16. |
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Shows the signals after the resistors direct before they enter the LEDs. |