Theory of Operation 8
16800 Series Portable Logic Analyzers Service Guide 171
Power supply
The frame uses two modular power supplies to provide the six
DC voltage rails: - 12 V, +12 V, - 5 V, +5 V, - 3.3 V, +3.3 V. These rails
use remote sensing to maintain .01% load regulation. The
module slots are limited to 100 W each and the instrument as a
whole to 600 W.
The frame has a "soft" power on/off algorithm. Pressing the
power switch notifies the CPU to either wake up or power
down. The CPU then in turn drives the signal line which
actually turns the supplies on or off. A PLD monitors this
process and will force a power down after approximately two
minutes if the CPU does not respond. The small portion of
circuitry involved in this process is powered from an auxiliary
+5 V which is always present as long as the instrument is
plugged in. Additional logic monitors the voltage levels on the
six rails and will also cause an immediate power down if any
one drops below about 90% of regulation. Power down can also
be caused by an over temperature sense circuit. In this case, the
PLD notifies the CPU, the user receives a warning window, and
a soft power down is started. Again, the PLD will force a power
down if the CPU does not soft power down in about two
minutes.
PCI board
The PCI Board plugs into a CPU motherboard PCI slot,
providing the interface between the CPU motherboard and the
logic analyzer. On the PCI board is a PCI bridge chip used to
provide an electrical interface between the CPU PCI slot bus
and the two PCI devices located on the Module Interface Board.
A TI2050A PCI bridge chip is used to connect to the primary
PCI bus on the CPU motherboard connector and provides a
secondary PCI bus, which is connected via an 80- pin
high- density cable from this PCI board to the Module Interface
Board.
MIB (Module Interface Board)
Top level function
The MIB contains all of the logic analyzer frame specific
hardware. This includes all circuits necessary to interface with
measurement modules, interface with the front panel knob and
keys, monitor frame functions, and interface to the CPU
motherboard via the PCI board. It also performs power
distribution and numerous interconnects.
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