Re: Asteroids DAC question

From: Christopher X. Candreva <chris_at_westnet.com>
Date: Fri Sep 09 2005 - 19:45:58 EDT

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Scott Brasington wrote:

> Is there an easy way to know if the AD561J DAC(s) on an asteroids
> (or similar type) board need to be replaced? Like is there a common
> symptom of when they fail versus say something else in that same
> circuit area?

Assuming you've already traced the output, and know the signal is corrupt on
the output of the DAC (It doesn't go bad at the op-amp) . .

Could you piggyback a second DAC on top, let all pins touch except the
output, and compare the two outputs ?

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