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Gottlieb 6-digit display flicker

By DickHamill

3 years ago



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#4 3 years ago

It is an induced pulse from another signal. Hanging a scope probe puts a very tiny but just enough capacitive load to eliminate the narrow pulse.
Probably caused by a poor connection on that signal somewhere on the board. If you can't find it - get a 15-20pF capacitor (similar value to your scope lead which fixes the issue) with a 100V rating, attach between pin 3 and ground. Yes, a kluge but for a one-off fix...

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#8 2 years ago

Replacing the three caps wouldn't have been a bad idea. I imagine a bad bypass capacitor (especially C1) could have caused similar issues. These don't fail often but are sometimes physically broken.

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