August 2014
August 2014
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Ohm is typical. DC voltage of the inputs and outputs
he ICE2B265 is measured will be about 1 for troubleshooting
obsolete so Volt but not being a steady purposes.
troubleshooting this DC, level readings may
guy closely is important. differ. Design 191
DigiKey and Mouser list it 4 – Drain output SETEC has added a circuit
but do not carry stock, 5 – Drain output. These (Q9 and D15). Apparently
listing it as obsolete. There should be a high DC the Vcc overvoltage level
are some Chinese voltage if you read it with a wasn’t low enough. When
distributors that still have meter on DC. You may get Vcc gets to about 15 Volts,
stock. some reading with a meter Q9 turns on pulling the
on AC but unless you have SoftStart line high. You
This is the switching a really good meter that can should not see a voltage
regulator for the 24 Volt read AC at 66 KHz the here higher than 5.6 Volts.
side of the power supply. It actual reading may not be We will cover that in
only has a few pins to look meaningful. Best read with following paragraphs.
at so troubleshooting isn’t a scope. CAREFULLY.
difficult. 6 – (not used, may not even Other than that, operation
be on the chip) is right out of the data
The 2B265 comes in a 7 – Vcc. To start up, the sheet for the ICE2B265.
variety of packages so if you 2B265 this needs to be You can download that from
are purchasing one, be above 13.5 Volts but once most data sheet sources.
careful of what you buy. started, it can be lower. My favorite is
Below eight volts it should www.alldatasheet.com.
Pinout (DIP version) drop out. It will
1 – Soft Start. It may just tolerate about
have a capacitor to ground, 20 Volts but at
100 nF is typical. about 16 Volts,
2 – Feedback. This is it senses it as an
usually an optoisolator from overvoltage Vcc
the output circuit that and shuts down
monitors the output the PWM.
voltage. As the output Typically reads
voltage goes up, this voltage around 12 Volts.
goes down. It should read 8 – Ground (AC
about 1.5 V DC with a line referenced)
meter but it is best read
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This is normally
just a capacitor
to ground that
delays power on
by a little while.
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line. The boards that run
his is the four, five or bon cable. The test fixture off of AC have an on-board
six channel Comm has all possibilities here regulator that drops the
Board in the distribu- covered. rectified voltage (“+13 V”
tion box of 960 series line on the board) down to
games, both Game King The Board in General +5 V.
and S-2000. It comes in No parts on these boards
many variations and part There are many variations are proprietary. All parts
numbers. This test fixture and part numbers for this are available over-the-
tests all of them I have board so schematics will counter.
found so far. The board has vary, but we can see some
the possibility of three or similarities in designs. The Channels
four wired channels and game interface is +13 V and
one or two fiber optic chan- ground digital signals so The 960-series games have
nels. The board can be switch inputs are simply eight communication chan-
powered from any of three switches from +13 Volt or nels (1 through 8). Up to six
sources. The test fixture ground. 4504 Voltage Level of these come into the
covers all of them. Converters change these to Communications Board as
+5 and ground for the rest channels “a” through “h”.
No single game uses all the of the circuitry.
possibilities so testing the
board in one game will not
necessarily prove it will
work in another game. The
test fixture and this proce-
dure are also educational if
you are vague on RS-232,
RS-485, current loops or
fiber optic systems.
Power
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