Soldering Hints DSO 138 Oscilloscope DIY Kit 14.

Electrolytic capacitors
1 Put leads through mounting holes from the side with
part outline. Ensue component evenly touch PCB.
2 Solder leads at the other side. Solder should fully
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fill and cover soldering pads. Tools you need Before you start
Avoid bridges between 1 Iron (20W) 4 Screw driver 1 Check part values & quantities against part list
neighbering pads. 2 Solder wire 5 Flush cutter 2 Always meter resistor values before soldering
3 Cut unused leads Solder positive pole C19, C21, : 100μF / 1 6 V
flush with cutter. 3 Multimeter 6 Tweezers 3 Understand all part polarities and orientations (the longer lead) to C22, C24,
the square pad C25, C26

Step 1 Assembly Main Board and LCD board (follow the order as numbered) * These parts are optional and not required
for the normal oscilloscope function.
15. Power connector
1. Resistors 5. USB Socket * 9. Pin header (for power)
J10 : DC005
Face the opening
Note: outward
Always meter resistor J4 : USB mini -B
values before soldering
J9 : 2 Pin

R7, R36 : 180Ω 16. Pin-header (male) *

R1, R14, R16 : 100KΩ R8, R12, R13 : 120Ω
R2 : 1.8MΩ R9, R15, R26 : 1KΩ 6. Tact Switches 10. Transistors J5 : 1 X 3 pin
R3 : 200KΩ R10 : 3KΩ J6 : 1 X 4 pin
R4 : 2MΩ Q1 : 8550
R11, R38 : 1.5KΩ SW4, SW5, : 6 X 6 X 5mm
R5 : 20KΩ SW6, SW7, Q2 : 9014
R28, R40 : 470Ω SW8
R6 : 300Ω R37, R39 : 10KΩ
17. Pin-header (female)
2. HF-Chokes 7. Ceramic Capacitors 11. Regulators
C1, C9, : 0.1μF : 79L05
U4
C10, C11,
L1,L3,L4 : 100μH C14, C15, U5 : 78L05
C16, C17, J7, J8 : 1 X 2 pin
C18, C20,
J3 : 2 X 20 pin
C23
C2 : 330pF C7, C8 : 120pF
3. Diodes C3 : 3pF C12, C13 : 22pF
12. Capacitor trimmers 18. Slide switches
Cathode C5 : 1pF
SW1, SW2, : 2P3T
D1 : 1N5819 SW3
C4, C6 : 5 - 30pF
D2 : 1N4004 8. LED
(or 1N4007)

4. Crystal 13. Power inductor 19. BNC connector

Y1 : 8MHz Solder positive pole J1 : BNC

L2 : 1mH/0.5A
(the longer lead) to D3 :φ3mm, green
the square pad

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 20. Test signal ring 21. JP3 22. LCD Board
1 ) Make a small ring with a Note: Install to the side
lead cut-off. Short JP3 with solder opposite to LCD panel.
2 ) Solder the ring to the two
holes of J2 (as shown in J1 : 2 X 20 pin
the photo). J2, J3 : 1 X 2 pin

The assembly should look like this

Step 2 Test and Use NOTE: You need a 9V DC power supply (at least 200mA capacity)
to run the scope. This power supply is not included in the kit. after you have finished all parts

A. Check voltages B. Attach LCD board C. Verify A. Use

1 Apply 9V power to J10 (or J9). Plug LCD board into the female headers J3, J7, and J8 1 Connect power supply again. You should see LCD 1 Attach probe clips to J1.
2 Check voltage at TP22. It should be around +3.3V. on the main board. lights up and oscilloscope panel displayed. 2 Touch the red clip with your finger. Do you see signal
2 Press various buttons and move switches to verify from your finger?
3 If voltage at TP22 is good disconnect power. Short JP4
with solder permanently . their functions.
1
1

2
2

“Trigger” LED blinking twice

3 indicates booting-up is good.

Troubleshooting
NOTE: The voltages in the photo are for reference only. -5.0V 4.99V 3.3V 5.02V Voltage
The voltages on your board could be different. References
LCD Dark
(No backlight) No Display But they should be close to the values shown.
*
0.19V * 9.39V *(Input Voltage)
6.43V

Is voltage at V+ No Check power Short JP4 if it has not been *

good? supply done. See Step 2 above. *
-8.11V
8.60V

Yes
No No Check +3.3V voltage -8.08V* 3.3V
Is R36 value correct Fix R36 Press SW8. Does LED blink? Check Y1, C12, C13
and soldered good? Yes Check LED installation
Yes
Check J3 soldering for
8.34V *
Do you get about 3V No possible opens or shorts -1.39V
between J1 pin 16 & Check R36 and
power again Check J1 soldering on LCD
18 on LCD board? board for possible opens
No Trace 2.16V
Yes or shorts No
Are the values of AV+ and 0.81V
Check LCD Fix them
AV- correct?
board
Yes
Set CPL switch to GND No Check U2B, U2C and
and measure V1 and V2.
Are they correct?
related parts around
these two amplifiers 0V
** 1.66V ** NOTES:
Yes *: These voltages are input voltage dependent. The values
Tech Support: www.jyetech.com/forum Check R12 and C8 Place the negative pen of volt-meter
shown were measured when input voltage was 9.39V.
**: These voltages are measured when CPL switch (SW1)
here to do voltage measurements. is set to GND position.

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 How to Use
Probe Calibration
Because there is always some capacitance between scope input and Leave black clip Connect red clip to
un-connected test signal output
Display and Controls ground probe needs to be calibrated to achieve better measurement
results for high frequency signals. This can be done with the help of
Trigger Level the built-in test signal. To do this please follow the steps below.
Readout
Horizontal Connectors 1. Connect the red clip to the test signal terminal and leave the
Oscilloscope Position for Power Supply black clip un-connected (see photo at right).
Mode 2. Set [SEN1] switch to 0.1V and [SEN2] switch to X5.
Connector
for Probe Set [CPL] switch to AC or DC. C6
3. Adjust timebase to 0.2ms. You should see waveform similar
[OK]:
to that shown in photos below. If traces are not stable adjust
HOLD / RUN C4
Selection trigger level (the pink triangle on right screen border) so as
you get a stable display.
4. Turn C4 (capacitor trimmer) with a small screw driver so that
[CPL]: [+] or [-]: the waveform displays sharp rightangle (photo C).
Couple Parameter
Selection Adjustment 5. Set [SEN1] switch to 1V and [SEN2] switch to X1while keep all other
settings unchanged. Adjust C6 so that sharp rightangle waveform is
displayed.
[SEN1]: [SEL]:
Sensitivity Parameter
Selection 1 Selection

[SEN2]: Trigger
Sensitivity Level
Selection 2 Indicator

Reset
Trigger “Trigged” Button
Timebase Slope Indicator
Sensitivity (s/div) A – Not enough B – Too much C – Good
Vertical (V/div) Trigger
Position Couple Mode
Indicator
Hints
The LED at bottom-right corner (labelled “TRIGGED”) is the trigger indicator. It blinks when triggers
Connections Atte ntion are detected.
1. Power supply voltage must not exceed
Power Supply: Connect DC power supply to J9 or J10. The power 12V. Otherwise U5 will get hot.
supply voltage must be in the range of 8 - 12V.
Triggers and Their Modes
2. Allowed maximum signal input voltage
Triggers are events that indicate signal voltage acrossing
Specifications
Probe: Connect probe to J1. is 50Vpk (100Vpp) with the clip probe. Max realtime sample rate 1MSa/s
a set level (i.e. trigger level) along a specified direction
Analog bandwidth 0 -- 200KHz
(i.e. trigger slope, rising or falling). Oscilloscope uses
triggers as reference points in time for stable waveform Sensitivity range 10mV/div - 5V/div

Operations display and measurements.

Au to Mode
Max input voltage
Input impedance
50Vpk (1X probe)
1M ohm/20pF
Resolution 12 bits
Press on [SEL] button: Select parameter to be adjusted. The selected parameter will be highlighted. In auto mode oscilloscope will perform display refresh no
matter triggers happen or not. When triggers are detected Record length 1024 points
Press on [+] or [-] button: Adjust the parameter selected by [SEL] button. Timebase range 500s/Div -- 10us/Div
waveform display will be displayed with reference to
Press on [OK] button: Freeze waveform refresh (entering HOLD state). Press on it again will de-freeze. trigger points. Otherwise, display waveform at ramdom Trigger modes Auto, Normal, and Single
Change [CPL] switch: Set couple to DC, AC, or GND. When GND is selected the scope input is isolated from input reference points. Trigger position range 50%
signal and connected to ground (0V input).
Power supply 9V DC (8 – 12V)
Change [SEN1] or [SEN2] switch: Adjust sensitivity. The product of [SEN1] and [SEN2] settings makes the Normal M ode
In normal mode oscilloscope will only perform display Current consumption ~120mA
actual sensitivity which is displayed at the lower-left corner of the panel.
refresh when there are triggers. If no triggers happen Dimension 117 x 76 x 15mm
Press on [Reset] button: Perform a system reset and re-boots the oscillscope.
waveform display will stay unchanged. Weight 70 gram (without probe)

Single M ode
0V Line Alignment Tech Support: www.jyetech.com/forum
Single mode is the same as normal mode except that
Sometimes you may find the 0V line (the trace corresponding to 0V input voltage) does not match with the VPOS oscilloscope will enter HOLD state after a trigger has been
indicator at the screen left border. This can easily be fixed by performing the “0V line alignment” function. First, detected and waveform display has been updated.
set the couple switch [CPL] to GND position. Then press on [SEL] button to make VPOS indicator highlighed and
hold down [OK] button for about 2 seconds. You will set the trace aligned to VPOS indicator when you release Normal and single modes are useful for capturing sparse JYT Tech Ltd.
[OK] button. You may see some residue mismatch remains at the highest sensitivity settings. This is normal. or single waveform. Tel. +86-0773-2113856 www.jyetech.com

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