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
User Manual Rev. 04
Applicable models: 13803K, 13804K

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, : 100F / 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
Important !!!
Step 1 Assembly Main Board and LCD board (follow the order as numbered) Install all SMD parts before proceeding
to Step1 if you purchased kit 13804K. 15. Power connector
1. Resistors 5. USB Socket * 9. Pin header (for power)
J10 : DC005
Note: J4 : USB mini - B Face the opening
Always meter resistor outward
values before soldering
Note:
This connector is J9 : 2 Pin
R7, R36 : 180
optional.
R8, R12, R13 : 120 16. Pin-header (male) *
R1, R14, R16 : 100K
R9, R15, R26 : 1K
R2 : 1.8M R10 : 3K 6. Tact Switches 10. Transistors J5
J6
: 1 X 3 pin
: 1 X 4 pin
R3 : 200K R11 Q1 : 8550
: 150
Note:
R4 : 2M R38 : 1.5K SW4, SW5, : 6 X 6 X 5mm Q2 : 9014 These pin-headers are
R5 : 20K SW6, SW7, optional.
R28, R40 : 470 SW8 Attention!
R6 : 300 R37, R39 : 10K
Packages are similar.
Do not mix up!
17. Pin-header (female)
2. HF-Chokes 7. Ceramic Capacitors 11. Regulators
U4 : 79L05
C1, C9, : 0.1F
U5 : 78L05
C10, C11,
L1,L3,L4 : 100H C14, C15, Attention!
C16, C17, Packages are similar. J7, J8 : 1 X 2 pin
C18, C20, Do not mix up! 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

J1 : BNC

Y1 : 8MHz Solder positive pole Note:

L2 : 1mH/0.5A The thicker pins need
(the longer lead) to D3 :3mm, green
the square pad to heat up longer to get
good soldering result.

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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 1: The voltages in the photo are for reference only.
LCD Dark The voltages on your board could be different.
(No backlight) No Display NOTE 2: But they should be close to the values shown. Voltage
-5.0V 4.99V 3.3V 5.02V
LED will be blinking constantly if MCU References
(U1) can not detect valid LCD controller.
Is voltage at V+ No Check power Short JP4 if it has not been Check LCD pin-header soldering. *
0.19V * 9.39V *(Input Voltage)
6.43V
good? supply done. See Step 2 above.
Yes
Is R36 value correct
No No Check +3.3V voltage
*
-8.11V
8.60V *
Fix R36 Press SW8. Does LED blink? Check Y1, C12, C13 NOTE 3:
and soldered good? Yes
-8.08V*
Check LED installation Make sure U1 and LED working
Yes (you see LED blinks twice at pressing 3.3V
Check J3 soldering for
Do you get about 3V No
Check R36 and possible opens or shorts Test Mode RESET) before using Test Mode.
between J1 pin 16 &
18 on LCD board? power again Check J1 soldering on LCD What it is and how it works
PIN 1
8.34V *
board for possible opens Test Mode is used to find out possible opens (for all port pins) and shorts
Yes or shorts (use Test Mode) (for pins PB0 - 15 and PC13-15). When entered it first checks PB and PC
-1.39V

Check LCD pins with special patterns to find out possible shorts. If found LED will be 2.16V
board No Trace fast blinking. Otherwise, it generate 3.3V and 0V alternatively at each port
pins (PA, PB, PC and PD) in cycle of about 4 seconds. These signals can be 0.81V
No used to check for opens.
Are the values of AV+ and Visit forum for detailed How to use
AV- correct? troubleshooting guide 1. Hold down SW4 and press RESET to enter Test Mode.
Yes 2. If you see LED fast blinking that means there are shorts on PB or PC pins.
Set CPL switch to GND No Check U2B, U2C and ** 1.66V **
and measure V1 and V2.
You need to find out the shorts first. 0V NOTES:
related parts around
Are they correct? these two amplifiers 3. If you see LED slowly blinking use a volt-meter to check each pin related *: These voltages are input voltage dependent. The values
connections that are suspected open. When you dont see voltage change shown were measured when input voltage was 9.39V.
Yes Place the negative pen of volt-meter **: These voltages are measured when CPL switch (SW1)
at a spot which is supposed being connected to a port pin there may be here to do voltage measurements.
Check R12 and C8 is set to GND position.
open between the spot and the port pin.

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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
ground probe needs to be calibrated to achieve better measurement un-connected test signal output

Display and Controls results for high frequency signals. This can be done with the help of
the built-in test signal. To do this please follow the steps below.
Trigger Level
Readout
1. Connect the red clip to the test signal terminal and leave the
Horizontal Connectors black clip un-connected (see photo at right).
Oscilloscope Position for Power Supply 2. Set [SEN1] switch to 0.1V and [SEN2] switch to X5.
Mode Set [CPL] switch to AC or DC.
Connector C6
for Probe 3. Adjust timebase to 0.2ms. You should see waveform similar
[OK]:
to that shown in photos below. If traces are not stable adjust
C4
HOLD / RUN
trigger level (the pink triangle on right screen border) so as
Selection you get a stable display.
4. Turn C4 (capacitor trimmer) with a small screw driver so that
the waveform displays sharp rightangle (photo C).
[CPL]: [+] or [-]:
Couple Parameter
5. Set [SEN1] switch to 1V and [SEN2] switch to X1while keep all other
Selection Adjustment 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 A  Not enough B  Too much C  Good
Sensitivity Indicator
(s/div)
Vertical (V/div) Trigger
Position
Turn On/Off Readouts
Couple Mode
Indicator Press [SEL] so that timebase is highlighted. Hold down [OK] button for about 2 seconds. This will turn
on/off measurement readouts.
Waveform Save/Recall
Press [SEL] & [+] simultaneously: Save currently displayed waveform to non-volatile memory.
Connections Atte ntion Press [SEL] & [-] simultaneously: Recall saved waveform
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. Triggers and Their Modes
supply voltage must be in the range of 8 - 12V. 2. Allowed maximum signal input voltage Specifications
is 50Vpk (100Vpp) with the clip probe. Triggers are events that indicate signal voltage acrossing
Probe: Connect probe to J1. a set level (i.e. trigger level) along a specified direction
Max realtime sample rate 1MSa/s
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 Mode
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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AIN CPL MCU TP9

TP1 ** These voltages were measured **
J1 DC 1 SW1A V1 0V U1 C12
when SW1 is at GND position. SEN2 U2C AV+ **
BNC TP2 1.6V ADCIN 10 6 22pF
C1 AC 3 C2 220pF X1 SW3A TL084/SO VSENSEL2 11 PA0 PD1/OSC_OUT
2 AV+ 1 PA1
SEN1 U2B V2 VSENSEL1 12 Y1
0.1u R1 100K R6 X2 3 TP3 CPLSEL PA2 8MHZ C13
GND 4 10mV 1 TL084/SO 2 10 + 13
SW2A TP11 PA3
8 14 PA4 PD0/OSC_IN 5
C3 3pF 0.1V 3 2 5 300 X5
4 9 TP12 15 22pF
+ - PA5
7 R12 C8 TP13 V-MON 16 JP1
R2 1.8M 1% 1V 120 TESTSIG 17 PA6
4 6 - PA7 +3.3V
D R7 120pF TRIG D
29 PA8
TX1 30 44
AV+ AV- RX1 PA9 BOOT0
R3 180 31 R27 1K
C4 R9 1K USBDM PA10
200K 1% AV- 32 PA11
USBDP 33 TP10
30pF R8 R10 3K SWDIO 34 PA12
3 + AV- PA13 nRST 7
1 SWCLK 37
120 LED PA14 C14 SW8
U2A 2 - 38 PA15
C5 1pF R11 R15
TL084/SO AV+ DB0 0.1u
18 PB0 VBAT 1 +3.3V
R4 2M 1% R20 10K SW2B 1K JP2 DB1
5 19 PB1
DB2
20
AV- VSENSEL1 DB3 PB2
7 6 TP7 39
DB4 PB3 C15 L4 100uH
40 PB4
C6 R5 R22 R14 100K
V3 DB5 0.1u
8 41 PB5 VDDA 9 +3.3V
R21 3.3K 1.5K DB6
42
30pF 20K 1% TP4 DB7 PB6 + C26
AV+ 43 PB7
TL_PWM 45 8 100uF
C7 VGEN PB8 VSSA
46 PB9
AV+ SW1B 120pF AV+ LCD_nRD 21
R17 10K R23 10K LCD_nRESET 22 PB10
5 5 12 + PB11
SW3B 14 BTN4 25
CPLSEL TP6 VSENSEL2 TP8 R13 BTN3 PB12
7 6 7 6 13 - 26 PB13 VDD_1 24
120 BTN2 27 36 +3.3V
C U2D PB14 VDD_2 C
8 R19 8 R25 BTN1 28 48
AV+ TL084/SO PB15 VDD_3
R18 3.3K 1.5K R24 3.3K 1.5K C10
LCD_nCS 2 23 C16 C17 C18
AV- LCD_RS PC13/TEMPER/RTC VSS_1
0.1u TP5 3 35
LCD_nWR PC14/OSC32_IN VSS_2 0.1u 0.1u 0.1u
TLVL 4 PC15/OSC32_OUT VSS_3 47
JP3
C11 C9 R16 STM32F103Cx
100K
Trigg er
0.1u 0.1u D3
AV- Level LED R28 470
Analog Channel +3.3V

TP33
J4 USB_mini_B R31 1.5K Buttons OK BTN1 SWD Port LCD Module Connector
VBUS 1 SW4
2 R29 22 USBDM TP14
D-
USB D+ 3 R30 22 USBDP TP15 + BTN2
USE SWD DEBUG J3
ID 4 SW5 1 2
MODE ONLY
GND 5 3 4
- BTN3
+3.3V 5 6 +3.3V
SW6 LCD_nCS LCD_RS
R34 LCD_nWR 7 8 LCD_nRD
BTN4 IM0 9 10
B SEL J6 +3.3V B
10K 11 12
SW7 1 JP5 13 14
SWDIO LED-A
2 LED-K1 15 16 LED-K2 V+
SWCLK
J5 3 LED-K3 17 18 LED-K4 R36
4 JP6 19 20
IM3 180
1 R32 1K RX1 TP16 Test Signal Terminal R35 10K DB0 21 22 DB1
Uart 2 R33 1K TX1 TP17 DB2 23 24 DB3
3 TESTSIG DB4 25 26 DB5
1 R26 1K DB6 27 28 DB7
J2 2 LCD_nRESET 29 30
31 32 +3.3V
+3.3V 33 34
35 36
Power Supply * * * TP26 * 37 38
TP21 TP22 8.6V Q1 0.2V -8.1V TP25 V- -5V J7 J8
U3 JP4 +3.3V V+ 8550 D1 39 40
TP23 1 1 LCD HEADER
Caution: 3 VIN VOUT 2 1 3 2 1 2 IN OUT 3 AV- 2 2
4 L1
Power supply voltage can VOUT * 1N5819 100uH
3.3V 8.3V
not be higher than 12V. 1 + C22 R37 C24 U4
J9 GND 100uF L2 79L05/TO92 Notes:
+ LM1117 -3.3/TO263 1mH/1A C25
+ +
1 * 10K 100uF 100uF 1. Part values used could be different to
9.3V
- 2
* R38 the values shown. Please refer to part
A 8.6V 1.5K A
D2 TP20 L3 TP24 5V * -1.4V
list.
V+ +5V 6.4V
J10 1N4004 U5 100uH
VGEN R41 10K V-MON
2. Parts in dash-line boxes are SMD devices.
1 3 1 2
+ VIN VOUT AV+
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- 2 C19 + 2 GND
C20 C21 + 9014 C23 R40 470
+3.3V
R42 1K
100uF TP27 TP28 TP29 TP30 R39 0.1u 0.8V
DC 9V
100uF LM78L05/T92 0.1u 10K TP31
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These voltages are power voltage dependent. The
values shown were measured at 9.3V power voltage.

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