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Introduction

Welcome

Congratulations and thank you for purchasing an Electron Plus product.

Please take a few minutes to read the

‘Before You Start’

section of this manual, especially

as misusing this product can result in damage to it, your device-under-test or potentially
place you in-danger.

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Summary of Contents for ASA100

Page 1: ...Copyright 2018 2021 Electron Plus Design Limited All Rights Reserved ASA100 User Manual using EPIC 21 software work in progress ...

Page 2: ... 11 Installing the USB driver 12 Earthing for function and safety 13 Operation 14 Selecting Instrument 14 Connecting Instrument 15 Check for updates 16 Control Ribbon 17 Instrument Status 18 Signature Generator 19 Test Controls 21 Edit Controls 23 Auto Capture 24 Auto Test 25 Menu Bar 25 File 26 New topic 27 Views 28 9 mini scopes 29 6 mini scopes TestTree 29 3 mini scopes TestTree 30 3 mini scope...

Page 3: ...ntre Manor Lane Stutton Suffolk IP9 2TD UK Hereafter referred to as Electron Plus Notes We frequently update our manuals and add new features and improvements as they available please ensure that you check our website for an updated version of this document especially if updating your Electron Plus software We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this manual s contents If you find any error...

Page 4: ...accessories Please pay particular attention to any section with a warning symbol Safety warnings Warnings cautions and notes are colour coded through out this manual These are divided into several categories and are described below WARNING Pay special attention to anything written here this is for your safety and continued protection and is critical information CAUTION Damage may occur to your equ...

Page 5: ...both 32 bit and 64 bit from the Electron Plus website 1x USB 2 0 type A common for connection to the instrument at 0 5A Screen resolution of at least 1440 W x 900 H it will work with others but you risk some of the CONTROL RIBBON items not being visible EPIC uses the PC sound card for various alerts although it will operate correctly without sound Technical Note We test EPIC builds mainly on Windo...

Page 6: ...port electron plus from UK 01473 327100 international telephone 44 1473 327 100 If you are experiencing an issue with EPIC please email a copy of the following files see below found in the EPIC installation folder along with a description of the problem log txt bugreport txt This will help us understand your problem and provide a quicker fix ...

Page 7: ... Welcome Congratulations and thank you for purchasing an Electron Plus product Please take a few minutes to read the Before You Start section of this manual especially as misusing this product can result in damage to it your device under test or potentially place you in danger ...

Page 8: ...s are fully discharged before using the ASA100 The SIGNAL connection is protected by a large Transzorb style device but damage WILL occur if the ASA100 is placed across a fully charged DCLINK capacitor The COMMON connection is connected directly to the chassis of the instrument and therefore the USB 0V and shell Before connecting your device please ensure you have installed the USB driver If you w...

Page 9: ...Bug fixes ASA addition of manual mode V21 011 Bug fixes CTL503 Vgs vs Id at fixed Vds mode added CTL503 updates to status display CTL503 removal of DEVTEST button function V21 010 Bug fixes Addition of version compiled for 32 bit systems CTL503 added to EPIC ASA200 240 addition of SIGNAL COMMON to EDIT page V21 009 Bug fixes SPA100 added to EPIC REF50X added to EPIC V21 008 Bug fixes ...

Page 10: ...copy will overwrite the necessary existing file s The settings txt file will only be created if it is not present When EPIC is first started it will build a number of files unless they are already there from a previous installation in the installation directory If upgrading from EPIC V21 009 or earlier please be aware that the new program EXE is called either EPIC32 EXE or EPIC64 EXE and that prev...

Page 11: ...updates and bug fixes 1 Select which variant you wish to use go ahead and download it typically by double clicking on the ZIP file named something like Install_EPIC21010_64 ZIP 2 Open the downloaded file typically Windows will recognise the ZIP format and open the file and display the contents like a folder double click the EXE file typically called Install_EPIC21010_64 exe 3 Follow the on screen ...

Page 12: ... driver is available from the SOFTWARE section of our website www electron plus software device drivers can also be downloaded directly from FTDI s website www ftdichip com drivers Download the FTDI driver CDM21228_Setup open the ZIP file and run CDM21228_Setup EXE this will install the D2XX drivers necessary It is possible that you already have this FTDI device driver installed however we still r...

Page 13: ...earthing wire using either ring terminal or spade terminal If in doubt please contact Electron Plus for further details Caution USB 0V rear panel front panel casing and any external power supply 0V are all the same potential and connected via low impedances PCB metalwork etc Avoid creating ground loops with your setup Note Some earlier production ASA100 units may have a TORX T10 headed stainless s...

Page 14: ...When EPIC is first installed it will initially start in ASA100 mode To change this INSTRUMENT CHANGE INSTRUMENT and select the actual instrument you wish to use you will then have to close and reopen EPIC for this to take effect Technical Note Variable used in settings txt ActiveInstrument ASA100 ...

Page 15: ... to connect or DISCONNECT to disconnect or Before the instrument connects it will check the identification in the FTDI USB bridge IC an error message will be shown if the instrument selected is not the same as the instrument connected Technical Note Upon successful connection EPIC will download the calibration coefficients file from the USB bridge IC These are then stored in the EPIC folder as ASA...

Page 16: ...check unticking will prevent EPIC from performing the daily update check Technical Note In settings txt CheckWebsiteForUpdate 1 or 0 determines if this function is enabled disabled DateOfLastUpdateCheck 04 11 2021 is self explanatory If function is enabled and date today a small file called version txt is downloaded from http www electron plus wp content This contains the current revision of EPIC ...

Page 17: ...rogress 17 34 Control Ribbon The Control Ribbon has most of the functions necessary for the operation of the instrument The following sections are descriptions of Instrument Status Signature Generator Test Controls and Edit Controls and their functions ...

Page 18: ...t the instrument to EPIC Should the instrument be disconnected the status of this button will automatically change Below the connection button is a text display that shows typically the voltage of the USB connection at the input to the instrument This is useful in diagnosing problems with the USB cable or the computer port This voltage will dip a small amount when the instrument is generating sign...

Page 19: ...on will increase or decrease the output resistance from the instrument this is in steps and ranges from 100 ohms to 10K ohms 10 000 ohms These steps are 100 ohms 1K ohms and 10K ohms Pressing the Freq or Freq button will increase or decrease the output frequency the instrument this is in steps and ranges from 10Hz to 1KHz 1 000Hz These steps are 10Hz 20Hz 50Hz 100Hz 200Hz 500Hz and 1KHz Voltage re...

Page 20: ...Hz this function is useful if you are perhaps testing electrolytic capacitors and only want to assign a single button to the finding the best signature 1 1 test will increment or decrement the test number equivalent to pressing the left right arrow under Test Controls GOOD CAPTURE and BAD are equivalents to the same named buttons under Test Controls FREEZE THAW currently have no function in EPIC 2...

Page 21: ...ut voltage resistance frequency settings are automatically set to those of the new record if a golden signature has been captured if no signature has been captured they remain as before This feature is enabled by default see below uncheck the box to disable To clear all DUT Signatures GOOD and BAD and reset to the first record press the button below Before the reset a pop up window will be ask if ...

Page 22: ...ST is running the button will show TEST IN PROGRESS see below Pressing the button will stop the automatic test The test maybe resumed by pressing the button again If the Edit Capture signature tickbox see Edit Controls is ticked then capture mode is selected and there will now be two buttons see below instead of the three before The SINGLE CAPTURE button will capture the Live Signature and it s as...

Page 23: ... progress 23 34 Edit Controls The default condition is Manual Test Edit Capture signature unticked To enter Capture signature mode tick the box see below Pressing the Edit Add Records button see above will open a new window see Edit Add Records Images ...

Page 24: ...ASA100 User Manual using EPIC 21 software work in progress 24 34 Auto Capture ...

Page 25: ...ASA100 User Manual using EPIC 21 software work in progress 25 34 Auto Test Menu Bar ...

Page 26: ...ASA100 User Manual using EPIC 21 software work in progress 26 34 File ...

Page 27: ...ASA100 User Manual using EPIC 21 software work in progress 27 34 New topic ...

Page 28: ...uited to your testing To select a different view DISPLAY VIEW The options are shown below on the following pages are examples of the same Pin record 41 127 viewed in different configurations The mini scopes are useful to see a previous test or the next test The coloured square in the top left corner of a mini scope is the test status of that Pin record and follows the convention GREEN good signatu...

Page 29: ... same image as the main scope Clicking on any of the mini scopes will select that Pin record as the main scope image 6 mini scopes TestTree The centre right mini scope of the 6 is the current Pin record same image as the main scope Clicking on any of the mini scopes or TestTree points will select that Pin record as the main scope image ...

Page 30: ...e as the main scope Clicking on any of the mini scopes or TestTree points will select that Pin record as the main scope image 3 mini scopes TestTree BadTree The centre mini scope of the 3 is the current Pin record same image as the main scope Clicking on any of the mini scopes TestTree or BadTree points will select that Pin record as the main scope image ...

Page 31: ...scope image 3 mini scopes PCB TestTree The middle mini scope of the 3 is the current Pin record same image as the main scope Clicking on any of the mini scopes TestTree points or test points on the PCB image will select that Pin record as the main scope image Clicking on any area of the PCB image but not on a test point will toggle the image from the selected view to the overall PCB image and back...

Page 32: ... Pin record as the main scope image 2 mini scopes PCB TestTree The left mini scope displays the previous Pin record and the right mini scope displays the next Pin record Clicking on any of the mini scopes TestTree points or test points on the PCB image will select that Pin record as the main scope image Clicking on any area of the PCB image but not on a test point will toggle the image from the se...

Page 33: ...or test points on the PCB image will select that Pin record as the main scope image PCB Clicking on the test points on the PCB image will select that Pin record as the main scope image Clicking on any area of the PCB image but not on a test point will toggle the image from the selected view to the overall PCB image and back this function is useful if you need to see where you are on the larger boa...

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