Motorola GP series, Detailed Service Manual

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Chapter 1
THEORY OF OPERATION
1.0 Keypad and Flexible Connectors
1.1 Keypad
The keypad block diagram is shown in Figure 1-1. U602 is a comparator that will compare the
voltage when any one of the keypad row or keypad column keys is being pressed. Therefore when a
key is being pressed, it will send a message to the microprocessor through the output (KEY_INT)
telling it that a key has been pressed. The microprocessor then sample the analog to digital voltages
at the keypad row and keypad column and map it with a table so that the key pressed being can be
identified. Once the key has been identified, the message that corresponds to the key will show up
at the display.
The LED_EN setting is set by the codeplug. When the value is set to high, the LED does not light up
during power up and vice versa.
Figure 1-1 Keypad Block Diagram
1.2 Flexible Connectors
Flexible ribbon circuits (flexes) are used to connect the keypad and radio front panel components
with the circuit boards. The flexes are locked into place in their connectors by latches which must be
released before the flexes may be disconnected during maintenence disassembly.
Two types of flexible ribbon circuits are used in the radios:
■
Keypad/Controller Interconnect flex - used for connecting the keypad with the main board
circuits.
■
Universal Flex connector - used to make connections to the Speaker, Microphone and
accessory connector.
40 pin connector
Comparator
Keypad
Button
LED
Di
splay
1
8
pin con
nector
Key_Int
Keypad Column
Keypad
Data
Row