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Table of Contents
1
GENERAL INFORMATION
....................................................................................... 4
1.1
W
ARRANTY
I
NFORMATION
................................................................................ 4
1.2
L
IMITATION OF
W
ARRANTY
.............................................................................. 5
1.3
P
RECAUTION OF
O
PERATION
............................................................................ 5
1.4
M
AINTENANCE OF
M3500A
............................................................................. 6
1.5
S
AFETY
I
NFORMATION
...................................................................................... 6
1.6
S
YMBOLS AND
T
ERMS
....................................................................................... 7
2
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
....................................................................................... 8
2.1
S
ETTING
L
INE
V
OLTAGE AND
R
EPLACING
F
USE
.............................................. 8
2.1.1
Voltage Selector
................................................................................. 8
2.1.2
Transformer
....................................................................................... 11
2.1.3
Power Line Fuse
................................................................................ 13
2.2
C
URRENT
I
NPUT
F
USE
–
3.15
A
................................................................... 15
2.2.1 Current Input Fuse – 7 A
................................................................... 18
2.3
P
ASS
/F
AIL
O
UTPUT
F
ROM
USB
C
ONNECTOR
............................................... 21
2.4
MCU
S
&
DSP
F
IRMWARE
U
PGRADE
............................................................. 22
3
TROUBLESHOOTING
............................................................................................... 26
3.1
I
NTRODUCTION
............................................................................................... 26
3.2
S
YSTEM
F
UNCTION
B
LOCKS
........................................................................... 28
3.3
P
ANEL
M
ODULE
............................................................................................... 29
3.4
M
AIN
B
OARD
M
ODULE
.................................................................................... 30
3.4.1
Power Supply Circuitry
................................................................... 31
3.4.2
Analog Front-end Circuitry
............................................................ 32
3.4.3
ADC & MCU
......................................................................................... 33
3.4.4
Main Control Circuitry
..................................................................... 34
3.5
S
ELF
-
TEST
....................................................................................................... 35
4
DISASSEMBLY & RE-ASSEMBLY
....................................................................... 39
4.1
I
NTRODUCTION
............................................................................................... 39
4.2
C
ASE
C
OVER
R
EMOVAL
.................................................................................. 39
4.3
M
AIN
B
OARD
R
EMOVAL
.................................................................................. 42
4.4
F
RONT
P
ANEL
D
ISASSEMBLY
.......................................................................... 48
4.5
A
SSEMBLY
D
RAWINGS
.................................................................................... 51
4.5.1
Front Panel Assembly
..................................................................... 52
4.5.2
Chassis and Transformer Assembly
........................................... 53
Summary of Contents for M3500A
Page 1: ...PICOTEST M3500A 6 5 Digit Digital Multimeter Service Manual Printed date 11 2011 ...
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Page 53: ...53 4 5 2 Chassis and Transformer Assembly ...
Page 54: ...54 4 5 3 Main Board Assembly ...
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