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Theory of Operation—492/492P Service Vol. 1 (SN B030000 & up)
The readout-off time is set to 175
by one-shot U2044
(Fig. 5-18). Flip-flop U2036B asserts GEN ON after U2044
j times out, allowing a character to be drawn. When the char
acter is finished, ROW 0, COL 0 resets the flip-flop, which
retriggers the off-timer. The ON control bit must have been
set by the microcomputer to get readout (as discussed be
low under Instrument Bus Interface).
If BLANK (MSB of the character data) is not set, the
GEN ON flip-flop unasserts R/O OFF through AND-gate
U1038B; this switches the readout deflection signals onto
the deflection amplifier inputs on Diagram 26. BLANK can
be set by the microcomputer as it loads a space into the
character RAM so the readout does not use time for the
spectrum trace to scan a blank character.
dots allow for beam retrace and spacing. The idle position
between characters is indicated on the figure.
Character counters synchronize the horizontal and verti
cal scan with the Z-axis signal from the character generator
IC to draw the character. These counters, U2016, U2012,
and U2018, are wired as a module 4096 counter to count
the column (bits
0
—
2
), the row (bits 3— 5), and position of
the character (bits
6
— 11). Bits
6
through 10 represent the
horizontal position and bit
1 1
the vertical position (top or
bottom). The position bits also address the character in
RAM (assuming the readout is turned on by the
microcomputer). The counters are enabled only when the
generator has control of the crt beam (GEN ON) and INC is
high; INC low stops the beam to write a dot on the crt.
Character Scan. Although the 8678 character generator
IC is often used in raster scans, in this application it is used
to write complete characters, as shown in Fig. 5-19. A char
acter is drawn as a pattern of dots in an
8
x
8
matrix where
the top row and first three columns are blank. These blank
The counters are wired to force the D/A converters to
step through the character horizontally a row at a time. At
the same time, the pattern of dots is accessed under the
control of the timing decoder logic, U1022A and U1014. The
AND-gate and decoder combine to control the character
Fig. 5-18. Character o n /o ff tim ing.
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