Troubleshooting

Pictured above Oscium’s iMSO-104 oscilloscope and an Apple iPad Air monitor waveforms from an ASUS ATX 600W power supply. There are two traces plotted in the display: the green trace in the analog channel monitoring the -+5Vdc output, and the orange trace is a digital channel monitoring the logic...

Pictured above Oscium’s iMSO-104 is used in troubleshooting a faulty ATX power supply circuit in a desktop PC. The ATX motherboard’s standby power mode green LED illuminates when the power supply is switched on, but why won’t the computer turn on, with all the hard drives, CD ROMs, and spinning...

Its nice to have a convenient set of tools available for troubleshooting that aren't part of a permanent test fixture or automated system. Every situation is unique but there are scenarios where a quick, independent verification of voltages or power levels is all that's required and will often same...

Tonight is movie night and it’s time to make the microwave popcorn – but don’t forget the butter and salt! While the microwave oven cooks a bag of popcorn, the video streaming from the local Wi-Fi stalls, and then after some delay Netflix pops up an error message saying the network link went away...