In this episode of how to be a man I go over using a logic probe and replacing bad IC's in a pcb of your arcade game. in this video I am working on Battlezone by Atari.
Thank you! Supernoob here just looking for a basic intro to logic probes. I just watched two other logic-probe-101 videos where the narrator starts by clipping the probe's leads to _something_ off-camera and proceeds without explanation. NO, I AM DUMBER THAN THAT. Having never done any troubleshooting work like this before it's just not intuitive that you should find power & ground on the board itself. Thanks for being more specific.
Thanks for the awesome videos! I am just getting into the arcade hobby and am curious, I notice you don't wear any anti-static protection, or even seem to care about it the way you handle the boards and chips, is that not a big issue anymore? Back years ago when I used to work with electronics that was always a major concern. Thanks again for the great stuff.
What is that reference book you are using for the IC identification and layout? LS/S/TCC logic databook? do you have an ISBN number and do you have a recommendation for someone getting into electronics repair to start their library of useful books? I work on medical equipment and am starting to get them more tools/ books. I am kind of the go-to guy for electrical issues now. I think the book you have and any others you can recommend will be great. Do you have ISBN numbers if you do suggest any.
So when you say "unless you have 1000s of dollars worth of fancy equipment to trace all this stuff"--- what equipment are you referring to that helps find bad traces / problems?
