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Article: Troubleshooting series comes to a close. (part 12, Troubleshooting Analog Circuits; includes related article on planning troubleshooting)
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- EDN
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- October 26, 1989
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Troubleshooting series comes to a close "Floobydust" is an old expression around our lab that means potpourri, catch-all, or miscellaneous. In this last installment, I'll throw into the floobydust category a collection of philosophical items, such as advice about planning your troubleshooting, and practical hints about computers and instruments.
Troubleshooting intermittent problems
The car that refuses to malfunction when you take it to the shop, the circuit that refuses to fail when you're looking at it--does it really fail only at 2 am?--these are the problems that require the most extreme efforts to solve.
The following techniques apply ...