The pod has a cpu internally to match the board under test. The differences between the 6800 and 6802/6808 are clock and bus request signals are different, plus there is an enable on the 6802/8 that is missing on the 6800. You might be able to use the 6800 pod to do simple tests on the 6802 stuff, but I haven't tried it out, certainly it will not harm the pod as the +5 and grnd are all the same. At worst it will simply claim that certain control lines are wrong. Perhaps a interface plug could be whipped up that goes between the 6800 and the 6802 socket to fake the control lines that the 6800 pod needs to see? John :-#)# At 08:36 PM 8/8/00, Keith, Brendan wrote:
What I meant was just running the bus tests. Does a CPU need to be in the pod for that? I thought that the base and the pod could assert and sense the lines.
Brendan Keith brendan.keith@wilcom.com
-----Original Message----- From: John Robertson [mailto:jrr@flippers.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:33 PM To: TechToolsList@flippers.com; 'TechToolsList@flippers.com' Subject: RE: WTBorrow: Fluke 6809 pod
Well, if you have a 6800 pod, it might be possible to make it able to test the 6802/6808's as well.
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