<div dir="ltr">Hello Patrick,<div>thanks your findings, i am little bit worry about high frequency burst noise as i think it could jam the digital usb signal to dac.</div><div>could you try to measure the usb bus signal and check the interference inside. preferably measure at the dac end.</div>
<div>Joseph</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 December 2013 00:27, superpat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick@byeslane.org.uk" target="_blank">patrick@byeslane.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
As promised I tried 'scoping my Cubieboard 2 running MPD today. This is the<br>
frst time I have tried to 'scope a SOC board.<br>
<br>
No matter how and where I grounded my 'scope probes, I was unable to measure<br>
the noise on the analogue output stereo connector, because the whole area of<br>
the Cubieboard was swamped with bursts of HF switching noise, generated by<br>
the Cubieboard itself. The noise was present when the Cubieboard was<br>
running, but the MPD app was not started.<br>
<br>
I even tried floating the 'scope and using two probes in differential mode,<br>
one to the ground plane, the other to audio signal, but I was still swamped<br>
by the HF clock noise of the A20, I think being picked up in the high<br>
impedance 'scope leads.<br>
<br>
I have NO idea how to achieve meaning full measurements of the noise floor<br>
for the ADC and audio output stages!<br>
<br>
All I can say it is a bl**dy wonder that MPD works as well as it does in<br>
that sea of noise, Power supply noise is minor compared with the SOC<br>
electrical noise.<br>
<br>
I will try to find the proper method of 'scoping SOC boards, the literature<br>
must be out there somewhere.<br>
<br>
cheers<br>
<br>
Patrick<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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