Spent a few hours building this Banggood (jyetech.com) oscilloscope kit, but the display failed after just a couple of minutes of use. Also, the negative analogue voltage isn't working because there's no pulse train coming out of the CPU. Otherwise the CPU appears to be working fine. All a bit of a mystery.
http://bit.ly/1RzsbiM DSO138 DIY Digital Oscilloscope Kit Electronic Learning Kit

By Julian

Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado

15 thoughts on “Julian’s kit build fail : banggood 15 $23 oscilloscope kit”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Johann Meiring says:

    Mine worked from the word go perfectly well. Against all odds.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Yuri Biktop says:

    At my first power on the display is white blank and the Green LED is steady it does not blink at all. What could be the problem?

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars AmazinChannel says:

    I hate these blue resistors, when they over heat its impossible to read its values

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Resurreccion says:

    Reheat the smt32 chip using hot air tool

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars J Beeblebrox says:

    The inductors are known to be a common cause of failure.
    I discovered this myself after soldering the kit.
    Replacing the faulty inductor with a healthy one solved the problem

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Toto Guy says:

    check that your 79L05 isnt a 78 because i had that they sent me 2x 78 not 1 of each! i got all my voltages except -5V and i had the 0.6v you are getting. however i had the problem with my display but i managed to get it working and i still had these issues but al lthe other voltages were ok apart from V1 V2 and the -5V not present

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Anthony Zeolla says:

    Bought the same unit from Banggood and mine did the same exact thing. Now that makes me wonder if they are just faulty display screens.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Guitarshreds says:

    This oscilloscope really needs 9v.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bob jerome says:

    hi is this any good YES it's ok if you buy the made unit i got it for audio job's where it show live audio wave 110 MA it's very good for the money
    some tec's say it's a toy i say that a bit hard i know they are selling well

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Simon Kormendy says:

    I think it's highly unlikely that you killed the LCD, it looks to me like it is just not getting any display signals, and the missing -V supply probably has something to do with it, or is a symptom of whatever's causing the malfunction.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Simon Kormendy says:

    You could try replacing the LM7905 regulator and see if that gets the -V supply working again, and maybe the transistor that's part of the -V supply circuitry as well, hope that helps.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Simon Kormendy says:

    What you want to do is buy yourself a good strong magnifying loupe and use it to give each solder-joint a good close eyeball and check that they are all good, and there are no unintentional short-circuits, or solder-bridges, or dry solder-joints, I've got to the point where I always use a good temperature controlled soldering station whenever I do any soldering now, I'm looking at buying one of these Digital Scope kits from Banggood soon, it will be going in a big analog Modular Synthesizer which I'm in the process of building.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chaplain Dave Sparks says:

    It's that connector you soldered on upside down. As Dave Jones would tell you, , all the electrons fell out! 😄

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bowlweevil says:

    I tried to order from banggood, loged in and hit buy it now nothing happened tried several items several times, but no response WTF I guess I will go to Ebay, same product same price and they will acknowledge my order, learned my lesson

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Stephenson says:

    I know it's an old post but that is a clone according to JYE. They do not use a date code and the rectangle should have a label attached. FYI

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