What are these little blips?

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spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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I am seeing these little blips right in the middle of the square wave output form a Pic EUSART outpin pin.

I am seeing them on my Tek and Rigol scope. They are probably much more pronounced on the Tek, Any idea what they are?

 

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MrChips

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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What you are seeing is cross-talk between the two input channels.
You will see that the blips align with the rising and falling edges of the faster clock.
This is normal and not anything to be concerned about.
 

MrChips

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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It is also present on the logic board as power supply and ground noise,
one of the reasons we stress good power supply decoupling capacitors.
 

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spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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It is also present on the logic board as power supply and ground noise,
one of the reasons we stress good power supply decoupling capacitors.

How do you know this? I have not put a scope to my VDD pin.

Funny though I just measured the output again and they are gone. :confused:
 

takao21203

Joined Apr 28, 2012
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If you look close you see the spikes on the data line occurs exactly at the time the clock line floats to zero.

This might be due to the internal structure of the PIC.

Isn't so much a matter of concern as long as it is just a little as seen here.

I had serious issues when I used synchronous serial port over long distance- 30 cm or so, at MHz frequencies. Had to add small 22uH coils at the endpoint...problem solved.
 
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