Product Description
This DS200TCQBG2A printed circuit board product offering was originally designed and manufactured for trusted automated industrial manufacturer General Electric's Mark V Series of turbine control systems and turbine control system component products, as mentioned above. The Mark V Series that this DS200TCQBG2A PCB belongs to is a relatively recently-developed General Electric product series utilizing the Speedtronic technology patented by General Electric and first seen alongside the rollout of the Mark I Series in the later 1960s. The Mark V Series is considered a General Electric legacy series, as its is no longer in active production by its original manufacturer. This DS200TCQBG2A printed circuit board or PCB for short is better-describable as an Extended Analog I/O Board; the original functional product description it is referred to by in Mark V Turbine Control System Series instructional manual materials. This DS200TCQBG2A Extended Analog I/O Board is not the original product of its functionality to be developed and included in its Mark V Series; that would be the DS200TCQBG1 Extended Analog I/O Board notably missing this DS200TCQBG2A product's full revision table.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
As with any General Electric printed circuit board, this DS200TCQBG2A product offering necessitates its own set of hardware component inclusions and specifications, based on its intended functionality within the Mark V Series automated drive assembly. The GE RST Extended Analog I/O Board DS200TCQBG2A is populated with a programmable logic device and EPROM modules. The GE RST Extended Analog I/O Board DS200TCQBG1BCB also has 1 OK LED that is viewable from the side, 1 50-pin connector, and 15 jumpers. The GE RST Extended Analog I/O Board DS200TCQBG2A also is populated with multiple test points that are valuable for testing the specific circuits on the board; these test points have IDs that are prefixed with TP and suffixed with a number. For example, the ID for one test point is TP1 and for another the ID is TP12. To use a test point the servicer must have a testing device that is designed for performing the specific test on the circuit board, and the testing device must be fully calibrated. Also, the settings on the front of the testing device must be appropriate for the testing. Before attempting diagnostic testing on this DS200TCQBG2A PCB, place the board on a static protective surface, such as a flattened EDS protective bag, and always wear a wrist strap when you work with a board or perform any work in the Mark V Series automated drive.
The first indication you might have that the DS200TCQBG2A board is not functioning is that the green LED on the side of the board is not lit. When the board is receiving power and the board is performing as designed, the LED is lit and is visible from the board cabinet while the drive in operational. When the LED is not lit while the board is receiving power, circuits on the board might be defective and testing the circuits might pinpoint the problem. Although this DS200TCQBG2A PCB does not offer a lot of original instructional manuals on the internet for research purposes, the DS200TCQBG2A functional product number is a strong source of supplementary hardware information for this PCB, beginning with its dual-naming DS200 series tag. The DS200 series tag at the beginning of the DS200TCQBG2A functional product number designates this PCB as a domestically-manufactured printed circuit board with a domestic manufacture location. This DS200 series tag is followed in the DS200TCQBG2A functional product number by the TCQB functional product abbreviation, which itself is followed by the G1 series grouping tag, which similarly to the DS200 series tag, holds dual naming responsibilities for this DS200TCQBG2A product. The G1 series grouping tag present here illuminates this DS200TCQBG2A PCB's status as a Mark V Series group one member with a normal style of PCB protective coating. The final alphanumeric digits in the DS200TCQBG2A functional part number are telling of this DS200TCQBG2A product's full revision history.
