74LS14 2 out of 3 aint bad ??

[exxos]

Hi all,

I have a simple squarewave going into 3 inputs of inverter gates. 2 of them
have outputs and the 3rd does not. All 3 have inputs, 2 have outputs. Now
I've isolated the output pins by lifting them out of the IC socket so theres
no chance of them being shorted out anywhere. I've changed the Inverter chip
about 8 times from various sources. But still the 3rd output does not work.
This does not make sence and just can't happen
anyone got any thoughts ?

Thanks
Chris

 

[exxos]

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Hi all,

I have a simple squarewave going into 3 inputs of inverter gates. 2 of
them
have outputs and the 3rd does not. All 3 have inputs, 2 have outputs. Now
I've isolated the output pins by lifting them out of the IC socket so
theres
no chance of them being shorted out anywhere. I've changed the Inverter
chip
about 8 times from various sources. But still the 3rd output does not
work.
This does not make sence and just can't happen
anyone got any thoughts ?

Thanks
Chris

ignore this ive worked out out after god knows how many hours. The input
wave was offset from ground by about 0.5volts so the inverter was seeing a
high input all the time, hence my low output all the time :-\

Chris