In the event of a broken line or a short circuit, the signals typically show the following behavior:

	Signal graph	Signal graph (enlarged)
IEPE 1Hz broken line
IEPE 0.1Hz broken line
IEPE 1Hz short circuit
IEPE 0.1Hz short circuit

Conclusion

Short circuit: A short circuit causes noise in the signal graph.

Broken line: In the event of a broken line, the input is only “noisy” by 1 bit at a time, so that the signal trend shows the behavior illustrated above.