Questions tagged [oscilloscope]
A piece of measurement equipment which can visualize one or more signals simultaneously on a time scale.
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VI component tester not working properly when capacitor is placed parallel with diode
I am trying to repair mainboards with VI component tester. (Such as this device and that device.)
I check the characteristic VI curves of the components on the card and identify the defective parts ...
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Probing with oscilloscope causes current drop
We are testing a fabricated chip with expected output current of around 4mA which is then used to charge a button cell. The input is from a PV cell.
However, when we attach an oscilloscope probe onto ...
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How to measure PWM on Oscilloscope?
I’m measuring the voltage level from an Arduino Uno PWM pin using an oscilloscope. I’m using analogWrite(pin, voltage) in the loop with ...
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Limitations of sound card oscilloscope
I’m supposed to build a buffer circuit for pc oscilloscope using the sound card of the pc and a software “zelscope”; however there’re limitations:
Not possible to display DC because there’s a DC ...
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How do laboratory devices (from photo) work with BNC cables, connected to ground
The title is a bit cumbersome because my questions are a bit difficult to describe. Here is a photo from Practical Electronics for Inventors by Paul Scherz
I'm curious on a few things:
How does the ...
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Oscilloscope measurement of square wave
I am using my Arduino uno to generate a 500Hz Square wave between 0 and 5 volts. I am measuring the signal from the Arduino using an oscilloscope and instead of measuring 5 volts peak to peak, it ...
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Earth Grounded Oscilloscope or Not?
I am new to electronics and the use of an oscilloscope. I have read several threads about the dangers of floating an o-scope. I own a Rigol DS1052E o-scope. I've noticed that the BNC ground on the ...
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Why are oscilloscope input impedances so low?
My question is two-fold:
Where does the input impedance come from?
I'm wondering where the input impedance of your average multimeter or oscilloscope comes from? Is it just the input impedance to ...
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Setting measurement points of the 74HC86 delay time
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I'm measuring a propagation delay and transition delay of a 74HC86 chip.
I setted somewhat high frequency square-wave signal(100kHz) ...
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How the oscilloscope input voltage rating is independent from attenuator setting
Since I'm taking part in a quite interesting educational project that incorporates the design and testing of the analog front-end of a relatively high speed ADC (up to 200 MSps) I've been studying the ...
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MAX485 controlling output voltage
I'm trying to use a MAX485 module to interface a RS-485 domotic bus, when I use the oscilloscope I see that the original bus signals (A and B) are between 1.9 V high and -2.250 V low (4.15 V amplitude,...
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CRT Oscilloscope - part of the plot is missing
I picked up an old METRIX OX 720 oscilloscope. I replaced 2 capacitors that went up in smoke.
Once restarted, here is the signal I get.
The vertical part of the signal is missing. It is the same ...
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Rigol DS4000 oscilloscope screenshot takes forever [closed]
I'm working with a Rigol DS4000 series oscilloscope and want to be able to save screenshots from it. I've got a hardware-encrypted USB flash drive connected to it, and I've noticed that when I try to ...
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Why are current probes so expensive?
I notice that clamp-type current meters range in price from a few dozen dollars to a few hundred, but current probes for oscilloscopes cost significantly more, with many close to $1000 and some well ...
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Trio CS1352 oscilloscope trigger/blanking board photo needed
It may be a very long shot. But is there any one with a Trio CS 1352 who could send me a photo of the trigger/blanking board both sides? My board has some weird jumpers that do not match the schematic ...
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What the heck is a “radiator plate” in a CRT based oscilloscope?
I managed to pickup a used BK Precision 1474 oscilloscope for $10 and figured it would be a good gamble for the price, I powered it up and the CRT had no spot. I did some hunting and managed to find ...
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How does the output jump up to 7.5 volts when the switch is closed and opened again?
Sorry if the question might sound dumb. In this circuit, when the switch is closed the output voltage drops to zero and then rapidly charges back up to 5 volts. My question being, when the switch is ...
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Negative pluse generator does not reach 0V
I'm using an Arduino board to generate a 125KHz square wave signal to feed into this curcuit:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
So this is what I'm receiving from my ...
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Does polarity of scope probe matter when measuring ripple of the power supply module?
Measuring ripple of 28V/12V power supply module across +/- output pins. Does the probe tip have to be placed at +pin and probe gnd to -pin, or it can be reversed?
Having inverted readings when ...
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oscilloscope turning off during pulsed power tests
I'm recording voltage and current waveforms using an oscilloscope. The application is pulsed power.
A problem I am having is the oscilloscope is losing power / turning off when I trigger the system....
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Why can't I see bouncing of a switch on an oscilloscope?
I'm trying to view the bouncing of a simple switch on an oscilloscope.
I have prepared a simple breadboard circuit (power → switch → resistor → ground). The problem is, it is displayed as a perfect ...
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I2C weird data and clock output/input
Hello I am trying to communicate that is using SMBus. So when I try to send a data which was 0x0D and address of the device was 0x16. I see something like that on the data line:
And this is how my ...
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Reading digital wafevorms via VXI11 from the LeCroy wavesurfer 510/MS-500
I automating a test with an osciloscope via VXI11 with python's vxi11 package. I am using the remote control manual given by LeCroy.
I am trying now to extract the raw Waveformdata according to page ...
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Oscilloscope range affecting voltage reading
I am trying to measure the current usage of a device using an oscilloscope.
Every second the device turns on for a few milliseconds and then goes back to sleep. I need to find how much current is ...
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Trigger modi of an oscilloscope
I'm sure this belongs to the "every once in a while asked again" questions, but I've read several posts on this site and also on other sites and haven't found an answer to two of my questions, yet.
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SDS7102 DSO: No command to put scope in X/Y mode remotely?
I've had an SDS7102 (Owon) scope for little over a year, and bit by bit wrote a remote control program. As I use a LAN connection, things a quite a bit more complicated than USB, it seems.
But I've ...
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Bouncing at some points in square wave
Well I am trying to make RPM and reading steps values 0-24 Volts. but in square wave there are a bouncing point which is illustration with red arrows marked. it makes electrical noise generation and ...
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How to setup the oscilloscope for measuring power supply response
I need to measure the overshoot and to modify some capacitor values in the feedback loop of the operational amplifiers in order to find the best response of the power supply (it's a linear power ...
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Using CD4093 as Schmitt trigger oscillator. How to measure high and low trigger thresholds?
Based on the suggestion of answerer in another post (this one: Adding Diodes to Transistor Astable Multivibrator; 1N5818 Schottky diodes work but 1N4148 diodes don't; can't figure out why), I ...
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What is USB port on oscilloscope is for ? Can I power my Arduino from it? [closed]
I have a DS1102e oscilloscope (by Rigol,) picture attached below.
I'm new to oscilloscopes and watched plenty of tutorials on how to use them, but I couldn't find the answer to my question.
I need ...
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Why cant I get clear wave?
I'm trying to find a good stepper driver with low vibrations and low noise. So, I observed wave form between current sensing resistor of few stepper driver using my oscilloscope.
The voltage between ...
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voltage traces across pwm driven dc-motor: is that ok?
I'm driving a dc-motor with a BJT turned on and off with a 555 generated PWM signal. Here's the circuit (V1, Rl and L1 simulate the motor):
There actual circuit - same parts - is on a breadboard and ...
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Proper oscilloscope connection to prevent ground looping
I have a question about proper oscilloscope connection for doing work on vintage stereo equipment (120v AC input to +-76v DC board voltage).
Our house wiring is a 1950’s 2 wire system with no ground ...
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Resolution of FRR Function
I am working with a oscilloscope GWINSTEK gds-2074a. As per the time resolution is concerned, turning the dial all the way down, it shows that it can go down to 1 ns. There is a Delay function in the ...
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Wrong measurement of DSO-5200A?
I'm using a DSO-5200A from Voltcraft and noticed the voltage measurement represented incorrectly (it is doubled).
Any ideas how to reset this?
Channel 1 (green) measures a (noisy) 5V and has a Vmean ...
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How to eliminate oscilloscope channel DC bias
When I set channel 1 as DC coupling, there is always -5.6v bias, even no cable is connected. Can someone tell me how can I eliminate this bias? Thank you
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Why do some oscilloscopes have several input channels?
Just was thinking to buy an oscilloscope, thus went to a shop and started to rummage all of the shops to buy an osci. which could be suitable for me. Read specifications of them. Some features was ...
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Oscilloscope probe pF values
I bought some time ago a 2nd hand Philips PM 3253 including probes which shows on the oscilloscope probe inputs:
1 MOhm, 20 pF
While the probes I got with it ...
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Prevent oscilloscope scrolling
Background
I already have a (2nd hand) Philips PM 3253 oscilloscope. Although it has many features and is fast (50 MHz) the display is so bad, it's barely usable.
Therefore I bought another (2nd ...
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Overshoots and ringing…Do I need to compensate my probes or is it bad line termination?
When working with my DSO (Rigol DS2072A) I recently observed that signals have overshoots and showed some ringing as in the image below (it's a 2 MHz digital signal, SPI from a µC).
I use the 10:1 ...
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How to save a bit sequence from oscilloscope?
I'm using two wires to communicate between devices. First wire is a clock, second is a data bit. Logic is simple: master device (AVR ATMega in my case) sets a value on the data pin, then raise "1" on ...
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Oscilloscope&function generator, opposite slope traced than trigger slope settings
I am wondering why the signal that was traced on my oscilloscope started on a negative slope when the trigger slope = rising.
I externally triggered the oscilloscope by the TTL/CMOS output of a ...
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Oscilloscope Probe - How to measure a sensitive circuit
Help needed in measuring a tiny piezo actuator.
The circuit bangs the actuator with a voltage ( max 50V ), then senses the ripples after the initial actuation.
How can I measure with an oscilloscope ...
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Effect of impedance mismatch on phase of the signal
The effect of impedance mismatch on voltage measurement is known but is it possible for impedance mismatch between a oscilloscope and function generator to cause a phase difference? In my setup I have ...
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LED output with Photodiode and Function Generator
Some of my student and I are designing a Physics experiment involving a high power LED, a square wave from function generator (50 ohm output impedance) and a digital oscilloscope (1 MOhm imput ...
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Differences in voltage measurement at the input of a circuit
I am trying to understand the difference I am seeing in voltage signals, that I am applying to my circuit's input.
So the basic layout is shown in the diagram, I have a connection, A from my function ...
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Oscilloscope and probes [closed]
What effect , if any, has using a x10 probe on:
Voltage reading of oscilloscope with resistance box set to zero ohm?
Voltage reading of oscilloscope with the resistance box set to 900k Ohm?
And what ...
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USB disconnection when using differential probe
I have a simple setup described here :
Laptop is battery powered. It communicates with DUT over USB.
DUT is powered from switch power suppy.
DUT earth / GND resistor = 1M
Differential probe ...
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Can’t reproduce oscillations using a simple inductor capacitor circuit?
I’m trying to reproduce a simple oscillator conductor / inductor circuit as shown here.
I replicated exactly the same scheme on a breadboard and check all the connections using a led
However when ...
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Noise on my oscilloscope when probing a wire
I am prototyping a NTC voltage divider circuit and I am having trouble with noise on my probe. It seems like I am constantly getting a large amount of noise (200-300mv) on my oscilloscope waveform ...
