Ever wonder what an Oscilloscope is? Or how to use one? Here’s a good guide on getting starting “An oscilloscope is easily the most useful instrument available for testing circuits because it allows you to see the signals at different points in the circuit. The best way of investigating an electronic system is to monitor signals at the input and output of each system block, checking that each block is operating as expected and is correctly linked to the next. With a little practice, you will be able to find and correct faults quickly and accurately.” Link.
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See also the o-scope training course sold by syspec.com.
It’s a good reference, and you prob want to buy it from them, but it’s also available for rental from Technical Video Rental (disclosure: that’s my co.)
There are also soft scopes, where the UI is all on a computer screen. Here the blurb from such a one, Oscilloscope for Windows:
It’s limited in bandwidth, since it uses a sound card (only 20 kHz), and you’ll have to make your own scope probes, and you can easily blow out a sound card, but it’s still a good entry point for beginners.
P.S. Oscilloscope for Windows is freeware.
See also:
http://www.tek.com/Measurement/cgi-bin/framed.pl?Document=/Measurement/App_Notes/XYZs/&FrameSet=oscilloscopes
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