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Offline radioFlashTopic starter

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Debounce button for externally triggering DMM
« on: March 18, 2015, 02:43:35 am »
I'd like to to have a simple pushbutton to trigger my multimeter to take readings. I hooked up a scavenged snap action switch, wired it to the EXT trigger, and lo and behold, I get 2-3 readings per button press. So, it looks like I need to debounce it. Is the simplest/best strategy something like Fig 3 suggested at http://www.ganssle.com/debouncing-pt2.htm ?
 

Offline Alex Eisenhut

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Re: Debounce button for externally triggering DMM
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2015, 02:50:04 am »
Yeah but now you need a power supply. Does the DMM have a pull up of some sort? You could just whack a capacitor across your switch to create a RC filter, and you might need a diode to clip negative-going signals.

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Offline radioFlashTopic starter

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Re: Debounce button for externally triggering DMM
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2015, 11:24:45 am »
It's a Keysight 34665a. The trigger is normally high at about 2.9 V and seems to have an impedance of 100k. I tried a 0.1 uF cap across the switch, and it's working nicely.
Thanks for the suggestion!

Edit:
Added oscillocope screen shot of triggering using the switch with and without the capacitor.
« Last Edit: March 18, 2015, 05:26:28 pm by radioFlash »
 


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