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| Taelonious:
Howdy, I'm trying to measure the output of my full-wave rectifying circuit. I would think that connecting my probe between the DC source and ground would give me the expected signal, but I only see half-wave rectification. I am only using one probe when do this, I was told to use two and invert one channel, but that seems wrong. Any help would be awesome! I'm using a Siglent SDS1052DL |
| alsetalokin4017:
I think you might need a differential voltage probe to do it on one channel only. But with two probes, one inversion, and math... :popcorn: (ETA: sorry, no channel inversion, just math subtraction which has the same end effect) |
| Taelonious:
Thank you for clearing up if using math is correct. Could you explain the probe difference? |
| alsetalokin4017:
Please study the scopeshot carefully. There is a lot of information there. If you are asking me to explain differential voltage probes, please google and read as much information as you like. You'll find much better explanations than I can give you. Think about why simply connecting a probe+ground across the DC output of the bridge results in the half-wave rectification waveform. |
| Taelonious:
My apologies. I'm tired and have been staring at this board for a while. I thought you typed "different" opposed to "differential". I also may have been unclear when I said the probe was referenced to ground. The probes grounding clip was connected to the opposite end of the load resistor. I see how when both probes are referenced to ground, they will only see the voltage related to the side of the load they are on. As for why the scope only shows half the rectification when measuring across the load, my guess is something to do with the probe doesn't like being referenced there..? When I was trying to figure this out earlier I stumbled on this video. It seems the guy makes the measurement using regular probes in the same way I am, only I have a load resistor between the DC terminals. https://youtu.be/7Q0W-IHu1UM |
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