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| Purchased an oscilloscope but did I make a mistake? (re: newbie + Arduino, etc) |
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| sofakng:
I just wanted to say thanks again to everybody for their opinions and advice. I've watched a few videos on introductions to oscilloscopes (including Dave's) but I could still use more information. Can anybody recommend any other videos or tutorials/guides? (Also, somebody was wondering about my eBay 20% off; I purchased the scope from eBay but the seller was TEquipment; eBay themselves pay for the 20% discount and TEquipment receives the full sale price before discount so I should have a valid warranty, etc). |
| rstofer:
Tequipment is a great place to do business, no worries there. There is a 'sticky' thread at the top of this forum "Oscilloscope training class (long)" by w2aew. His tutorials are excellent! I haven't watched this particular series but I imagine it will be quite helpful. Google for 'how to use ds1054z' and you will turn up a lot of videos. |
| mtdoc:
--- Quote from: sofakng on June 13, 2018, 04:36:42 pm ---I just wanted to say thanks again to everybody for their opinions and advice. I've watched a few videos on introductions to oscilloscopes (including Dave's) but I could still use more information. Can anybody recommend any other videos or tutorials/guides? --- End quote --- Tektronix XYZs of Oscilloscopes |
| JS:
--- Quote from: IDEngineer on June 13, 2018, 12:20:01 pm --- --- Quote from: nfmax on June 13, 2018, 10:19:40 am ---The OP is far better off having a DSO with an 'auto' button than not having a DSO without one. :) --- End quote --- As noted by JS, he'd be even better with a DSO without an Auto button (or an Auto button that has been disabled). Speaks volumes that the Auto button can be disabled...! --- End quote --- Just a pain having the spare button which only displays a function blocked sign on the display when pressed. It should be resigned to a more useful function, at least when user disables the auto. --- Quote from: rstofer on June 13, 2018, 02:05:24 pm --- --- Quote from: nfmax on June 13, 2018, 01:26:35 pm ---A serious question, since I don't own a Rigol: Is there a menu button to 'undo' AutoSet like there is on Agilent/Keysight DSO's? --- End quote --- Yes.... --- Quote ---Undo: cancel the automatic settings and restore the parameters set by users lastly. --- End quote --- And it actually works! I used Auto to get the default trace(s) wiping out all the manual settings given above (500us, 5.0V). It changed to 5ms, 5.0V. Then I pressed the Undo button on the menu and got my original trace back. Pretty cool! The menu with Undo comes up after having pressed Auto. --- End quote --- I haven't seen the undo button, but as said, before I pressed I went and disabled it... Even having the undo is a pain to miss and press that after being quite a while getting descent triggering on an odd signal. And when the signal is easy enough so the auto works, might be faster to do it manually as auto takes a while. JS |
| rstofer:
--- Quote from: JS on June 14, 2018, 01:34:57 am ---I haven't seen the undo button, but as said, before I pressed I went and disabled it... Even having the undo is a pain to miss and press that after being quite a while getting descent triggering on an odd signal. And when the signal is easy enough so the auto works, might be faster to do it manually as auto takes a while. JS --- End quote --- The Undo is a soft button, the bottom button on the right column of soft buttons. It only appears after activating Auto. There are six buttons (bottom to top): Undo, Back, Falling Edge, Rising Edge, Increase Time/Div, Decrease Time/Div. You get to press exactly one button before the menu goes away and you're back in the Channel menu. |
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