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Electronics => Beginners => Topic started by: Cali-Sam on May 15, 2013, 05:04:45 pm

Title: Tektronix 2215
Post by: Cali-Sam on May 15, 2013, 05:04:45 pm
I just got my tektronix 2215 60mhz in the mail, powered up but I can't get the second Chanel to trace on the screen. I don't feel like reading the manual. ...I bought it from eBay for 150 USD. Any thoughts on this scope? I mean is it a reasonable scope for someone who had never had a scope?
Title: Re: Tektronix 2215
Post by: KJDS on May 15, 2013, 05:12:58 pm
Just to check the obvious, you have switched to either CH2 or both? May be worth switching the input to Gnd too.
Title: Re: Tektronix 2215
Post by: PhilNY on May 15, 2013, 05:28:20 pm
http://njarc.org/books/XYZs%20of%20Using%20a%20Scope/XYZs_of_Using_a_Scope.pdf (http://njarc.org/books/XYZs%20of%20Using%20a%20Scope/XYZs_of_Using_a_Scope.pdf)

A nice tutorial
Title: Re: Tektronix 2215
Post by: w2aew on May 16, 2013, 03:13:45 am
Quote from: Cali-Sam on May 15, 2013, 05:04:45 pm
I just got my tektronix 2215 60mhz in the mail, powered up but I can't get the second Chanel to trace on the screen. I don't feel like reading the manual. ...I bought it from eBay for 150 USD. Any thoughts on this scope? I mean is it a reasonable scope for someone who had never had a scope?

Certainly the 2215 is a very reasonable analog scope for someone that has never had a scope.  As with any tool, you do have to invest a little time reading/learning how to use its features.  What settings did you try when trying to display the trace for CH2?
Title: Re: Tektronix 2215
Post by: lowimpedance on May 16, 2013, 04:22:25 am
You have just spent 150 bucks, why the aversion to reading the manual ??. Tektronix printed it for a reason.
Title: Tektronix 2215
Post by: ddavidebor on May 16, 2013, 06:07:57 am
Real men never read manuals.



XD
Title: Re: Tektronix 2215
Post by: vlf3 on May 16, 2013, 08:48:42 am
 :wtf: WHAT !!... Ignorance is bliss ?
Title: Tektronix 2215
Post by: ddavidebor on May 16, 2013, 12:35:06 pm
XD
Title: Re: Tektronix 2215
Post by: Cali-Sam on May 16, 2013, 11:14:13 pm
I just got it working. There is abviously a lot to learn about this scope.