just wondering if there is a way to make a curve tracer with a DSO?
something like Tektronix Model 576, but not old, not cathode tube.
Yes, it's indeed a cheap ad useful device, and it's very simple.
Take a look a the w2aew schematic that I've freely redesigned, grab a couple of bnc, a resistor and a transformer, and you're done!
That's not really a curve trace, but more of a basic Huntron tracker tool typically used for troubleshooting. It's fine for qualitative measurements, but accurate quantitative measurements like current gain, for example to test unknown transistors or to match them, will be tricky if not impossible.
That's not really a curve trace, but more of a basic Huntron tracker tool typically used for troubleshooting. It's fine for qualitative measurements, but accurate quantitative measurements like current gain, for example to test unknown transistors or to match them, will be tricky if not impossible.
Yeah, I wouldn't expect much for what basically amounts to $10 to $20 in parts.
Both the octopus tracer and transistor tracer are on my "build, just for fun" list.
Are you looking for a Bode plot on the scope?
The latter, given that he references the Tek 576.