Oscilloscope Tutorial Part 1 - Choosing an oscilloscope

The first part in a series of tutorials to teach you the basics of oscilloscopes. In this part: What is an oscilloscope, why do you need one, which scopes are a good deal and where do I get one? Don't forget to subscribe and vote!

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Science & Technology

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• Oscilloscope
• Electronics
• measurement
• Tutorial
• waveform
• electronics
• circuits
• troubleshooting
• repair

[aliparis13]

Hello thank you for you beautiful video .

I just bought one oscilloscope 200 mhz i just want to know that is it necessary to plug the ground behind the oscilloscope.

I mean that if i read the manual of the oscilloscope they say that before you use it attach the oscilloscope to ground .

there is nothing to see with front channels it is something behind as a sign of ground .

I just want to know is it important to attach the ground cable with oscilloscope .

If important please tell me how to plug.

[Afrotechmods]

@aliparis13 Just use a standard 3 prong plug and plug that into a 3 prong wall outlet.

[TOinaeraser]

Just a tiny complaint. To be taken with a grain of salt, as I do not have any professional training (yet). The 1x 10x option on the probe is somewhat more important than you made it out to be, as I am sure you know. I understand that was somewhat in the interest of simplicity, but I think for anyone who is competent enough to spend several hundred dollars on a tool some extra explanation is warranted (capacitance, accuracy of the signal, something like that). Great videos and keep it up.

[Afrotechmods]

@TOinaeraser Yep. Given that this series is aimed at people who don't even know what V/div means I figured it's overkill to try explain input impedance and loading issues until they've got the basics down.

[jattpegg93]

hi,

i am a 12th grad IB student and im doing an extended essay regarding the physics of a guitar, for which i need to measure the frequency of the sound produced from the strings of the guitar. i was wondering if you can help me, by guiding be how to make use of a CRO to do the same, i have a cro in my school but im not sure whether i can connect a microphone to it to measure that,or what kinda of device i would need, you seem pretty adept with it, so it would be great help. thnk you. reply asap

[Afrotechmods]

@jattpegg93 You are better off using a computer's sound card to capture the audio, then use some software with fourier transform functionality to view things in the frequency domain.

[pokemonmstrlol]

i came here from notch's blog about Minecraft wondering what an oscilloscope was

[zker666]

I'm going over my granddad's house, he is a master electrical engineer, and he is really old, and he wants me to have some of his equipment. He is going to give me an old oscilloscope, a function generator, frequency counter, and a power supply. Do you like the older Analog oscilloscopes to today's modern digital? The scope has dual trace, a bandwidth of 60mHz, and is safe for up to 400v with an accuracy of ±2%. It is a Techtronics. Would you recommend it?

[pjoebake]

You missed the current high BW scope manufacturer... LeCroy

[DjRaveKing]

@TheMusicalGiant Avoid them like unprotected sex with an ethiopian transvestite .

[mattynogood]

you are the best!

[TheMusicalGiant]

What is your opinion of the DS-203 scope?

[fingerboy18]

USB scopes are useful for DSP, but I wouldn't get one. A decent mixed scope is what you need. Rigol has a nice one for cheap.

[peshozmiata]

So the cheapest solution would be a USB-based one connected to a very old useless PC with usb ports.

[koncertLive]

Grrr, I am confused... You tell us 100mhz and that OWON is only 25mhz.... Your making it hard to prioritize here!!!!

[JSprayaEntertainment]

@Mindstormscreator has a microphone in it to spy , maybe a cam too