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  1. Added some oscilloscope measured waveforms to my blogpost about the hc-sr04 ultrasonic distance sensor. Trigger pulse width was off from the expected width on linux. Ultrasonic pulses clearly visual as well

    embeddedjourneys.com/blog/sens

    #embedded #hc-sr04 #debugging #oscilloscope

  2. Added some oscilloscope measured waveforms to my blogpost about the hc-sr04 ultrasonic distance sensor. Trigger pulse width was off from the expected width on linux. Ultrasonic pulses clearly visual as well

    embeddedjourneys.com/blog/sens

    #embedded #hc-sr04 #debugging #oscilloscope

  3. A while back I got a new digital 'scope. The one I'd been using was okay, but only 8-bit and had some other limitations. The vertical resolution was actually starting to make it difficult to get accurate-enough readings of some things I was working with.

    The new one is 12-bit. That is likely to be better than I will ever need. I'm happy with it. Being several years newer (and a different brand) it brings some new #features to the table.

    One is that you can use it as a digital logic analyzer - it can sample a whole lot of inputs (rather than just 4 analog channels) quickly if it only has to tell on from off. But you have to get a whole lot of #signals into the #scope before you can do that, so you need a #connector with a lot of pins/signals.

    You could use something standard for this type of application (which is still going to be a limited-audience part), or a custom thing, but those options are expensive. So instead, if you're the manufacturer, you find a common (and therefore #cheap) #connector with lots of #pins, and you re-use that. Done and dusted!

    They picked ... the HDMI connector. It's there at the bottom of the middle of the control panel. And in the manual is the prominent (not) warning:

    > WARNING: Non-standard HDMI interface, Siglent device ONLY, or you will damage your device.

    Yes, if you plug anything HDMI-related into this obvious #HDMI port, you will cause damage to your 'scope, or your other device.

    #oscilloscope #DSO #MagicSmoke #BadUI #bang

  4. A while back I got a new digital 'scope. The one I'd been using was okay, but only 8-bit and had some other limitations. The vertical resolution was actually starting to make it difficult to get accurate-enough readings of some things I was working with.

    The new one is 12-bit. That is likely to be better than I will ever need. I'm happy with it. Being several years newer (and a different brand) it brings some new #features to the table.

    One is that you can use it as a digital logic analyzer - it can sample a whole lot of inputs (rather than just 4 analog channels) quickly if it only has to tell on from off. But you have to get a whole lot of #signals into the #scope before you can do that, so you need a #connector with a lot of pins/signals.

    You could use something standard for this type of application (which is still going to be a limited-audience part), or a custom thing, but those options are expensive. So instead, if you're the manufacturer, you find a common (and therefore #cheap) #connector with lots of #pins, and you re-use that. Done and dusted!

    They picked ... the HDMI connector. It's there at the bottom of the middle of the control panel. And in the manual is the prominent (not) warning:

    > WARNING: Non-standard HDMI interface, Siglent device ONLY, or you will damage your device.

    Yes, if you plug anything HDMI-related into this obvious #HDMI port, you will cause damage to your 'scope, or your other device.

    #oscilloscope #DSO #MagicSmoke #BadUI #bang

  5. A while back I got a new digital 'scope. The one I'd been using was okay, but only 8-bit and had some other limitations. The vertical resolution was actually starting to make it difficult to get accurate-enough readings of some things I was working with.

    The new one is 12-bit. That is likely to be better than I will ever need. I'm happy with it. Being several years newer (and a different brand) it brings some new #features to the table.

    One is that you can use it as a digital logic analyzer - it can sample a whole lot of inputs (rather than just 4 analog channels) quickly if it only has to tell on from off. But you have to get a whole lot of #signals into the #scope before you can do that, so you need a #connector with a lot of pins/signals.

    You could use something standard for this type of application (which is still going to be a limited-audience part), or a custom thing, but those options are expensive. So instead, if you're the manufacturer, you find a common (and therefore #cheap) #connector with lots of #pins, and you re-use that. Done and dusted!

    They picked ... the HDMI connector. It's there at the bottom of the middle of the control panel. And in the manual is the prominent (not) warning:

    > WARNING: Non-standard HDMI interface, Siglent device ONLY, or you will damage your device.

    Yes, if you plug anything HDMI-related into this obvious #HDMI port, you will cause damage to your 'scope, or your other device.

    #oscilloscope #DSO #MagicSmoke #BadUI #bang

  6. A while back I got a new digital 'scope. The one I'd been using was okay, but only 8-bit and had some other limitations. The vertical resolution was actually starting to make it difficult to get accurate-enough readings of some things I was working with.

    The new one is 12-bit. That is likely to be better than I will ever need. I'm happy with it. Being several years newer (and a different brand) it brings some new #features to the table.

    One is that you can use it as a digital logic analyzer - it can sample a whole lot of inputs (rather than just 4 analog channels) quickly if it only has to tell on from off. But you have to get a whole lot of #signals into the #scope before you can do that, so you need a #connector with a lot of pins/signals.

    You could use something standard for this type of application (which is still going to be a limited-audience part), or a custom thing, but those options are expensive. So instead, if you're the manufacturer, you find a common (and therefore #cheap) #connector with lots of #pins, and you re-use that. Done and dusted!

    They picked ... the HDMI connector. It's there at the bottom of the middle of the control panel. And in the manual is the prominent (not) warning:

    > WARNING: Non-standard HDMI interface, Siglent device ONLY, or you will damage your device.

    Yes, if you plug anything HDMI-related into this obvious #HDMI port, you will cause damage to your 'scope, or your other device.

    #oscilloscope #DSO #MagicSmoke #BadUI #bang

  7. A while back I got a new digital 'scope. The one I'd been using was okay, but only 8-bit and had some other limitations. The vertical resolution was actually starting to make it difficult to get accurate-enough readings of some things I was working with.

    The new one is 12-bit. That is likely to be better than I will ever need. I'm happy with it. Being several years newer (and a different brand) it brings some new #features to the table.

    One is that you can use it as a digital logic analyzer - it can sample a whole lot of inputs (rather than just 4 analog channels) quickly if it only has to tell on from off. But you have to get a whole lot of #signals into the #scope before you can do that, so you need a #connector with a lot of pins/signals.

    You could use something standard for this type of application (which is still going to be a limited-audience part), or a custom thing, but those options are expensive. So instead, if you're the manufacturer, you find a common (and therefore #cheap) #connector with lots of #pins, and you re-use that. Done and dusted!

    They picked ... the HDMI connector. It's there at the bottom of the middle of the control panel. And in the manual is the prominent (not) warning:

    > WARNING: Non-standard HDMI interface, Siglent device ONLY, or you will damage your device.

    Yes, if you plug anything HDMI-related into this obvious #HDMI port, you will cause damage to your 'scope, or your other device.

    #oscilloscope #DSO #MagicSmoke #BadUI #bang

  8. Looking to turn my #Pico2 in a rudimentary #oscilloscope. Have been checking the ADC's samplerate and tried measuring an ultrasonic distance sensor's echo pulse. Not quite there yet, USB throughput is still a limiting factor.

    embeddedjourneys.com/blog/pico

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    #freeplugin #phasecvlt #audioanalysis #spectrumanalyzer #oscilloscope #lufs #sidechain #visualizer

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    #freeplugin #oscilloscope #sidechain #audiotools #musicproduction #vstplugin

  11. Philips PM3206 oscilloscope service manual with full schematics. Perfect condition. Still in 1989 stamped envelope from its original source in the Netherlands.

    Send me carriage cost by PayPal etc and I'll forward it to you from UK. Thanks

    #vintage #oscilloscope #schematic #service #manual #original #electronic #repairs #equipment

  12. @infobeautiful
    The #older amongst us remember the figures you the when you feed different #periodic signals in the x- and y-deflection of an #Oscilloscope

    Often seen in these #pictures from 1966

    imdb.com/de/title/tt0061289/

  13. New video, this took like 6h so ​:boost_request:​

    Lab update 2: RIGOL DHO924S, G-EDM pulseboard testing, transimpedance amplifier and more!
    https://makertube.net/w/dJ3JEsMF9erXHSd5bzbUL9

    #rigol #oscilloscope #electronics #engineering

  14. With a working GPIB connection (thanks @vk2bea !), I'm able to read out the full error log from my Tektronix TDS754D.

    ERROR: diagnostic test failure, digDataFormatDiag, ERROR!!BYTE mode, in demux 200 ,i= 7 memBaseAdr 0x7380010= data = 5600, expectedData[i] = 5500"
    ibterm>errlog:next?

    I'm suspecting (and hoping) this is a bad ram chip). I have a tenuous understanding of the whole system, but I'm only seeing capture errors on some sweep rates, and dependent on which / how many channels are active.
    It's an utterly bad-ass instrument, and I'd love to get it back to 100%

    #tektronix #oscilloscope #GPIB #linux

  15. My dad made me a Vesa compatible holder for my oscilloscope and it turned out great! Just as imagined. Of course, it is a massive steel construction, we both would not trust a 3D printed construction with my dear Rigol.

    #electronics #oscilloscope #rigol

  16. Check out this photo from last night’s Electronics Night at Tog Hackerspace. We were testing vintage gear, including this oscilloscope and function generator. Proper hands on fun.

    #TogHackerspace #ElectronicsNight #VintageTech #TestEquipment #Oscilloscope #FunctionGenerator #Makers #HardwareHacking #DublinMakers #STEM

  17. Almost a decade after getting my #hamradio license I've started playing around with #electronics again. It's so fun when you actually make things work out properly youtube.com/watch?v=5TwWUtZ6Q3I #colpitts #oscillator #breadboard #oscilloscope

  18. Meet me and some #RetroComputing #hackers at the #VintageComputing assembly on this years #39C3 in Hamburg!

    We will present some historcial running machines #AnalogSynthesizer patching, #AnalogComputer tinkering (with a #Vectrex as an #oscilloscope), and #BASIC #CodeGolf and #RetroGame workshops!

  19. Meet me and some #RetroComputing #hackers at the #VintageComputing assembly on this years #39C3 in Hamburg!

    We will present some historcial running machines #AnalogSynthesizer patching, #AnalogComputer tinkering (with a #Vectrex as an #oscilloscope), and #BASIC #CodeGolf and #RetroGame workshops!

  20. Meet me and some #RetroComputing #hackers at the #VintageComputing assembly on this years #39C3 in Hamburg!

    We will present some historcial running machines #AnalogSynthesizer patching, #AnalogComputer tinkering (with a #Vectrex as an #oscilloscope), and #BASIC #CodeGolf and #RetroGame workshops!

  21. Meet me and some #RetroComputing #hackers at the #VintageComputing assembly on this years #39C3 in Hamburg!

    We will present some historcial running machines #AnalogSynthesizer patching, #AnalogComputer tinkering (with a #Vectrex as an #oscilloscope), and #BASIC #CodeGolf and #RetroGame workshops!

  22. Meet me and some #RetroComputing #hackers at the #VintageComputing assembly on this years #39C3 in Hamburg!

    We will present some historcial running machines #AnalogSynthesizer patching, #AnalogComputer tinkering (with a #Vectrex as an #oscilloscope), and #BASIC #CodeGolf and #RetroGame workshops!

  23. #rigol pulled off something incredible: ~$1300 1ghz bandwidth #oscilloscope! they were sold out in no-time, and supposedly it was a limited edition thingy. (if i need one, is a different matter) #electronics #diy

  24. Active Probe Reaches 3 GHz - When you think of a scope probe, you usually think of what is basically a wire wit... - hackaday.com/2025/09/26/active #oscilloscope #activeprobe #toolhacks

  25. Things you find in barns, part 10.

    Back in the day when your #oscilloscope had proper warm-up (heat-up!) time. This power supply for the Model 517A is heavy(!)
    #textronix #powerSupply #hamradio
    #retroElectronics #electronics #diy #technicalInstrument
    #ThingsYouFindInBarns

  26. Before I lost the job that I moved for, I had been planning to buy a decent LCD Oscilloscope, but that changed when I was let go.

    Now I find myself needing an oscilloscope because I have to bias a bunch of JFET transistors.

    #Electronics #Oscilloscope #JFET #Transistors