[Noisebridge-discuss] oscilloscopes

[daniela Steinsapir]

Thank you David for the great workshop!



On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  It is actually really difficult to hurt an oscilloscope (without a
> hammer).  This is because the inputs to a scope draw no current from what
> it's connected to.  While trying to stick an oscilloscope probe into a piece
> of equipment that is powered on, however, it is possible to damage the piece
> of electronic equipment that you are trying to measure.  This is because the
> oscilloscope probe tip is metal, and can short out two (or more) places in
> the piece of electronic equipment that should not be shorted out.
>
> Other than that, have at it and play with the scope -- they are very
> difficult to hurt (and very difficult for them to hurt you).
>
> Mitch.
>
>
> ---------------------
> > From: rachel at xtreme.com
> > To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> > Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:06:27 -0800
> > Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] oscilloscopes
>
> >
> > David that was a kick-ass oscilloscope lesson. If anyone missed it and
> > is interested, you should suggest to him that he run it again.
> >
> > I have a question. What are some common dangerous mistakes that might
> > be made? I'll be actually using the scopes going forward and I just had
> > a conversation with someone who was concerned about killing them. How
> > might I use them most safely?
> >
> > Rachel
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