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- From: ylo@osiris.kbfi.ee (Ylo Mets)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Basic bench equipment query
- Message-ID: <1hkosoINNivo@osiris.kbfi.ee>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 17:24:40 GMT
- References: <1992Dec27.030536.1024@cmkrnl.com>
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- jeh@cmkrnl.com wrote:
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- > I'll second this, and LOUDLY, too.
-
- > It appalls me to see frequency counters (and instruments like DMMs that include
- > counters) that have no trigger level control, no input coupling selector (AC or
- > DC), no edge selector (rising or falling). You wouldn't buy a triggered-sweep
- > scope without such controls; of what possible use is a counter without them?
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- > --- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
- > Internet: jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
- > Uucp: ...{crash,eisner,uunet}!cmkrnl!jeh
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- To be more specific, Fluke 87 has some choices for triggering:
- on 400 mV ac range about 150 mV sensitivity, no offset,
- on dc ranges the trigger level is about 10% of the range,
- except for the 4 Vdc, which is meant for TTL with 1.7 V
- threshold. One can even choose rising or falling edge.
- It should also work on current measurement ranges.
-
- I agree with the opinion that a counter cannot be used to
- determine the waveform, one can measure the frequency of a
- known waveform with much higher accuracy than a scope allows.
- In case of slightest suspicion in the readings of a counter
- you need an oscilliscope.
-
- Ylo Mets.
-