Scope use...

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Sat Jul 22 17:53:59 2000

>for profit) and teaching it I hold the scope for last save for
>analog and even then I've done other things first.
>
>I'd suggest that learing how to use more basic tools fully
>and understand them completely before a scope is not
>a bad thing.

I agree, the first thing I am usually looking for is continuity, then maybe
a voltage. The class of problems were a scope is really handy are the
"partially" working circuits or devices, the rest I do fine with a DMM.

OTOH I can't think of much I would attempt to prototype without a decent scope.
Received on Sat Jul 22 2000 - 17:53:59 BST