O-scopes: probes, tutorials

From: Jim Kearney <jim_at_jkearney.com>
Date: Thu Oct 31 10:17:01 2002

> What I got for $100 was a Tek 7834 Storage Scope on a Model 3
> cart. With the following 4 plugins: 7A22 differential Amplifier,
> 7A26 Dual Trace Amp, 7B85 Delaying Time Base, and 7B53N Dual Time

I think I saw you dragging that down the sidewalk....

> Anyway, I was wondering what my options are for getting some
> probes for this beast. Things show up on eBay, and I'll keep an
> eye out there. There's a local shop that has Velleman probes tho
> I don't know for how much. Where do you go for probes?

Future-Active Electronics by the Cambridgeside Galleria sells the decent TPi
probes; I think $27 for 20MHz and $39 for 100Mhz.

If you buy them on eBay, make sure that you get the various accessories -
ground leads, covers, grabber, etc., with them.

> Also, anybody have a preferred instructional source, "Using
> O'scopes For Fun and Mayhem" perhaps?

There are some tutorials on Tektronix's website, I believe.
Received on Thu Oct 31 2002 - 10:17:01 GMT