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Use the right probe for the job
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Passive probes Probes with 10X attenuation present a controlled impedance and capacitance
to your circuit, and are suitable for most ground-referenced measurements. They are included
with most oscilloscopes – you’ll need one for each input channel.
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High-voltage differential probes Differential probes allow a ground-referenced oscilloscope
to take safe, accurate floating and differential measurements. Every lab should have at least one!
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Logic probes Logic probes deliver digital signals to the front end of a Mixed Signal
Oscilloscope. They include “flying leads” with accessories designed to connect to small test
points on a circuit board.
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Current Probes Adding a current probe enables the scope to measure current, of course,
but it also enables it to calculate and display instantaneous power.
Consider a higher-performance oscilloscope
Analyzing high-speed communications signals requires high-bandwidth active probes
and will require an oscilloscope with hundreds of MHz, or even GHz of bandwidth.
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ABCs of Probes
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