It took me about 5 "scope 101" videos to find one that cut through the mumbo-jumbo and give me the slightest clue what I was looking at. Yours did the trick! Now I understand sine waves. Thank you!
Should have watched this back in college T-T everyone in the class are just turning knobs hoping the signal output that the professor wants will magically come out lolololokok
Lol i came here for this exact reason! I have a lab and was barely introduced to the OC. It’s hard to grasp the concepts of what this device is doing without being shown what should be displayed and why. The inclusion of the DMM and comparing the values of one source on both was extremely helpful!
Oh my god, thank you, this is the super dumbed down introduction that I needed. I build guitar effects pedals and I'm at the point of buying an oscilloscope but nobody can dumb it down like this for me, so I appreciate it. I would love advanced lessons like these in the future. You and your brother are great at explaining things to ADHD autistics like me that need things to be visual and for the info to be walked through with some handholding.
Excellent intro, and the narrator is great! Good pace, well edited. I'm getting back into electronics after a long time, and I used to have an old Tektronics scope. I just purchased a new scope (coincidentally, the same model as in your video) and just trying to learn the basics. I had no idea the cap came off the probe!
Thank you. I just got my first oscilloscope. Had zero clue how to use it. I am an atv/ssv tech and am very proficient in diagnostic techniques with a meter and test light but wanted to learn how to use this for more in depth testing on complex systems.
I really appreciate this! I've always been kinda scared of electronics, but now with arduino I'm in love with the projects I can do and after watching a lots of tutorials, the oscilloscope was a tool that kept confusing me, until now! thanks!
This is a fantastic video. I have been watching other vids about scope basics, and people usually make them too simplistic. I love how you ran through principles, tools, and practices to go from high level understanding of the concept, down into some very specific applications. Would you consider doing more scope videos, explaining more of the principles and practical applications?
Thank you for comparing the displayed results on the oscilloscope to ones on the DMM- it was super helpful. I didn’t understand what was meant by “the DMM measures in rms (root mean square)” before this 🙏 *also I absolutely loved the bit at the end with the music!
I'm not sure why UA-cam decided recommend this video, but I'm glad that I got to watch it. I've been hold off from buy a 'scope because of the implied complexity of the device. I know that this video is 2 years old now, but thank you so much for putting this one out! It really takes some of the anxiety away from using an oscilloscope.
"I was today years old" when I got my first Oscilliscope, a Siglent SHS800. This was an excellent beginning tutorial. I hope you or somebody will go on and talk about more advanced topics like triggering.
I've been trying to learn as much as I can before I burn up my new scope. Thank you for making a nice an neat video and showing a few examples. Very helpful.
Thankyou so much for this video. I have just purchased my first scope, I've wanted one since I learned of them long ago LOL. I'm getting back into electronics, and I know want I want to use the scope for but seeing that I've never been able to have one I really don't know anything about them at all. I hope you keep making videos on how to use a scope, I will keep monitoring your channel. thankyou
Now that is a pretty good introduction to The “O” Scope. When explaining the “O” Scope I have used the analogy of a visual volt meter that measures volts and Frequency.
I know this was posted some time ago, but for beginners, you should explain the correct why to measure high voltage. In your example, measuring the AC house voltage can be particularly dangerous if your ground probe is not connected to the neutral. Even testing the Arduino (while connected to the pc via usb cable) can also lead to a potential short. Thanks for the informative video btw. PS this would be a great comment to pin.
Been working on oscillators, basic Ned in the primer level circuitry, But now I need to know more after adding some tanks to the circuit. I've ordered a two channel digital oscilloscope and this video is invaluable. Thank you very much.
Super helpful..... first time I'm seeing comparison with DSO and multimeter readings. Great idea and clears every doubt. Keep uploading such more videos
Beautiful tutorial. Thanks for the nice introduction. But I think a 5v square wave like the one shown in 7:30 will produce an RMS voltage 3.54 V and average (mean) voltage of 2.5 V. But in the video, you said the average voltage will be about 2.5 v.
That was really practical , understandable and helpful . Could you make another video on , say you have two 555 timers in a circuit , IC 1 is an astable 50% duty cycle square wave feeding one side of a Push Pull amp and the output from pin 3 also into pin 2 IC2 which is a monostable as a one shot feeding the other side of the push pull timed to supply a matching negative going square wave . How do you use that oscilloscope to display the two wave forms from 1C1 & IC2 on the screen at the same time so that it can be seen if the two wave forms do indeed match up .
yes. Well done! Want to see more videos like this. Ideally about how to test various things in audio circuits, synths, pre-amps, tape machines, digital outboard effects from the 80s and 90s and the like. That would be amazing. Also great to know would be what kind of (affordable) Oscilloscope (perhaps with some model suggestions) will have the right set of features for specific kind of testing. In my case audio equipment.
Very useful video, thanks! I just got a mini DSO, but it's been about 8 years since I last played with one. I appreciate the info and the demo diagnostics, all very concise.
Learn how to use an Oscilloscope in the oscilloscopes basics tutorial! It's a great tool to have around your workshop! You can grab the Siglent SDS1104X-E here: amzn.to/2MEohvG
Very cool. When you brought out the Commodore 64 I went back to 1982 when I used to punch in entire games, record them onto tape cassette and then load them up again so I could play them 😀
Thanks for this, I learnt a lot. I'm going to check your other videos to see if you have anything on safety with an oscilloscope. I've just bought one and don't wan to blow it up!
Thanks a lot for the two examples with the Arduino and the C64 SID. There is a lot of stuff on YT explaining oscilloscope basics but almost nothing showing examples on how it is used in "real world use cases".
Thanks for this great intro to scopes, subbed, could you recommend an accurate but budget or even a good bargain scope? I'm hoping to trouble shoot my VCR which has a fault.
Just subscribed, great video, thank you so much for making his I am just starting to use Oscilloscopes and I have the same brand, this was a fantastic video for me to feel more comfortable with the device, I will play with an Arduino too and take some measurements
i heard about osc. in words. i saw it today and how it works. only i am in touch with multi. but i plan to own it to my shop in future. thank you a lot for your values ! Jesus bless you more and much
This is kind videos I like because I have had this 400.00 oscilloscope for awhile but im really not sure what I can test .I'm very good with electronics with out it but I know I can be better thanks
Thank you for this video. I just started a new job where I will be working with industrial (480 volt) vari speed drives a really need to learn how to 1 use an oscilloscope correctly and 2, not blow myself or the scope up. Boss said he'd write me up if I managed to blow off any of my fingers...
could you please add some information how to check high voltage if there is a common negative/ ground situation........ and whether need an isolation transformer in situation like this?
Had a C64 which filled the screen with @ ($00). It should have been SPACE ($20). So I concluded that the RAM chip for bit 5 was defect. No oscilloscope needed 😉
@@wlorenz65 Mine's the "?out of memory error in 0" problem so I've had to take a crash course in soldering and am just replacing chips one at a time. Would be nice if I could confirm if the chips I bought work as expected before I use them though :P
6:20 hah this is great! I was in need of a oscilloscope tutorial; and it just happens to be with the scope I was interested in purchasing. And I do have a C64 here along with 3 SID chips I've been wanting to test :)
Just seen this video, love it, i am just getting in to electronics at (57), i am looking to repair vintage record players and music centres, i was wondering if you could do one on testing the parts these would have in and show how you know if they are faulty.. thanks again, love your channel
It would seem that only a digital scope could display the waveform of interest such that the sweep triggering event always occurs at the center of the grid or wherever the horizontal control is set. No? I suspect the digital scope does not display signal behavior in real time. No? At 5:24 why do you have to connect the ground on the probe to earth ground on device being tested as the oscilloscopes probe already internally connects to earth ground for purpose of establishing a reference for making the measurement?
As a very green noob to electronics there are a lot of videos on oscilloscopes but nobody that I’ve watched has shone how to make sure everything is grounded in their workshop. Was curious as how to set up the space before investing in equipment.
This is the video I never looked for, but the one I needed to watch. Thank you! 🙏 I think I have a relatively nice understanding of it when it comes to continuous signals, but what happens with signals that are not continuous? Like for example trying to read a SENT protocol line, is it possible to understand what's happening? Do I need to save all the measured data so it doesn't get lost?
It took me about 5 "scope 101" videos to find one that cut through the mumbo-jumbo and give me the slightest clue what I was looking at. Yours did the trick! Now I understand sine waves. Thank you!
Should have watched this back in college T-T everyone in the class are just turning knobs hoping the signal output that the professor wants will magically come out lolololokok
Don't press the Autoset button, boy!
Lol i came here for this exact reason! I have a lab and was barely introduced to the OC. It’s hard to grasp the concepts of what this device is doing without being shown what should be displayed and why.
The inclusion of the DMM and comparing the values of one source on both was extremely helpful!
@@alejandroperez5368 wait why?
😂💔 sorry.
I'm currently in college and I'm happy I'm watching this now 🥸
Same here
You have a genuine talent for making things easy to understand. I'm going to start calling you the Jim Butterfield of electronics.
Man you're a lifesaver, this dumb down version is the exact one I was hoping to find sooner!!
Probably one of the best tutorials I came across on Oscilloscope
Oh my god, thank you, this is the super dumbed down introduction that I needed. I build guitar effects pedals and I'm at the point of buying an oscilloscope but nobody can dumb it down like this for me, so I appreciate it.
I would love advanced lessons like these in the future. You and your brother are great at explaining things to ADHD autistics like me that need things to be visual and for the info to be walked through with some handholding.
Who needs an oscilloscope when you can just put exposed wires on both sides of your tongue. Mmmmmmm
@@giziemcbarns
😀😀😀
Excellent intro, and the narrator is great! Good pace, well edited. I'm getting back into electronics after a long time, and I used to have an old Tektronics scope. I just purchased a new scope (coincidentally, the same model as in your video) and just trying to learn the basics. I had no idea the cap came off the probe!
Thank you. I just got my first oscilloscope. Had zero clue how to use it. I am an atv/ssv tech and am very proficient in diagnostic techniques with a meter and test light but wanted to learn how to use this for more in depth testing on complex systems.
I really appreciate this! I've always been kinda scared of electronics, but now with arduino I'm in love with the projects I can do and after watching a lots of tutorials, the oscilloscope was a tool that kept confusing me, until now! thanks!
This is a fantastic video. I have been watching other vids about scope basics, and people usually make them too simplistic. I love how you ran through principles, tools, and practices to go from high level understanding of the concept, down into some very specific applications. Would you consider doing more scope videos, explaining more of the principles and practical applications?
Excellent! Very helpful! My interest in learning electronics just increased sharply now that I got a taste of how to use an oscilloscope. Thank you!
Thank you for comparing the displayed results on the oscilloscope to ones on the DMM- it was super helpful. I didn’t understand what was meant by “the DMM measures in rms (root mean square)” before this 🙏
*also I absolutely loved the bit at the end with the music!
I'm not sure why UA-cam decided recommend this video, but I'm glad that I got to watch it. I've been hold off from buy a 'scope because of the implied complexity of the device. I know that this video is 2 years old now, but thank you so much for putting this one out! It really takes some of the anxiety away from using an oscilloscope.
One of the best oscillosope basics tutorials I have ever seen! Well done!
Your definition of everyday life is quite interesting. x) Anyway, nice video.
Excellent video brother! I'm a mechatronics instructor and this is gold
FINALLY... that was the video I've been looking for. THANK YOU SO MUCH
Excellent video! Top notch audio and video quality. Your voice is perfect for tutorials too ✨✌️
Good explanation. I repaired and calibrated scopes when I was in the Air Force. They were mostly vacuum tube models back then.
Thanks!
"I was today years old" when I got my first Oscilliscope, a Siglent SHS800. This was an excellent beginning tutorial. I hope you or somebody will go on and talk about more advanced topics like triggering.
Thanks for making this. I’ve had a given oscilloscope lying around forever and always assumed I’d never figure out how to use it.. 👍
The best explanation I’ve come across!
Fantastic. I came across 2 oscilloscopes and wasnt entirely sure of its application. Very good explanation!
I've been trying to learn as much as I can before I burn up my new scope. Thank you for making a nice an neat video and showing a few examples. Very helpful.
Very nice explanation, thank you!
the C64 demo was a VERY nice touch :D
You just made the oscilloscope looked like a game boy to me!
The oscilloscope is my favorite tool on the bench, by far 👍
No less than a duel trace
Great job.. appreciate the straightforward approach to explaining the basics. Will recommend this video 👌
Thankyou so much for this video. I have just purchased my first scope, I've wanted one since I learned of them long ago LOL. I'm getting back into electronics, and I know want I want to use the scope for but seeing that I've never been able to have one I really don't know anything about them at all. I hope you keep making videos on how to use a scope, I will keep monitoring your channel. thankyou
Now that is a pretty good introduction to The “O” Scope. When explaining the “O” Scope I have used the analogy of a visual volt meter that measures volts and Frequency.
Multimeters also measure frequency, tho
I know this was posted some time ago, but for beginners, you should explain the correct why to measure high voltage. In your example, measuring the AC house voltage can be particularly dangerous if your ground probe is not connected to the neutral. Even testing the Arduino (while connected to the pc via usb cable) can also lead to a potential short. Thanks for the informative video btw. PS this would be a great comment to pin.
That was great, in common with other viewers of your video I also needed just the very basics at this stage, top stuff :)
Been working on oscillators, basic Ned in the primer level circuitry, But now I need to know more after adding some tanks to the circuit. I've ordered a two channel digital oscilloscope and this video is invaluable. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much - I have no idea about any of this, but I seem to have understood something! Love the voice over, great voice :)))
Watching this after watching someone draw in one. Helps a lot in figuring out what I just saw
It's really a very informative and brief tutorial on oscilloscope. 👍
Thank you, in less then 10 minutes you got rid of my fears of Oscilloscopes! Love it.
Super helpful..... first time I'm seeing comparison with DSO and multimeter readings. Great idea and clears every doubt. Keep uploading such more videos
That was super-useful. I've just picked up an ancient analogue oscilloscope, at a car-boot sale, in the rain. No idea how to use it, yet.
Beautiful tutorial. Thanks for the nice introduction. But I think a 5v square wave like the one shown in 7:30 will produce an RMS voltage 3.54 V and average (mean) voltage of 2.5 V. But in the video, you said the average voltage will be about 2.5 v.
The oscilloscope's event triggered sweep feature enables analysis of both thru and across operating variables to be conducted in the time domain
That was really practical , understandable and helpful . Could you make another video on , say you have two 555 timers in a circuit , IC 1 is an astable 50% duty cycle square wave feeding one side of a Push Pull amp and the output from pin 3 also into pin 2 IC2 which is a monostable as a one shot feeding the other side of the push pull timed to supply a matching negative going square wave .
How do you use that oscilloscope to display the two wave forms from 1C1 & IC2 on the screen at the same time so that it can be seen if the two wave forms do indeed match up .
I already have videos on those things.
yes. Well done! Want to see more videos like this. Ideally about how to test various things in audio circuits, synths, pre-amps, tape machines, digital outboard effects from the 80s and 90s and the like. That would be amazing. Also great to know would be what kind of (affordable) Oscilloscope (perhaps with some model suggestions) will have the right set of features for specific kind of testing. In my case audio equipment.
You are so good in explaining the science of oscilloscopes that I will subscribe ☺️
I just got a job where learning to use one of these would help tremendously!
Thanx for the standing stones blast from the past
Very useful video, thanks! I just got a mini DSO, but it's been about 8 years since I last played with one. I appreciate the info and the demo diagnostics, all very concise.
Fun quick lesson. Thanks for posting.
Barry
simple and easy to understand. Thanks dude.
Awesome video. Just learn dc circuits now the other half of the semester will be ac.
I grew up with the Vic 20. I still have it n a box somewhere and it still works.
Thanks. Never thought to check top end of probe.
Learn how to use an Oscilloscope in the oscilloscopes basics tutorial! It's a great tool to have around your workshop! You can grab the Siglent SDS1104X-E here: amzn.to/2MEohvG
Thanks for show use how to use osiloscope looks awesome the axample how it worsk with the sid
Very cool. When you brought out the Commodore 64 I went back to 1982 when I used to punch in entire games, record them onto tape cassette and then load them up again so I could play them 😀
Thanks for this, I learnt a lot. I'm going to check your other videos to see if you have anything on safety with an oscilloscope. I've just bought one and don't wan to blow it up!
Simple and good enough for the basic, thanks.
Thanks a lot for the two examples with the Arduino and the C64 SID.
There is a lot of stuff on YT explaining oscilloscope basics but almost nothing showing examples on how it is used in "real world use cases".
Thank you, sir!
Genius! this is a great video!!! thank you so much!
Great introduction video
Thanks for this great intro to scopes, subbed, could you recommend an accurate but budget or even a good bargain scope? I'm hoping to trouble shoot my VCR which has a fault.
Rarely do I comment on videos, but that C64 had me in tears. My first computer was... a Vic 20. I skipped the C64 in favor of the C-128. Memories...
Hi, excellent tutorial how would i use such an oscilloscope to measure sound output without connecting probe to SID chip
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Just subscribed, great video, thank you so much for making his
I am just starting to use Oscilloscopes and I have the same brand, this was a fantastic video for me to feel more comfortable with the device, I will play with an Arduino too and take some measurements
i have been subscribed for a long while, yet... this is the first video to show up in notifications :(
Yes! It's a complaint many creators have right now.
Thanks for sharing!
Good video, very good explained.
i heard about osc. in words. i saw it today and how it works. only i am in touch with multi. but i plan to own it to my shop in future. thank you a lot for your values ! Jesus bless you more and much
This is kind videos I like because I have had this 400.00 oscilloscope for awhile but im really not sure what I can test .I'm very good with electronics with out it but I know I can be better thanks
Great video tutorial 👍♥️ thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience 🇵🇭🫡🫡🫡
Very helpful, thank you!
Thank you for this video. I just started a new job where I will be working with industrial (480 volt) vari speed drives a really need to learn how to 1 use an oscilloscope correctly and 2, not blow myself or the scope up. Boss said he'd write me up if I managed to blow off any of my fingers...
More on C64 oscilloscope basics! That’s my one reason for wanting a scope.
What else would you like to see?
@@TheGeekPub just more practical examples. Check bios signals on laptop, crystals in galaxy phones, etc...
6:19 subscribed!
could you please add some information how to check high voltage if there is a common negative/ ground situation........ and whether need an isolation transformer in situation like this?
I've been trying to work out how to test my C64's failed RAM chips using an Oscilloscope. This helps a bit, thanks :)
Had a C64 which filled the screen with @ ($00). It should have been SPACE ($20). So I concluded that the RAM chip for bit 5 was defect. No oscilloscope needed 😉
@@wlorenz65 Mine's the "?out of memory error in 0" problem so I've had to take a crash course in soldering and am just replacing chips one at a time. Would be nice if I could confirm if the chips I bought work as expected before I use them though :P
Thanks. Very informative.
Wonderful Explanation.
6:20 hah this is great! I was in need of a oscilloscope tutorial; and it just happens to be with the scope I was interested in purchasing. And I do have a C64 here along with 3 SID chips I've been wanting to test :)
great explanation
Just seen this video, love it, i am just getting in to electronics at (57), i am looking to repair vintage record players and music centres, i was wondering if you could do one on testing the parts these would have in and show how you know if they are faulty.. thanks again, love your channel
Haha Commodore64 my first computer was an SX-64 that’s where it all started for me. That prompt brought back memories of my first love.
Enjoyed your video, thanks
Can I use the oscilloscope to figure out what’s wrong with my subwoofer’s amplifier? Thanks.
Very interesting, thank you! :)
I only have a Hantek 6022BL and I’ve never really used because I’ve not known how to, until now.
Excellent video!
Please do more oscilloscope tutorials. I have the sds 1202x-e an am tryiing to understand it better. Would like to see basic applications. TIA
Great video!
Thank you.
Mike. Slays. Biatches. Very cool.
Thanks, this is a great video!
wow, comodor 64, with stonehenge and digital music, how cool is that !
Thanks for this Excellent tutorial video! Do you have to isolate the oscilloscope from the mains? What do you use? Thanks again
It would seem that only a digital scope could display the waveform of interest such that the sweep triggering event always occurs at the center of the grid or wherever the horizontal control is set. No?
I suspect the digital scope does not display signal behavior in real time. No?
At 5:24 why do you have to connect the ground on the probe to earth ground on device being tested as the oscilloscopes probe already internally connects to earth ground for purpose of establishing a reference for making the measurement?
I just bought SDS1202X-E today and came here to look for video to learn how to use it, I know nothing about Oscilloscope, Any TIPS
As a very green noob to electronics there are a lot of videos on oscilloscopes but nobody that I’ve watched has shone how to make sure everything is grounded in their workshop. Was curious as how to set up the space before investing in equipment.
This is the video I never looked for, but the one I needed to watch. Thank you! 🙏
I think I have a relatively nice understanding of it when it comes to continuous signals, but what happens with signals that are not continuous? Like for example trying to read a SENT protocol line, is it possible to understand what's happening? Do I need to save all the measured data so it doesn't get lost?