Re: Use a scope to determineovervoltageneededforstepper motors

To the electronics gurus,

I have a Tektronix 516 dual trace scope. Don't have a clue how
use it, one of those things to learn 'someday'. Where does it
fit into the hierarcy?

Bob

>The message I replied to had a long list of old Tektronix analog scopes,
>like the 465, 475, 485, and so on. For repetitive signals, these scopes
>are fine, but for a single-shot event, like watching a circuit power up,
>or a servo amp handle a 3" move, they just don't cut it. I know!
>I struggled for years with a plain analog scope, trying to capture
>the information from the above mentioned sort of events by turning
>the brightness up and trying to mentally record the traces before
>the persistence faded. Ughh! I really don't want to do that again.
>
>Jon