3 Simple Oscilloscope Hacks You Can't Live Without

Save time with these quick oscilloscope hacks!

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Transcript:

We’re about to look at three quick oscilloscope hacks you can start using on your scope today. Stay tuned. Hi, I’m Daniel Bogdanoff and I thought I’d take a quick minute to cover three oscilloscope hacks that I use on a regular basis. I feel obligated to point out that these are hacks in the sense that “life hacks” are hacks – they’re tips & tricks, not replacing appendages or something like that. Try this life hack, replace your left hand with a cyborg arm attachment! Anyways, here are three of my favorite scope hacks:

Number 1, keyboard shortcuts! With benchtop scopes, most people use the front panel to control scope. Some of you probably use a remote interface – graphical or programmatic, but you’re in the minority. For those of you who physically sit in front of the scope, or at least nearby, you’ve almost certainly had a moment where you couldn’t quite reach the Run or Stop button. That’s where keyboard comes in handy. For this scope, you can use F5 for Run, F6 for stop, and F10 for single! If you want to go to the next level, you can even get a little USB or Arduino board and create a foot switch or custom keyboard. If you want to play around with that, there’s code in the comments. Many higher end oscilloscopes have a full suite of keyboard commands built in. If there are keyboard shortcuts you’d like to see, let us know in the comments!

Number 2, custom profiles You can save custom profiles using setup files. Setup files are easy to create, you just set up the scope the way you want it, and save off the profile. This is super useful if you’re sharing a scope and don’t like how your cube-mate leaves the scope…Erin. Or, if you have a couple of main tasks you use the scope for, you can save a profile for each task. For example, you could have a setup for protocol decoding, a setup for power testing, a setup for mask testing. This is especially useful if you want to name channels, are using probes or cables with custom attenuation settings, or have an annoying cubemate. If you ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN0sP8koONU