Re: Using an oscope as a monitor

Thanks guys, I managed to get this, but only by continuously holding down
find beam...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/57qhj420d7yydxo/Star%20Wars%20lives.mp4

On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 11:05 AM, IAN EURE <ieure@mac.com> wrote:

> On Oct 20, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Joel Griffin Dodd <griffindodd@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm tryjng to use my oscope as a vector monitor to check my star wars
> boards.
> >
> > For those of you that do this coild you tell me your settings. I have a
> 100mhz 2 channel tektronix 2337 and 1x - 10x 100mhz probes.
> >
> > I set the scope to XY input and see the trigger light on but can't seem
> to get any image. I have plenty of activity on my x and y outs on my board.
> Also do I ground my probes to the board when doing this
> >
> Yes, if your probes have the ground clips, you need to put those onto
> ground test loops. I don't know about Star Wars, but there are a few ground
> test loops around the vector output section of Tempest boards.
>
> Otherwise, most Tek scopes have a banana plug where you can plug in a
> ground, you can connect that to any ground on the PCB.
>
> Without ground, you will get an image, but it will be distorted and move
> around instead of steady.
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