Re: Using an oscope as a monitor

Video of the output on the scope
http://youtu.be/PqKdBu-PL7g
On Oct 20, 2013 6:34 PM, "Joel Griffin Dodd" <griffindodd@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for tip on the brightness I had it too far down. Now I can see my
> test patterns on the scope.
> On Oct 20, 2013 6:20 PM, "Jimmy Ipock" <jipock@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It wont look the same on the scope. The vector monitor has a z input that
>> shuts off the brightness between objects being drawn. Some scopes have z
>> input which you could use perhaps.
>> On Oct 20, 2013 6:22 PM, "Joel Griffin Dodd" <griffindodd@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yep nothing I do seems to show the image without holding down find beam.
>>> And qhen the image does show its not the image on a regular monitor
>>> On Oct 20, 2013 1:00 PM, "Rodger Boots" <rlboots2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try putting trigger on LINE. Not really ideal, but scope may be
>>>> blanking and this would give it something to trigger on to force it to
>>>> unblank.
>>>> On Oct 20, 2013 2:18 PM, "Joel Griffin Dodd" <griffindodd@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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