How to Use an Oscilloscope

[@joshhaughton1893]

This is by far the best oscilloscope instructional video. The instruction was very clearly explained and covered all the bases to get up and running to diagnose equipment. Thank you for making this video!

[@electronmarkboggess63]

Scopes are a must for debugging effectively and not just throwing parts at an issue. Great video!!

[@kevincottrell4858]

This is one of the better oscilloscope tutorials I have seen. Very detailed and concise, extremely clear, I intend on saving it and watching it again. Thank you.

[@contractorwolf]

it is nice to see that Tucker from "Something About Mary" was able to move on and do something with his life

[@TheTubeDude]

Doesn't get any better at teaching than this video. Excellent.

[@richardbeckwith4545]

Great video, love the humour whilst still maintaining a high level of useful and important information; a big thumbs up from me, subscribed and saved to watch again at a later date after I’ve bought my first oscilloscope! Many thanks!

[@ChEeZeBaLL999]

I bought a scope just so I can look like I'm doing something sciency.

[@shawnhymel7647]

Always a good call.

[@richpaul8132]

Yea? Me too! (LOL). Frankly, I bought it because I need to test and adjust my Tascam 32 Reel to Reel Record and Playback heads. I've got a lonnnngggg way to go before I can do that. So I joined a forum and I printed out 3 different "How-To" manuals and one owners manual. Now I need to lock my home-office door for two hours everyday because my wife doesn't seem to understand that periodical intrusions while I'm reading these manuals requires my utmost concentration. I always wanted to learn how to use a scope but I've NEVER EVER touched or 'played' with one! I only recently realized that I wasn't near an oscilloscope more than maybe twice in my 60+years! That's really wild in my mind because I'm a retired 1st class machinist and have worked for at least 15 different production shops, job shops, mold and tool-making shops and even 3 or 4 specialty R&D shops! (Not to mention a number of journeyman field jobs I was hired to do). At least two or three of those shops were geared to machine electronics related parts and equipment. I may have seen a scope in the R&D shops, (one was an aerospace shop and two others were 'extreme-compression' operations). It just seems weird to me that as interested as I've always been about oscilloscopes, and the potentiality of one or more of those shops to have a scope, I've hardly ever even touched one... huh... Well now, I own one... "hmm let's see, where the on/off switch on this thing..." FWIW

[@wackenthaljef]

Ahahah! i liked" the wife intrusion section!!"

[@steb430]

I bought a load of books n shelves, and got rid of my T.V. to look more intelligent.

[@DougHanchard]

I'm a former B-707 and DC-8 driver and have made the mistake of exploring micro-electronics. I'm single so the wifey thing isn't gonna be a problem but the endless reading of manuals isn't my thing either. That's like engaging the auto-pilot and just scanning the steam gauges (or worse today, the glass screen cockpit displays now standard on flight decks...) and doing nothing but twiddling my thumbs for 6+ hours. At least with a radar (doppler) scope I could see what was important and know what it is. With these things, I'm beginning to think I need an EE PhD to understand them :) Good luck with the manuals and the wifey separation time. LOL

[@cptbutters1394]

My college just threw out about 30 brand new ones and I grabbed a few cuz I thought they looked cool thanks for telling me what they do :)

[@abhijeetd.srivastava9820]

Where??

[@cptbutters1394]

Abhijeet D.Srivastava my school

[@keithforbes2326]

lucky lol

[@corey1064]

I here 10 min before my test keep posted to know how I do

[@shivanya816]

Hi... I know it's been two years but how did it go dude?

[@l0k4lh0s7]

@@shivanya816😂

[@shepcasey7240]

Probably should really study and understand?!

[@sourcecreator2222]

excellent production

[@gerarddip]

0:14 You totally look like a first wave artist from the '80s that my mom woulda listened to religiously. I guess we are dealing with signal synthesis Lol

[@buisaigon1]

Easy to assemble, good strong materials, feels good, looks good.

[@dramforever]

Very useful tutorial. I've never been taught how to use a digital oscilloscope works. Now I can go start up a scope in the school lab and do something useful instead of fooling around with nonsense signals :)

[@EnvoyOfFabulousness]

Great video, a bit goofy but quick to the point and informative.

[@JamesBrodski]

This is a very interesting subject. I may not understand it, but at least I know about it.

[@hadireg]

A great scope tutorial so far! Thanks!

[@ShawnHymel]

Glad you like it, thank you!

[@mik8352]

Nice and clear explanation. Thank you very much Shawn.

[@Andy-zs3jb]

I am not sure exactly what he was talking about, does it make toast or coffee?

[@WinrichNaujoks]

Perfect video, just what I needed, being new to scoping!

[@malcolmhodgson7540]

Thank you. That is the scope I am about to buy, so this tutorial was credibly helpful. Well presented as well.

[@asninox9060]

Circus board: * does nothing* Sparkfun electronics: *lets change that with a controlled shock*

[@WV591]

true RMS multimeter used 90% of times and finds 90% of the problems. Scope used 10% if you want to look at IC chips Pins. Better to get in-circuit ESR meter than scope.

[@jonathanwarner1844]

Shouild a metal screwdriver be used to adjust the capacitor? Surely a nylon / plastic one would not introduce any unwanted inductance / capacitance to the circuit.

[@luke-dp5tw]

Very good teaching!!

[@solapowsj25]

Excellent and up to date. Thank you.🌹

[@Chasls]

12:22 ..... Me anytime someone walks in my office

[@andrewford2783]

Brilliant, Thanks..

[@josephe3697]

Brilliant video but would be better it you spoke a bit slower and paused a little, at times, to give us (me) a bit of thinking time to absorb the information.

[@JoaoEspancaBacelar]

I use to pause videos to think about some details. It's better than to have long videos full of useless speech.

[@engulfaudioable]

Just pause the video

[@gundeep33]

nicely explained.

[@grins047]

Excellent video. Thank you very much.

[@mariorqmsilveira3270]

Great tutorial!

[@benito0111]

great tutorial, thanks

[@Exaltation-heliacal]

Thank you so much

[@jameserayburn]

Two thumbs up to you sir. Great tutorial.

[@shawnhymel7647]

Thanks!

[@mrakjunior]

That tip will be very helpfull I was once what I was doing with the osc and I told deciphering top secret alient communication lol

[@xAckarax]

He said 100mhz is entry level but is that enough for your typical arduino based projects?

[@stevenstewart1857]

How can I use my xlr mic’s through my oscilloscope durning my podcasting. I want to see the wave.

[@alexanderquilty5705]

Phenomenal video! That really helped me understand the use of a scope! Thank you!

[@jayagnor1914]

It’s the machine that goes ‘ping’.

[@vedant6633]

How did u make the spark fun sign on oscilloscope

[@874D8]

ahh really good thank you!

[@jamest.5001]

great simply informative . now I just need to find a affordable scope. and look smart!

[@chillingmeko]

I have the exact same scope except mine is branded Atten Instruments. XD Also I wish I had you as my EE professor. ;-;

[@markhenderson9069]

I'm looking for a simple beginner's scope to be able to measure and monitor simultaneous voltage and current waveforms and thier phase behavior at just 400-500 hertz. I'm running around 400 vac or pulsating dc at around 1-2 amps for an ignition coil driver circuit. Can anyone guide me with the following scopes?.... I've been looking at the Kiprim DS1202 vs the Hantek DS02 C or D series vs the Yeapook ADS1014 D. Are there any cheap but decent current probes/clamps that would work with any of these? New to scopes and electronics here and wanting to learn. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[@joshuaramcharan9735]

His hair is amazing.

[@------country-boy-------]

tesla just used his fingers

[@AlfredoAlbanez]

sad that I know how to use basics on a oscilloscope due to the amount of videos I watched but have no use for it yet...

[@mdmazbahuddin5592]

How to transfer voltage vs time plot on excel? When I transfer my .csv data into excel I got voltage vs sequence instead of time. How can I fix it?

[@mamanana8648]

please write on screen when you present.

[@srinivass2836]

Nice

[@EndOfEntertainment]

Cool stuff :)

[@astrixistheman]

Definitely more of a review not a “tutorial”

[@moogdome2562]

Sorry, more confused than ever, I don't have a white coat, glasses or bow tie, But I am single. Can you tell?. Think I'll just go back to playing solitaire again at least I have my cat Ethel and a trainspotting pen friend in Mongolia and my beer mat collection is growing. Too much information all at once to take in. I need a slow cave man version. What's electromics?.

[@nol75]

This is the most retarded thing I’ve read in my life and I love it

[@fakefakeoglu2659]

iyiymis begendim. alınır

[@chrisnorton6622]

You said we only needed to use one or two knobs.... but then you turned them all. You made my brain hurt. I'm not giving up regardless. Though my brain be small, my will is gigantic. This still makes my brain hurt though. I think I mentioned that.

[@andrew_koala2974]

Chris Norton It is only when the brain hurts that knowledge is being applied. When I was studying Electronics Engineering decades ago, whilst working for PHILIPS, My direct boss and mentor made my head hurt. I could have strangled him then. Years later whilst serving in the Military, I asked him why he was so tough. He explained it this way. Knowledge is like hammering a nail into a wall. To make sure it penetrates one has to hammer it hard. When one just 'casually throw the nail (knowledge) at the wall, it will bounce off. I realized that by being tough and a pain sometimes, he did me a great favor, in that I never forgot what he taught me, and by doing so made me a great Engineer. Ultimately leading to being posted as an exchange officer to the USAF, and having the opportunity to work on some special projects, in electronic weapons, robotics projects for NASA/UASF working with avionics specialists on the Presidents Jet(s), and having learned much during this time, as well as solving some specific problems. Stay with it. Success is achieved by 'DOING'. Trying does nothing, trying does not even cure constipation. It will only give you pain the A _ _ As a side note .. I am still good friends with my one time mentor and former boss. He is still alive and exceeded age 85.

[@robsinHL]

Yeah this was at the 4:45 mark or so. I saw your comment first so when he did the setup before taking a measurement (pushing every button and choosing a setting for everything I barely grasp) I laughed out loud.

[@akun10years10]

mee too man

[@lan5053]

It would be helpful if you could give practical examples of WHY one would need to use an oscilloscope. I’ve seen many videos telling me what oscilloscopes measure, and how the machine can be dialled in to take these measurements, but I still don’t understand what kind of circuit problems or situations require an oscilloscope.

[@rascal211]

I could watch this 1000 times and not be able to remember everything to explain it.

[@Okurka.]

☑ Lab coat ☑ Glasses ☑ Bow tie Looks legit.

[@gbowne1]

#BillNye

[@baruchben-david4196]

I never play around with electronics without my bow tie.

[@polymetric2614]

Bowties are cool.

[@robertturner4913]

@@polymetric2614 I caught that reference ;)

[@polymetric2614]

@@robertturner4913 since i made that comment i also have gathered additional evidence that bowties are cool: michael from the good place wears one

[@yadukrishnanm6280]

Mark Wahlberg Jr explains about Oscilioscope

[@briananonymous724]

This is a very informative tutorial, especially the part on probes. It's also very well produced. True, it is pretty dense and I admit I can't absorb everything in but one viewing. But Shawn is very precise and exceptionally clear, so the trick (at least for me) is to watch the video repeatedly until I'm satisfied I've learned everything I can. And if I have any questions, I can always ask my friend Google! Thanks for a great lesson.

[@eugenepohjola258]

Howdy. The 10X feature is to enable measuring high voltages or to provide very low loading of the measured circuit. Tuning the probe capacitor means that the probe R/Xc ratio is the same as the input R/Xc ratio. This delivers best signal fidelity. Using an oscilloscope be aware that the signal grounds are galvanically bonded. One could introduce short circuiting when using both channels doing measurements in an appliance. Worse still. Older cathode ray scopes also have their signal grounds connected to the chassis and the power Protective Eath ( = power ground ) is also connected to the chassis. There are real dangers to smoke one's appliance or getting shocked. Always feed an older scope through a separation transformer. Always use a galvanic separator in one channel when doing dual channel measurements. In my digital scope there are galvanic connections between the power ground ( = Protective Earth ) and the input grounds. However. I use the scope in an older apartment where there are only two prong outlets in the room. Old wiring may, totally legally, be as they were done originally. So I do not need to feed the scope through a separation transformer. Regards.

[@mymanjosquin]

how to use? i would recommend: 1. Turn it on. 2. Look at screen. 3. Keep looking 4. Repeat #3 5. Drink some coffee 6. Repeat #3 for a while 7. etc

[@Quarky_]

I don't know how Shawn does it, but his videos are _always_ exceptionally clear, and very information dense!

[@KP11520]

So what does this fix in real life? This video tells me it's useless. I suggest giving us Kinetic Learners something to sink our teeth into. Microcosm isolation ignores real value. I still have no idea what a scope would do for me.

[@jago5300]

I have a really dumb question. I have a simple uni.t 2102 CeX oscilloscope just running a very simple lab. But I do run it off a inverter generator. Could you frequency from the generator give me false readings on my oscilloscope.

[@mindbendernine]

This video makes the classic mistake of presenting its content towards an audience and assuming that they are at a proficient level with some experience. Ever heard lawyers speak lawyer-talk? Or software devs teaching beginners using advanced topics that were never explained to the beginner? This is the same mistake. Fail. Think I'm kidding? It only took 2:12 minutes for the presenter to drop the words "Picofarad capacitor" and my eyes glazed over. If you find someone who can teach you a subject in layman's terms, you will discover the universe. These types of teachers, however, are very hard to find.

[@intheshell35ify]

Great example of someone flouting their intelligence under the guise of education. Acronym gibberish is just exclusive club code words but then adding vowels to make a non word is just coding the code.

[@Mr.Atari2600]

These waves are also used to make sound on old 8-bit Gaming Systems.

[@waltermessines5181]

Nice, very nice... Just figured my business didn't take off for real yet due to the lack of a lab coat. and maybe throw in some phony hair dye (Phd?)

[@RakibulIslam-yz3gn]

I was looking for a good video on how to use an oscilloscope. Then I found this . I think it's informative. And the last words were funny - " If you want to do some sciency.....whenever somebody walks by... all you gotta do is just measure a sine wave " :D

[@TheUnkus]

Haven't had to use one in years. We were cleaning out clutter from my job, and boss was going to toss one. I asked if I could have it, and here I am brushing up on my basics. Mainly want to use it as a display piece on a shelf with my audio output connected for a cool frequency display. But will likely use it for more.

[@carriewagers1824]

What is this thing for?

[@mjackdk]

Very informative video, thanks! Two things: 1) How would you get from buying the SparkFun MiniGen kit to using it to test a scope? There seems to be some steps missing between having the MiniGen attached to a Pro Mini and actually having a setup that allows you to choose wave forms etc. (blue selector button and pot in the video) 2) What kind of software are you using to draw diagrams in the video? Are you using a pen or just a finger/mouse? Connected to a Wacom tablet?

[@johnwest7993]

I could have used this info 50 years ago. But I had to learn everything the old-fashioned way, by getting shocked.

[@villangmail]

"Ah yes, that 9 pico farads of attenuation needed to be configured for by a 10 to 1 low pass filter , and then tuned via the compensation capacitor on channel 2" -- things said by people having trouble using an oscilloscope for the first time watching this video. Lolwtf, who is this video for ??

[@mohammad45h]

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[@radhey04ec]

Overall video is too good, but I cant understand one line "DSO store and display image before Trigger, Thats why image of periodic waveform look like non moving static type"... I till not understand this.... How periodic Waveform look like stable image

[@hifirulezzz]

Good luck measuring 10 mV signals with 10x, noise from the oscilloscope will kill it :)

[@Vermilicious]

I've only used CRT-based oscilloscopes, and they are... simpler. They were big and clunky though.

[@mohammad45h]

سلام وبسیار تشکر لطفا کامنت ها را جواب دهید ...منتظر ویدیوهای خوب تان هستیم...🙏🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌

[@daytonagreg8765]

But why? Debugging? I need to do that… but how? Haven’t seen a decent video on how the scope identifies problems. But I’m a noob & still learning.

[@rodneyjohnson4794]

i didn't understand a whole lot, but i did take away the four things to get me started. many years ago i bought an ancient eico scope that was originally a kit. i paid $5, managed to connect it to my 100w transmitter (without being electrocuted!!) and watch my voice waves. no manual and that was pre-internet days. right about the time of 'pong'.... rodney KAØUSE

[@jennyminskey4086]

Hello, There is a high pitched frequency noise in my home. I believe it is a "mosquito" device. What can I use to find it? Thank you!!

[@elmoreglidingclub3030]

Very nice introduction to scopes. I have no electronics background but I am getting into ham radio and the topic is fascinating. Hoping to learn to use a scope to expand my understanding. Many thanks for the video.

[@ronjones4069]

The center conductor of the coax part of an oscilloscope probe is no simply a regular wire, the center conductor is actually quite resistive. With the probe in the X1 mode, one would think that there is an almost zero resistance between the probe tip and the BNC connector center pin but the resistance is actually a couple of hundred ohms!! Measure it yourself. This helps prevent ringing on fast rise time signals. The slight attenuation on signals is not only insignificant, it has a flat frequency response and is compensated for by the gain of the input amplifier. This is a sort of trivia bit of oscilloscope lore and has no effect on anything you showed In your excellent video. I will admit that I haven't watched a lot of oscilloscope primers and you may cover this bit of trivia l, but I found this fact out some years ago when I made a X50 probe for a very specialized application and it didn't work right....the problem was my 1 meter coax didn't like my really fast rise time pulses. It took a lot of research to find reference to the high resistive coax used in scope probes. There is very little reference to the fact that the coax used on oscilloscope probes uses a resistive center conductor. My solution was to harvest the coax from a defective probe and roll my own X50 probe. You have made a good video that will help lots of folks use this most important piece of test gear. Keep up the good work.

[@erin19030]

These new digital scopes suck! Ill keep my portable 59 Mhz Tektronix 453 made for IBM.

[@stanpak007]

It is very good informative tutorial. I use similar scope for my hobby and it really helped me to find sources of weird behavior or my circuits - without it I would be clueless. Even knowing already how to use the scope I learned bits of new things from this video. Thank you!

[@ShawnHymel]

Awesome! Glad it helped :)

[@leonjohnsonjr3331]

Stanislaw Pak lol me 2

[@paulgrodkowski3412]

Do you make any money doing so?

[@what_is_FAIR.]

This dude kinda reminds me of Sheldon, from Big bang theory. Great explanation. Learned something.

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

I bought a scope but I don’t understand it. And you’re using a different scope and going too fast.

[@mootsc]

It's not very often that I don't grasp a concept and get confused during an explanation, but I got lost about 20 seconds in. I think I need to double back to some basics.

[@johandepauw5969]

link to Digital Storage Oscilloscope - 100MHz (TBS2104): is not working.

[@manny3549]

Excellent content. Very articulate, but yet NOT pedagogical enough. Too fast for a 101.

[@priyanthakjayalathge3623]

Thanks thanks you very much again for your explain ❤🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍

[@plsendmyboredom]

c o n f u s i o n

[@markfreedman2470]

I appreciate your oscilloscope instructions work for your oscilloscope. They certainly don’t work for mine because it’s different than yours. You must think that everybody owns the exact same unit than yours. Which by the way is not true in case you’re wondering. The controls are in different locations. A small amount of what you were talking about applies to all Scopes. I’m certainly sure you lost quite a few people with your teaching technique which assumes that all people are clairvoyant and can read your mind. For example I didn’t know that the board that you were working with even existed. I don’t know what its purpose is. This type of teaching gave me and others a headache as we could not follow along as quickly as your personal understanding of Scopes. This forum is not a competitive race against time. Think about the different types of people that would be watching this video. This is the first video of yours that I’ve ever watched. Try again

[@murderbunnies]

..how do you get your hair like that?

[@mohammad45h]

سلام وسپاس وتشکر وهزاران 👍...لطفا زیر نویس بزبان فارسی بفرمایید

[@GreyGhost-r4z]

You are freaking me out with that pointy screwdriver and that LCD.. buy a plastic pointer

[@ช่างโอ๋โมดิฟาย-ฮ5ย]

sorry sir.the probe is 10x can use with 300vdc? but scope limit at 50 v-pp. when I have osciloscope maximum band with 200khz .Can I use it for frequency 40 to 45 khz? Sorry I am a rookie. Thank you so much

[@SDsailor7]

Not a good tutorial for begginers, so I gave it a thumbs down.I haven't been able to find a video that actually shows how to hook up an O'scope to a component. Maybe one day someone will upload a good tutorial.

[@jamalbaker4423]

it must suck to be dumb

[@tombouie]

Most excellently done, just the right combo of pragmatics & KISS, perfect for me. I'm on the east coast of the US. So tomorrow I will bow humbly in your westward general direction. Weird well yes, but it's a geek/nerd physicist tradition/thing. Thks again