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by brettc
Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:03 am
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes
Replies: 9
Views: 3592

Re: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. Ok, THAT makes more sense. Thanks heaps! I think I can work it out from there :)
by brettc
Tue Aug 09, 2022 10:43 pm
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes
Replies: 9
Views: 3592

Re: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes

Ohhhh, I just realised that if I set it to 50v/div, it now goes higher than 20v (my PSU only goes up to 30v but presumably it will max out at 50v rather than the previous 20v). Is there some way to change that clipping limit? One of the big things I measure is solenoid pulses which I need to see the...
by brettc
Tue Aug 09, 2022 10:28 pm
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes
Replies: 9
Views: 3592

Re: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes

Hi Martyn,

PicoScope 6.14.61.6219, and no I've got range set to 20v/div. The probes I'm using are Pico Technology TA375 x1/x10 probes rated at 600v in case that's a concern.

Thanks, Brett
by brettc
Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:01 am
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes
Replies: 9
Views: 3592

Re: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes

No, it's not spikes. I can bring the power supply up and the moment that it hits 20v it goes into overload. And yeah I'm using an earth clip.
by brettc
Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:33 pm
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes
Replies: 9
Views: 3592

Re: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes

Hi Benno, If I switch the probe back to x1 and measure with the software configured to x10, 1vDC measures as 10v... going the other way, if I have the probe at x10 but set the software to x1, 10vDC measures as 1v, both as I would expect. With both the software and probe set to x10, the voltage readi...
by brettc
Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:54 am
Forum: Getting Started
Topic: Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes
Replies: 9
Views: 3592

Possibly a newbie mistake involving x10 probes

Hi all, I think I'm making a bit of a dumb mistake here... using a 2204A with x10 probes and attempting to measure <24v signals. I've got the switches on both probes set to x10, and under the menu for each probe (clicking the A and B buttons) I've got the probes set to x10, and yet it still shows ov...
by brettc
Thu May 20, 2021 12:42 am
Forum: PicoScope 6 for Windows
Topic: Trace intermittently freezes (most of it) when settings changed
Replies: 1
Views: 2835

Trace intermittently freezes (most of it) when settings changed

Hi all, Wondering if anyone can help. I had a bit of a look through the forum and can't find anything that matches... apologies if I've missed something I should have seen. I'm running a 2000-series picoscope on an old Win7 work machine (i3 with 4GB of RAM, 32-bit). Sometimes when I change a setting...