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EEVblog #159 – Oscilloscope Trigger Holdoff Tutorial

One of the more obscure controls on an oscilloscope is the Trigger Holdoff control. A dedicated control on most high end analog oscilloscopes, and a main menu option in modern digital scopes, yet often poorly understood. What does it do and how does it work? Podcast: Download

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EEVblog #147 – $12000 Smoke

What does $12000 magic smoke smell like? Murphy ensures that Dave always gets the outliers on the production bell curve for review! OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM AGILENT AFTER INVESTIGATION: We have determined that a short on our LAN/VGA module is what caused the EEVblog unit to stop working. The short caused …

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