Oscilloscope Probe Settings

[Zach Zaborny]

Hello, I have acquired a Philips PM3232 10MHz oscilloscope, and it did not
come with probes.

I bought a 100MHz HP 10071A probe and supposedly I need to set it to the
correct capacitance. It has an orange button on the probe, near the BNC
connector marked "REF" and a set screw for the variable capacitor. How would
I set this?

Thanks,
Zach

 

[CJT]

Zach Zaborny wrote:

Hello, I have acquired a Philips PM3232 10MHz oscilloscope, and it did not
come with probes.

I bought a 100MHz HP 10071A probe and supposedly I need to set it to the
correct capacitance. It has an orange button on the probe, near the BNC
connector marked "REF" and a set screw for the variable capacitor. How would
I set this?

Thanks,
Zach


Hook it to a square wave source and adjust for a square wave on the screen.

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[JeffM]

I bought a 100MHz HP 10071A probe
I need to set it to the correct capacitance
Zach Zaborny

Click on the picture.
http://images.google.com/images?&q=probe-compensation+papay