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A decade ago, I taught physics to some high school students; they were amazed by the old CRT Tektronix oscilloscope. "So many knobs and controls!" "Does it onl
by CliffStoll 3y ago
A decade ago, I taught physics to some high school students; they were amazed by the old CRT Tektronix oscilloscope. "So many knobs and controls!" "Does it only show green?" "Can it show pictures from the web?" Two of them figured it out and we used it to measure the speed of sound.
Recently, I dusted it off and let a couple neighbor teenagers fool with it (displaying speech, music, sine waves, and Lissajoius patterns. Again, they were fascinated.
Good stuff there!
- rnewme 3y agoI got raised eyebrow at "pictures from web" a decade ago, but then realized decade ago was '13/14 and not '03/04...
- garaetjjte 3y ago>Can it show pictures from the web? Even better, you can play Quake on it! https://www.lofibucket.com/articles/oscilloscope_quake.html https://www.lofibucket.com/articles/oscilloscope_quake.html