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I don’t really like the esthetic of really old test equipment so I tend to stick with stuff that’s 1980s or later. Those tends to have digital interfaces.
by tverbeure 2y ago
I don’t really like the esthetic of really old test equipment so I tend to stick with stuff that’s 1980s or later. Those tends to have digital interfaces.
- jeffbee 2y agoYeah, they're not beautiful or really useful any more. I think the old way of capturing screenshots with a Polaroid is only interesting because it explains "single sweep" mode on the scope, which is vestigial nonsense on a DSO.
- contingencies 2y agoSingle on Rigol at least seems to be a trigger mode, not a display mode, the other options being 'auto' and 'normal', both of which allow constant refreshes when the trigger event re-occurs. This appears to be a distinct branch of evolution from the semantic interface etymology you reference.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoI use single captures on digital scopes all the time to avoid losing intermittent signals when it is hard to get what you want with normal+stop. It's also sometimes annoying on scopes with normal/auto multiplexed onto the start operation to switch back to normal mode through menus when a single button is right there.
- CamperBob2 2y agowhich is vestigial nonsense on a DSO. ... which I needed about 30 minutes ago to capture the first qualifying event on my DSO, using a pulse-width trigger.