Oscilloscope Essay

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OSCILLOSCOPE Objective: To Determine the Frequency of a human body, and compare it with the frequency of a power line Apparatus: Oscilloscope, Probes, human body Theory: An oscilloscopes is a type of electronic test instrument that allows observation of constantly varying signal voltages, usually as a two-dimensional graph of one or more electrical potential differences using the vertical or 'Y' axis, plotted as a function of time, (horizontal or 'x' axis). Oscilloscopes are used in the sciences, medicine, engineering, and telecommunications industry. General-purpose oscilloscopes are used for maintenance of electronic equipment and laboratory work. Special-purpose oscilloscopes may be used for such purposes as analyzing an automotive ignition system, or to display the waveform of the heartbeat as an electrocardiogram. A brief explaination on the operational process of a cathode ray tube oscilloscope found on the website http://www.doctronics.co.uk/scope.htm is stated below Figure 1 Diagram showing basic components of a Cathode ray Tube Oscilloscope “Like a televison screen, the screen of an oscilloscope consists of a cathode ray tube. Although the size and shape are different, the operating principle is the same. Inside the tube is a vacuum. The electron beam emitted by the heated cathode at the rear end of the tube is accelerated and focused by one or more anodes, and strikes the front of the tube, producing a bright spot on the phosphorescent screen. The electron beam is bent, or deflected, by voltages applied to two sets of plates fixed in the tube. The horizontal deflection plates, or X-plates produce side to side movement. As you can see, they are linked to a system block called the time base. This produces a sawtooth waveform. During the rising phase of the sawtooth, the spot is driven at a uniform rate from left to right across

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