14 Apr
2005
14 Apr
'05
6:09 p.m.
>Howeve, I
don't know anyone who learnt to use a 'scope at
>college/university.
Yes you do... > All the hackers I know who can use one
taught themselves...
I guess I'm not a hacker then. Should I be offended? ;-) Basic 'scope usage was taught to all computer /
electrical / robotics=20
engineering students at my college ('85-87). As my father was against=20
owning anything more complex than a 4-function calculator or color TV=20
electronically, I never had the ability to learn to use one before colleg=
e.
FWIW, a basic 'scope is a simpler than a colour TV (I've gone through
the schematics of a colour TV using discrete components...) and a _lot_
simpler than a 4 function calculator.
I've actually seen a schematic for a 'scope which used _one_ valve + the
CRT + metal rectifiers. OK, it was a very basic instrument, Y input to
the CRT plates through RC networks, the valve was the timebase. I'd not
want to have to do much debugging with that as my only instrument, but it
does prove that a 'scope is not that complicated.
Oh, and for the record: I *didn't* graduate. ;-/
-tony