Re: What's a waveform monitor?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

They are designed to look at video (TV) waveforms.  As such they have
triggering optimized for horizontal and vertical scan rates, and often have
nifty features to allow you to look at (and decode) certain lines (VIR,
etc.), and to "zoom in" on areas of interest (sync pulses).  Some waveform
monitors are also vectorscopes, which are used to set up the colors, using a
"color bar" generator.

Handy device if you are working with video. Not so useful for other stuff.

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Subject: What's a waveform monitor?


 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>
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 > Hi Tek-ers,
 > I am looking at a device for sale called a TEK 1480 R Waveform Monitor.
 >  From the pictures, it appears to possibly be some sort of CRT from a
 > modular tektronics system. Anyone have info on what it is, how it differs
 > from an o-scope, TC usefulness, etc.?
 >
 > Matt D.
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