Re: What's a waveform monitor?

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Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>

you can see any tesla coil waveform just fine with a normal scope.

KEN

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Subject: Re: What's a waveform monitor?


 > Original poster: "marc metlicka by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>
 >
 >
 >
 > Tesla list wrote:
 >  >
 >  > 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.
 >  >
 >  > -
 >
 >
 >   But Jim,
 > Wouldn't it be nice to se the stronger wave patterns generated from an
 > operating tc? It would seem that the furrier transform being generated
 > could tell us much as to tuning a primary capacitance arraignment to
 > extend a strong peak at the frequency desired?
 > Marc M.
 >
 >
 >