So I'm generating a 5V square wave at 1000Hz through a 400ish ohm resistor. When I put the probe on, it showed up as a -5V square wave at 1000Hz. Ok, so swap the leads on the probe. Except when I do that, it has a terrible overshoot at the start of the cycle and a terribly slow decay for the second half of the cycle. I feel like this is not expected behavior.
Why would a polarity change across a non-polar, linear element look like a completely different signal on my oscope? I included captures of the two signals. Thanks!
-Jeebus
Why would a polarity change across a non-polar, linear element look like a completely different signal on my oscope? I included captures of the two signals. Thanks!
-Jeebus
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