Hello, everyone I am new to this field, and I am trying to learn the ropes. I recently bought an O'scope an HP 54110D 2 channel, and I need to buy probes for it and I am trying to figure out how I should go about it:
Questions:
1. The input Pods have specs that are confusing to me. One of them say (50ohm dc, 5Vrms MAX) What does that mean? The other one says (1:1,1Mohm,+/- 2v max). Does this mean that if I put a signal that is greater than 5Vrms, or 2p-p, Will I smoke the scope?
2. Are these specs common for an oscilloscope? In other words is 5Vrms enough to do a lot of interesting work for someone who is starting out?
3. Are O'scope probes universal, meaning I can buy any passive probe and use it, and it will not be a problem?
4. The scopes I have used in the past have a little tab that allows for calibration before you use it. This one does not have it, it has in the back these BNC connectors that seem to imply that are for that function? How is that used?
I have the manual for this scope but It has been no help, I am thinking that there is a lot of knowledge I do not have to be able to interpret the manual in an useful manner.
Questions:
1. The input Pods have specs that are confusing to me. One of them say (50ohm dc, 5Vrms MAX) What does that mean? The other one says (1:1,1Mohm,+/- 2v max). Does this mean that if I put a signal that is greater than 5Vrms, or 2p-p, Will I smoke the scope?
2. Are these specs common for an oscilloscope? In other words is 5Vrms enough to do a lot of interesting work for someone who is starting out?
3. Are O'scope probes universal, meaning I can buy any passive probe and use it, and it will not be a problem?
4. The scopes I have used in the past have a little tab that allows for calibration before you use it. This one does not have it, it has in the back these BNC connectors that seem to imply that are for that function? How is that used?
I have the manual for this scope but It has been no help, I am thinking that there is a lot of knowledge I do not have to be able to interpret the manual in an useful manner.