oscilloscope
Signal visualization instrument
An oscilloscope is an electronic instrument that displays electrical signals as waveforms on a screen, showing how voltage changes over time.
Essential in electronics work for diagnosing circuits, measuring frequencies, and visualizing signals that would otherwise be invisible: The technician hooked up the oscilloscope to trace the fault.
Often shortened to scope.
Thorough examination or tool
- screenDisplay or barrier
- displayPresentation for viewing
- phosphorLight-emitting coating substance
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
beam · knobs · dials · channel · trigger · sweep · calibration · graticule
Electrical potential difference
- timeMeasured passage of moments
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
phase · bandwidth · resolution · attenuation · decibel · gain · triggering · cursors
Opposite over hypotenuse
- squareRhombus with right angles
- sawtoothTriangular repeating edge pattern
- triangleThree-sided plane figure
- pulseArterial blood throb
amplitude · frequency · period · phase · harmonic · transient · envelope · damping
probe
Thorough examination or tool
trace · beam · knobs · dials · channel · trigger · sweep · calibration · graticule · divisions
voltage
Electrical potential difference
amplitude · phase · bandwidth · resolution · attenuation · decibel · gain · triggering · cursors · markers
sine
Opposite over hypotenuse
- squareRhombus with right angles
- sawtoothTriangular repeating edge pattern
- triangleThree-sided plane figure
pulse · amplitude · frequency · period · phase · harmonic · transient · envelope · damping · modulation
analog
Comparable equivalent
differential · single-ended · carrier · baseband · RF · audio · video · serial · protocol · decode
multimeter
Combined electrical measuring device
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- electronicscomputer, resistors, capacitors, TVs, TV
- Laboratoriesflasks, lab notebook, beakers, science lab, lab technician
- laboratorybeaker, test tube, flask, pipette, Bunsen burner
- analog technologyanalog clocks, analog clock, analog computers, film cameras, analog meter
- indicatorsindicator, gauge, meter, dial, readout
oscilloscopemultimeter
Combined electrical measuring device
voltmeter · ammeter · ohmmeter · analog meter