| Mahmood Elnasser 06/09/12 23:08 Read: 238 times Amman Jordan |
#187651 - 20 nsec steps Responding to: Richard Erlacher's previous message |
Yes I tried it with 20 nsec steps and 40 nsec pulse width and it showed the pulses slightly attenuated and you can see the phase shift move clearly. The funny thing is that I couldn't trigger these signals on my analog tektronics I kept fiddling with the knobs for 15 minutes. For some reason it triggered only on normal mode and not auto few days ago.
I have two DDS function generators, one from 0 to 2MHz and the othter from 0-5 MHZ, they are cheap modern type based on FPGA, I also have DDS module 0 - 40 MHz based on AD9850 but it needs a microcontroller circuit and LCD, which I built in the past but it doesn't have output amplifier and amplitude offset. But to be honest FPGA development boards are quite cheap and you can build any signal generator with them quite easily. I used the DCM of my FPGA and raised the frequency to 300MHz , both scopes went blind and I know that the FPGA board is still working because the push button switches and LEDs are still functional. I guess you need a special probe for high frequency and you need impedance matching to display the high frequency waveform correctly. Do you know how to match the output of FPGA to the 50 ohm scope? Mahmood |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| DSO for cheap! | Joseph Hebert | 05/11/12 13:35 |
| very good | Mahmood Elnasser | 05/11/12 14:14 |
| Limitations | Joseph Hebert | 05/12/12 09:49 |
| test results | Mahmood Elnasser | 05/12/12 12:46 |
| That's valuable information | Joseph Hebert | 05/12/12 13:30 |
| well, the fact is .. | Richard Erlacher | 06/03/12 11:43 |
| tektronix 475 comparison | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/07/12 10:37 |
| Really? Why? | Richard Erlacher | 06/07/12 14:51 |
| another double post ... sorry | Richard Erlacher | 06/07/12 14:51 |
| I think ... | Erik Malund | 05/11/12 14:34 |
| Application dependant | Mahmood Elnasser | 05/12/12 05:55 |
| Indeed | Andy Neil | 05/12/12 09:10 |
| It's still too low a bandwidth, wouldn't you say? | Richard Erlacher | 06/03/12 11:50 |
| just curious, Joe could you try | Erik Malund | 05/11/12 14:36 |
| Unusual with short pulses for hobbyist projects | Per Westermark | 05/11/12 14:53 |
| is the clock running? | Erik Malund | 05/11/12 16:01 |
| Sorry, but no I can't. | Joseph Hebert | 05/11/12 16:42 |
| 10nSec Pulse | Mahmood Elnasser | 05/12/12 12:59 |
| "at random" means what exactly ? | Jim Granville | 05/13/12 18:41 |
| Answers | Mahmood Elnasser | 05/14/12 07:41 |
| more observations | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/03/12 10:51 |
| It may not be the sample rate ... | Richard Erlacher | 06/07/12 15:07 |
| digital vs analog | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/08/12 15:34 |
| Don't get me wrong, here ... | Richard Erlacher | 06/08/12 21:34 |
| poor mans's scope | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/09/12 02:01 |
| Doesn't it depend on what THEY mean by bandwidth? | Richard Erlacher | 06/09/12 20:58 |
| 20 nsec steps | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/09/12 23:08 |
| Well, one thing at a time ... | Richard Erlacher | 06/10/12 11:43 |
| Impulse Tests are better | Jim Granville | 06/10/12 16:49 |
| more capable scope | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/11/12 14:03 |
| I must have missed a step ... | Richard Erlacher | 06/12/12 08:07 |
| TEK475 | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/12/12 16:16 |
| here's another alternative ... | Richard Erlacher | 06/12/12 22:16 |
| DAC and pot in parallel? | Per Westermark | 06/13/12 01:07 |
| Logically, not physically | Richard Erlacher | 06/13/12 07:57 |
| new theory | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/14/12 00:57 |
| 3MHz is rather poor Bandwidth ? | Jim Granville | 05/11/12 16:51 |
| ordinary | Erik Malund | 05/11/12 17:20 |
| Ther are many params needed | Jim Granville | 05/11/12 18:21 |
| "only" $200 ? | Andy Neil | 05/11/12 23:59 |
| Low cost oscilloscopes | Andy Neil | 05/12/12 09:18 |
| £291 > 2*($199) | Joseph Hebert | 05/12/12 09:45 |
| It doesn't always work that way | Andy Neil | 05/12/12 10:48 |
| Once upon a time ... | Joseph Hebert | 05/12/12 13:28 |
| SDS8202 | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/14/12 13:58 |
| Read all the "fine print' first ... and ask any questions | Richard Erlacher | 06/14/12 20:31 |
| bought it | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/16/12 03:07 |
| Please let us know how this works out for you | Richard Erlacher | 06/16/12 04:19 |
| datasheet | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/16/12 05:26 |
| 2mV/div - but min trig level? | Per Westermark | 06/16/12 07:01 |
| Tests | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/16/12 09:55 |
| 24ns | Per Westermark | 06/16/12 11:09 |
| and that's the crux | Erik Malund | 06/16/12 11:41 |
| FPGA pulse Expander (edited) | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/16/12 12:06 |
| some love the mother, some love the daughter | Erik Malund | 06/16/12 12:13 |
| Here's omne fairly simple thing ... | Richard Erlacher | 06/16/12 15:22 |
| self calibtrate? | Jim Granville | 06/16/12 20:42 |
| interesting | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/16/12 23:01 |
| yes | Jim Granville | 06/16/12 23:15 |
| glurk | Jez Smith | 06/17/12 13:33 |
| DCMs | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/17/12 14:49 |
| Well.... | Jez Smith | 06/17/12 15:48 |
| I don't know where you're going with this ... | Richard Erlacher | 06/17/12 21:25 |
| xxxxx | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/20/12 12:53 |
| 333ps | Mahmood Elnasser | 06/18/12 00:59 |
| SDS9302 | Mahmood Elnasser | 07/05/12 10:32 |
| So, how are you exercising this new 'scope? | Richard Erlacher | 07/05/12 10:53 |
| so far so good | Mahmood Elnasser | 07/08/12 09:45 |
| So far so good ... | Richard Erlacher | 07/08/12 10:49 |
| rise time | Mahmood Elnasser | 08/15/12 13:28 |
| The rise time indicates that high frequencies gets dampened | Per Westermark | 08/15/12 16:26 |
| What does "bandwidth" mean? | Richard Erlacher | 08/15/12 17:45 |
| good test | Mahmood Elnasser | 08/30/12 15:09 |
Perhaps you should repeat the test ... | Richard Erlacher | 08/30/12 23:08 |



