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03/07/12 07:33
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#186461 - You need to save up for a scope!
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Kai Klaas said:
Many DVM (digital voltage meter) can measure frequencies. By this you can find out, wether you circuit runs at the proper frequency.

But that only tells you that you have something at that frequency - not what you have at that frequency.

To continue the wood-working analogy, this is like trying to measure the length of a plank by weighing it.
Of course, that can work provided you know that the other dimensions of the plank, its density, etc, are exactly correct - but not otherwise.

In this case, we don't even know that it is a plank!


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ultrasonic receiver problem            01/01/70 00:00      
   You really, really need to get an oscilloscope!            01/01/70 00:00      
      The joys of working blind            01/01/70 00:00      
   The same way ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      How do you fry an egg with a sledge hammer?            01/01/70 00:00      
         First?            01/01/70 00:00      
            First, and always.            01/01/70 00:00      
   If you cannot afford a scope...            01/01/70 00:00      
      This is a kind of dip meter            01/01/70 00:00      
      you are still in trouble            01/01/70 00:00      
      On-line simulator            01/01/70 00:00      
      You need to save up for a scope!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Microcontroller            01/01/70 00:00      
         re You need to save up for a scope!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yes, perhaps that's the solution            01/01/70 00:00      
            %$#@! -- it happened again!            01/01/70 00:00      
   Multimeters can't troubleshoot everything            01/01/70 00:00      
      Yes, and you need ...            01/01/70 00:00      

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