Testing amplifier output

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

what is an oscope?

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

An oscilloscope is like a monitor you attach an AC signal to. You see what the music looks like with it.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

An oscilloscope is like a monitor you attach an AC signal to. You see what the music looks like with it.

What an electric signal looks like.

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=oscope/v=2/SID=e/TID=I999_73/l=IVI/SIG=12umjs1i5/EXP=1128641339/*-http%3A//www.eece.unm.edu/electronics/Facilities_Pictures/Agilent_oscope.JPG

And the lil screen shows the signal which sometimes can look like this:

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=oscope/v=2/SID=e/TID=I999_73/l=IVI/SIG=12ojdfa4t/EXP=1128641405/*-http%3A//www.mme.wsu.edu/~me305/va.web/Exp01/Oscilloscope/Oscope_2.jpg

Clipped:

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=clipping+signal/v=2/SID=e/TID=I999_73/l=IVI/SIG=129b81mp9/EXP=1128641526/*-http%3A//sound.eti.pg.gda.pl/denoise/img/clipping01.gif

Although the clipped is not on a scope, a scope can still show it, which is why it is optimal for setting gains //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif