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2005\02\02@110225 by Mauricio Jancic

Hi,
       I'm observing that my scope has noise that is bothering me. If I
connect one chanel input to it's ground I think that I should see a 0V
signal, but instead I see a 22mV which seems to be a 1.8MHz added to an 4Mhz
signal (both sine waves) and also some random noise....

       How can I get rid of this? The problem stays with the scope either
grounded or not.

Regards,

PS: The scope is a DSO of 60MHz model INSTEK GDS-806S

Mauricio Jancic
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2005\02\02@121750 by Josh Koffman

Are you connecting the channel to ground at the BNC input, or at the
end of a probe? Perhaps it's a probe issue.

Just a shot in the dark.

Josh
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:02:29 -0300, Mauricio Jancic <.....jancicKILLspam@spam@ciudad.com.ar> wrote:
>         I'm observing that my scope has noise that is bothering me. If I
> connect one chanel input to it's ground I think that I should see a 0V
> signal, but instead I see a 22mV which seems to be a 1.8MHz added to an 4Mhz
> signal (both sine waves) and also some random noise....
>
>         How can I get rid of this? The problem stays with the scope either
> grounded or not.

2005\02\02@132840 by Andrew Warren

Mauricio Jancic <piclistKILLspammit.edu> wrote:

> I'm observing that my scope has noise that is bothering me. If I
> connect one chanel input to it's ground I think that I should see
> a 0V signal, but instead I see a 22mV which seems to be a 1.8MHz
> added to an 4Mhz signal (both sine waves) and also some random
> noise....

Mauricio:

Nothing's wrong with your scope; you've simply built an antenna.  Are
there sources of 4 MHz and 1.8 MHz near your scope?  

-Andy

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2005\02\02@134126 by Mauricio Jancic

2005\02\02@162143 by Brent Brown

> A: Yes, without the probe there is no signal.
> B: Sources... Well, lets see: Monitor, CPU, Speakers, Another scope below
> and a printer above, all that in 0.5 sq. meters... Oh, also de PS+ and an
> ICD2, the circuit I'm debugging, soldering iron, Cable modem, 900Mhz wirelss
> phone.... And my cup of cofee...:))

Try moving the cofee :-)

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2005\02\02@164108 by Mike Hord

2005\02\02@164725 by Andrew Warren

Mauricio Jancic <piclistspam_OUTmit.edu> wrote:

> B: Sources... Well, lets see: Monitor, CPU, Speakers, Another
> scope below and a printer above, all that in 0.5 sq. meters... Oh,
> also de PS+ and an ICD2, the circuit I'm debugging, soldering iron,
> Cable modem, 900Mhz wirelss phone.... And my cup of cofee...:))

   Perfectly normal, then.  I sometimes intentionally make an
   antenna that way in order to find RF sources.

   -Andy

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=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

2005\02\03@135024 by Peter L. Peres

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