How do you scope a current source?
Lahlum Ross
ross_lahlum at msmail.wes.mot.com
Fri Apr 5 22:29:34 CEST 1996
Connect one side of the resistor to ground, then current will flow through
it, and you can probe the DAC-resistor node to read voltage.
Ross Lahlum
>Ob DIY: How do you check out a current source on a scope? I have a DAC
>that I'm trying to figure out if it's good or bad, and I would think that
>putting a resistor between the probe and DAC output would give me
>something to measure. I'm not seeing anything. Am I missing something
>obvious, or is the DAC bad?
>
>Thanks
>JDM
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