[sdiy] Owon scope oddity...

[Robin Whittle]

Hi Justin,

The most likely explanation is that you are using a divide by 10 probe.

Divide by 10 probes are widely used because they place on the system you
are testing a DC load of 10 Meg ohms rather than the scope's normal 1
Meg ohm impedance.  Capacitance is also reduced by about a factor of 10.

  - Robin


> I was hoping any of you that own one of the Owon scope range could
> help me clarify something.
> 
> I own the PDS5022S. The specs state that the vertical division scale
> is 5mV/div to 5V/div - but my scope is showing 50.0mv to 50V.
> 
> I've asked Rapid to look into this to see whether it's a typo in the
> manual, something specific to my (lower end) model - or something
> else - but I was hoping maybe one of you who own one of these scopes
> might also be able to have a look at what your screen was telling you?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Justin