A problem with display on an oscilloscope

  • Thread starter Thread starter Melawrghk
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Oscilloscope
AI Thread Summary
The display issue on the LeCroy oscilloscope is likely due to excess brightness, possibly caused by the brightness or intensity control being set too high. Another possibility is a fault in the circuitry that supplies voltage to the display, whether it's a Cathode Ray tube or an LCD. The oscilloscope still functions properly by printing waveforms, indicating that the problem is isolated to the display. Users are encouraged to check the control settings and inspect the internal circuitry for faults. Addressing these issues may restore the display to its normal functionality.
Melawrghk
Messages
140
Reaction score
0
Hi!

I have acquired an older LeCroy oscilloscope from someone. It used to work, but now when I plug it in, the screen is orange (normally letters and lines and things are orange, but now the whole length of the screen is). It doesn't take up the entire screen, but I cannot see any menus where they should have been either.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? It still prints out waveforms on paper, just the display is being a jerk. I haven't been able to find much online.

Thanks in advance!
 
Engineering news on Phys.org
Melawrghk said:
Hi!

I have acquired an older LeCroy oscilloscope from someone. It used to work, but now when I plug it in, the screen is orange (normally letters and lines and things are orange, but now the whole length of the screen is). It doesn't take up the entire screen, but I cannot see any menus where they should have been either.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? It still prints out waveforms on paper, just the display is being a jerk. I haven't been able to find much online.

Thanks in advance!

That sounds like excess brightness. It may be that the brightness or "intensity" control has been wound up too high, or there may be a fault in the circuitry that provides voltage for the Cathode Ray tube (if it uses one) or the LCD display.
 
While I was rolling out a shielded cable, a though came to my mind - what happens to the current flow in the cable if there came a short between the wire and the shield in both ends of the cable? For simplicity, lets assume a 1-wire copper wire wrapped in an aluminum shield. The wire and the shield has the same cross section area. There are insulating material between them, and in both ends there is a short between them. My first thought, the total resistance of the cable would be reduced...
Hi all I have some confusion about piezoelectrical sensors combination. If i have three acoustic piezoelectrical sensors (with same receive sensitivity in dB ref V/1uPa) placed at specific distance, these sensors receive acoustic signal from a sound source placed at far field distance (Plane Wave) and from broadside. I receive output of these sensors through individual preamplifiers, add them through hardware like summer circuit adder or in software after digitization and in this way got an...
I am not an electrical engineering student, but a lowly apprentice electrician. I learn both on the job and also take classes for my apprenticeship. I recently wired my first transformer and I understand that the neutral and ground are bonded together in the transformer or in the service. What I don't understand is, if the neutral is a current carrying conductor, which is then bonded to the ground conductor, why does current only flow back to its source and not on the ground path...
Back
Top