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test-and-measurement:guides:probe-compensation [2024/02/28 22:22] – [Overview] minor intro rewrites Arthur Browntest-and-measurement:guides:probe-compensation [2024/02/28 22:36] – added irl trimmer adjustment James Colvin
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-Use a small flathead screwdriver (a small plastic one is typically included with BNC probes) to adjust your probe's compensation capacitor until the square wave visible in the Scope plot looks appropriately square. The probe trimmer is often located on the BNC connector end of the probe. +Use a small flathead screwdriver (a small plastic one is typically included with BNC probes) to adjust your probe's compensation capacitor until the square wave visible in the Scope plot looks appropriately square. The probe trimmer is often located on the BNC connector end of the probe as shown in {{ref>PhysicalAdjustProbeTrimmer}}.
  
 A small video showing an example of adjusting an overcompensated probe to instead be a flat square wave can be found in {{ref>AdjustProbeTrimmerUntilSquare}}. A small video showing an example of adjusting an overcompensated probe to instead be a flat square wave can be found in {{ref>AdjustProbeTrimmerUntilSquare}}.
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 +{{test-and-measurement:guides:physicalprobetrimmeradjustment.png?500|I unironically love this screwdriver. The phillips and flat head ends are actually useful sizes.}}
 +<caption>//Use a flat head screwdriver to adjust the BNC probe trimmer.//</caption>
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