Hi So exactly how did you know that I bought a (cheap) 5370B a few hours ago on the e-place and was just about to ask about how best to use it.
Hmmmm....... Bob On Feb 27, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote: > The attached excerpts from the 5370A and 5370B manuals indicate that for best > performance, that the common practice of driving the 5370A/B 1x inputs > directly from a 5V CMOS logic signal is a bad idea. > > For the 5370A attenuating the 5V CMOS signal to a 1V swing with the threshold > set to 0.5V is close to optimum. > An input signal with limits of 0V and +1.4V with a trigger threshold of 0.7V > is the maximum usable (for high performance). > An input signal with limits of 0V and +0.3V with a trigger threshold of 0.15V > is the minimum usable (for high performance). > > For the 5370A attenuating the 5V CMOS signal to a 2V swing with the threshold > set to 1V is close to optimum. > An input signal with limits of 0V and +3.5V with a trigger threshold of 0.7V > is the maximum usable (for high performance). > An input signal with limits of 0V and +0.3V with a trigger threshold of 0.15V > is the minimum usable (for high performance). > > Bruce > > <5370ATriggering.png><5370BTriggering.png>_______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
