how to use an oscilloscope with MSII V3.57

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rflanery
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how to use an oscilloscope with MSII V3.57

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We have the car starting and idling just fine. However, the rpm's are jumping around a bit. We have an oscilloscope and all i can find is to use pin2 of JP1 and pin 14 on the daughter card. I was hoping to not touch things on the board, but if I have to, how can i safely use the probes from the scope on the board?
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Re: how to use an oscilloscope with MSII V3.57

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Scope JP1 for the input side of the VR conditioner, and J1 for the output.
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Re: how to use an oscilloscope with MSII V3.57

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I should have been more clear, when i touched one probe to the JP2 there was an uncomfortable 'buzz'. I am concerned about damaging the board. Should I be grounding the scope's probe to something? I am a computer geek rather than an electronics geek.
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Re: how to use an oscilloscope with MSII V3.57

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rflanery wrote:I should have been more clear, when i touched one probe to the JP2 there was an uncomfortable 'buzz'. I am concerned about damaging the board. Should I be grounding the scope's probe to something? I am a computer geek rather than an electronics geek.
In general, the scope probe would be grounded to the circuit under test.

However, the 'buzz' that you are hearing is not normal! :shock: Where does the sound seem to be coming from? What sort of probe are you using (ie. 1:1, 10:1 etc)?

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