K Fodder wrote in
:

You should also get a potential divider for when working on the o/p
area as you are bound to have the attenuator set on the wrong scale
,some time, and at least blow the first transistor.

He means blow the scope's input transistor/FET.


You mean like a varible resistive dummy load for the output?




get a 10x probe;
it divides the signal by 10 and givs a higher input-Z,for less circuit
loading. it turns the scopes nominal 1 Megohm input Z into a 10 Meg input.
Less capacitive loading,too.

you can also get switchable 1X/10X probes,but they cost more and are more
trouble,IMO.


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