BNC connector with readout ring: Difference between revisions

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(Created page with "Most 7000 series plugins have '''rings around the BNC input sockets''' that allow attached probes to interface with the readout system. The probe connector includes a conta...")
 
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The [[Media:Tek-plugin-readout.jpg|plug-in circuit]] uses the shift instructions in time slot 1 to implement the change of range.
The [[Media:Tek-plugin-readout.jpg|plug-in circuit]] uses the shift instructions in time slot 1 to implement the change of range.


The [[7A14]] plugin uses the same BNC connector with a ring but the ring serves a different purpose.
The [[7A14]] plugin uses the same BNC connector with a ring but the ring serves a different purpose, which is to detect the difference between the [[P6021]] and [[P6022]] probes,
and switching in appropriate gain and frequency compensation.  The P6021 shorts this ring to ground, directly switching three relays connected to -15 V internally.


==See also==
==See also==