DSE CRO on Sale

"David L. Jones" <

BTW

The term "scope" is American jargon.

Do you call prawns " shrimp " by any chance ?

....... Phil

Ah, the Phil police are back.

-mark

Perhaps, but it's funny how the majority of the colleagues I've ever met also prefer the term scope, kinda rolls off the tounge better than CRO in my instances I think. The two terms have always been used interchangeably in every place I have ever worked. I have noticed a slight bias, with the term CRO being used more often for the physical device, as in "where's the 'effen CRO?". And scope being used more often for display related stuff, as in "check the waveform on the scope". Of course, it always seems to be a "CRO probe", not a "scope probe".

Always call a meter a DMM do you?

Dave :)

I agree with Phil, probably because we're the same age and only got exposed to all the Americanisms after we'd been doing electronics for quite a lot of years.

Bob

"David L. Jones"

........ Phil

Guess it depends on who you interacted with when you were taught. I know lots of (Australian raised and educated) guys of yours and Phil's vintage who never use the term CRO.

Dave :)

I hope you feel dirty .

"David L. Jones"

It is 100%, * positively * , Septic Tank jargon.

FYI - d*****ad:

The word " scope " refers to that famous brand of soldering equipment sole here in Australia for many decades.

Not a good idea to get the two mixed up - it could lead to lotsa tears.

Like most of your dumb posts.

....... Phil

"David L. Jones"

These same mysterious non experts likely never used a soldering iron in their lives.

Compewter geeks for sure.

...... Phil

Hey, have we found another button to push perhaps? ;-)

Nope, really good ones in fact that work in the real world where it doesn't matter if you call an oscilloscope a CRO or a scope.

I've heard that's a common mistake in the toaster repair trade, but in the real world it doesn't happen. Dave :)

Would be a pretty silly thing to do if it's a D'Arsonval movement :-)

MrT.

They use the abbreviation of "'scope"? I'm just interested to know.

Bob

Either "scope" or "oscilloscope". Very occasionally "o'scope", but of course that one should be banned! ;-)

Dave :)

At least it wasn't "That little box like a small TV with the wiggly lines on the screen"....

Bob

What if they have no cathode ray tube?

Good point. :) I just say, "Where's me Tekscope?" because that's what's written on it.

I only have one of those crappy (but expensive) Tek LCD 'scopes' these days but I still call it a CRO. I have not used it in the last 4-5 years, perhaps I should sell it..

Its a TDS 220. I see ebay reckons $900, i think i paid near on $2000 IIRC just after they were released. I bought it for field work. Sigh, I got ripped, but it did pay itself off.

Mine's an old THS720 handheld which has paid for itself lots of times, despite a few annoying bugs in its firmware and an intermittent problem associated with one BNC connector which is not a replaceable item.