BRAINCAKEMeasurement with Oscilloscope. Capacitor Smoothing
An oscilloscope can be used to measure the potential difference across a resistor during the discharge of a capacitor. An oscilloscope has a Y-gain and time-base setting. The Y-gain can be used to measure potential difference and the time-base measures time.
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Key terms in this lesson
- capacitor
- A component that stores electric charge, consisting of two conducting plates separated by an insulator, called a dielectric.
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