The measure of the characteristics of a transistor is an important step in an introductory electronics course. We propose to use a digital oscilloscope with a USB connection to perform a measurement of the characteristic curves with no additional custom circuitry. The setup is presented alongside with code that allows the importation and analysis of the results with open-source software.
@article{arxiv.1006.0954,
title = {A digital oscilloscope setup for the measurement of a transistor's characteristics},
author = {Pierre de Buyl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.0954},
year = {2010}
}
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4 pages, 7 figures. Data files and program files available upon request, contact info at: http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~pdebuyl/