/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/secrets-of-the-10x-passive-probeWe began this series of posts on oscilloscope probes by putting them in perspective : Probes have a number of different jobs to do, including serving effectively as both a mechanical and electrical interface. Despite having electrical attributes of then-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/secrets-of-the-10x-passive-probeFri, 08 Feb 2019 11:23:54 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:eb3a345e-ccf8-4417-925b-df0059da4047Gough Lui1<p>That&#39;s exactly why you also need to set the compensation of the probe correctly otherwise you&#39;re going to see rather nasty overshoot or slow-rise times ... in essence, compromising the bandwidth response of the oscilloscope. Hence why often there are channel-markets for each probe and a 1KHz square so you can match the compensation trim for each channel correctly. It&#39;s also why it&#39;s important not to kink or damage the probe cable. At home, I make a point to have this almost religiously adhered to - but oddly enough, at my workplace, half the people don&#39;t even understand the purpose of the trimmer adjustment and mix-and-match probes as if they&#39;re all the same ...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Maybe I should direct some of them here ...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>- Gough</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=6477&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/secrets-of-the-10x-passive-probeFri, 08 Feb 2019 09:04:01 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:eb3a345e-ccf8-4417-925b-df0059da4047Fred271<p>Very useful. I&#39;ve never really thought about why the trimming capacitor is there.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=6477&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">