/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/oscilloscope-probe-loading-rule-of-thumbsHi!I&#39;m John Marrinan, a visiting application engineer from Tektronix in the Ask The Expert section. I work with customers right across spectrum of the measurement world and one topic that doesn’t get the attention it deserves is probing, and it...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/oscilloscope-probe-loading-rule-of-thumbsMon, 30 Jun 2014 03:35:11 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:f34349c2-1832-453f-92f0-3d531c365f1aravi_butani0<p>Hii John.... Nice post about Probes.... can you please put some light on Active probes...?</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17528&AppID=13&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/oscilloscope-probe-loading-rule-of-thumbsWed, 16 Apr 2014 14:18:39 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:f34349c2-1832-453f-92f0-3d531c365f1ajmarrina0<p>Thanks guys for the reply.</p><p>Also I noticed I made a mistake with the image for the capacitive effective - I&#39;d reused the voltage divider example by mistake<span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-f34349c2-1832-453f-92f0-3d531c365f1a/contentimage_5F00_734.png:16:16]</span>. The text and picture should make sense now!</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17528&AppID=13&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/oscilloscope-probe-loading-rule-of-thumbsTue, 15 Apr 2014 19:47:32 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:f34349c2-1832-453f-92f0-3d531c365f1aDAB1<p>Good post.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You need to assess your probe choices depending upon what you are looking for and on what you are measuring.</p><p>Good engineering analysis is just as essential for testing as it is for designing.&nbsp; Testing is a lot more than just verifying measurements.</p><p>Thinking is still involved.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17528&AppID=13&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">