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The oscilloscope is an instrument which allows the observation of the time evolution of electrical signals. Nowadays, most physical quantities can be measured through specialized sensors, also referred to as transducers, which convert them in to electrical signals. Therefore, the oscilloscope is an indispensable tool for engineers and physicists (and not only) and can be found in every measurement laboratory.
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The electron-volt (eV) is an energy unit: 1 eV corresponds to the energy gained by an electron when moving between two space points with a voltage difference of 1 V.
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Bartiromo, R., De Vincenzi, M. (2016). The Oscilloscope. In: Electrical Measurements in the Laboratory Practice. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31102-9_8
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