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Just unpacked this oscilloscope and I thought I'd measure the signal from the eater.net 8-bit computer clock module. The rising edge jumping from 0v to 5v looks fine, but the trailing edge looks terrible: it's diving to -5v, jumping back to to +5v, then there's a damping oscillation to 0. The whole transition takes about 45 ms.

Zoomed in on the transition from 5v to 0v (vert 1v/div, horiz 5ms/div)
Abelthiar
Looks like your clock has some mild tinnitus. What with all the ringing
hezroncarverofgravenimages
Pretty underdamped. Too much capacitance?
zubin31
Maybe! I pulled a few of the decoupling capacitors out, and the problem went away. Weirdly, I put them back, and the problem didn't return.
hezroncarverofgravenimages
Using a breadboard? They are nasty for stray capacitance.
zubin31
/a/tRD61ug
zubin31
Yeah. Maybe it's my expectations that are miscalibrated!