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Old 01-04-2021, 12:08 PM
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A frequency counter is much more precise at measuring frequency than a scope, so the counter could be used to calibrate the frequency of the signal generator, and then the signal generator could be used to calibrate the scope sweep time. Doing the opposite order would result in much larger errors.
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