Recommended · for some experience
Oscilloscope Probe Technique - Ground Spring
Why people recommend it
Short demonstration of swapping the long probe ground lead for a ground spring; often cited on electronics.stackexchange.com when a noisy scope trace is really a probing artefact.
Watch for: the trace before and after fitting the ground spring
In their words
Edit: Here is a short video that explains how the ground spring can improve your measurements:
Hackstaar on electronics.stackexchange.com, Nov 2019. CC BY-SA.
Example video of proper probing technique as suggested by winny.
bobflux on electronics.stackexchange.com, Jun 2023. CC BY-SA.
