Discover the Mesmerizing Le Joujou Figures

Lissajous figures are examples of complex harmonic motion, and can be easily demonstrated on an oscilloscope. I examine the history, the mathematics behind them, demonstrate how to generate them on an oscilloscope and discuss how they can be used.
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Now this is some really phenomenal explanation. Thank You for your time, Sir.

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This was an amazing explanation. Incredibly detailed and thought out. Thank you!

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Glad it was helpful!

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The optical experiment and the real world application are great! I greatly appreciate your effort!

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Fantastic! One of the best explanations!

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Loved this explanation. Thank you so much

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Amazing !!

[@martinstent5339]

A long time ago, when I doing my apprenticeship in an electronics workshop, I was looking through a cupboard looking for a test box, when I found a small diecast box labelled “The flying arsehole”. I asked my boss:” What’s this?”, and he told me to plug in the power to plus/minus 12v, and the outputs X and Y or an oscilloscope X and Y. I did that, and presto! I saw a circle which expanded and contracted and moved round the screen. It was making a Lissajous figure which was being modulated to make it expand and contract and get a small offset to make it move around the screen. It looked exactly like there was an “asshole” flying round the screen. I put it back in the bottom of the cupboard, and as far as I know it’s still there, amusing apprentices for generations to come!

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Underrated.
Nice work.

[@PhysicsHigh]

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[@Brettah31]

This is great. I feel like the section where you were greenscreened could have benefited by labeling which of the waveforms was being represented in the x plane and which was in the y plane. I lost track and had to use some of my attention capacity to figure it out instead of listening.

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Wonderfully explained...

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Very math help ty sir.

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Loved the video! Have you other examples of lissajous figures use in physics?

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WoW So well explained!!!
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The experiment were really great 😃

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A Very clear and nice explination. I enjoyed watching your video

[@PhysicsHigh]

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Quite Well Done

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phenomenal explanation. Thank you very much sir

[@PhysicsHigh]

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Very well explained. Where were you when I was in high school?

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Thankyou.

[@AbAb-th5qe]

What would a 3D lissajous pattern look like? What if the ratios aren't integers, or are they always integers but just very large?

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thank u 😊

[@kisho2679]

Are so also the shapes of electrons orbitals?

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Try and make it stationary

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Can u speak hindi or punjabi please 🥺

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