BNC or Banana Jacks to 1/4 jack

[Anti-Hero]

I am purchasing a new function generator, and I'm wondering how I can use it to go to the input jacks on guitar amps, all i have seen is banana jacks or BNC, But i cant find a cable or adapter to feed it in, I am new at this, but its all a part of learning

[booj]

What's coming out of your sig generator? bnc or banana? YOu should be able to find the connector and gender you need at mouser.com or digikey.com

[Anti-Hero]

I'm looking at these options

1. Has 1/4 jack on the backhttp://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/72-490

2. Has Banana Jacks ROOM EQ SINE SQUARE WAVE AUDIO TEST OSCILLATOR 4 PULTEC on eBay.ca (item 350201651273 end time 09-Mar-10 12:25:37 EST)

3.BNChttp://cgi.ebay.ca/Digital-Function-Signal-Generator-5-digit-0-2Hz-2MHz-ap_W0QQitemZ280472112391QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDom ain_0?hash=item414d70cd07

which would be the best solution? and if anyone knows the cables to go with them it would be greatly appreciated

[Enzo]

A simple approach is to buy a cheap molded guitar cord, lop one end off, and mount a dual banana male there or a BNC. In fact, you could get like an 8 foot cord, cut it in half and make both.

COmmercial test leads and adaptors are available many places, here are some items from MCM with their stock numbers:

201-006 BNC female to dual banana male adaptor


I don;t see them at MCM, but they do also make the reverse - banana females to BNC male. Both types are useful in the shop. OOps, here it is, 76-005


201-101 BNC male to minigrabber clips 36" lead Pomona
201-103 banana dual male to minigrabbers 36" lead Pomona
21-600 BNC male to minigrabber clips 36" lead Tenma
21-605 BNC male to aligator clips 36" lead Tenma

BNC and 1/4" is not a mix I usually see, but BNC/RCA is common enough, and shove a RCA female to 1/4 male adaptor on it and voila! or make it an RCA female.

For example 27-405 RCA-f/BNC-m adaptor

combined with a RCA-m to 1/4-m cord 24-675

Or a BNC-m to RCA-m cable like 33-530

Got any dead scope probes? if the BNC and cable part is OK, wire a 1/4 male on the probe end.


Darn, I had nice picture links, but they didn;t work.

[Anti-Hero]

what do you think about the first option? that already has the 1/4 built right into it

[Enzo]

WHy not. it is a very basic little unit, but how fancy does a sine wave generator have to be? For me the frequency and the level have to be continuously variable. (As opposed to something like a high-medium-low switch) This unit covers that.

[Steve Conner]

BNC to RCA adaptor... RCA lead... RCA to 1/4" jack.

Or you could get a BNC lead, lop off one end and put a jack on. I like the RCA kludge because it can hook up to stereo amps too.

[Anti-Hero]

would either of these work for banana jacks?

Amazon.com: PYLE PPSC-BN100 Banana Plug To 1/4" Speaker Cable: Electronics

or

Amazon.com: Hosa BNP-116 16 AWG 1/4" Female to Dual Banana Adapter (6-Inches): Electronics

I wasnt sure about running speaker cable into the input jack, i know its not good running guitar cable from head to cab.

[pontiacpete]

could use clip leads... ,,, ... if you have nothing else

[Enzo]

Those are speaker cords, so they are not shielded. You do not want to connect an unshielded cable to the input of an amplifier - you will get lots of hum

[Anti-Hero]

I ended up going with option 2, he said it comes with a banana jack to bnc adapter, then i made a bnc to 1/4 cable.

Thanks for the help

[Iceviper]

My function generator has bnc output jack. I use a bnc to banana cable and a banana to 1/4 inch adapter. It was the easiest for me.