Xy Time Mode - Agilent Technologies 4000 X-Series User Manual

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Horizontal Controls

XY Time Mode

The XY time mode converts the oscilloscope from a volts- versus- time
display to a volts- versus- volts display using two input channels. Channel 1
is the X- axis input, channel 2 is the Y- axis input. You can use various
transducers so the display could show strain versus displacement, flow
versus pressure, volts versus current, or voltage versus frequency.
Example
This exercise shows a common use of the XY display mode by measuring
the phase difference between two signals of the same frequency with the
Lissajous method.
1 Connect a sine wave signal to channel 1, and a sine wave signal of the
2 Press the [AutoScale] key, press the [Horiz] key; then, press Time Mode
3 Center the signal on the display with the channel 1 and 2 position ( )
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• Roll — causes the waveform to move slowly across the screen from
right to left. It only operates on time base settings of 50 ms/div and
slower. If the current time base setting is faster than the 50 ms/div
limit, it will be set to 50 ms/div when Roll mode is entered.
In Roll mode there is no trigger. The fixed reference point on the
screen is the right edge of the screen and refers to the current
moment in time. Events that have occurred are scrolled to the left of
the reference point. Since there is no trigger, no pre- trigger
information is available.
If you would like to pause the display in Roll mode press the [Single]
key. To clear the display and restart an acquisition in Roll mode,
press the [Single] key again.
Use Roll mode on low- frequency waveforms to yield a display much
like a strip chart recorder. It allows the waveform to roll across the
display.
same frequency but out of phase to channel 2.
and select "XY".
knobs. Use the channel 1 and 2 volts/div knobs and the channel 1 and
2 Fine softkeys to expand the signal for convenient viewing.
The phase difference angle ( ) can be calculated using the following
formula (assuming the amplitude is the same on both channels):
Agilent InfiniiVision 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide