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UM0102E-E01A
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  • Page 1 User Manual SDS2000X-E Series Digital Oscilloscope UM0102E-E01A SIGLENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
  • Page 2 Declaration SIGLENT products are protected by patent law in and outside of the P.R.C. SIGLENT reserves the right to modify or change parts of or all the specifications or pricing policies at company’s sole decision. Information in this publication replaces all previously corresponding material.
  • Page 3 SIGLENT Safety Information General Safety Summary Carefully read the following safety precautions to avoid any personal injury or damage to the instrument and any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, please use the instrument as specified. Use Proper Power Line Only the power cord designed for the instrument and authorized by the local country should be used.
  • Page 4 Only probe assemblies which meet the manufacturer’s specifications shall be used. When using SIGLENT probe assemblies, the probe assemblies shall be insulated from the measured circuits by double or reinforced insulation. All probe assemblies should meet the requirements of UL 61010 -031 and CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.

  • Page 5: Safety Terms And Symbols

    SIGLENT Safety Terms and Symbols Terms in this Manual. These terms may appear in this manual: WARNING Warning statements indicate the conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. CAUTION Caution statements indicate the conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.

  • Page 6: Measurement Category

    SIGLENT Measurement Category Measurement Categories This oscilloscope can make measurements in other circuits that are not directly connected to mains. WARNING This oscilloscope can only be used for measurements within its specified measurement categories. Not to use the product for measurements within other measurement categories, such as CAT II, CAT III, CAT IV.

  • Page 7: Working Environment

    SIGLENT Working Environment Temperature Operating: 10℃ to +40℃ Non-operation:-20℃ to +70℃ Humidity Under +35℃:≤90% relative humidity +35℃ to +40℃: ≤60% relative humidity WARNING To avoid short circuiting inside the instrument or electric shock, please do not operate in humid environment.

  • Page 8: Ventilation Requirement

    SIGLENT Ventilation Requirement This oscilloscope uses a fan to force cooling. Please make sure that the air intake and exhaust a reas are free from obstructions and have free air. When using the oscilloscope in a bench -top or rack setting, provide at least 10 cm clearance beside, above and behind the instrument for adequate ventilation.

  • Page 9: General Care And Cleaning

    SIGLENT General Care and Cleaning Care Do not store or leave the instrument in direct sunshine for long periods of time. WARNING To avoid damage to the instrument or probe, please do not leave them in areas that contain fog, liquid, or solvent.

  • Page 10: L'information De Sûreté

    SIGLENT L'information de sûreté Résumé général de sûreté Lisez soigneusement les mesures de sécurité suivantes pour éviter n'importe quelles blessures ou les dommages à l'instrument et à tous les produits se sont reliés à eux. Pour éviter des risques, utilisez svp l'instrument comme indiqué.
  • Page 11 SIGLENT Ne fonctionnez pas avec des échecs suspectés. Si vous suspectez les dommages se produisent à l'instrument, l'ont inspecté par le personnel de service qualifié avant d'autres opérations. N'importe quel entretien, ajustement ou remplacement particulièrement aux circuits ou aux accessoires doivent être exécutés par le personnel autorisé par SIGLENT.

  • Page 12: Limites Et Symboles De Sûreté

    SIGLENT Limites et symboles de sûreté Limites en ce manuel. Ces limites peuvent apparaî tre en ce manuel : Les rapports d'avertissement D'AVERTISSEMENT indiquent les conditions ou les pratiques qui pourraient avoir comme conséquence les dommages ou la perte de la ie.

  • Page 13: Catégorie De Mesure

    SIGLENT Catégorie de mesure Les oscilloscopes peuvent faire des mesures dans d'autres circuits qui ne sont pas directement reliés aux forces. Pour ne pas employer le produit pour des mesures dans d'autres catégories de mesure, telles que le CAT II, CAT III, CAT IV.

  • Page 15: Environnement De Fonctionnement

    SIGLENT Environnement de fonctionnement Opération de la température : 10℃ au non-fonctionnement de +40℃ : - 20℃ à l'humidité de +70℃ sous +35℃ : humidité relative +35℃ de ≤90% à +40℃ : humidité relative de ≤60% EN AVERTISSANT d'éviter le court-circuit à l'intérieur de l'instrument ou de la décharge électrique, svp ne fonctionnez pas dans l'environnement...

  • Page 16: Condition De Ventilation

    SIGLENT Condition de ventilation This oscilloscope uses fan to force cooling. Please make sure that the air intake and exhaust areas are free from obstructions and have free air. When using the oscilloscope in a bench-top or rack setting, provide at least 10 cm clearance beside, above and behind the instrument for adequate ventilation.
  • Page 17 SIGLENT 2. Nettoyez la poussière lâche sur l'extérieur de l'instrument avec un tissu mou. En nettoyant l'affichage à cristaux liquides, salut pour éviter de le scarifier. Pour éviter d'endommager la surface de l'instrument, svp n'utilisez aucune épierreuse corrosive de liquide ou de produit chimique.

  • Page 18: Document Overview

    SIGLENT Document Overview This manual introduces how to use the digital oscilloscope in details. Quick Start Provide information about preparations before using the instrument and a brief introduction of the instrument. Vertical System Introduce the functions of the vertical system of the oscilloscope.

  • Page 19: Table Of Contents

    SIGLENT Table of Content Copyright and Declaration ....................2 Safety Information ......................3 General Safety Summary ..................3 Safety Terms and Symbols ..................5 Measurement Category .................... 6 Working Environment ....................7 Ventilation Requirement ................... 8 General Care and Cleaning ..................9 L'information de sûreté...
  • Page 20 SIGLENT Vertical Position...................... 24 Coupling ......................... 25 Bandwidth Limit ...................... 25 Probe ........................26 Input Impedance..................... 26 Unit ........................27 Deskew ........................27 Invert ........................27 Trace Visible/Hidden....................28 Horizontal System ......................29 Horizontal Scale ..................... 30 Trigger Delay......................31 Roll.........................
  • Page 21 SIGLENT Dropout Trigger ....................75 Runt Trigger ....................78 Pattern Trigger ....................80 Serial Trigger and Decode ..................... 82 I2C Trigger and Serial Decode................83 Setup for I2C Signals..................83 I2C Trigger ...................... 84 I2C Serial Decode ................... 87 SPI Trigger and Serial Decode ................88 Setup for SPI Signals ..................
  • Page 22 SIGLENT Delay Measurements..................125 Automatic Measurement..................126 All Measurement ....................128 Gate Measurement....................129 Clear Measurement Parameters ................130 History......................... 131 Search......................... 133 Setting........................133 Results ......................... 135 Navigate ........................137 Time Navigate ...................... 137 History Frame Navigate ..................137 Search Event Navigate ..................
  • Page 23 SIGLENT System Function Setting....................163 View System Status ....................164 Do Self Cal ......................165 Quick-Cal ......................166 Sound ........................166 Language ......................166 Pass/Fail Test ....................... 167 Set and Perform Pass/Fail Test ..............168 Save and Recall Test Mask ................169 Arbitrary Waveform Generator(Option) ..............
  • Page 24 SIGLENT Content of Figure Figure 1 Front View ....................3 Figure 2 Top View ....................3 Figure 3 Adjust the Supporting Legs ................. 4 Figure 4 Connect the Power Supply ................. 5 Figure 5 Function Inspection ..................6 Figure 6 Front Panel....................8 Figure 7 Rear Panel ....................
  • Page 25 SIGLENT Figure 42 SPI TRIG SET Menu ................90 Figure 43 UART SIGNAL Menu ................92 Figure 44 BUS CONFIG Menu ................92 Figure 45 UART TRIG SET Menu ................94 Figure 46 UART Trigger..................94 Figure 47 UART Decode ..................95 Figure 48 CAN SIGNAL Menu ................
  • Page 26 SIGLENT Figure 86 DIGITAL BUS Function Menu ............... 160 Figure 87 Digital Bus .................... 160 Figure 88 Digital System Information Interface ............. 161 Figure 89 Digital Update Interface ................ 162 Figure 90 System Status..................164 Figure 91 Do Self Cal ................... 165 Figure 92 Pass/Fail Test ..................

  • Page 27: Quick Start

    SIGLENT Quick Start This chapter introduces the preparations when using the oscilloscope for the first time, the front panel, rear panel and user interface of the oscilloscope. The contents of this chapter:  General Inspection  Appearance and Dimensions  Prepare for Using ...

  • Page 28: Copyright And Declaration

    SIGLENT is not responsible for free maintenance/rework or replacement of the unit. 2. Inspect the instrument. In case of any damage, or defect, or failure, notify your SIGLENT sales representative. 3. Check the Accessories. Please check the accessories according to the packing lists. If the accessories are incomplete or damaged, please contact your SIGLENT sales representative.

  • Page 29: Safety Information

    SIGLENT Appearance and Dimensions Figure 1 Front View Figure 2 Top View SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 30: Prepare For Using

    SIGLENT Prepare for Using Adjust the Supporting Legs Adjust the supporting legs properly to use them as stands to tilt the oscillos cope upwards for stable placement of the oscilloscope as well as better operation and observation. Figure 3 Adjust the Supporting Legs...

  • Page 31: Connect The Power Supply

    SIGLENT Connect the Power Supply The power requirements of the oscilloscope are 100-240 Vrms, 50/60Hz or 100-120 Vrms, 440 Hz. Please use the power cord supplied with the instrument to connect the oscilloscope to the power source. Figure 4 Connect the Power Supply...

  • Page 32: Function Inspection

    SIGLENT Function Inspection 1. Press the Default button on the front panel to restore the instrument to its default configuration. 2. Connect the ground alligator clip of the probe to the “Ground Terminal” under the probe compensation signal output terminal.

  • Page 33: Probe Compensation

    SIGLENT Probe Compensation When the probes are used for the first time, you should compensate the probes to match the input channels of the oscilloscope. Non-compensated or poorly compensated probes may cause measurement inaccuracy or error. The probe compensation procedures are as follows.

  • Page 34: Front Panel Overview

    SIGLENT Front Panel Overview Figure 6 Front Panel Description Description LCD Display Horizontal Control Universal Knob Trigger Control Common Function Menus Menu on/off Clear Sweeps Menu Softkey Run/Stop One- Button shortcut for Save Decode Analog Channel Auto Setup Power Button...

  • Page 35: Rear Panel Overview

    Users can control the oscilloscope through this interface. 4. USB Host Communicate with external function generators (SIGLENT SDG and SAG1021) 5. Safety Lock Hole You can lock the instrument to a fixed location using the security lock ( not included) via the lock hole.

  • Page 36: Front Panel Function Overview

    SIGLENT Front Panel Function Overview Horizontal : Quickly enter the roll mode. The time base range is from 50 ms/div to 100 s/div. : Enable or disable search function. This function can search for the events that users specify in the acquired data, the results are displayed with white triangle symbol.

  • Page 37: Vertical

    SIGLENT Vertical Analog input channels. The two channels are marked by different colors which are also used to mark both the corresponding waveforms on the screen and the channel input connectors. Vertical Position Knob : Adjust the vertical position of the current channel waveform.

  • Page 38: Trigger

    SIGLENT Trigger : Press the button to enter the TRIGGER function menu. The oscilloscope provides abundant advanced trigger functions. : Press the button to set the trigger mode to Auto. : Press the button to set the trigger mode to Normal.

  • Page 39: Run Control

    SIGLENT Run Control : Press this key to enable the waveform auto setting function. The oscilloscope will automatically adjust the vertical scale, horizontal time base and trigger mode according to the input signal to help configure the instrument to display some waveform information. The oscilloscope may have difficulty showing slow signals (<...

  • Page 40: Universal Knob

    SIGLENT Universal Knob 1. Select the desired submenu. In menu operation, press any menu softkey and turn the Universal Knob to select the desired submenu under the menu and push down the knob to confirm the current submenu. Turn clockwise to increase the display intensity and counterclockwise to decrease.

  • Page 41: Menu

    SIGLENT Menu : Press to enter the CURSOR function menu. The oscilloscope provides manual and track cursor mode. : Press to enter the DISPLAY function menu and quickly enable the persistance function. User can set the grid, intensity, graticule, transparence.
  • Page 42 SIGLENT frames which you set, the most you can set is 80000. : Press to enter the DECODE function menu. The oscilloscope supports I2C, SPI, UART, CAN and LIN serial bus decode. : Press to turn off/on the navigate function. SDS2000X-E supports three navigate types: time, search event, history frame.

  • Page 43: Help

    SIGLENT Help The oscilloscope has an on line help function that supplies multi-language help information. You can access the help function by pressing any button for 2 seconds and a help window will open with a brief explaination of the selected function. Also all of the submenus include help information.

  • Page 44: User Interface

    User Interface Figure 9 User Interface 1. Product Logo SIGLENT is the registered trademark of SIGLENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 2. Channel Label/Waveform Different channels are marked by different colors and the color of the waveform matches the color of the channel.
  • Page 45 SIGLENT 7. Frequency Counter Display the frequency value of the trigger channel. 8. Sampling Rate/ Memory Depth Display the current sampling rate and memory depth. Sa means the current sampling rate and Curr means the current memory depth. 9. Trigger Setup Trigger Type : Display the current trigger type.

  • Page 46: Security Lock

    SIGLENT Security Lock If needed, you can use the security lock (not included) to lock the oscilloscope to a fixed location. The method is as follows, align the lock with the lock hole and plug it into the lock hole vertically, turn the key clockwise to lock the oscilloscope and then pull the key out.

  • Page 47: Vertical System

    SIGLENT Vertical System This chapter introduces how to set the vertical system of the oscilloscope. The contents of this chapter:  Enable the Channel  Vertical Scale  Vertical Position  Coupling  Bandwidth Limit  Probe  Input Impedance ...

  • Page 48: Enable The Channel

    SIGLENT Enable the Channel The oscilloscope provides 2 analog input channels and provides a vertical control system for each channel. As the vertical system setting methods are the same, this chapter takes CH1 as an example to introduce the setting method of the vertical system.

  • Page 49: Vertical Scale

    SIGLENT Vertical Scale The vertical scale can be adjusted in Coarse or Fine mode.  Coarse adjustment (take counterclockwise as an example): Set the vertical scale in 1-2-5 steps namely 500 uV/div, 1 mV/div, 2 mV/div, 5 mV/div, 10 mV/div …10 V/div.

  • Page 50: Vertical Position

    SIGLENT Vertical Position Turn the Vertical Position Knob to adjust the vertical position of the channel waveform. Turn the knob clockwise to increase the vertical position (the channel waveform moves up) while counterclockwise will reduce the vertical position (the waveform moves down). Push the knob to set the vertical position of the channel waveform to zero.

  • Page 51: Coupling

    SIGLENT Coupling Set the coupling mode to filter out undesired signals. For example, the signal under test is a square waveform with DC offset.  When the coupling mode is set to DC: The DC and AC components of the signal under test can both pass the channel.

  • Page 52: Probe

    SIGLENT Probe Set the probe attenuation factor to match the type of the probe that you are using to ensure correct vertical readouts. Press the CH1 button on the front panel; then press the Probe softkey and turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value and push the knob to confirm. The default setup is 1X.

  • Page 53: Unit

    SIGLENT Unit Select the amplitude display unit for the current channel. The available units are volts denoted by “V” and amps shown as “A”. When the unit is changed, the unit displayed in the channel label will change accordingly. 1. Press CH1 button on the front panel to enter the CH1 function menu.

  • Page 54: Trace Visible/Hidden

    SIGLENT Trace Visible/Hidden Set whether the current channel waveform is visible. 1. Press CH1 button on the front panel to enter the CH1 function menu. 2. Press the Next Page softkey to enter the second page of the CH1 function menu.

  • Page 55: Horizontal System

    SIGLENT Horizontal System This chapter introduces how to set the horizontal system of the oscilloscope. The contents of this chapter:  Horizontal Scale  Trigger Delay  Roll  Zoom SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 56: Horizontal Scale

    SIGLENT Horizontal Scale Turn the Horizontal Scale Knob on the front panel to adjust the horizontal time base. Turn clockwise to reduce the horizontal time base and turn counterclockwise to increase. The time base information at the upper left corner of the screen will change accordingly during the adjustment.

  • Page 57: Trigger Delay

    SIGLENT Trigger Delay Turn the Position Knob on the front panel to adjust the trigger delay of the waveform. During modification, all waveforms will move left or right and the trigger delay message at the upper-right corner of the screen will change accordingly. Press down this knob to quickly reset the trigger delay.

  • Page 58: Roll

    SIGLENT Roll Press the Roll button to enter the roll mode. In the Roll mode the waveform moves 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.

  • Page 59: Zoom

    SIGLENT Zoom Zoom is a horizontally expanded version of the normal display. You can use Zoom to locate and horizontally expand part of the normal window for a more detailed (higher - resolution) analysis of signals. Press the Horizontal Scale Knob on the front panel to turn on the zoom function, and press the button again to turn off the function.
  • Page 60 SIGLENT To change the time base of the normal window, turn off Zoom; then, turn the Horizontal Scale Knob. User Manual SDS2000X-E...

  • Page 61: Sample System

    SIGLENT Sample System This chapter introduces how to use the run control and set th e sampling system of the oscilloscope. The contents of this chapter:  Run Control  Overview  Memory Depth  Sampling Mode  Interpolation Method ...

  • Page 62: Run Control

    SIGLENT Run Control Press the Run/Stop or Single button on the front panel to run or stop the sampling system of the scope.  When the Run/Stop button is green, the oscilloscope is running, that is, acquiring data when trigger conditions are met. To stop acquiring data, press the Run/Stop button.

  • Page 63: Overview

    SIGLENT Overview To understand the oscilloscope's sampling and acquisition modes, it is helpful to understand sampling theory, sample rate, oscilloscope bandwidth and sample rate. Sampling Theory The Nyquist sampling theorem states that for a limited bandwidth (band- limited) signal with maximum frequency f...

  • Page 64: Bandwidth And Sample Rate

    SIGLENT jitter on fast edges. 3. Waveform Leakage: When the sample rate is too low, the waveform rebuilt from the sample data does not reflect all the actual signal information. Bandwidth and Sample Rate An oscilloscope's bandwidth is typically described as the lowest frequency at which input signal sine waves are attenuated by 3 dB (- 30% amplitude error).
  • Page 65 SIGLENT However, digital signals have frequency components above the fundamental frequency (square waves are made up of sine waves at the fundamental frequency and an infinite number of odd harmonics), and typically, for 500 MHz bandwidths and below, oscilloscopes have a Gaussian frequency response.

  • Page 66: Memory Depth

    SIGLENT Memory Depth Memory depth refers to the number of waveform points that the oscilloscope can store in a single trigger sample and it reflects the storage ability of the sample memory. The oscilloscope provides up to 28 Mpts memory depth.

  • Page 67: Sampling Mode

    SIGLENT Sampling Mode The oscilloscope only supports real-time sample. In this mode, the oscilloscope samples and displays waveform within a trigger event. The maximum real-time sample rate is 2 GSa/s. Press the Run/Stop button to stop the sample, the oscilloscope will hold the last display.

  • Page 68: Interpolation Method

    SIGLENT Interpolation Method Under real-time sampling, the oscilloscope acquires the discrete sample values of the waveform being displayed. In general, a waveform of dots display type is very difficult to observe. In order to increase the visibility of the signal, the digital oscilloscope usually uses interpolation to “connect the dots”...

  • Page 69: Figure 13 X Interpolation

    SIGLENT Figure 13 x Interpolation Figure 14 Sin(x)/x Interpolation SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 70: Acquisition Mode

    SIGLENT Acquisition Mode The acquisition mode is used to control how to generate waveform points from sample points. The oscilloscope provides the following acquisition mode: Normal, Peak Detect, Average and Eres. 1. Press the Acquire button on the front panel to enter the ACQUIRE function menu;...

  • Page 71: Figure 16 Pulse With 0.01% Duty, Normal Mode

    SIGLENT displayed would be larger. In this mode, the oscilloscope can display all the pulses with pulse widths at least as wide as the sample period. Figure 16 Pulse With 0.01% Duty, Normal Mode Figure 17 Pulse With 0.01% Duty, Peak Detect Mode...

  • Page 72: Average

    SIGLENT Average In this mode, the oscilloscope averages the waveforms from multiple samples to reduce the random noise of the input signal and improve the vertical resolution. The greater the number of averages is, the lower the noise will be and the higher the vertical resolution will be but the slower the response of the displayed waveform to the waveform changes will The available range of averages is from 4 to 1024 and the default is 16.

  • Page 73: Eres

    SIGLENT Figure 19 With Random Noise, Average Mode Eres This mode uses oversampling to average the neighboring points of the sample waveform to reduce the random noise on the input signal and generate much smoother waveforms on the screen. This is generally used when the sample rate of the digital converter is higher than the storage rate of the acquisition memory.

  • Page 74: Horizontal Format

    SIGLENT Horizontal Format Press the Acquire button on the front panel; then press the XY soft key to set the XY(On) or YT(Off) mode. The default setup is YT. Display channel Y input amplitude (typically voltage) vs. time. This is the normal viewing mode for the oscilloscope.
  • Page 75 SIGLENT X-Y function can be used to measure the phase deviation occurred when the signal under test passes through a circuit network. Connect the oscilloscope to the circuit to monitor the input and output signals of the circuit. SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 76: Sequence Mode

    SIGLENT Sequence Mode Sequence Mode provides faster data collection, but does not display waveforms during sampling process. It improves the waveform capture rate, delivering up-to 400,000 wfs/s. So it can capture the small probability events effectively. The oscilloscope runs and fills a memory segment for each trigger event and continues to trigger until memory is filled.
  • Page 77 SIGLENT 2. Press the List softkey to turn on the list display. The list records the acquisition time of every frame and shows the frame number that displaying on the screen. 3. Press the Frame No. softkey; and then turn the Universal Knob to select the frame to display.

  • Page 78: Trigger

    SIGLENT Trigger The trigger mode is the most useful setting to help isolate signals of interest. When a waveform in the waveform stream meets the trigger condition, the oscilloscope captures this waveform as well as the neighboring part and displays them on the screen. For digital oscilloscopes, the waveforms will be displayed continuously no matter whether it is stably triggered, but only stable triggers can ensure a stable display.
  • Page 79 SIGLENT  Trigger Level  Trigger Coupling  Holdoff  Noise Rejection  Trigger Type  Edge Trigger  Slope Trigger  Pulse Trigger  Video Trigger  Window Trigger  Interval trigger  Dropout Trigger  Runt Trigger ...

  • Page 80: Trigger Source

    SIGLENT Trigger Source The oscilloscope’s trigger source includes analog channels, EXT, EXT/5 and the AC Line. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu; press the Source softkey and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired trigger source.

  • Page 81: Trigger Mode

    SIGLENT Trigger Mode The oscilloscope’s trigger mode includes auto, normal and single. The trigger mode affects the way in which the oscilloscope searches for the trigger. After the oscilloscope starts running, the oscilloscope operates by first filling the pre-trigger buffer. It starts searching for a trigger after the pre -trigger buffer is filled and continues to flow data through this buffer while it searches for the trigger.

  • Page 82: Trigger Level

    SIGLENT Trigger Level Trigger level and slope define the trigger point, You can adjust the trigger level for a selected analog channel by turning the Trigger Level Knob. You can push the Trigger Level Knob to set the level to the waveform's 50% value immediately.

  • Page 83: Trigger Coupling

    SIGLENT Trigger Coupling Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu, and then press the Coupling softkey and turn the Universal Knob or press the Coupling softkey continually to select the desired coupling mode.

  • Page 84: Holdoff

    SIGLENT Holdoff Trigger holdoff can be used to stably trigger complex waveforms (such as a series of pulses). Holdoff time is the amount of time that the oscilloscope waits before re -arming the trigger circuitry. The oscilloscope will not trigger until the holdoff time expires.

  • Page 85: Noise Rejection

    SIGLENT Noise Rejection Noise Reject adds additional hysteresis to the trigger circuitry. By increasing the trigger hysteresis band, you reduce the possibility of triggering on noise. However, this also decreases the trigger sensitivity so that a slightly larger signal is r equired to trigger the oscilloscope.
  • Page 86 SIGLENT Figure 23 Noise Rejection enabled If the signal you are probing is noisy, you can set up the oscilloscope to reduce the noise in the trigger path and on the displayed waveform. First, stabilize the displayed waveform by removing the noise from the trigger path. Second, reduce the noise on the displayed waveform.

  • Page 87: Trigger Type

    SIGLENT Trigger Type The oscilloscope provides abundant advanced trigger functions, including various serial bus triggers.  Edge trigger  Slope trigger  Pulse trigger  Video trigger  Window trigger  Interval trigger  Dropout trigger  Runt trigger  Pattern trigger...

  • Page 88: Edge Trigger

    SIGLENT Edge Trigger Edge trigger distinguishes the trigger points by seeking the specified edge (rising, falling, alter) and trigger level. 1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER system function menu. 2. Press the Type softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select Edge and then push the knob to confirm.

  • Page 89: Slope Trigger

    SIGLENT Slope Trigger The slope trigger looks for a rising or falling transition from one level to another level in greater than or less than a certain amount of time. In the oscilloscope, positive slope time is defined as the time difference between the two crossing points of trigger level line A and B with the positive edge as shown in the figure below.

  • Page 90: Figure 25 Slope Trigger

    SIGLENT Figure 25 Slope Trigger 6. Press the Limit Range softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired slope condition, and push down the knob to confirm.  <= (less than a time value): Trigger when the positive or negative slope time of the input signal is lower than the specified time value.

  • Page 91: Pulse Trigger

    SIGLENT Pulse Trigger Trigger on the positive or negative pulse with a specified width. 1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER function menu. 2. Press the Type softkey; turn the Universal Knob to select Pulse and then push the knob to confirm.

  • Page 92: Figure 26 Pulse Trigger

    SIGLENT  [--,--] (within a range of time value):Trigger when the positive or negative pulse time of the input signal is greater than the specified lower limit of time and lower than the specified upper limit of the set time value.

  • Page 93: Video Trigger

    SIGLENT Video Trigger Video triggering can be used to capture the complicated waveforms of most standard analog video signals. The trigger circuitry detects the vertical and horizontal interval of the waveform and produces triggers based on the video trigger settings you have selected.
  • Page 94 SIGLENT (line value)/8 The table below takes Of Lines as 800 as an example to explain the relation between Of Lines, Of Fields, Interlace, Trigger Line and Trigger Field. Of Lines Of Fields Interlace Trigger Line Trigger Field 1,2,4 or 8...

  • Page 95: Figure 27 Video Trigger

    SIGLENT Figure 27 Video Trigger To Use Custom Video Trigger Custom video trigger supports frame rates of 25 Hz, 30 Hz, 50 Hz and 60 Hz, and the line range is available from 300 to 2000. The steps below show how to set a custom trigger.

  • Page 96: Window Trigger

    SIGLENT Window Trigger Windows trigger provides a high trigger level and a low trigger level. The instrument triggers when the input signal passes through the high trigger level or the low trigger level. There are two kinds of window types: Absolute and Relative. They have different trigger level adjustment methods.

  • Page 97: Figure 28 Absolute Window Trigger

    SIGLENT level. Figure 28 Absolute Window Trigger To set window trigger via Relative window type: 1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER system function menu. 2. Press the Type softkey; then use the Universal Knob to select Window and push down the knob to confirm.

  • Page 98: Figure 29 Relative Window Trigger

    SIGLENT Figure 29 Relative Window Trigger User Manual SDS2000X-E...

  • Page 99: Interval Trigger

    SIGLENT Interval Trigger Trigger when the times difference between the neighboring rising or falling edges meets the time limit (<=, >=, [--,--], --][--). To set interval trigger: 1. Press the Setup button on the front panel to enter the TRIGGER system function menu.

  • Page 100: Figure 30 Interval Trigger

    SIGLENT Figure 30 Interval Trigger User Manual SDS2000X-E...

  • Page 101: Dropout Trigger

    SIGLENT Dropout Trigger Dropout trigger includes two types: edge and state. Edge Trigger when the time interval (△T) from when the rising edge (or falling edge) of the input signal passes through the trigger level to when the neighboring rising edge (or falling edge) passes through the trigger level is greater than the timeout time set, as sh own in the figure below.

  • Page 102: Figure 31 Edge Dropout Trigger

    SIGLENT Figure 31 Edge Dropout Trigger To set state Dropout trigger: 1. Press the Setup button to enter the TRIGGER system function menu. 2. Press the Type softkey; then turn the Universal Knob to select Dropout and push down the knob to confirm.

  • Page 103: Figure 32 State Dropout Trigger

    SIGLENT Figure 32 State Dropout Trigger SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 104: Runt Trigger

    SIGLENT Runt Trigger The Runt trigger looks for pulses that cross one threshold but not another as shown in the picture below.  A positive runt pulse across through a lower threshold but not an upper threshold.  A negative runt pulse across through an upper threshold but not a lower threshold.

  • Page 105: Figure 33 Runt Trigger

    SIGLENT Figure 33 Runt Trigger SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 106: Pattern Trigger

    SIGLENT Pattern Trigger The Pattern trigger identifies a trigger condition by looking for a specified pattern. The pattern trigger can be expanded to incorporate delays similar to other triggers. Pattern durations are evaluated using a timer. The timer starts on the last edge that make s the pattern “true”.

  • Page 107: Figure 34 Pattern Trigger

    SIGLENT 7. Press the Holdoff Close softkey to turn on the Holdoff function; then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value. Figure 34 Pattern Trigger SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 108: Serial Trigger And Decode

    SIGLENT Serial Trigger and Decode The oscilloscope provides I2C, SPI, UART, CAN and LIN serial trigger and decode. This chapter introduces the method of triggering and decoding these serial signals in detail. The contents of this chapter:  I2C Trigger and Serial Decode ...

  • Page 109: I2C Trigger And Serial Decode

    SIGLENT I2C Trigger and Serial Decode Please read “Setup for I2C Signals”, “I2C Trigger” and “I2C Serial Decode” to trigger and decode the signals. Setup for I2C Signals Setting the I2C (Inter-IC bus) signal includes two steps: connecting the serial data signal (SDA) and serial clock signal (SCL) to oscilloscope, specifying the threshold voltage of each input signal.

  • Page 110: I2C Trigger

    SIGLENT I2C Trigger This part introduces the eight kinds of trigger conditions (Start, Stop, Restart, No Ack, EEPROM, 7 Addr&Data, 10 Addr&Data and Data Length) and the methods of setting them. Trigger conditions:  Start Condition— The oscilloscope will be triggered when the SDA signal transitions from high to low while the SCL clock is high.
  • Page 111 SIGLENT  If you have set either Data1’s or Data2’s value, and the signal has a data is the same as that value. If you have set both Data1’s and Data2’s value, the signal should have two consecutive data values, the first data’s value is Data1, second data value is Data2.

  • Page 112: Figure 37 I2C Trigger Menu

    SIGLENT Data Length — When SDA data’s length is equal to the value of Byte Length and  address’s length is the same as set value, the oscilloscope will be triggered. Byte length is in the range of 1 to 12 bits.

  • Page 113: I2C Serial Decode

    SIGLENT I2C Serial Decode After completing the setup of I2C signal and trigger, we will decode I2C signals. Operation steps as follows. 1. Press Decode → Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2. 2. Press Display and select On to enable onscreen display of the result of decoding.

  • Page 114: Spi Trigger And Serial Decode

    SIGLENT SPI Trigger and Serial Decode Please read “Setup for SPI Signals”, “SPI Trigger” and “SPI Serial Decode” to trigger and decode the signals. Setup for SPI Signals Setting the SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) signal includes two steps: connecting the CLK, MISO, MOSI and CS signals to the correct channels of the oscilloscope and specifying the parameters of each input signal.

  • Page 115: Figure 40 Miso Menu

    SIGLENT by Universal Knob. The threshold voltage level is for decoding, and it will be used as the trigger voltage level when the trigger type is set to serial. Press softkey to return previous menu. Figure 40 MISO Menu Set MOSI: Press the MOSI softkey to enter the MOSI menu.

  • Page 116: Spi Trigger

    SIGLENT SPI Trigger This part will provide a brief introduction and description for the operation of th e SPI trigger. 1. Press Setup key to enter the TRIGGER function menu. 2. Press Type and select Serial. 3. Press Protocol and select SPI.

  • Page 117: Spi Serial Decode

    SIGLENT SPI Serial Decode After completing the setup of SPI signal and trigger, the scope can decode SPI signals. Operation steps are as follows. 1. Press Decode → Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2. 2. Press Display and select On to display the result of decoding.

  • Page 118: Uart Trigger And Serial Decode

    SIGLENT UART Trigger and Serial Decode Please read “Setup for UART Signals”, “UART Trigger” and “UART Serial Decode” to trigger and decode the signals. Setup for UART Signals Press the Decode key to enter the DECODE function menu. Press the Decode softkey and select the desired slot (Decode1 or Decode2).
  • Page 119 SIGLENT 13. Press Next Page softkey. 14. Press the Bit Order softkey to select the bit order (LSB or MSB). 15. Press Idle Level softkey to set the idle level (Low or High). SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 120: Uart Trigger

    SIGLENT UART Trigger This part shows a brief introduction and description for the operation of the UART trigger. 1. Press Setup key to enter the TRIGGER function menu. 2. Press Type and select Serial. 3. Press Protocol and select UART.

  • Page 121: Uart Serial Decode

    SIGLENT UART Serial Decode After completing the setup of UART signal and trigger, the scope can decode UART signals. Operation steps are as follows. 1. Press Decode → Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2. 2. Press Display and select On to display the result of decoding.
  • Page 122 SIGLENT position.  RX — The receiving channel.  TX — The transmitting channel.  RX Err— Parity error or unknown error in the data received.  TX Err— Parity error or unknown error in the data transmitted. User Manual...

  • Page 123: Can Trigger And Serial Decode

    SIGLENT CAN Trigger and Serial Decode The oscilloscope can also decode CAN signals. The following sections “Setup for CAN Signals”, “CAN Trigger” and “CAN Serial Decode” provide instructions for triggering and decoding the CAN signals. Setup for CAN Signals Press the Decode key to enter the DECODE function menu.

  • Page 124: Can Trigger

    SIGLENT CAN Trigger This part will provide a brief introduction and description for the operation of the CAN trigger. Trigger conditions:  Start— The oscilloscope will be triggered at the start bit of a frame.  Remote — The oscilloscope will be triggered by a remote frame with specified ID.

  • Page 125: Figure 49 Can Trigger

    SIGLENT Figure 49 CAN Trigger SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 126: Can Serial Decode

    SIGLENT CAN Serial Decode After completing the setup of can signal and trigger, we will decode CAN signals. Operation steps as follows. 1. Press Decode → Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2. 2. Press Display and select On to display the result of decoding.

  • Page 127: Lin Trigger And Serial Decode

    SIGLENT LIN Trigger and Serial Decode The following section describes “Setup for LIN Signals”, “LIN Trigger” and “LIN Serial Decode” and includes instructions ontriggering and decoding LIN signals. Setup for LIN Signals There are two steps of setting the LIN signal: connecting the signal to oscilloscope and specifying the parameters of each input signal.

  • Page 128: Lin Trigger

    SIGLENT LIN Trigger This part will provide a brief introduction and description for the operation of the LIN trigger. Trigger conditions:  Break — The oscilloscope will be triggered at the position of the break field’s break delimiter.  ID (Frame ID) — The oscilloscope will be triggered at the position of the identifier field’s stop bit, if the value of a frame’s ID is equal to specified value.

  • Page 129: Figure 51 Lin Trigger

    SIGLENT Figure 51 LIN Trigger SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 130: Lin Serial Decode

    SIGLENT LIN Serial Decode After completing the setup of the LIN signal and trigger, we will decode LIN signals. Operation steps are as follows. 1. Press Decode → Decode. Select one of the options from the Decode1 and Decode2. 2. Press Display and select On to display the result of decoding.
  • Page 131 SIGLENT The list of decoding result:  Time (timestamp) — The horizontal displacement between the current frame and trigger position.  ID — The value of the frame’s protected identifier field.  Data Length — The length of the data field.

  • Page 132: Reference Waveform

    SIGLENT Reference Waveform The oscilloscope can save analog or math waveforms to the reference waveform locations in the oscilloscope. Then, a reference waveform can be displayed and compar ed against other waveforms. All reference waveforms can be displayed at one time.

  • Page 133: Save Ref Waveform To Internal Memory

    SIGLENT Save REF Waveform to Internal Memory Do the following steps to save the REF waveform to internal memory: 1. Press the REF button on the front to enter the REF WAVE function menu. Note that when the time horizontal format is in X-Y mode, REF function cannot be enabled.

  • Page 134: Adjust Ref Waveform

    SIGLENT Adjust REF Waveform 1. Please refer to the “To Display REF Waveform” above to display the desired reference waveform. 2. Press the Scale and Position softkey and turn the Universal knob to adjust the vertical scale and position of the reference waveform. The vertical scale and position information display at the middle of the screen.

  • Page 135: Math

    SIGLENT Math The oscilloscope supports many math operations between analog channels including addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*), division (/), FFT, differential (d/dt), integral (∫dt), square root (√). The resulting math waveform is displayed in white and labeled with “M”. You can use cursors to measure math waveforms.

  • Page 136: Units For Math Waveforms

    SIGLENT Units for Math Waveforms Use the channel function menu to set the unit of each channel to “ V” or “A”. The oscilloscope math operation includes units as below: Math Operation Unit Addition (+)or subtraction (-) V, A or U ∧...

  • Page 137: Math Operators

    SIGLENT Math Operators The oscilloscope supports the following math operations: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), FFT (Fourier transform) operation and math function operations including differential, integral, and square root. Addition or Subtraction Math operators perform arithmetic operations (addition or subtraction) on any two analog input channels.

  • Page 138: Multiplication And Division

    SIGLENT Multiplication and Division Math operators perform arithmetic multiplication or division on any two analog input channels. When you select multiplication or division, the Source A and Source B values are multiplied or divided point by point and the result is displayed.

  • Page 139: Fft Operation

    SIGLENT FFT Operation FFT is used to compute the fast Fourier transform using analog input channels. AnFFT takes the digitized time record of the specified source and transforms it to the frequency domain. This can be useful when you wish to observe the frequency content of a time varying signal, such as Electromagnetic Interference or RF transmission applications.
  • Page 140 SIGLENT Hamming These reduce leakage and improve amplitude accuracy. However, frequency resolution is also reduced. Flat Top This window provides excellent amplitude accuracy with moderate reduction of leakage, but with reduced frequency resolution. Blackman It reduces the leakage to a minimum, but with reduced frequency resolution.

  • Page 141: Figure 56 Fft Waveform In Split Mode

    SIGLENT Figure 56 FFT Waveform in Split Mode 11. Press the AUTO SET softkey to automatically set the appropriate parameters for the FFT measurement. 12. Press the Display softkey and select Normal, Maximum Hold and Average to display the FFT waveform.

  • Page 142: Math Function Operation

    SIGLENT Math Function Operation The oscilloscope supports differential (d/dt), integral (∫dt) and square root ( ) math functions. Differentiate d/dt (differentiate) calculates the discrete time derivative of the selected source. Where:  d = differential waveform.  y = channel 1, 2 data points.

  • Page 143: Figure 58 Integral Without Offset

    SIGLENT You can use differentiate to measure the instantaneous slope of a waveform. For example, the slew rate of an operational amplifier may be measured using the differentiate function. Note: Because differentiation is very sensitive to noise, it is helpful to set acquisition mode to Average.

  • Page 144: Figure 59 Integral With Offset

    SIGLENT Figure 59 Integral with Offset Square Root Square root ( ) calculates the square root of the selected source. Where the transform is undefined for a particular input, holes (zero values) appear in the function output. Figure 60 Square Root...

  • Page 145: Cursors

    SIGLENT Cursors Cursors are horizontal and vertical markers that indicate X- axis values and Y- axis values on a selected waveform source. You can use cursors to make custom voltage, time measurements on oscilloscope signals. X Cursors X cursors are vertical dashed lines that adjust horizontally and can be used to measure time (when the source is FFT waveform, X cursors measure frequency) X1 cursor is the left (default position) vertical dotted line;...

  • Page 146: Make Cursor Measurements

    SIGLENT Make Cursor Measurements 1. Press the Cursors button on the front panel to enter the CURSOR function menu. 2. Press Mode to select Manual or Track mode. 3. Press the Source softkey, and then use the Universal Knob to select the desired source.

  • Page 147: Measure

    SIGLENT Measure The oscilloscope provides measurements of 38 waveform parameters and the statistics. It contains voltage, time and delay parameters. Voltage, time and delay parameters are under Type option. The results of the last four selected measurements are displayed at the bottom of screen and above the menu.

  • Page 148: Type Of Measurements

    SIGLENT Type of Measurements Voltage Measurements Voltage measurements include 17 kinds of voltage parameter measurements. Figure 62 Voltage Measurements 1. Peak-Peak: Difference between maximum and minimum data values. 2. Maximum: Highest value of the input waveform. 3. Minimum: Lowest value of the input waveform.

  • Page 149: Figure 63 Overshoot

    SIGLENT Figure 63 Overshoot 14. Preshoot: Preshoot is distortion that precedes a major edge transition expressed as a percentage of amplitude. RPRE means rising edge preshoot and FPRE means falling edge preshoot. Figure 64 Preshoot 15. Level@X: The voltage value between the trigger point and the vertical position of the channel.

  • Page 150: Time Measurements

    SIGLENT Time Measurements Time measurements include 11 kinds of time parameter measurements. Figure 65 Time Measurements 1. Period: Period for every cycle in the waveform at the 50% level and positive slope. 2. Freq: Frequency for every cycle in the waveform at the 50% level and positive slope.

  • Page 151: Delay Measurements

    SIGLENT Delay Measurements Delay measurements measure the time different between arbitrary two channels, including 10 kinds of delay measurements. 1. Phase: Calculate the phase difference between two edges. 2. FRFR: Time between the first rising edges of the two channels.

  • Page 152: Automatic Measurement

    SIGLENT Automatic Measurement Perform the steps below and select voltage or time parameters to make automatic measurement. 1. Press the Measure button on the front panel to enter the MEASURE function menu. At the same, the Peak-Peak and Period are enabled with the current trigger channel.
  • Page 153 SIGLENT Figure 67 Adding the Measurement Note: If the parameter does not match the measure condition, it will display as “****”. SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 154: All Measurement

    SIGLENT All Measurement All measurement could measure all the voltage, time and delay parameters of the current measurement source and display the results on the screen. Figure 68 All Parameters Measurement Do the following steps to make all parameters measurement.

  • Page 155: Gate Measurement

    SIGLENT Gate Measurement SDS2000X-E supports gated measurements and performs the selected measurement within the upper and lower limits of the gate. Setting the gate will affect the measurement of all voltage, time, and delay parameters. Press Measure → Gate → On to open the gate measurement.

  • Page 156: Clear Measurement Parameters

    SIGLENT Clear Measurement Parameters Press the Clear softkey to clear all the measurement parameters that are displaying on the screen. User Manual SDS2000X-E...

  • Page 157: History

    SIGLENT History The history function can record the waveforms of the input channels before pressing the Run/Stop button. In the run state, the oscilloscope records input waveforms continuously. After the memory reaches the maximum frame, the new frames will cover the old frames.
  • Page 158 SIGLENT get the maximal frames. This is because the memory buffer has not filled. So if you want to get the maximum frames, please wait for a long enough time to allow the scope to collect the number of trigger events required.

  • Page 159: Search

    SIGLENT Search SDS2000X-E provides an active search function that can search for the events that users specify in the acquired data. This is similar to applying a “second trigger” to the collected data set. Each event that meets this “secondary trigger” search criteria will be displayed with white triangle symbols for easy identification.
  • Page 160 SIGLENT Search Mode Setting Menu Description Edge Slope includes Rising, Falling, Either. Slope Slope includes Rising, Falling Limit Range includes four types: <=, >=, [--,--] and --][-- . Users can select the desired type and then input the time value.

  • Page 161: Results

    SIGLENT Results Figure 72 Search in run When the acquisition is started, “Event Num:7” means the total number of events. Figure 73 Search in stop When the acquisition is stop,” Event Num:4/7” indicates the current event number/total events number. The current event is the closest event to the middle of the screen.
  • Page 162 SIGLENT User Manual SDS2000X-E...

  • Page 163: Navigate

    SIGLENT Navigate SDS2000X-E provides three navigation type: Search Event, Time, and History Frame. Time Navigate Press Navigate on the front panel to enter the NAVIGATE function menu. Press Type softkey In the NAVIGATE function menu, then, select Time. There are two ways to navigate time.
  • Page 164 SIGLENT a) Press Event Num softekey, then, turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value or press the Universal Knob then enter the value by the pop-up keyboard. ◀ ▶ b) Press the navigation keys on the front panel to go to the previous or next search event.

  • Page 165: Display

    SIGLENT Display You can set the display type, color, persistence, grid type, waveform intensity, grid brightness and transparence. The contents of this chapter:  Display Type  Color Display  Persistence  Clear the Display  Grid Type  Intensity ...

  • Page 166: Display Type

    SIGLENT Display Type Press the Display button on the front panel, and then press the Type softkey to select Vectors or Dots display type.  Vectors: The sample points are connected by lines and displayed. Normally, this mode can provide the most vivid waveform to view the steep edge of the waveform (such as Sine waveform).

  • Page 167: Color Display

    Figure 75 Dots Display Color Display The SIGLENT color temperature display assigns the color temperature to the frequency of occurence for a waveform. The greater the frequency of occurrence, the warmer the color is (red). If the frequency of occurrence is low, the colder the color is (blue/violet).

  • Page 168: Figure 77 Persist Set To Infinite

    SIGLENT immediately erase the results of previous acquisitions. All previous acquisitions are displayed with reduced intensity. New acquisitions are shown in their normal color with normal intensity. Do the following steps to set and clear persistence: 1. Press the Display/Persist button on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function menu.

  • Page 169: Clear The Display

    SIGLENT Clear the Display Press the Display button on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function menu; press the Clear Display softkey to clear all the waveforms displaying on the screen and acquire and display new waveforms. Grid Type To select grid type 1.

  • Page 170: Grid Brightness

    SIGLENT Note: Waveform intensity adjustment affects analog channel waveforms only (not math waveforms, reference waveforms, digital waveforms, etc.). Grid Brightness Do the following steps to adjust the grid brightness: 1. Press the Display button on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function menu.

  • Page 171: Save And Recall

    SIGLENT Save and Recall Oscilloscope setups, waveforms, pictures, and CSV files can be saved to internal oscilloscope memory or to a USB storage device. The saved setups, waveforms can be recalled later. The oscilloscope provides an USB Host interface on the front panel to connect an USB device for external storage.

  • Page 172: Save Type

    SIGLENT Save Type The oscilloscope supports setups, waveforms, pictures and CSV files storage. The default save type is setups. 1. Setups The default storage type of the oscilloscope. Setups store the settings of the oscilloscope in internal or external memory. Setup files terminate with “*.set” file extension. At most 20 setting files (from No.1～No.20) can be stored to internal memory.
  • Page 173 SIGLENT parameters storage function. 8. Matlab The oscilloscope saves the waveform data in external memory with the “*.dat” file extension. The data of all the channels turned on can be saved in the same file. The recall of Matlab file is not supported.

  • Page 174: Internal Save And Recall

    SIGLENT Internal Save and Recall Internal save and recall support Setups in Save/Recall. In the following part, the save and recall method and procedures are introduced.  Save the specified oscilloscope setting in internal memory. 1. Connect the signal to the oscilloscope and obtain a stable display.

  • Page 175: External Save And Recall

    SIGLENT External Save and Recall Before using external storage and recall, make sure that the USB flash device is connected correctly. External storage supports all the types of files in save, but only support settings and reference waveform recall. ...

  • Page 176: Figure 79 Select Save Location

    SIGLENT  Figure 79 Select Save Location 7. After the save position is selected, press the New softkey to turn on the interface as shown in the figure below. Refer to the descriptions in “To Create a new file or folder” to create a new file name.
  • Page 177 SIGLENT  Load the specified type of file in the external USB storage device. 1. Press the Save/Recall button on the front panel to enter the SAVE/RECALL function menu. 2. Press the Recall softkey to enter the RECALL menu. 3. Press the Type softkey to select Setup or Waveform.

  • Page 178: Disk Management

    SIGLENT Disk Management Disk management aims at the save and recall operations after the oscilloscope is connected with a USB storage device. Before using an external disk, make sure that the USB storage device is connected correctly. Execute the following operations through the disk management menu: ...

  • Page 179: Create A New File Or Folder

    SIGLENT Create a New File or Folder This operation is only valid in external storage. The oscilloscope supports English as the input language. The file name or folder name can contain letters, numbers, underscores and spaces. Let’s use an example to introduce how to create a file or folder.

  • Page 180: Delete A File Or Folder

    SIGLENT Delete a File or Folder This operation is only valid in external storage. 1. Press the Save/Recall button on the front to enter the SAVE/RECALL function menu. 2. Press the Save softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select one of the type (if select Setups, please set the Save To option to External).

  • Page 181: Digital Channels(Option)

    SIGLENT Digital Channels (Option) This chapter describes how to use the digital channels of the scope as a Mixed-Single Oscilloscope (MSO). To perform MSO operations, the oscilloscope must have the digital channels enabled (Part number SDS2000X-E-16LA) and the external module (Part number SLA1016).

  • Page 182: Connect The Digital Probes

    SIGLENT Connect the Digital Probes 1. If necessary, turn off the power supply to the device-under-test.  Turning off the power to the device-under-test prevents damage that might occur if you accidentally short lines together while connecting probes. You can leave the oscilloscope powered on because no voltage appears at the probes.

  • Page 183: Acquire Digital Waveform

    SIGLENT Acquire Digital Waveform Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the digital channels and start acquiring digital channel waveforms. For digital channels, each time the oscilloscope takes a sample it compares the input voltage to the logic threshold. If the voltage is above the threshold, the oscilloscope stores a 1 in the sample memory;...

  • Page 184: Digital Channels Position

    SIGLENT Figure 84 Low Display Type The display type control lets you spread out or compress the digital traces vertically on the display for more convenient viewing. Digital Channels Position 1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu and display the digital channel waveforms.

  • Page 185: All Digital Channels

    SIGLENT All Digital Channels 1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu. 2. Press the Channel Group softkey to select On or Off to switch all digital channels which in this group on or off.

  • Page 186: Digital Bus

    SIGLENT Digital Bus Digital channels may be grouped and displayed as a bus, with each value displayed at the bottom of the display in hex or binary. You can create up two buses. To configure and display each bus, do the following steps: 1.

  • Page 187: Deskew

    SIGLENT Deskew 1. Press the Digital button on the front panel to open the DIGITAL function menu and display the digital channel waveforms. 2. Press the Deskew softkey, and then turn the Universal Knob to select to change deskew. System Setting System Status Digital→NextPage2/2 →...

  • Page 188: Remove Device

    SIGLENT 1. Insert U-disk with firmware update file (*.ads file extension) to USB host interface on the front panel of the oscilloscope. Then the scope will display “USB flash drive detected!” . 2. Press Digital→NextPage2/2→System →Update. 3. Expand the U disk directory, Select the firmware file (*.ads file extension), then press the Press to update, an upgrade progress bar will be display on the interface.

  • Page 189: System Function Setting

    SIGLENT System Function Setting This function module supports the oscilloscope’s system-related function, such as system status, language, sound and some other advanced setting, such as self calibration, update and remote interface configure. The contents of this chapter:  View System Status ...

  • Page 190: View System Status

    SIGLENT View System Status Do the following steps to view the system status: 1. Press the Utility button on the front to enter the UTILITY function menu. 2. Press the System Status softkey to view the system status of the oscilloscope. The system status includes the information below: ...

  • Page 191: Figure 91 Do Self Cal

    SIGLENT Perform Self Cal The self-calibration program can quickly make the oscilloscope reach the best working state to get the most precise measurement values. You can perform self-calibration at any time especially when the change of the environment temperature is up to or more than 5 ℃.

  • Page 192: Quick-Cal

    SIGLENT Quick-Cal Quick calibration can correct the measurement deviation caused by temperature, so that you can get more accurate measurements If the ambient temperature of your current operating oscilloscope is unstable, press Utility → Quick-Cal softkey to select On to enable quick calibration.

  • Page 193: Pass/Fail Test

    SIGLENT Pass/Fail Test One way to verify a waveform's compliance to a particular set of parameters is to use pass/fail testing. A pass/fail defines a region of the oscilloscope's display in which the waveform must remain in order to comply with chosen parameters. Compliance to the mask is verified point- by- point across the display.

  • Page 194: Set And Perform Pass/Fail Test

    SIGLENT Set and Perform Pass/Fail Test Do the following steps to set and perform pass/fail test: 1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu. 2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.

  • Page 195: Save And Recall Test Mask

    SIGLENT Save and Recall Test Mask Users can save the current test mask to the internal flash memory or external USB flash device. The file extension used for test mask files is “*.msk”. Save Test Mask to Internal Memory 1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.
  • Page 196 SIGLENT Save Test Mask to External Memory Do the following steps to save the test mask to external memory: 1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu. 2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.

  • Page 197: Arbitrary Waveform Generator(Option)

    SIGLENT Arbitrary Waveform Generator(Option) SDS2000X-E supports an external Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG), which can easily and quickly provide multiple input signals to users. The AWG provides two kinds of waveforms: standard waveforms like sine and square waves and the arbitrary waveform generator which provides built-in waveforms as well as the ability to create custom waveforms.

  • Page 198: Output

    SIGLENT Output Connect the AWG with a USB cable. After a few moments, the oscilloscope interface will indicate "AWG device connection success", Press the Utility → Next Page4/4 → AWG to enter the function menu interface of the AWG system as shown below, including: Output, Wave, Setting, System, Remove Device.
  • Page 199 SIGLENT The following table shows the waveform type and its corresponding characteristics . The available waveform parameters depend on the waveform type. Each availale parameter can be adjusted using the Universal Knob and the corresponding function software under the menu.

  • Page 200: Figure 95 Built-In Arb Interface

    SIGLENT Figure 95 Built-in Arb interface User Manual SDS2000X-E...

  • Page 201: Setting

    SIGLENT Setting Figure 96 AWG Setting Interface 1. Output Load Press Utility →NextPage4/4→ AWG → Setting→ Output Load to set High-Z or 50Ω. 2. Sync Output Press Utility → NextPage4/4→ AWG→ Setting→ Sync Output, the AWG provides Sync Output through the [Aux In/Out] connector on the rear panel. When the Sync Output...

  • Page 202: Systems

    SIGLENT Adjust the voltage of channel 2 channel to 1 mV/div, and make the waveform visible in the oscilloscope interface, press the Measure and measure the mean value of channel 2. Press the Manual and rotate the knob to adjust the waveform, so that the mean value of the observed CH2 will be in the range of ±...

  • Page 203: Remove Device

    SIGLENT Insert U-disk with a firmware update file (*.ads file extension) to USB host interface on the front panel of the oscilloscope. Upon recognition of a valid USB drive, the scope will display the following message: “USB flash drive detected” .

  • Page 204: Io Set

    SIGLENT IO Set The oscilloscope provides abundant IO interfaces, including: USB Device, LAN and WLAN. USB Device Perform the following steps to set the oscilloscope to communicate with a computer via USB: 1. Install the USBTMC device driver on computer. National Instruments VISA library is recommended and can be downloaded from the National Instruments website.

  • Page 205: Wlan(Option)

    SIGLENT Figure 99 LAN Setting Interface WLAN (Option) Do the following steps to set the oscilloscope to communicate with a computer via WLAN: 1. Connect the oscilloscope USB Host to your wireless network adapter, and make sure your local wireless network is normal.
  • Page 206 SIGLENT Figure 100 WiFi setting menu User Manual SDS2000X-E...

  • Page 207: Web Server

    SIGLENT Web Server SDS2000X-E provides the web server function, you can access and control the oscilloscope using a web browser. Connect the oscilloscope to your LAN (or WLAN), then type the oscilloscope's IP address in the web browser. The oscilloscope's web interface is displayed.

  • Page 208: Update Firmware And Configuration

    SIGLENT Update Firmware and Configuration The firmware and configuration can be updated directly via USB flash drive. Do the following steps to update the firmware: 1. Insert the USB flash drive which contains the correct firmware and the configure files into the USB host interface on the front panel of the oscilloscope.

  • Page 209: Do Self-Test

    SIGLENT Do Self-Test Self-tests include screen test, keyboard test, and LED test. Self-tests used to test the screen, buttons, knobs and LED lights whether works well. Screen Test 1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.

  • Page 210: Led Test

    SIGLENT panel. To perform a keyboard test, please follow these steps: 1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu. 2. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the second page of the UTILITY function menu.
  • Page 211 SIGLENT 3. Press the Next Page softkey to go to the third page of the UTILITY function menu. 4. Press the Do Self Test softkey to enter the SELFTEST function menu. 5. Press the LED Test softkey to enter the keyboard test interface, as the picture shown below.
  • Page 212 SIGLENT Screen Saver When the oscilloscope enters the idle state and holds for a certain period of time, the screen saver program will be enabled. Do the following steps to set the screen saver time: 1. Press the Utility button on the front panel to enter the UTILITY function menu.

  • Page 213: Reference Position

    SIGLENT Reference Position The reference position setting determines the physicial point that the oscilloscope uses during vertical and horizontal scale changes. In some situations, it is more convenient to use a fixed position on the display. Press the Utility button on the front panel and then press the Reference Pos. softkey to enter the Reference POS menu.

  • Page 214: Option Management

    Option Management The SDS2000X-E provides multiple options to fulfill your measurement requirements. Please contact your SIGLENT sales representative or SIGLENT technical support to order the corresponding options. You can view the options currently installed on the oscilloscope or activate the newly purchased option license codes through this menu.
  • Page 215 SIGLENT Figure 108 Option Information SDS2000X-E User Manual...

  • Page 216: Bode Plot

    The bode plot application for the SDS2000X-E integrates the source and measure operation and provides a detailed Bode Plot of the device-under-test (DUT). Note: At this time, the Bode Plot function is only supported by SIGLENT SAG1021 and SDG generator products.
  • Page 217 SIGLENT Figure 110 Bode plot configure menu Press AWG softkey to enter AWG menu.  Press Amplitude softkey (Offset softkey), and then turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value or press the Universal Knob to enter the value by the pop-up keyboard.
  • Page 218 SIGLENT Press Display softkey to enter the Display menu. All the parameters in this menu are used to configure the bode chart. Figure 111 Bode plot display menu Press Amplitude softkey to enter Amplitude menu.  Press Scale softkey; then; turn the Universal Knob to select the desired value.
  • Page 219 SIGLENT Press List softkey to select “On” or “Off” to turn on or turn off the list table. When the list is on, press Scroll softkey; then; turn the Universal Knob to select the frequency point or press the Universal Knob then enter the number of the frequency point by the pop-up keyboard.

  • Page 220: Factory Setup

    SIGLENT Factory Setup Oscilloscopes can be complicated devices, and having a way to return the instrument to a known state can be the fastest way to getting your instrument configured quickly. This is especially true when a single instrument has multiple users.

  • Page 221: Troubleshooting

    Restart the instrument after finishing the above inspections. 5) If it still does not work correctly, please contact SIGLENT. The signal is sampled but no waveform of the signal is displayed: Check whether the probe is correctly connected to the signal connecting wire.
  • Page 222 SIGLENT The display of waveform is ladder-like: The horizontal time base might be too low. Increase the horizontal time base to increase the horizontal resolution and improve the display. If the display Type is “Vectors”, the lines between the sample points may cause ladder-like display.

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