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  • Page 1 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual EN01A...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Contents CONTENTS .......................... 1 INTRODUCTION ......................8 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ................9 ......................9 ENERAL AFETY UMMARY ...................... 12 AFETY ERMS AND YMBOLS ......................13 ORKING NVIRONMENT ......................15 OOLING EQUIREMENTS ..................15 OWER AND ROUNDING EQUIREMENTS ...........................
  • Page 4 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 7.3.5 Auxiliary Output ......................... 42 7.3.6 SAG1021I Waveform Generator..................42 7.3.7 Probes ..........................42 7.3.8 Logic Probe ........................43 TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY ..................44 ..........................44 VERVIEW ..........................46 ..........................46 ......................48 HANNEL ESCRIPTOR ................
  • Page 5 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 14.2.2 Acquisition ......................... 87 14.2.3 Memory Management ......................90 14.2.4 Roll Mode .......................... 91 14.2.5 Sequence .......................... 91 ............................. 96 ISTORY 15 ZOOM ........................... 99 16 TRIGGER ........................101 ..........................101 VERVIEW ........................103 RIGGER ETUP .........................
  • Page 6 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 17.4.1 UART Signal Settings ...................... 156 17.4.2 UART Trigger ........................157 17.4.3 UART Serial Decode ....................... 158 CAN T ................... 159 RIGGER AND ERIAL ECODE 17.5.1 CAN Signal Settings ......................159 17.5.2 CAN Trigger........................160 17.5.3 CAN Serial Decode ......................
  • Page 7 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 19.3.4 Delay Measurement ......................211 ............................212 REND ............................213 RACK .......................... 214 ISPLAY ......................216 EASUREMENT TATISTICS ......................218 TATISTICS ISTOGRAM ......................219 IMPLE EASUREMENTS ............................219 ....................... 221 MPLITUDE TRATEGY ..........................222 HRESHOLD 20 MATH .........................
  • Page 8 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 26 COUNTER ........................274 ..........................274 VERVIEW ............................275 27 HISTOGRAM ......................278 ..........................278 VERVIEW ........................281 EGION ETTING 28 POWER ANALYSIS ....................283 ..........................283 VERVIEW ........................284 OWER UALITY ....................... 286 URRENT ARMONICS ........................
  • Page 9 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 32 DISPLAY ........................328 33 ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR ..............336 ..........................336 VERVIEW ............................ 338 UTPUT ..........................338 ........................340 THER ETTING ............................ 342 YSTEM 34 SAVE/RECALL ......................344 ..........................344 .......................... 347 ANAGER ....................

  • Page 10: Introduction

    The series includes the following models: Analogy Analog Model Maximum Sampling Rate Bandwidth Channel 5 GSa/s (10 GSa/s ESR) SDS6204A 2 GHz @ each channel 5 GSa/s (10 GSa/s ESR) SDS6104A 1 GHz @ each channel 5 GSa/s (10 GSa/s ESR)

  • Page 11: Important Safety Information

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Important Safety Information This manual contains information and warnings that must be followed by the user for safe operation and to keep the product in a safe condition. General Safety Summary Carefully read the following safety precautions to avoid personal injury and prevent damage to the instrument and any products connected to it.
  • Page 12 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual signal wire to a high voltage. Do not touch the exposed contacts or components. Look over All Terminals’ Ratings. To avoid fire or electric shock, please look over all ratings and signed instructions of the instrument. Before connecting the instrument, please read the manual carefully to gain more information about the ratings.
  • Page 13 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual to restart the setting. If the fault information is still in place, do not use it for testing. Contact the manufacturer or the maintenance department designated by the manufacturer to carry out maintenance to avoid the wrong test data caused by the use of the fault or endanger the personal safety.

  • Page 14: Safety Terms And Symbols

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual cannot exceed 1300V. The responsible body or operator should refer to the instruction manual to preserve the protection afforded by the equipment. If the equipment is used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer, the protection provided by the equipment may be impaired.

  • Page 15: Working Environment

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual This symbol is used to represent alternating current, or "AC". CAUTION The "CAUTION" symbol indicates a potential hazard. It calls attention to a procedure, practice, or condition which may be dangerous if not followed. Do not proceed until its conditions are fully understood and met.
  • Page 16 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual account when assessing the ambient temperature. Humidity ℃ ℃ Operating: 5% ~ 90 %RH, 30 , derate to 50 %RH at 40 Non-operating: 5% ~ 95% RH Altitude Operating: ≤ 3,048 m, 25 ℃ Non-operating: ≤...

  • Page 17: Cooling Requirements

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Note: Degree of Pollution II refers to a working environment that is dry and non-conductive pollution occurs. Occasional temporary conductivity caused by condensation is expected. IP Rating IP20 (as defined in IEC 60529). Cooling Requirements This instrument relies on the forced air cooling with internal fans and ventilation openings.
  • Page 18 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual No manual voltage selection is required because the instrument automatically adapts to line voltage. Depending on the type and number of options and accessories (probes, PC port plug-in, etc.), the instrument can consume up to 193 W of power. Note: The instrument automatically adapts to the AC line input within the following ranges: Voltage Range:...

  • Page 19: Cleaning

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual The position of the oscilloscope should allow easy access to the socket. To make the oscilloscope completely power off, unplug the instrument power cord from the AC socket. The power cord should be unplugged from the AC outlet if the scope is not to be used for an extended period.

  • Page 20: Safety Compliance

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual If you suspect the scope’s protection has been impaired, disconnect the power cord and secure the instrument against any unintended operation. Proper use of the instrument depends on careful reading of all instructions and labels. Warning: Any use of the scope in a manner not specified by the manufacturer may impair the instrument’s safety protection.
  • Page 21 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-2-030:2018. Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use – Part 2-030: Particular requirements for testing and measuring circuits. i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 22: Informations Essentielles Sur La Sécurité

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Informations essentielles sur la sécurité Ce manuel contient des informations et des avertissements que les utilisateurs doivent suivre pour assurer la sé curité des opé rations et maintenir les produits en sé curité . Exigence de Sécurité...
  • Page 23 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Connectez correctement le fil de signalisation. Le potentiel de la ligne de signal est é gal au potentiel au sol, donc ne connectez pas la ligne de signal à haute tension.Ne touchez pas les contacts ou les composants exposé...
  • Page 24 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual aura pas d'information d'alarme et d'erreur au bas de l'interface, et la courbe de l'interface sera balayée librement de gauche à droite; si un blocage se produit pendant le processus de numé risation, ou si l'information d'alarme ou d'erreur apparaî...

  • Page 25: Termes Et Symboles De Sécurité

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Le Circuit d 'alimentation é lectrique ne peut pas ê tre mesuré à l' aide du dispositif, ni la tension qui dépasse la plage de tension décrite dans le pré sent manuel. Seuls les ensembles de sondes conformes aux spécifications du fabricant peuvent ê...

  • Page 26: Environnement De Travail

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Ce symbole avertit d'un risque potentiel de choc é lectrique. Ce symbole est utilisé pour dé signer la connexion de terre de mesure. Ce symbole est utilisé pour indiquer une connexion à la terre de sé...
  • Page 27 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual tempé rature ambiante. Attention: ne pas utiliser l'instrument dans l'air explosif, poussié reux ou humide. Tempé rature ambiante En fonctionnement: 0 ℃ à +50 ℃ Hors fonctionnement: -30 ℃ à +70 ℃ Note: pour évaluer la tempé rature de l'environnement, il convient de tenir compte des rayonnements solaires directs, des radiateurs thermiques et d'autres sources de chaleur.

  • Page 28: Exigences De Refroidissement

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 'installation (surtension) La caté gorie II d'installation (surtension) est un niveau de signal applicable aux terminaux de mesure d' é quipement relié s au circuit source.Dans ces bornes, des mesures pré ventives sont prises pour limiter la tension transitoire à...

  • Page 29: Connexions D'alimentation Et De Terre

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual né cessaire de laisser un espace minimum de 15 cm (6 pouces) sur les cô té s de l'instrument. ATTENTION: Ne bloquez pas les trous de ventilation situé s des deux cô té s de la lunette. ATTENTION: Ne laissez aucun corps é...
  • Page 30 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual L'instrument comprend un jeu de cordons mis à la terre contenant une fiche polarisé e à trois bornes moulé e et un connecteur standard IEC320 (Type C13) pour é tablir la tension de ligne et la connexion de mise à la terre de sé curité . La borne de mise à...

  • Page 31: Nettoyage

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Nettoyage Nettoyez uniquement l'exté rieur de l'instrument à l'aide d'un chiffon doux et humide. N'utilisez pas de produits chimiques ou d'é lé ments abrasifs. Ne laissez en aucun cas l'humidité pé né trer dans l'instrument. Pour é viter les chocs é...

  • Page 32: Conformité En Matière De Sécurité

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual ne doit pas ê tre directement connecté à des sujets humains ni utilisé pour la surveillance des patients. Conformité en matière de sécurité La pré sente section pré sente les normes de sé curité applicables aux produits. U.S.

  • Page 33: First Steps

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual First Steps Delivery Checklist First, verify that all items listed on the packing list have been delivered. If you note any omissions or damage, please contact your nearest SIGLENT customer service center or distributor as soon as possible. If you fail to contact us immediately in case of omission or damage, we will not be responsible for replacement.

  • Page 34: Maintenance Agreement

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual The oscilloscope's firmware has been thoroughly tested and is presumed to be functional. Nevertheless, it is supplied without warranty of any kind covering detailed performance. Products not made by SIGLENT are covered solely by the warranty of the original equipment manufacturer. Maintenance Agreement We provide various services based on maintenance agreements.

  • Page 35: Document Conventions

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Document Conventions For convenience, text surrounded by a box border is used to represent the button of the front panel. For example, Print represents the "Print" button on the front panel. Italicized text with shading is used to represent the touchable or clickable menu/button/region on the touch screen.

  • Page 36: Getting Started

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Getting Started Power on SDS6000A provides two ways for power on, which are: Auto Power-on When the “Auto Power-on” option is enabled, once the oscilloscope is connected to the AC power supply through the power cord, the oscilloscope boots automatically.

  • Page 37: System Information

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual power supply. The only way to fully power down the instrument is to unplug the AC power cord from the outlet. The power cord should be unplugged from the AC outlet if the scope is not to be used for an extended period. System Information Follow the steps below to examine the software and hardware versions of the oscilloscope.

  • Page 38: Probe

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Probe Please visit the website at int.siglent.com for technical data and ordering information. Probe Compensation When a passive probe is used for the first time, you should compensate it to match the input channel of the oscilloscope. Non-compensated or poorly compensated probes may increase measurement inaccuracy or error.
  • Page 39 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Under Perfectly Over Compensated Compensated Compensated 5. Use a non-metallic driver to adjust the low-frequency compensation adjustment hole on the probe until the waveform displayed is as the “Perfectly compensated” in the figure above. It’s not necessary to compensate an active probe.

  • Page 40: Quick Start

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Quick Start Front Panel Overview A. Touch Screen Display: The display and major functions area. See the "Touch Screen Display" chapter for more details B. Front Panel: Includes knobs and buttons. See the "Front Panel" chapter for more details C.

  • Page 41: Rear Panel Overview

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual G. Power Switch H. Supporting Legs: Adjust the supporting legs properly to use them as stands to tilt the oscilloscope for stable positioning of the oscilloscope Rear Panel Overview A. SD Card Slot B. Ext Trigger Input C.
  • Page 42 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual and two USB host to connect with a USB storage device or USB mouse/keyboard G. AC Power Input H. Handle i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 43: Connecting To External Devices/Systems

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Connecting to External Devices/Systems 7.3.1 Power Supply The standard power supply for the instrument is 100~240 V, 50/60 Hz, or 100~120 V, 400 Hz. Please use the power cord provided with the instrument to connect it to AC power. 7.3.2 LAN Connect the LAN port to the network with a network cable with an RJ45 connector for remote control.

  • Page 44: Auxiliary Output

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 7.3.5 Auxiliary Output When Mast Test is enabled, the port outputs the pass/fail signal, otherwise, it outputs the trigger indicator. See the chapter "Mask Test" for more details. 7.3.6 SAG1021I Waveform Generator Activate the SDS6000Pro-FG option and connect the SAG1021I USB function / arbitrary waveform generator module to any USB host port on the oscilloscope.

  • Page 45: Logic Probe

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 7.3.8 Logic Probe To connect the logic probe: Insert the probe, with the correct side facing up, until you hear a “click”. To remove the logic probe: Depress the buttons on each side of the probe, then pull out it.

  • Page 46: Touch Screen Display

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch Screen Display Overview The entire SDS6000A display is a capacitive touch screen. Use your fingers to touch, drag, pinch, spread, or draw a selection box. Many controls that display information also work as “buttons” to access other functions. If you using any mouse, you can click anywhere –...
  • Page 47 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual E. Channel Descriptor Boxes F. Trigger Delay Indicator G. Timebase and Trigger Descriptor Boxes H. Dialog Box Trigger Level Line (Vertical) and Trigger Delay Indicator (Horizontal) show the trigger position of the waveform. Cursors show where measurement points have been set. Move the cursors to quickly reposition the measurement point.

  • Page 48: Menu Bar

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Menu Bar Menu bar with drop-down menus lets you access set-up dialogs and other functions. All functionality can be accessed through the menu bar. It is not necessary for common operations. You can enter most menus by using the front panel or parameter description labels instead of the menu bar.
  • Page 49 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual ＞ Display Graticule There are multiple indicators on the grid: Trigger Level Indicator shows the level where the waveform triggers on the vertical axis. Trigger Delay Indicator locates where the waveform triggers on the horizontal axis... When the trigger position is outside the screen, the direction of the triangle changes to point outside the screen.

  • Page 50: Channel Descriptor Box

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Channel Descriptor Box A. Channel Index Coupling and Input Impedance C. Vertical Scale D. Vertical Offset Bandwidth Information Probe Attenuation Factor Bandwidth Information: The bandwidth information is indicated by the following icons: : 20 MHz bandwidth limit : 200 MHz bandwidth limit : Full bandwidth Invert Indicator: shows that the current channel is inverted:...
  • Page 51 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Vertical Scale: The scale of each grid in the vertical direction. For example, when the vertical scale is 1.00 V/div, the full scale of the oscilloscope is 1.00 V/div * 8 div=8 V. Vertical Offset: The offset of the channel in the vertical direction. When the vertical offset is 0, the channel offset indicator is located in the middle of the vertical axis.

  • Page 52: Timebase And Trigger Descriptor Boxes

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Timebase and Trigger Descriptor Boxes A. Trigger delay Horizontal scale （timebase） C. # Samples D. Sample Rate Trigger delay: The time offset of trigger position. When trigger delay is 0, the trigger delay indicator is in the center of the horizontal axis of the grid area. Horizontal scale: Timebase, the time of each grid in the horizontal direction.
  • Page 53 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  EXT: External trigger channel  EXT/5:5x attenuation of external trigger channel  AC Line: AC mains supply  D0~D15: Digital channels Trigger coupling: Coupling mode of the current trigger source. It is only valid when the trigger source is C1~C4, EXT, or EXT/5.
  • Page 54 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Normal: Sweeps only if the input signal meets the trigger condition. Otherwise, it continues to display the last acquired waveform.  Single: Stops the acquisition and displays the last acquired waveform. Trigger level: The source voltage level or levels that mark the threshold for the trigger to fire.

  • Page 55: Dialog Box

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Dialog Box The dialog box on the right side of the screen is the main area for setting the parameters of the selected function. A. Title bar. Touching the bar can hide the dialog box, and touching again can open the dialog box.
  • Page 56 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual List: Sets parameters with more than two options, such as coupling mode of channels. Touch the parameter region, and then select the expected option from the pop-up list. Virtual Keypad: Sets parameters with a numerical value.
  • Page 57 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Hide Dialog Box When the menu style is set to Embedded, the grid area will be compressed horizontally to display the complete waveform when the dialog box is displayed. After setting the parameters, to achieve the best waveform display effect, touch the title bar in the upper right corner to hide the dialog box.

  • Page 58: Touch Gestures

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch Gestures Waveforms, cursors, and trigger levels can be adjusted and rectangular zone can be drawn by touch gestures in the grid area. Drag the waveform left and right to move Pinch and spread the waveform it on the horizontal axis horizontally to re-scale the timebase Drag the waveform up and down to move...
  • Page 59 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch and drag the cursor to move it Touch and drag the cursor information region to move the pair of cursors simultaneously Draw a rectangular box to create a zone or a histogram region. At the beginning of the gesture keep the angle close to 45°...

  • Page 60: Mouse And Keyboard Operation

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Mouse and Keyboard Operation The SDS6000A user interface features mouse control as well as a touch screen. If the oscilloscope is connected to a USB mouse, you can click on the object with the mouse instead of touching the object. Similarly, if a USB keyboard is connected, you can use the keyboard to input characters instead of using the virtual keyboard.

  • Page 61: Front Panel

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Front Panel Overview The front panel is designed to operate the basic functions without having to open the software menu. Most of the front panel controls duplicate functionality available through the touch screen display but the operation is more quickly achieved.

  • Page 62: Vertical Control

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Vertical Control A. When a channel is disabled, push its channel button to turn it on. When the channel is turned on and activated, push the button to disable it B. Press the button to turn on the digital channel and open the DIGITAL dialog box.
  • Page 63 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual F. Analog channels (C1-C4), digital channels (D), math (F1-F4), and references (Ref) share the same offset knob. Rotate the knob to adjust the DC offset or vertical position of the channel. Push to set the offset to zero.

  • Page 64: Horizontal Control

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Horizontal Control A. Rotate to adjust the horizontal scale (time/div); push to enable Zoom; push again to switch between the main window and zoom window B. Open acquire dialog box C. Push to enable horizontal Roll; push again to exit Roll mode. At time- base settings larger than 50 ms/div, it is recommended to set the oscilloscope to Roll mode so that the waveform is displayed in real- time...

  • Page 65: Trigger Control

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Trigger Control A. Opens trigger setup dialog box B. Auto mode: Triggers after a preset period if no valid trigger occurs C. Single mode: Triggers once when all conditions are met D. Normal mode: Triggers repeatedly when all conditions are met E.

  • Page 66: Auto Setup Button

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Auto Setup Button Auto Setup forces the oscilloscope to automatically set the vertical scale, horizontal scale, and trigger level according to the input signal to get optimum waveform display. An Auto Setup operation can also be performed by following the steps Acquire >...

  • Page 67: Cursors Control

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Cursors Control A. Push the button to open the cursors setup dialog box B. Rotate the knob to move the selected cursor; push to select a different cursor Universal Knob When the parameter setting area is highlighted, the Universal Knob can be used to adjust the parameter.

  • Page 68: Other Buttons

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Other Buttons Enables/Disables measurements and recalls the MEASURE dialog box. Performs a quick screenshot save to the storage path. The supported format includes.bmp\.jpg\.png. Enables/Disables the touch screen. The LED on the button lights to indicate that the touch screen is working. Resets the oscilloscope to the default configuration.

  • Page 69: Multiple Approaches To Recall Functions

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 10 Multiple Approaches to Recall Functions The oscilloscope can recall functions through different approaches. Menu Bar If you are familiar with common computer programs, you may first choose to access a function by the drop-down menu from the menu bar at the top of the display.

  • Page 70: Shortcut Button On The Front Panel

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual see sections "Channel Descriptor Box" and "Timebase and Trigger Descriptor Box". For the example above, touch the trigger descriptor box and the trigger setup dialog box will be activated. Shortcut Button on the Front panel Most of the functions of the oscilloscope can be recalled directly by the shortcut buttons on the front panel.

  • Page 71: Quickly Capture The Signal

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 11 Quickly Capture the Signal This is an example of how to acquire a signal quickly. In this example, we assume the signal is connected to channel 1 and channel 1 is turned off. First, press the channel 1 button to turn on channel 1.

  • Page 72: Vertical Setup

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 12 Vertical Setup Turn on/off a Channel From the Front Panel Push the channel button（1-4）to turn on the corresponding channel. Its channel descriptor box and a dialog box will appear on the display. Push the same button again to disable the channel.

  • Page 73: Channel Setup

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Channel Setup Touch the channel descriptor box, a quick dialog will pop up. Vertical scale and offset can also be set from this dialog box. A. Touch the region to set the vertical scale with the universal knob or virtual keypad B.
  • Page 74 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual measurement accuracy in the vertical direction. The oscilloscope automatically switches to fine mode when the vertical scale is controlled by touch gesture. Activating a channel recalls the channel dialog box, displaying more parameters: A. Turn channel on/off B.
  • Page 75 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Coupling  DC: All of the input signal frequency components are passed to the display.  AC: The signal is capacitively coupled. DC signal components are rejected. See the datasheet for details of the cut-off frequency.AC coupling is suitable for observing AC signals with DC offset, such as power ripple.
  • Page 76 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual attenuation to match the probe. Label Users can set the label text for channels. Open the label setting dialog box to select the source, customize the label text, and set the display. The source can be C1~C4, Math, and RefA~RefD.
  • Page 77 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual cables or active probes. This can minimize the amplitude distortion caused by impedance mismatching. Unit Voltage unit "V" or current unit "A”. When using the current probe, the unit should be set to "A". Deskew Due to the skew between channels, cables, or probes, the delay of signals passing through different measurement paths may be inconsistent.
  • Page 78 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Note: When the channel with deskew compensation is the trigger source, the trigger delay indicator does not change as the deskew value changes. Invert When invert is enabled, the waveform is rotated 180 degrees around earth potential (0 Volts).

  • Page 79: Digital Channels

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 13 Digital Channels Overview SPL2016 Probe The SPL2016 is a logic probe designed to monitor up to 16 digital signals at once. The 16 digital channels are separated into two groups and each group has its threshold, making it possible to simultaneously view data from different logic families.

  • Page 80: Enable/Disable The Digital Channels

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Connect and disconnect correctly. Excessive bending can damage the cable. Do not use equipment in humid or explosive environments. Only used indoors. The SPL2016 is designed to be used indoors and should only be operated in a clean, dry environment. Do not use the equipment when you suspect a problem.
  • Page 81 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Digital channel waveform display, which shares the same grid area with the analog channels. B. Digital channel descriptor box C. Dialog box D. Digital channel indicators. Up to 16 digital channels are organized in two groups with different thresholds: D15~D8 and D7~D0.

  • Page 82: Digital Channel Setup

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual the digital channel descriptor box, and clicking Off on the pop-up menu to turn off. Refer to the operation in the chapter "Vertical Setup" for details. Digital Channel Setup Touch the digital descriptor box, then the quick menu of digital channel settings pops up above the descriptor box.
  • Page 83 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Height=8div, Position=0div Height=4div, Position=1div The quick menu only covers the height range and position of the digital channels display area. More settings can be found in the dialog box. A. Turn on/off the digital channels B.
  • Page 84 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Logic Threshold Setting The threshold level determines how the input signal is evaluated. The threshold level can be set in the Logic Setting. The input voltage less than the threshold is recognized as a '0', and the input voltage greater than the threshold is recognized as a ‘1’.

  • Page 85: Horizontal And Acquisition Setup

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 14 Horizontal and Acquisition Setup Timebase Setup The timebase setup is used to adjust the scale and offset of the X (horizontal) axis. This setting applies to all analog, digital channels, and all math traces except FFT.

  • Page 86: Acquisition Setup

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Acquisition Setup 14.2.1 Overview Touch Acquire Menu on the quick menu of the timebase settings, or press the Acquire button on the front panel, or touch the menu bar Acquire>Menu to recall the Acquire dialog box on the right side. A.
  • Page 87 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Memory Management: See the section "Memory Management" for details. Memory Depth: The memory depth that can be supported. According to the formula "acquisition time = sample points x sample interval", setting a larger memory depth can achieve a higher sample rate for a given time base, but more samples require more processing time, degrading the waveform update rate.
  • Page 88 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Four-channel mode: Three of four of C1/C2/C3/C4 are turned on. Interpolation -- At small timebase settings, the number of original points on the screen may be less than the number of display pixels in the grid area, so interpolation is necessary to display a continuous waveform.

  • Page 89: Acquisition

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 14.2.2 Acquisition The acquisition mode is used to determine how to acquire and process the signal. Normal: The oscilloscope samples the signal with equal time intervals. For most waveforms, the best display effect can be obtained using this mode. Peak: Peak detect mode.
  • Page 90 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Average: The oscilloscope accumulates multiple waveform frames and calculates the average as the result. If a stable trigger is available, the resulting average has a random noise component lower than that of a single-shot record. The more frames that are accumulated, the lower the noise is.
  • Page 91 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Normal mode Hi-Res mode (3-bit) Hi-Res acquisition does not require the signal to be periodic, nor does it require stable triggering, but due to the digital filtering, the system bandwidth of the oscilloscope will degrade in Hi-Res mode. The higher the enhanced bits, the lower the bandwidth.

  • Page 92: Memory Management

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 14.2.3 Memory Management Memory Management controls how the instrument stores the acquired samples. Auto: The default acquisition setting. After setting the maximum memory in the Auto mode, the oscilloscope automatically adjusts the sample rate and memory depth according to the time base.

  • Page 93: Roll Mode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual display. This is identical to the "Auto" memory management mode. 14.2.4 Roll Mode Press the Roll button on the front panel to enter roll mode. In this mode, the waveform moves across the screen from right to left, similar to a strip chart recorder.
  • Page 94 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual into multiple segments (up to 80,000), each of which stores a single shot. In sequence mode, the oscilloscope only acquires and stores data without processing and displaying, until the specified segments are acquired. As a result, the dead time between trigger events is minimized, thus greatly improving the waveform update rate.
  • Page 95 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Sequence N Sequence Sequence N-1 Stored Example: Input a pulse sequence with a period of 50 ms to C1. The rise time of the pulse is 2 ns, while fall time is 100 ns; pulse width is 108 ns, and amplitude is 1.6 Vpp. Press the AutoSetup button on the front panel.
  • Page 96 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual In normal mode, 5 pulses can be obtained on the screen with the sample rate of 1.25 GSa/s at the maximum memory depth. Set the trigger mode to "Single", the timebase to 50 ns/div. Turn on the Sequence mode, and set the segments to maximum (46,378 in this example, up to 80,000 depending on the number of samples at the current time base).
  • Page 97 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual In Sequence mode, there is no waveform displayed on the screen until the acquisition is completed. During acquisition, there is a counter on the screen indicating the number of segments that have been acquired. In the example, 53969 pulses can be obtained with the sample rate of 5 GSa/s at the maximum memory depth.

  • Page 98: History

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual History Press the History button on the front panel or touch Analysis>History to recall the history dialog box. A. Turn on or off history mode B. Specify the frame index C. Set the playing mode D.
  • Page 99 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Continue with the example in the section above. In Sequence mode, all waveforms that satisfy the trigger conditions are mapped to the display. If you need to observe a single frame, you can use history mode. To enable history mode, touch the Frame No.
  • Page 100 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Acq Time label Delta T label In addition to manually specifying a frame, history mode supports autoplay: Press the softkey to replay the waveform from the current frame to the first. Press the softkey to stop replay. Press the softkey to replay the waveform from the current frame to the last.

  • Page 101: Zoom

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 15 Zoom The SDS6000A supports waveform zoom in the horizontal and vertical directions. Press down the horizontal knob or the button on the front panel to turn on the zoom function. When the Zoom function is on, the waveform area is divided into upper and lower parts.
  • Page 102 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual window. The operations above can also be performed by different gestures. Below is the example of changing the setting in the horizontal direction by gestures. The gestures for changing the setting in the vertical direction are similar.

  • Page 103: Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 16 Trigger Overview The oscilloscope only acquires waveforms of interest (i.e. the ones that satisfy the trigger condition) and aligns all trigger events at the trigger position to form a stable waveform display. The trigger is one of the most important features of an oscilloscope since we can only analyze a signal that we can trigger reliably and stably.
  • Page 104 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Ready: The pre-trigger buffer is full, and the oscilloscope is waiting for the trigger event. Trig’d: A trigger event is detected and the oscilloscope starts to fill the post- trigger buffer. Trigger settings should be based on the features of the input signal. For example, a sine wave with a repeatable period can be triggered on the rising edge;...

  • Page 105: Trigger Setup

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Trigger Setup Touch the trigger descriptor box to display the quick menu of trigger settings. The trigger setup dialog box is displayed on the right side of the screen. A. Touch the level region and rotate the Level knob on the front panel to adjust trigger level;...

  • Page 106: Trigger Level

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Select trigger type B. Select the trigger source C. Select the trigger slope (When the trigger type is "Edge", "Slope" and other specific types) D. Set holdoff (None/Time/Events) E. Set trigger coupling mode (DC/AC/LF Reject/HF Reject) F.

  • Page 107: Trigger Mode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual oscilloscope judges whether a waveform satisfies the trigger condition when it crosses the trigger level. If it does, the crossing time is the trigger position. In the following figure, the trigger condition is set as a rising edge. When the signal with a positive slope crosses the trigger level, the trigger condition is satisfied and the time point the signal crosses the level is the trigger position.

  • Page 108: Trigger Type

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual events exceeds the timeout period. Try Normal mode in this case. Normal：Triggers and acquisitions only occur when the trigger conditions are met. Otherwise, the oscilloscope holds the last waveform on the display and waits for the next trigger. Normal mode is suitable for acquiring: ...
  • Page 109 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Slope-- Trigger when an edge crosses two thresholds which lie inside or outside a selected time range Pulse--Trigger at the end of a pulse when the pulse width lies inside or outside a selected time range Video--TV trigger on falling edge Window--Trigger when the signal leaves the widow region.

  • Page 110: Edge Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 16.5.2 Edge Trigger Edge trigger distinguishes the trigger points by seeking the specified edge (rising, falling, alternating) and trigger level. Trigger source and slope can be set in the trigger dialog box. Touch the Source area to select trigger source, and touch the Slope area to select rising, falling, or alternating.
  • Page 111 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual the time difference between the two crossing points of trigger level lines A and B with the positive edge as shown in the figure below. Touch the Source area to select trigger source, and touch the Slope area to select rising or falling.
  • Page 112 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual the front panel. To set the lower level is the similar. 2. Use the Level knob on the front panel directly to set the level value. Press the knob to switch between upper and lower levels, and rotate it to set the value.

  • Page 113: Pulse Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 16.5.4 Pulse Trigger Trigger on a positive or negative pulse with a specified width. Trigger source, polarity (positive, negative), limit range, and time value can be set in the trigger dialog box. Less than a time value（≤）-- Trigger when the positive or negative pulse time of the input signal is lower than the specified time value.

  • Page 114: Video Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Outside a range of time value（--][--）-- trigger when the positive or negative pulse time of the input signal is greater than the specified upper limit of time and lower than the specified lower limit of the time value. Holdoff, coupling, and noise reject can be set in pulse trigger, see the sections "Holdoff", "Trigger Coupling"...
  • Page 115 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual TV Standard Scan Type Sync Pulse NTSC Interlaced Bi-level Interlaced Bi-level HDTV 720P/50 Progressive Tri-level HDTV 720P/60 Progressive Tri-level HDTV 1080P/50 Progressive Tri-level HDTV 1080P/60 Progressive Tri-level HDTV 1080i/50 Interlaced Tri-level HDTV 1080i/60 Interlaced Tri-level Custom The table below shows the parameters of the custom video trigger:...
  • Page 116 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Lines" is set to 800, the correct relationship between them is as follows: Of Lines Interlace Of Fields Trigger Line Trigger Field 1/2/4/8 1/1~2/1~4/1~8 1/2/4/8 1/1~2/1~4/1~8 1/2/4/8 1/1~2/1~4/1~8 Set the video trigger for video signal Touch Sync for trigger mode selection, video trigger mode has "Any"...
  • Page 117 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 1 to 313 1 to 312 1 to 750 HDTV 720P/50、720P/60 1 to 1125 HDTV 1080P/50、1080P/60 1 to 563 1 to 562 HDTV 1080i/50、1080i/60 To gain familiarization with the video trigger, try these two examples: ...
  • Page 118 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Trigger on a Specific Line of Video (NTSC) Use "Custom" to Trigger Video Signals Custom video trigger supports video signals with frame rates of 25, 30, 50, and 60 Hz respectively, and the specified row is within the range of 300 to 2000. The following describes how to trigger a "Custom"...

  • Page 119: Window Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual that meets the trigger condition. b) Select the "Select" mode, then set the specified line and the specified field to trigger the signal. Assuming that the "Field" is set to 8, you can select any field from 1 to 8, and each field can choose any line from 1 to 100.
  • Page 120 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual edges.  If the upper trigger level is within the waveform amplitude range while the lower trigger level is out of the waveform amplitude range, the oscilloscope will trigger on the rising edge only. ...

  • Page 121: Interval Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Note: "Level +/-Delta” represents half of the actual window area. For example, when the value is 200mV, it represents a range of ±200 mV, which is a 400mV window. Holdoff, coupling, and noise reject can be set in window trigger, see the sections "Holdoff", "Trigger Coupling"...

  • Page 122: Dropout Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 16.5.8 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 set time, as shown in the figure below: State...

  • Page 123: Runt Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 16.5.9 Runt Trigger Runt trigger looks for pulses that cross one threshold but not another as shown in the figure below:  A positive runt pulse across through the low level but not the high level. ...
  • Page 124 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual rising edge of the combined waveform. Logic (AND, OR, NAND, NOR), source, limit range, and time value can be set in the trigger dialog box. When the logic is "OR" or "NAND", the setting of the time limit is invalid.

  • Page 125: Qualified Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Logical setting of analog channel Logical setting of digital channel Limit Range When the logic is "AND" or "NOR", the time limit condition is available. This setting is particularly useful to filter the hazard signals of combinational logic. When the logic is "OR"...

  • Page 126: Nth Edge Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual type is “State with Delay”, a time limit condition is also available. When the type is “Edge”, the oscilloscope triggers at the first edge after the specified edge (Rising or Falling) of the qualified source; when the type is “Edge with Delay”, a time limit condition is available.

  • Page 127: Delay Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual satisfied after meeting the user-defined idle time and edge number conditions. As shown in the figure below, when the idle time between the pulse trains is greater than the specified idle time, it is triggered on the third falling edge of the pulse train.

  • Page 128: Setup/Hold Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch the SourceB Setting region to set the edge trigger source, threshold, and slope. Touch the Limit Range and Upper/Lower Value region to set the delay time condition. 16.5.14 Setup/Hold Trigger Clock source and data source need to be set in setup/hold trigger setting. The set-up time starts when the data signal crosses the trigger level and ends when the specified clock edge arrives.

  • Page 129: Serial Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 16.5.15 Serial Trigger Refer to Chapter 17 for detailed information. 1 2 7 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 130: Trigger Source

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Trigger Source The trigger sources supported by each trigger type are different. See the table below for details: Trigger Type C1~C4 EXT, EXT/5 AC Line D0~D15 √ √ √ √ Edge √ Slope × ×...

  • Page 131: Holdoff

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Holdoff Holdoff is an additional condition for triggers and can be used to stabilize the triggering of complex waveforms (such as a pulse series). It can be set to a time or number of events. Holdoff by Time Holdoff time is the amount of time that the oscilloscope waits before re-arming the trigger circuitry.
  • Page 132 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Parameter Start Holdoff On defines the initial position of holdoff. Acq Start-- The initial position of holdoff is the first time point satisfying the trigger condition. In the example above, each holdoff starts from the first rising edge of the pulse sequence.

  • Page 133: Trigger Coupling

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Trigger Coupling The coupling setting of a trigger is only valid when the trigger source is C1~C4, EXT, or EXT/5. DC: All of the signal’s frequency components are coupled to the trigger  circuit for high-frequency bursts or where the use of AC coupling would shift the effective trigger level.
  • Page 134 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Noise Reject = Off Noise Reject = On 1 3 2 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 135: Zone Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Zone Trigger The SDS6000A includes a zone trigger to help isolate elusive glitches. There are two user-defined areas: Zone1 and Zone2. Users can set the property of each zone as “intersect” or “not intersect” as an additional condition to further isolate the interesting event quickly.
  • Page 136 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Setting in the dialog box. The color of the zone’s outline is consistent with the color of the specified source (Channel 1 = Yellow, etc...). Gesture When the zone trigger is turned on, touch-and-hold on any position within the waveform area and draw a rectangular box, as shown in the following figure: When the finger moves out of the screen, a menu pops up for selecting the zone and setting the zone properties:...
  • Page 137 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Once a zone is created, it can be moved by dragging. Just touch and hold the zone box and use a dragging gesture. Select C1 as the source, turn on zone1, Select C1 as the source, turn on zone1, and set the property as "Intersect"...
  • Page 138 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch Zone> Zone Setting to recall the dialog box. A. Set left border of the zone B. Set right border of the zone C. Set top border of the zone D. Set bottom border of the zone E.
  • Page 139 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual shown in the figure below: In this case zone trigger is a quick and simple way to capture the waveform. Enable the zone trigger, and draw a box to intersect with the bus contention part, as shown in the figure below: Now, we can accurately capture the exact bus contention waveform: 1 3 7...
  • Page 140 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 1 3 8 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 141: Serial Trigger And Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 17 Serial Trigger and Decode Overview The SDS6000A supports serial bus trigger and decode on the following serial bus protocols: I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, CAN FD, I2S, MIL-STD- 1553B, SENT, and Manchester. Press the Setup button on the front panel or touch the trigger descriptor box, and then select the Type as Serial in the trigger dialog box to set serial trigger: A.
  • Page 142 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Set the list of decode result B. Select the bus to set, Bus1 and Bus2 C. Turn on/off the bus D. Set the bus display E. Select the serial bus protocol F. Touch to set the signal, including the mapping relation between channels and bus signals, and the thresholds.
  • Page 143 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual I2S Trigger and Serial Decode  MIL-STD-1553B Trigger and Serial Decode  SENT Trigger and Serial Decode  Manchester Serial Decode  1 4 1 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 144: I2C Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual I2C Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding I2C signals. Please read the following for more details: "I2C Signal Settings", "I2C Trigger" and "I2C Serial Decode". 17.2.1 I2C Signal Settings Connect the serial data signal (SDA) and the serial clock signal (SCL) to the oscilloscope, set the mapping relation between channels and signals, and then set the threshold level of each signal.

  • Page 145: I2C Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual D. Set the threshold level of the SDA channel. E. Return to the previous menu. F. Threshold level line. It only appears when adjusting the threshold level. Copy Setting Touch the Copy Setting in the decode dialog box to synchronize the settings between the trigger and decode.
  • Page 146 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch Trigger Setting in the I2C trigger dialog box to select the trigger condition: Start — The oscilloscope will be triggered when the SDA line transitions from high to low while the SCL is high. Stop —...
  • Page 147 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual EEPROM — The trigger searches for EEPROM control byte value 1010xxx on the SDA bus. And there is a Read bit and an ACK bit behind EEPROM. Set the data value and compare type according to Data1 and Limit Range.
  • Page 148 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 10 Address & Data — If all bits match, then trigger on the Ack bit followed by the Data. Frame (Start: Address 1st byte: R/W: Ack: Address 2nd byte: Ack: Data) 1 4 6 i n t .
  • Page 149 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual If you set the trigger condition to 7 address & data or 10 address & data:  Address can be selected in the hexadecimal range of 0x00 to 0x7F (7-bit) or 0x3FF (10-bit). If the address is selected as "0xXX (7-bit address)"...

  • Page 150: I2C Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 17.2.3 I2C Serial Decode The layout of the touch screen display when I2C decode is enabled is as follows: A. The waveform display area shows the original waveforms of the bus signals B. The bus display shows the decoding result of the bus. At most two buses can be decoded at the same time.
  • Page 151 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  The address value is displayed at the beginning of a frame. The write address is displayed in green and the read address in yellow.  W/R bit is represented by (W) and (R), followed by the address value. ...
  • Page 152 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  R/W — Read address or write address. DATA — Data bytes.  Configuration There is only one item Include R/W Bit in the configuration of the I2C decode. When it is disabled, the address is represented separately from the R/W bit, and when it is enabled, the R/W bit is represented together with the address.

  • Page 153: Spi Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual SPI Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding SPI signals. Please read the following for more details: "SPI Signal Settings", "SPI Trigger" and "SPI Serial Decode". 17.3.1 SPI Signal Settings Connect the CLK, MOSI, MISO, and CS signals to the oscilloscope and set the mapping relation between channels and signals.
  • Page 154 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual The CS signal should be set to correct CS Type, including CS, ~CS, and Clock Timeout.  CS – Active high. The CS signal needs a complete rising edge in the screen to be regarded as active. ...
  • Page 155 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Connect the data, CLK, and ~CS signals of an SPI bus respectively to C1, C2, and C3. Data width = 8-bit, Bit order = MSB, CS polarity = active low, and 12 data bytes are transmitted in one frame. In the SPI trigger signal menu, set the source and threshold of CLK, MISO, and CS signals, then copy the trigger settings to decoding.
  • Page 156 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual If the data width is set to be greater than 8 bits (such as 16 bits), measure the clock idle time between 8-bit data packets as 11.28 us, and then set the timeout time to a value between 11.28 and 150 us. In this example, it is set to 20 us: 1 5 4 i n t .

  • Page 157: Spi Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 17.3.2 SPI Trigger The trigger condition for the SPI trigger is mainly about data. Touch Trigger Setting in the dialog box to set data: A. Trigger Type: MISO or MOSI B. Set the trigger position type. When set to Any, it will trigger on the specified data.

  • Page 158: Uart Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual UART Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding UART signals. Please read the following for more details: "UART Signal Settings", "UART Trigger" and "UART Serial Decode". 17.4.1 UART Signal Settings Connect the RX and TX signals to the oscilloscope, set the mapping relation between channels and signals, and then set the threshold level of each signal.

  • Page 159: Uart Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Touch to select the baud rate: 600,1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 b/s or Custom B. Data Length: 5~8 bit C. Parity Check: None, Odd, Even, Mark or Space. If the data is 9 bits, the 9 bit is treated as Mark parity or Space parity D.

  • Page 160: Uart Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Source Type: RX or TX B. Trigger Condition: Start, Stop, Data or Error C. When the "trigger condition" is Data, set the compare type to =, ＞, ＜ D. When the "trigger condition" is Data, set the data value E.

  • Page 161: Can Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual CAN Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding CAN signals. Please read the following for more details: "CAN Signal Settings", "CAN Trigger" and "CAN Serial Decode". 17.5.1 CAN Signal Settings Connect the CAN_H and CAN_L signals to the oscilloscope, set the mapping relation between channels and signals, and then set the threshold level of each signal.

  • Page 162: Can Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 17.5.2 CAN Trigger Touch Trigger Setting in the CAN trigger dialog box to set the trigger condition:  Start —The oscilloscope triggers at the beginning of the frame.  Remote — The oscilloscope triggers on a remote frame with a specified ID. ID, ID Bits (11-bit or 29-bit), and Curr ID Byte (1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th byte) can be set.
  • Page 163 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  ID is displayed in green.  LEN (data length) is displayed in light yellow.  DATA are displayed in white.  CRC is displayed in blue.  The red point at the end of a segment indicates there is not enough space on the display to show the complete content of a frame and some content is hidden.
  • Page 164 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Ack — Acknowledge bit. 1 6 2 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 165: Lin Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual LIN Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding LIN signals. Please read the following for more details: “LIN Signal Settings”, “LIN Trigger” and “LIN Serial Decode”. 17.6.1 LIN Signal Settings Connect the LIN signal to the oscilloscope, and then set the threshold level of the signal.

  • Page 166: Lin Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Break —The oscilloscope triggers at the beginning of the frame. ID —The oscilloscope triggers on the frame that matches the specified ID,  which ranges from 0x00 to 0x3f.  ID & Data—The oscilloscope triggers on the frame that matches the specified ID and data.ID, Data1, and Data2 can be set.
  • Page 167 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  ID — ID of the frame. Data length — Data length.   ID Parity — ID parity check. Data — Data values.   Checksum — Data checksum. 1 6 5 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 168: Flexray Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual FlexRay Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding FlexRay signals. Please read the following for more details: "FlexRay Signal Settings", "FlexRay Trigger" and "FlexRay Serial Decode". 17.7.1 FlexRay Signal Settings Connect the FlexRay signal to the oscilloscope, and then set the threshold level of the signal.

  • Page 169: Flexray Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Frame— The oscilloscope triggers on the frame.  Set Frame header indicators: Payload preamble indicator, null frame indicator, sync frame indicator, startup frame indicator.  Touch ID to set the frame ID by the universal knob or virtual keypad. The range of ID is 0x000 to 0x7ff.
  • Page 170 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  HCRC (Head Check Code) is displayed in the frame and displayed in blue.  CYC (cycle) is displayed in the frame and displayed in light yellow.  D (data) is displayed in the frame and displayed in white. ...
  • Page 171 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 1 6 9 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 172: Can Fd Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual CAN FD Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding CAN FD signals. Please read the following for more details: "CAN FD Signal Settings", "CAN FD Trigger" and "CAN FD Serial Decode". 17.8.1 CAN FD Signal Settings Connect the CAN FD signal to the oscilloscope, and then set the threshold level of the signal.
  • Page 173 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Frame Type: Both, CAN, CAN FD B. When the "Frame Type" is CAN FD, turn on or off ISO C. When the "Frame Type" is CAN FD, set the BRS (Bit Rate Switch) to Both, Normal or FD D.

  • Page 174: Can Fd Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  CRC Mismatch Error: The oscilloscope triggers when the calculated CRC does not match the transmitted CRC.  Stuff Bit Cnt Err: Effective only when ISO is turned on, the oscilloscope triggers when the stuff bit count is incorrect. ...
  • Page 175 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Time— The horizontal offset of the current data frame head relative to the trigger position.  Type— Type of the frame. Standard CAN frame is represented by "Std", CAN FD frame is represented by "FD", the extended frame is represented by "Ext"...

  • Page 176: I2S Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual I2S Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding I2S signals. Please read the following for more details: "I2S Signal Settings", "I2S Trigger" and "I2S Serial Decode". 17.9.1 I2S Signal Settings Connect the WS, BCLK, and Data signals to the oscilloscope, set the mapping relation between channels and signals, and then set the threshold level of each signal.

  • Page 177: I2S Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual The method of copying settings is the same as I2C signal settings. See "I2C Signal Settings" for details. 17.9.2 I2S Trigger Touch Trigger Setting in the I2S trigger dialog box to set the trigger conditions： A.
  • Page 178 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Touch Compare Type to select "=", ">" or "<".  Touch Value to set the data value by the universal knob or virtual keypad. The range of data value is related to the number of Data Bits.

  • Page 179: I2S Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Falling Edge— Trigger on signals less than the Threshold setting value.  Touch Threshold to set the threshold by the universal knob or virtual keypad. The range of values is related to the number of Data Bits.

  • Page 180: Mil-Std-1553B Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual MIL-STD-1553B Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding MIL-Standard 1553B signals. Please read the following for more details: "MIL-STD-1553B Signal Settings" and "MIL-STD-1553B Serial Decode". 17.10.1 MIL-STD-1553B Signal Settings Connect the MIL-STD-1553B signal to the oscilloscope, set the mapping relation between channels and signals, and then set the threshold level of each signal.
  • Page 181 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual In the decoding list view:  Time— The horizontal offset of the current data frame head relative to the trigger position.  RTA— The RT address  Type— Type of the word  Data— Data values ...

  • Page 182: Sent Trigger And Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual SENT Trigger and Serial Decode This section covers triggering and decoding SENT signals. Please read the following for more details: "SENT Signal Settings", "SENT Trigger" and "SENT Serial Decode". 17.11.1 SENT Signal Settings Connect the SENT signal to the oscilloscope, set the mapping relation between channels and signals, and then set the threshold level of each signal.

  • Page 183: Sent Trigger

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Short Serial Message CRCs, the chosen setting is used E. Specify whether there is a pause pulse between Fast Channel Messages F. Return to previous menu 17.11.2 SENT Trigger When the protocol is set to SENT, the following trigger conditions can be set: Start, Slow Channel, Fast Channel, and Error.
  • Page 184 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  State can be selected in the hexadecimal range of 0x0 to 0xF. If the value is selected as "0xX", the state is ignored.  Compare Type can be specified as Equal, Not Equal, Less than, Less or Equal, Greater than, Greater or Equal, in Range of, out of Range.
  • Page 185 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual The serial message frame contains 21 bits of payload data. Two different configurations can be chosen determined by the configuration bit (serial data bit #3, serial communication nibble No. 8): Frame (enhanced serial message with 4bits ID) —16-bit data and 4-bit message ID, the configuration bit is 1.
  • Page 186 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual If you set the trigger condition to Slow Channel:  ID can be selected in the hexadecimal range of 0x0 to 0xF (short serial / enhanced serial with 4 bits ID）or 0x00 to 0xFF（enhanced serial with 8 bits ID）.

  • Page 187: Sent Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Slow Channel CRC Error: Triggers on any Slow Channel Message CRC error.  All CRC Errors: Triggers on any CRC error, Fast or Slow. 17.11.3 SENT Serial Decode The configuration of SENT decoding is similar to that of I2C decoding. On the bus: For Fast Channel: ...
  • Page 188 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  DATA are displayed in white  CRC is displayed in blue In the list view: Time — The horizontal offset of the current data frame head relative to  the trigger position. Sync — Sync pulse width (only fast channel) ...

  • Page 189: Manchester Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Manchester Serial Decode This section covers decoding Manchester signals. Please read the following for more details: "Manchester Signal Settings" and "Manchester Serial Decode". 17.12.1 Manchester Signal Settings Connect the Manchester signal to the oscilloscope, set the mapping relation between channels and signals, and then set the threshold level of the signal.

  • Page 190: Manchester Serial Decode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Touch to specify the baud rate, the range is 500b/s to 5Mb/s B. Set the Manchester signal's logic type. R:1 indicates that rising edge is used to encode a bit value of logic 1, and F:1 indicates that falling edge is used to encode a bit value of logic 1 C.
  • Page 191 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual On the bus:  SYNC is displayed in pink  The header is displayed in green  DATA is displayed in white  The trailer is displayed in blue In the list view:  Time —...

  • Page 192: Cursors

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 18 Cursors Overview Cursors are important tools when measuring signals. Rapid measurements can be performed using cursors in both horizontal and vertical directions. The cursor types include X1, X2, X1-X2, Y1, Y2, and Y1-Y2, used to indicate X-axis values (time or frequency) and Y-axis values (amplitude) on a selected waveform (CH1/CH2/CH3/CH4/Func/REF/Histogram).
  • Page 193 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Turn on or off cursors function B. Cursors Mode. The vertical cursors will automatically track the waveform in Trace mode. C. Specify the cursor D. Set the position of specified cursor (by gestures, universal knob, or virtual keypad) E.
  • Page 194 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Measure – Automatically indicates the measured item using cursors Manual Mode Track Mode Measure Mode 1 9 2 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...
  • Page 195 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Cursors Type X (horizontal) -- Vertical dotted lines that measure horizontal time (when the source is an FFT waveform, X cursors measure frequency). X cursors (time) X cursors (frequency) X1 — The left (default) vertical dotted line. It can be manually moved ...
  • Page 196 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Y1 — The upper (default) horizontal dotted line. It can be manually moved to any vertical position on the screen.  Y2 — The lower (default) horizontal dotted line. It can be manually moved to any vertical position on the screen.
  • Page 197 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Display Mode Display Mode M1 Display Mode M2  M1 – The position information of each cursor is attached to the cursor, and the difference information is between the two cursors with arrows connected to the cursors. This mode is more intuitive. ...
  • Page 198 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Fixed Position– When the vertical scale is changed, the Y-cursors remain fixed to the grid position on the display. Take X cursors reference as an example to demonstrate the scaling effect of different settings: Timebase=50ns/div，X1=-50ns=-1div，X2=100ns=2div 1 9 6 i n t .
  • Page 199 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Fixed position, timebase is changed to 100 ns/div, the grid number of X cursors (- 1div, 2div) remains fixed. The value of X1 and X2 is changed to -100 ns, 200 ns. Fixed delay, timebase is changed to 100 ns/div, the value of X cursors (-50 ns, 100 ns) remains fixed.

  • Page 200: Select And Move Cursors

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Select and Move Cursors The cursors can be selected and moved directly by gestures and the universal knob on the front panel, in addition, they can be selected in the cursor’s value dialog box. Gestures Directly touch the cursor and drag it, as shown below: Touch the display area of △X (or △Y) in M1 mode and drag it to move the two...
  • Page 201 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Universal Knob Move the cursor position by turning the universal knob on the front panel. Press the knob to select different cursor lines. For example, if the current cursor is X1, press to select X2, and press again to select X1-X2. Gestures move the cursor quickly but not precisely, while the knob moves the cursor precisely but not as quickly.

  • Page 202: Measurement

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 19 Measurement Overview The SDS6000A features a strong automatic measurement list. These parameters can be automatically measured without cursors and include common measurements such as rise time, fall time, peak-peak, and period. The SDS6000A can also measure multiple channels at the same time, showing up to 6 parameter measurements with statistics while in the M1 display mode and up to 12 parameters in the M2 mode.
  • Page 203 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. The waveform display area automatically compresses when the other windows are displayed B. Measurement parameters and statistics display area. If select the mode as “Simple”, the "Simple" parameter area is displayed C. Statistics histogram display area D.

  • Page 204: Set Parameters

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Enable/disable measure B. Set the mode of measure: Simple or Advanced. "Simple" shows the specified basic measurement parameters of the selected channel. In "Advanced" mode, the measurement parameters can be added one- by-one as needed C.
  • Page 205 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Set the source of the current setting. B. Measurement parameter classification tabs, including Favorite, Vertical, Horizontal, Miscellaneous, and CH Delay. Touch a tab and in the area will display the corresponding parameters C. Parameters. Touch the parameter to be measured to activate it, and touch it again to close the parameter.
  • Page 206 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual sources involved is greater than 1, the steps to specify the source is different: In the parameter selection area, the channel corresponding to Source A is specified first, and then the channel corresponding to Source B. Finally, the measurement parameter is selected.
  • Page 207 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual To remove Period from the “Favorite” tab: Advanced>Type >Favorite>Period>Delete from favorite 2 0 5 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 208: Type Of Measurement

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Type of Measurement 19.3.1 Vertical Measurement Vertical measurement includes 19 parameters:  Max: Highest value in the input waveform  Min: Lowest value in the input waveform  Pk-Pk: Difference between maximum and minimum data values ...
  • Page 209 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Cycle Mean: Average of data values in the first cycle  Stdev: Standard deviation of the data  Cycle Stdev: Standard deviation of the data in the first cycle  RMS: Root mean square of the data ...

  • Page 210: Horizontal Measurement

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Equal to 100 %*( base-min)/amplitude.  L@T: Level measured at trigger position 19.3.2 Horizontal Measurement Horizontal measurement includes 17 parameters: 2 0 8 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...
  • Page 211 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Period: Time between the middle threshold points of two consecutive like-polarity edges.  Freq: Reciprocal of period  Time@max: First time of maximum value  Time@min: First time of minimum value  +Width: Time difference between the middle threshold of a rising edge to the middle threshold of the next falling edge of the pulse ...

  • Page 212: Miscellaneous Measurements

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Rise Time: Duration of rising edge from lower threshold to upper threshold  Fall Time: Duration of falling edge from upper threshold to lower threshold  10-90%Rise: Duration of rising edge from 10-90% ...

  • Page 213: Delay Measurement

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Area@AC: Area of the waveform above the average minus the area of the waveform below average  AbsArea@AC: Area of the waveform above the average plus the area of the waveform below the average ...

  • Page 214: Trend

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual edge  FRFR: The time between the first rising edge of source A and the following first rising edge of source B at the middle threshold  FRFF: The time between the first rising edge of source A and the following first falling edge of source B at the middle threshold ...

  • Page 215: Track

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Measurement parameter display area B. Trend plot display area C. Extend the range of time. Touch it to expand the time range. D. Current value E. Maximum value F. Minimum value G. Average value H.

  • Page 216: Display Mode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 1000 is the upper limit of the statistic number in a frame, which means the values exceeding the limit will not be shown in the track plot. Display Mode In advanced measurement mode, two display modes are supported: M1 and In M1 mode, up to 6 parameter measurements are displayed at a time.
  • Page 217 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual In M2 mode, up to 12 parameter measurements are displayed at a time. When statistics are enabled, they are distributed on the right side of the measurement item. Touch a row to add or replace a measurement. 2 1 5 i n t .

  • Page 218: Measurement Statistics

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Measurement Statistics Measurement statistics are based on the total number of captured waveforms. In Roll mode, measurement statistics increase over time. Touch Statistics Setting in the measure dialog box to recall the Statistics Config dialog box: A.
  • Page 219 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Value – The current measurement Mean – Average of all historical measurements   Min – The minimum of all historical measurements Max – The maximum of all historical measurements   Stdev – Standard deviation of all historical measurements Count –...

  • Page 220: Statistics Histogram

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Statistics Histogram After enabling statistics on a selected measurement, you can also activate a statistical histogram. The histogram appears at the bottom of the statistics area. This enables users to quickly view the probability distribution of the measured parameters.

  • Page 221: Simple Measurements

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual C. Count of statistics D. Current value E. The bin that includes the maximum value and the probability of a value falling into it F. Close the enlarged histogram Simple Measurements Enabling Simple Measurement displays all selected measurement parameters of the specified channel at the same time.
  • Page 222 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Turn on the Gate, then two horizontal cursors A and B will appear in the grid area. The gate setting dialog box will be displayed on the right. Gate cursors A and B are used to define the range of time for parameter measurements.

  • Page 223: Amplitude Strategy

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Amplitude Strategy According to different types of input signals, users can choose the corresponding amplitude calculation strategy which can measure top and bottom values with more accuracy. Touch Config＞Amplitude Strategy in the measure dialog box to recall the amplitude strategy dialog box: A.

  • Page 224: Threshold

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Threshold Measurement thresholds can be defined by the user. This is more flexible than fixed thresholds. For example, for pulse-width measurement, the threshold can be specified rather than fixed at 50%. For rise time, the lower / upper thresholds can be specified rather than fixed at 10% / 90%.
  • Page 225 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Threshold Type Percent: Set according to the percentage of the waveform. The setting range of lower value and upper value is 1% ~ 99%, and the low value shall not be greater than the middle value and high value Absolute: Set according to the vertical range.

  • Page 226: Math

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 20 Math Overview The SDS6000A supports 4 math traces and multiple operators. Arithmetic operators: Addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (x), division (/), average, eres, identity, negation, maxhold, minhold; Algebra operators: differential (d/dt), integral (∫dt), square root (√), absolute (|y|), sign, exp, ln, interpolate; and FFT, as well as a formula editor.
  • Page 227 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Select the math trace, F1-F4 B. Turn on or off the math operation C. Select the function. Touch the area to recall the function setting page, and select the source and operator D. Set the vertical scale of the math operation E.

  • Page 228: Arithmetic

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual ∫dt VS (Volt*second) or AS (A*second) √ ∧ ∧ 0.5 or A V, A Sign V, A Exp or Exp10 V, A Ln or lg V, A intrp V, A Arithmetic The SDS6000A supports Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Average, ERES, Identity, Negation, Max-hold, and Min-hold.

  • Page 229: Identity / Negation

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 20.2.2 Identity / Negation The values of Source A are computed point-by-point when identity or negation operation is chosen in any analog channel. The following figure shows an example of F1 = -C1: 2 2 7 i n t .

  • Page 230: Average / Eres

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 20.2.3 Average / ERES Average / ERES can be set in acquisition mode and arithmetic function as well, but with different compute methods. Average and ERES in acquisition mode is compute by hardware with a higher speed and sampling rate than computed by software in the arithmetic mode.

  • Page 231: Differential

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 20.3.1 Differential The differential (d/dt) operator is used to calculate the derivative of the selected source. It is always used to measure the instantaneous slope of the waveform, such as the slew rate of an operational amplifier. The differential equation is: Where: d = Differential result...

  • Page 232: Square Root

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual "ramp" up or down, as shown below: Integral without Offset Integral with Offset In addition, the integral operation can be performed within a specified gate. Touch Gate area in the math dialog box, and enable Gate function, then set Gate A and Gate B to define the gate.

  • Page 233: Absolute

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual is displayed as zero. 20.3.4 Absolute Absolute（|x|）calculates the absolute value of the selected trace. 20.3.5 Sign In mathematics, the sign function or signum function (from signum, Latin for "sign") is an odd mathematical function that extracts the sign of a real number. 2 3 1 i n t .

  • Page 234: Exp/Exp10

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual The sign function of a real number x is defined as follows: Sign(x) = -1 if x < 0, if x = 0, if x > 0. 20.3.6 Exp/Exp10 �� The exponential operation includes the exponential operation �� based on ��...

  • Page 235: Ln/Lg

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 20.3.7 Ln/Lg Logarithmic operation includes logarithm base e (ln) and logarithm base 10 (lg). In logarithmic operation, if the waveform value is negative (the waveform is below the ground level), the result is displayed as zero. ��...

  • Page 236: Interpolate

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 20.3.8 Interpolate Between the adjacent sampling points, the waveform is interpolated according to the selected interpolation method and interpolation coefficient. Touch Acquire＞Interpolation to set the interpolation method, and the interpolation coefficient can be set to 2, 5, 10, or 20. coefficient = 2 coefficient = 20 2 3 4...

  • Page 237: Frequency Analysis

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Frequency Analysis The result of FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) calculations is the frequency spectrum of the source signal. The horizontal axis of the FFT display is labeled using frequency (Hz) units instead of time (seconds). In addition, the vertical axis provides the option of logarithmic scaling (dBVrms/dBArms or dBm).
  • Page 238 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  FFT sample rate (Sa): FFT operation results present the first Nyquist zone (DC ~ Sa/2) of the frequency spectrum. Be aware that the FFT sample rate may be inconsistent with the sample rate in the time domain. Assuming the max points is set to 2 Mpts: ...
  • Page 239 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Select Operation as FFT in the math dialog box and touch Config to recall the configuration dialog box: A. Set the maximum points (2 , n = 10 ~ 23) B. Set the window type (Rectangle, Blackman, Hanning, Hamming, and Flattop) C.
  • Page 240 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual suitable to use a Rectangle window with the best frequency resolution. For the case where the accuracy of amplitude measurement is critical, it is recommended to select the Flattop window with the best amplitude resolution. Window Characteristics Main...
  • Page 241 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Full Screen: Time-domain waveform and frequency-domain waveform are displayed together.  Exclusive: Only the frequency-domain waveform is displayed. Split Mode, Zoom off Split Mode, Zoom on Full-Screen Mode Exclusive Mode FFT Mode  Normal: Displays the FFT result of each frame directly.
  • Page 242 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual to restart the average counter. Touch Vertical or Horizontal in the math dialog box to recall the FFT vertical or horizontal settings dialog box: A. Set the vertical scale and reference level B. Set the unit (dBVrms, Vrms, and dBm). When the unit is dBm, the oscilloscope will automatically calculate the dBm value based on the Ext Load value set in...
  • Page 243 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Vrms respectively using either logarithmic or linear scaling. dBVrms is recommended to show larger dynamic ranges. dBm is a power unit, the correct result can be obtained only if the value of Ext Load is set to be consistent with the load impedance of the actual measured signal.
  • Page 244 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual The relationship between Center, Span, Start, and End is: Center = (Start + End)/2 Span = End – Start FFT Tools The SDS6000A provides two tools for the FFT waveform: Peaks and Markers. The peaks tool can automatically search the qualified peak points and mark them on the FFT waveform.
  • Page 245 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual When FFT tool is selected as peaks, the dialog box is as follows: A. Turn on or off the table. Turn on the table, the peaks searched with the limit of Search Threshold and Search Excursion will be displayed in table B.
  • Page 246 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual When FFT tool is selected as markers, the dialog box is as follows: A. Control markers. Touch to control the display and position of each marker B. Marker on peaks. It will automatically mark the peak that meets the conditions of Search Threshold and Search Excursion C.
  • Page 247 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual The following is the peaks of the FFT waveform: Measure the FFT waveform Press the Cursors button on the front panel to turn on the cursor function, and then specifying the source as "Math". X1 and X2 cursors can be used to measure the frequency value at the cursor position.

  • Page 248: Formula Editor

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Formula Editor Touch Formula Editor in the operation setting page to recall the editor: A. Formula display text box B. Text box operation area, which can clear and modify the entered formula C. Special operators D.
  • Page 249 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 2 4 7 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 250: Reference

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 21 Reference Data from analog channels or math can be saved to the reference locations (REFA/REFB/REFC/REFD) in the built-in nonvolatile memory. The saved reference waveform can be recalled to be compared with the current waveform. A.
  • Page 251 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Select the location of the reference (REFA/REFB/REFC/REFD) B. Select the source (C1~C4 and MATH) C. Enable/disable Display of the reference waveform D. Set the label text of the reference trace. E. Save the specified waveform in/to the specified location in Adjust the Reference Waveform Set the vertical position of the reference waveform by the offset knob on the...

  • Page 252: Search

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 22 Search The SDS6000A can search for the specified events in a frame. The location of the events is displayed with white triangle indicators. In YT mode or Roll mode with the acquisition stopped, up to 1250 events are supported. In Roll mode with the acquisition running, the number of search events is unlimited.
  • Page 253 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Press the Search button on the front panel or touch the menu Analysis>Search to recall the search dialog box and turn on it. Setup Menu Select and set the search type in the Setup Menu. The SDS6000A provides five search conditions: Edge, Slope, Pulse, Interval, and Runt.
  • Page 254 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Slope Slope: Rising, Falling Limit Range setting is available Pulse Polarity: Positive, Negative Limit Range setting is available Interval Slope: Rising, Falling Limit Range setting is available Runt Polarity: Positive, Negative Limit Range setting is available Search setup is similar to the corresponding trigger type.

  • Page 255: Navigate

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 23 Navigate Press the Navigate button on the front panel or touch the menu Analysis>Navigate to recall the navigate dialog box. The SDS6000A provides three navigate types: Search Event, Time, and History Frame. Navigate by Time The oscilloscope automatically adjusts the trigger delay according to the direction set by the user.
  • Page 256 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Navigate by Search Event When the Search function is turned on and the acquisition is stopped, Navigate is usable to find search events (see the chapter "Search" for search function). Touch Type in the navigate dialog box to select the navigate type as “Search Event”.
  • Page 257 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 2 5 5 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...
  • Page 258 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Navigate by History Frame When the history function is turned on, Navigate can be used to play history frames (see the chapter "History" for details of the history function). Touch Type in the navigate dialog box to select the navigate type as “History Frame”.
  • Page 259 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual and Navigate: The input signal is a 5 V periodic square wave, in which every 200 ms there is a dwarf pulse with a height of 1/3 of the normal amplitude: First, set the trigger type to Runt to trigger on the dwarf pulse. See the section “Runt Trigger”...
  • Page 260 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Set the horizontal scale to 100 ms/div, then 5 markers with ~200 ms interval are shown on the display, indicating that a total of 5 dwarf pulses were found in the full screen of 1 second time range: Turn on the Zoom function to observe the full view of the frame and the detail of the third dwarf pulse at the same time: 2 5 8...
  • Page 261 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Press the Run/Stop button on the front panel to stop the acquisition, and then follow the steps Navigate>Type to select “Search Event”. The following figure shows the first dwarf pulse. In this example, the list is enabled and time labels of each event are shown in the list.

  • Page 262: Mask Test

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 24 Mask Test Overview Users can create masks and define the rule used to evaluate Pass/Fail operations. An event violating the rule is defined as a failure and a pulse can be generated from the "Aux Out" port on the back panel. This is very useful to find and quantify anomalies in production tests or similar batch measurements.
  • Page 263 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Perform Analysis> Mask Test to open the Mask Test dialog box: A. Turn on/off the test B. Select the source（C1~C4） C. Select the rule（All In, All Out, Any In and Any Out） D. Set the mask E.

  • Page 264: Mask Setup

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Mask Setup Touch Mask Setup in the Mask Test dialog box to set the mask. There are two methods to create a mask, one is by setting horizontal and vertical values, and the other is by drawing a polygon mask. A.
  • Page 265 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Set the spacing of the mask to the trace in horizontal, with the unit of division B. Set the spacing of the mask to the trace in vertical, with the unit of division C.

  • Page 266: Mask Editor

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 24.2.2 Mask Editor The Mask Editor is a built-in tool that provides an approach to create custom masks. Below is its layout: A. Menu bar B. Coordinate of the latest touched point on the display C.
  • Page 267 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual There are 2 menus on the menu bar. The File menu includes ordinary file operations such as:  New: Create a new mask file  Open: Open an existed mask file  Save: Save the current mask file ...

  • Page 268: Pass/Fail Rule

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual dragging gesture or by entering the desired value in coordinate edit area. For a side, the value is for its middle point. For a polygon, the ordinate is for its geometric center. Select a vertex (point) Select a side (line segment) Select a polygon Pass/Fail Rule...

  • Page 269: Operation

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Operation Touch Operation to start/stop the test. Stopping a test in progress and restart the test will clear the count of the passed frames, failed frames, total frames, and the fail rate. Pressing the Clear Sweeps button on the front panel can also clear the count information.

  • Page 270: Dvm

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 25 DVM Overview The DVM (Digital Voltage Meter) function can be used to measure parameters such as DC and AC amplitudes. The SDS6000A measures the specified parameter of the input signal and can display it in various formats, including: Bar, Histogram, and Trend.

  • Page 271: Mode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch the menu Analysis>DVM to open the DVM dialog box: A. Turn on or off the DVM B. Select the source (C1~C4) C. Select the Mode: DC Mean, DC RMS, AC RMS, Peak-Peak, and Amplitude D.

  • Page 272: Diagrams

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  DC Mean: Average of the data  DC RMS: Root mean square of the data at DC coupling  AC RMS: Root mean square of the data at AC coupling  Peak-Peak: Difference between maximum and minimum data value ...
  • Page 273 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual the DVM dialog box to display it. A. Mode B. Current value C. Bar corresponding to the current value Histogram Histogram visually indicates the probability distribution of the measured values. Touch histogram in the DVM dialog box to display it. A.
  • Page 274 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual B. Histogram display area C. Current value D. The bin including the maximum value and probability with which values falling into it E. Statistics counts F. Reset statistics Trend The trend diagram indicates the trend of the measured values over time. Touch trend in the DVM dialog box to display it.
  • Page 275 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual G. Average value H. Reset statistics Press the Clear Sweeps button on the front panel to restart counting and statistics. Touch the symbol in the histogram and trend display areas to restart statistics. When all the 3 diagrams are closed, there is a simple information bar on the top-left of the waveform display area to show the current value of the DVM: 2 7 3 i n t .

  • Page 276: Counter

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 26 Counter Overview The counter is used to measure the frequency and period of a signal or count the events happening within it. The counter is asynchronous to the acquisition system of the oscilloscope. It can work well even if the acquisition of the oscilloscope is stopped (indicated by a red-colored Run/Stop button) Touch the menu Analysis>Counter to open counter dialog box: A.

  • Page 277: Mode

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Statistics When statistics are enabled, the counter will increment the data and display the statistics results on the screen. Value – The latest count Mean – The average of all historical counts Min – The minimum of all historical counts Max –...
  • Page 278 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Frequency: Average frequency over a period of time  Period: The reciprocal of the average frequency over a period of time  Totalizer: Cumulative count When the mode is set to totalizer, the edge of the counting source needs to be set.
  • Page 279 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Turn on or off the gate B. Select the gate type: Level or After Edge C. Gate source display area. C1 and C2 are gate sources of each other, C3 and C4 are gate sources of each other D.

  • Page 280: Histogram

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 27 Histogram Overview The SDS6000A supports waveform histograms for observing probability distributions of the waveform in the specified region. The statistics can be performed in both horizontal and vertical directions. The histogram continues to update as long as acquisition is active.
  • Page 281 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual oscilloscope counts waveform data falling into every horizontal (time) bin defined by the histogram region and shows the histogram at the bottom of the waveform area.  Vertical – Displays histogram in the vertical direction. The oscilloscope counts waveform data falling into every vertical (amplitude) bin defined by the histogram region and shows the histogram at the left of the waveform area.
  • Page 282 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Sum – Total samples falling in the histogram region Peak – Samples in highest bin Max – Maximum value of the samples Min – Minimum value of the samples Pk-Pk – Maximum - Minimum Mean –...

  • Page 283: Region Setting

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual dialog box to clear and restart the statistics. Region Setting Histogram region can be created and moved directly by gesture or by setting Histogram> Region Setting in the dialog box. The border color of the histogram region is consistent with the color of the specified source.
  • Page 284 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual After the region is created, it can be moved by dragging gesture. Dialog Box Touch Histogram> Region Setting to recall the dialog box. A. Set the left border of the histogram region B. Set the right border of the histogram region C.

  • Page 285: Power Analysis

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 28 Power Analysis Overview The SDS6000A supports a power analysis function. Power analysis can help users quickly and easily analyze and debug switching power supply design. It automatically calculates Power Quality, Current Harmonics, Inrush Current, Switching Loss, Slew Rate, Modulation, Turn On/Turn Off, Transient Response, PSRR, Power Efficiency, Output Ripple, etc.

  • Page 286: Power Quality

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Power Quality The specific measurement parameters of power quality analysis include active power, apparent power, reactive power, power factor, power phase angle, voltage effective value, current effective value, voltage crest factor, and current crest factor of power input of a switching power supply. Type Power—...
  • Page 287 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Current Crest -- Current parameters of the power input include current crest, current effective value, and current crest factor. ��−1 ∗ √ ∑ ���� Irms = ��=0 �� I_Crest = Ipeak / Irms Signal Settings Touch Signal to recall signal settings dialog box: A.

  • Page 288: Current Harmonics

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Current Harmonics Current harmonics are used to analyze the input current harmonics. An FFT of the selected channel is performed to get the harmonic components. The signal settings and connection guide are the same as the power quality test. Configuration Touch Config to recall configuration dialog box: A.
  • Page 289 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual IEC 61000-3-2 is an international standard that limits mains voltage distortion by prescribing the maximum value for harmonic currents from the second harmonic up to and including the 40th harmonic current. There are 4 different classes in the EN 61000-3-2 that have different limit values: ...

  • Page 290: Inrush Current

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual √X +⋯+X �� ， where X Total Harmonic Distortion（THD）=100% ∗ is the nth harmonic, and X is the basic component. Inrush Current A large current far greater than the stable current may flow through at the moment of switching on a power supply.

  • Page 291: Switching Loss

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch Signal to recall signal settings dialog box: A. Set the input voltage source B. Set the input current source C. Set the expected current value, the range is 100 mA ~ 500 A. The oscilloscope will set the trigger level to expected current/20 and the vertical scale of the current channel to expected current/3.
  • Page 292 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual To correct the skew between the oscilloscope channels or probes, the deskew procedure should be performed once initially, and re-run when any part of the hardware setup changes (for example, a different probe, different oscilloscope channel, etc.) or when the ambient temperature changes.
  • Page 293 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual C. Connect the voltage and current probes to the oscilloscope input channel D. Touch Signal to enter the signal setting menu. Select the corresponding input channel, and then touch Auto Deskew to perform the calibration. When the process completes, a message will pop up indicating whether the deskew operation was successful or not.
  • Page 294 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch Config to recall configuration dialog box: A. Set the voltage reference, i.e. the switch level at the edge of the input switch. This value is a percentage of the maximum switching voltage. Adjusting the value to ignore background noise.

  • Page 295: Slew Rate

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual reference (adjustable)), the power calculation formula is P = I * Rds (on). In the off area (where the current level is lower than the current reference (adjustable)), the power calculation formula is P = 0 watt. Vce (sat) -- In the on area (where the voltage level is lower than the voltage reference (adjustable)), the power calculation formula is P = Vce (sat) * I.

  • Page 296: Modulation

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Connection Guide Touch Signal>Connection Guide to recall the connection guide of slew rate, as shown in the figure below. Please follow the instructions in this figure for connection. Touch the icon on the top right of the guide to close. Modulation Modulation analysis measures the control pulse signal of the switching device (MOSFET) and observes the pulse width, duty, period, frequency, and other...

  • Page 297: Output Ripple

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Output Ripple Power supply ripple is an important parameter to evaluate DC power supply, which represents the quality of output DC voltage. Ripple analysis can measure the current value, average value, minimum value, maximum value, standard deviation, and count of the power supply output ripple.
  • Page 298 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Set the input voltage source B. Set the output voltage source C. Set the input type (AC or DC) D. Set the duration, the range is 5 ns ~ 20 s. The oscilloscope will set the timebase according to the value (duration / 10) E.

  • Page 299: Transient Response

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual of its maximum amplitude Turn Off -- Determines the time it has taken for the power supply to be turned off to fall to a certain percentage of its maximum output voltage. The turning off time is between T2 and T1, where: T1 = When the input voltage finally falls to a certain percentage (usually 10%) of its maximum amplitude...
  • Page 300 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual last time that the output voltage enters the stable band. Signal Settings Touch Signal to recall signal settings dialog box: A. Set the output voltage source B. Set the output current source C. Set the duration. The oscilloscope will set the appropriate time base according to the duration D.

  • Page 301: Psrr

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Set the input low current value. This is the expected low current value before or after the load change B. Set the input high current value. This is the expected high current value before or after the load change C.
  • Page 302 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual oscilloscope controls the arbitrary waveform/function generator to output a sweep signal, which is used to introduce ripple into the DC voltage transmitted to the voltage regulator. Measure the AC RMS ratio of input to output, and plot the relationship between the ratio and frequency.

  • Page 303: Power Efficiency

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Power Efficiency Power efficiency analysis can test the overall efficiency of the power supply by measuring the output power and input power. This analysis is only supported on 4-channel models because all of the input voltage, input current, output voltage, and output current are necessary for the measurement.

  • Page 304: Bode Plot

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 29 Bode Plot Overview The SDS6000A supports an automatic Bode plot function. This function provides a frequency response curve of the device-under-test as well as the interface for output sweep parameter control and data display settings. At this time, either the SIGLENT SAG1021I arbitrary waveform generator or one of a SIGLENT SDG series arbitrary function generators are supported.

  • Page 305: Configuration

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Turn on/off the Bode plot B. Configure the Bode plot (DUT, AWG connection, sweep parameters) C. Turn on/off the operation D. Set display parameters, including coordinate axis, trace visibility, and cursors E. Data list. Open the data list of the Bode plot to view the curve data, or save the data results to a U-disk or recall it from a U-disk F.

  • Page 306: Sweep

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual amplitude; when it is set to Hold, it will always keep the vertical scale before the test operation C. Arbitrary waveform generator connection settings. Touch Interface to select the connection type. When selecting LAN, it needs to Set IP and Save it.
  • Page 307 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual corresponding start frequency and stop frequency need to be set D. Set the number of sweep points. The larger the number of points, the higher the sweep resolution E. Set the amplitude of sweep signal F.

  • Page 308: Display

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Touch Nodes to set the signal node number through the universal knob, or touch ▲ to increase the nodes and ▼ to decrease. Touch the cell in the table area to set the frequency and amplitude of the corresponding node.
  • Page 309 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Set the scale of the amplitude coordinate axis B. Set the reference level, the max value of the amplitude coordinate axis C. Set the amplitude mode. Set to Vout to display the amplitude value of the output signal; set to Vout/Vin to display the amplitude ratio of the output signal to the input signal D.
  • Page 310 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Set the scale of the phase coordinate axis B. Set the reference level, the max value of the phase coordinate axis C. Set the phase unit (Degree or Rad) D. Auto-Set. According to the output signal phase curve, the oscilloscope automatically sets the scale and reference level...

  • Page 311: Data Analysis

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Turn on/off the cursors of the Bode plot B. Set the cursors type (X or Y) C. Specify the cursor and set the position (by gestures, universal knob, or virtual keypad) D. Set the source 1 E.
  • Page 312 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual off frequency (UF), lower cut-off frequency (LF), bandwidth (BW), gain margin (GM), phase margin (PM). A. Data list display area B. Cursors C. Data point location line D. Cursor information display area E. Measurement parameters display area F.
  • Page 313 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Turn on/off the data list B. Set the selected row in the list. Adjust the universal knob to set, or directly touch the list display area to select a specific line. C. Set the data source D.
  • Page 314 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual items at most B. Set the measurement source C. Measurement parameter area. Touch each parameter area to activate the measurement parameter. In the figure above, "UF" is activated. D. Clear all measurements E. Clear the current measurement F.

  • Page 315: Eye Diagram

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 30 Eye Diagram Overview An eye diagram is an oscilloscope display in which a high-speed digital signal is repetitively sampled and applied to the vertical input, while the data rate is used to trigger the horizontal sweep. It is so-called because the pattern looks like a series of eyes between a pair of rails.

  • Page 316: Signal Setting

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual E. Eye diagram descriptor box, touch to recall the eye diagram dialog box F. Timebase and Trigger descriptor box Eye Diagram Dialog Box: A. Turn on/off the eye diagram B. Quick view. The oscilloscope will automatically adjust its vertical/horizontal scale and trigger level after the corresponding channel source is set and the quick view option is active...

  • Page 317: Clock Recovery

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. The source can be C1~C4. Press the corresponding channel button on the front panel to quickly switch the source. B. Set the trigger level by manual C. The hysteresis of trigger level has a unit of division in the vertical direction.
  • Page 318 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Set the clock recovery method, Constant Frequency or PLL B. Choose the mode of finding rate between Manual and Automatic. C. Choose the find rate between Every and First. The oscilloscope will perform a clock recovery for each acquisition in the find mode of “Every”...

  • Page 319: Measurement

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Measurement Touch Measure under the eye diagram menu or directly press the measure button on the front panel to open the measurement setting dialog. The measurement under the eye diagram mode is similar to measurements in normal mode.

  • Page 320: Mask Test

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 1-level The high voltage corresponds to 1-level in the diagram. The one level is calculated as the mean value of the top histogram distribution in the middle 20 percent of the eye period 0-level The low voltage corresponds to 0-level in the diagram.

  • Page 321: Other Operation

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Other Operation Some operations are supported under both the eye diagram analysis and normal mode. Part of the compatible operations are listed in the following table. For details of their operations, please refer to their respective sections. Table 30.1 Operations that be supported under the eye diagram Operation Note...

  • Page 322: Jitter Analysis

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 31 Jitter Analysis Overview Jitter — The time deviation from the ideal timing of a data-bit event — is one of the most important topics in high-speed digital data signals. The Jitter analysis application featured in the SIGLENT SDS6000A series oscilloscopes can measure kinds of jitter features.

  • Page 323: Signal Configuration

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual D. Measurement parameter display area E. Clock or data rate information area F. Timebase and Trigger descriptor box Jitter Analysis Dialog Box A. Turn on/off the Jitter Analysis B. Set the display mode, including Waveform and Eye diagram C.

  • Page 324: Clock Recovery

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual to Eye Diagram. Refer to the “Signal Setting” for details. The type of measured signal can be pre-set to be data or clock in the jitter analysis, then the oscilloscope will execute corresponding optimization processing for the signal type, which is different from Eye Diagram.
  • Page 325 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual The benefits of jitter decomposition： 1. Jitter performance plays a crucial role in the bit error rate of a high- speed digital communication system. Through a limited sample, the jitter measurement value can be used to estimate the TJ at any bit error rate if the RJ estimation is correct.

  • Page 326: Jitter Measure

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual add the jitter components interested, including measurement values, histogram, track, and spectrogram. Jitter Measure Touch the Jitter Measure in the Jitter analysis menu to recall the jitter measurement settings. The operation method of adding jitter measurement parameters is the same as that of the measure closed jitter function.
  • Page 327 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual +Width@C2C Difference between the positive pulse width of two continuous cycles, only for clock data. -Width@C2C Difference between the negative pulse width of two continuous cycles, only for clock data. +Duty@C2C Difference between the positive duty cycle of two adjacent cycles, only for clock data.

  • Page 328: Other Operation

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Part of the measurements can be displayed in frequency domains. Click the Spectrum in the dialog of jitter measure to enter the frequency domain setting. The vertical and horizontal parameters can be adjusted for better observation. Other Operation Some operations are supported under both the jitter analysis and normal mode.
  • Page 329 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual at full scale of the oscilloscope by adjusting the vertical scale. 3 2 7 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 330: Display

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 32 Display Display settings include display type of waveform, color, persistence, grid type, trace brightness, graticule brightness, etc. Press the Display/Persist button, or touch the menu Display>Menu to recall the display dialog box. A. Switch the waveform display type to Vectors (line display) or Dots B.
  • Page 331 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual J. Set the graticule brightness (0~100%) K. Set the LED brightness (10~100%) L. Customize the colors of waveforms M. Display the axis labels Display Type There is no difference between the vector and dot display types when the number of samples of a frame is greater than 1000.
  • Page 332 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Vector Display Dot Display Note: In the Run state, due to the high waveform update rate of the oscilloscope, the waveform displayed is the superposition of multiple frames. Therefore, what is seen using the dots display is not the discrete sampling points, but the display effect similar to equivalent sampling.
  • Page 333 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Color Grade Color grade uses color temperature to map the probability of the waveforms. The greater the probability that the waveform appears in a pixel, the warmer the color of the pixel. The smaller probability, the colder the color temperature of that pixel.
  • Page 334 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual function, in some cases anomalies in the waveform can be found in a short time without complex trigger settings to improve test efficiency. Below is an example to display glitches in a data sequence with infinite persistence. When the display dialog box and persist are off, double-pressing the Display/Persist button on the front panel can quickly turn on persist.
  • Page 335 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual  Full Grid: Display 8*10 grid  Light Grid: Display 2*2 grid  No Grid: Display without grid Full Grid Light Grid 3 3 3 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...
  • Page 336 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual No Grid Color Setting The color setting supports user-defined trace colors. Touch the color rectangle box to set in the pop-up palette page. Touch Default area to restore the default color for all channels. 3 3 4 i n t .
  • Page 337 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Select a color directly on the palette and preview its hue, saturation, light, and RGB values or directly modify the color parameters to customize the color. After the change, touch OK to confirm. 3 3 5 i n t .

  • Page 338: Arbitrary Waveform Generator

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 33 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Overview The SDS6000A supports arbitrary waveform/function generation by incorporating an external USB Arbitrary Waveform Generator accessory combined with the software activation using option SDS6000Pro-FG. The AWG functions include:  6 basic waveforms: Sine, Square, Ramp, Pulse, Noise, and DC ...
  • Page 339 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Connect the SAG1021I to any USB host port of SDS6000A using a standard USB cable. Users can edit and import arbitrary waveforms using the SIGLENT EasyWave software or import edited waveforms through a U-disk. SDS6000Pro-FG Option For the installation of the SDS6000Pro-FG option, please refer to the section "Install Option".

  • Page 340: Output

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Turn on/off the output of AWG B. Select the waveform type (Sine, Square, Ramp, Pulse, Noise, DC and Arb) C. Set the frequency D. Set the amplitude E. Set the offset F. Other AWG settings: Output load, overvoltage protection and so on.
  • Page 341 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual and DC. The following table shows all waveform types and corresponding parameters. Wave Type Parameters Sine Frequency, Amplitude, Offset Square Frequency, Amplitude, Offset, Duty Ramp Frequency, Amplitude, Offset, Symmetry Pulse Frequency, Amplitude, Offset, Duty Offset Noise Stdev, Mean...

  • Page 342: Other Setting

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Built-in waveforms are stored in Common, Math, Engine, Window, and Trigo. Stored waveforms are located in the Stored menu. Users can edit arbitrary waveforms using SIGLENT EasyWave PC software, and send the stored waveforms to the instrument through the remote interface, or import the stored waveforms through a U disk.
  • Page 343 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual When OVP is enabled, the output will be turned off automatically once the protection condition is met. The protection condition is when the absolute value on the output port is higher than 4 V ± 0.5 V. At the same time, a warning message is displayed.

  • Page 344: System

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 2. Set the vertical scale of CH2 to a small scale such as 1 mV/div. Turn on measure and set the parameter to Mean of CH2. 3. Press Manual and rotate the universal knob to adjust the compensation value, until the mean value of CH2 is within ±...
  • Page 345 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 1. Copy the upgrade file (*.ADS) to the U disk. 2. Insert the U disk to one of the USB host ports of the oscilloscope. 3. Touch Browse… to select the path of the upgrade file. See the chapter "Save/Recall"...

  • Page 346: Save/Recall

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 34 Save/Recall The SDS6000A supports saving setups, reference waveforms, screenshots, and waveform data files to internal storage, external USB storage devices (e.g. U disk), or network storage. Saved setups and reference waveforms can be recalled as needed. For details of network storage, refer to the section “Network Storage”.
  • Page 347 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Saves the screenshot in *.jpg format. Saves the screenshot in *.png format. Binary Data Saves the waveform data in binary (*.bin) format. CSV Data Saves the waveform data in ".csv" format. After selecting this type, you can touch the ParaSwitch to determine to include the scope configuration parameter information (horizontal timebase, vertical scale, etc.) or not.
  • Page 348 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Default Type is set to “Factory”, the factory default setting will be recalled by pressing the Default button on the front panel; When the Default Type is set to “Current”, the last setting saved by the “To Default Key” operation will be recalled by pressing the Default button on the front panel.

  • Page 349: File Manager

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual File Manager The SDS6000A's file manager has a similar style and operation with the Windows© operating systems. A. Address bar B. Navigation panel C. File list D. Toolbar E. File type F. Close the file manager Table 34.1 Description of icons in the file manager Icon Description...

  • Page 350: Save And Recall Instances

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Forward Up level Root directory Save Save as Recall New directory New file Copy Paste Rename Delete Save and Recall Instances Save the screenshot to the path “Udisk0\sds6a\” in the format of BMP First, Insert the U disk. 3 4 8 i n t .
  • Page 351 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Secondly, set the parameters of the Save operation:  Select Mode as "Save"  Select Type as "BMP"  Select the Image Style. "Normal" saves images with the same color of the display; "Inverted" saves images with white background color for ink-saving print ...
  • Page 352 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual In step 4, if Save is selected instead of Save As, the system saves the file as the default file name SDS6xx4A_BMP_n.bmp, where n is an integer incrementing from 1. The default save path is \SIGLENT\. Note: Pressing the Print button on the front panel quickly saves a screenshot to the path where the last screenshot is saved.
  • Page 353 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Second, set the parameters of the Recall operation:  Select Mode as "Recall"  Select Type as "Setup"  Touch File Manager to open the file manager Third, select the “\Udisk0\sds6a\” directory in the file manager, and then select the setup file "SDS6054A_Setup_1.xml"...

  • Page 354: Utility

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 35 Utility System Information Operate Utility > System Info to check the system status. System information includes the contents shown below. System Setting 35.2.1 Language The SDS6000A supports multiple languages, including: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, French, Japanese, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, and so on.

  • Page 355: Screen Saver

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Operate Utility>System Setting>Language, and select the language in the list. 35.2.2 Screen Saver The screen saver will be activated if the oscilloscope has not been operated for a period. At this time the backlight of the display is cut off to save power consumption.

  • Page 356: Date/Time

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 35.2.5 Date/Time The SDS6000A has an RTC clock, which helps to record absolute time information for screenshots, history frames, and so on. Operate Utility>System Setting> Date/Time to open the Date/Time dialog box: Touch the text box of Hour, Minute, Second, Day, Month, and Year to edit these fields.
  • Page 357 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual direction when the vertical (or horizontal) scale is changed. Horizontal Ref  Fixed Delay: When the time base is changed, the horizontal delay value remains fixed. As the horizontal timebase scale is changed, the waveform expands/contracts around the center of the display ...
  • Page 358 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Timebase = 10 ns/div, Horizontal Delay = -20 ns = - 2 div Fixed position, timebase is changed to 5 ns/div, the grid number of delay (-2div) remains fixed, while the horizontal delay changes to -10 ns 3 5 6 i n t .
  • Page 359 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Fixed delay, timebase is changed to 5 ns/div, the horizontal delay value remains fixed, while the grid number of delay changes to -4div 3 5 7 i n t . s i g l e n t . c o m...

  • Page 360: I/O Setting

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual I/O Setting 35.3.1 LAN Operate the following steps to set the LAN port: Perform Utility>I/O>LAN Config to open the LAN Config dialog box. A. Check Automatic (DHCP) to enable dynamic IP. In this case, the oscilloscope must be connected to the local area network with a DHCP server.

  • Page 361: Web Server

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual A. Input the network storage directory in the text box. Check “Remember” to remember it B. Check“Anonymous”to access the network directory in guest mode (Username: Guest, no password). This needs the server to permit anonymous access.

  • Page 362: Emulation

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Perform Utility>I/O>Web Server to set the password to control the instrument. The password length is limited to 20 bytes. 35.3.4 Emulation When the “Emulation” option is set to “Tektronix”, the SCPI command set of the instrument is changed to be compatible with Tek.
  • Page 363 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual B. Select the option to install. C. The option key input area, touch or click the text box and enter the key by the virtual keyboard. D. Clear the characters in the key input area. E.

  • Page 364: Maintenance

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Maintenance 35.5.1 Upgrade The firmware is upgradeable through external USB memory devices/U disk. Make sure the U disk contains the correct upgrade file (*.ads) is connected to the oscilloscope before performing the upgrade. Operate Utility>Maintenance>Upgrade to recall the upgrade dialog box: Click Browse to open the file manager, select the correct upgrade file and touch the Recall icon 3 6 2...
  • Page 365 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Click Upgrade in the upgrade dialog box to start the upgrade. The oscilloscope first copies the upgrade file (*.ads) to the local memory and parses it. If the parse succeeds, it will show the following dialog. Users can choose Cancel to cancel the upgrade or Reboot to restart the oscilloscope immediately and continue the upgrade.

  • Page 366: Self-Test

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual After the reboot, check if the version number is in "System InformationSystem ". Warning: Do not turn off the power during upgrading. Otherwise, the oscilloscope may not boot up! 35.5.2 Self-Test The Self-tests include screen, keyboard, and LED tests. It is used to check whether the oscilloscope has any electrical or mechanical problems on the user interface such as color distortion, the sensitivity of buttons and knobs.
  • Page 367 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Press the "Single" button to switch to red and green display mode. Observe whether there is any color distortion, bad pixel, or scratches on the screen. Press the "Run/Stop" button to exit the screen test mode. Keyboard Test The keyboard test is used to check whether the oscilloscope front panel buttons or knobs are responsive or sensitive.
  • Page 368 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Knob test: Turn each knob clockwise, counter-clockwise, and press down. Observe whether the value on the corresponding knob (default 0) on the screen increases or decreases in real-time and whether the knob lights up when it is pressed.
  • Page 369 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Press the "Single" button and the first LED on the front panel will light. The corresponding position of the key on the screen will also change color. Press the "Single" button to check the next button. Press the "Single" button consecutively until all the backlights are tested.

  • Page 370: Self-Calibration

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 35.5.3 Self-Calibration The self-calibration program can quickly calibrate the oscilloscope to reach the best working state and the most precise measurement. It is recommended to perform a self-calibration if the change of ambient temperature is more than 5 ℃.

  • Page 371: Remote Control

    36 Remote Control The SDS6000A provides a LAN port and a USB Device port which can be used for remote control in multiple ways. Web Browser A built-in web server provides an approach to interact with the oscilloscope by a web browser. It doesn’t require any additional software to be installed on the computer.
  • Page 372 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual C. Click here to recall the instrument control interface Below is the instrument control interface: A. Display and control area of the instrument. The display in this area is a copy from the instrument display. Using the mouse to operate in the area is equivalent to directly operating the touch screen display of the instrument.

  • Page 373: Other Connectivity

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Other Connectivity The SDS6000A also supports remote control of the instrument by sending SCPI commands via NI-VISA, Telnet, or Socket. For more information, refer to the programming guide of this product. 3 7 1 i n t .

  • Page 374: Troubleshooting

    SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 37 Troubleshooting The commonly encountered failures and their solutions are listed below. When you encounter those problems, please solve them using the corresponding steps. If the problem remains, please contact SIGLENT as soon as possible. 1.
  • Page 375 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual 5) Resample the signal. 3. The tested voltage amplitude is greater or lower than the actual value (Note that this problem usually occurs when the probe is used): 1) Check whether the attenuation coefficient of the channel complies with the attenuation ratio of the physical probe.
  • Page 376 SDS6000A Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual Note: Using Auto could automatically finish the above setting. 6. Touch screen does not respond to touch operation: 1) Check whether the Touch button backlight on the front panel is lighted up. If not, the touch screen is not turned on. Press the button to enable the touch screen 2) Restart the instrument.
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