Operating Your Oscilloscope
To make frequency measurements automatically
To make frequency measurements automatically
The automatic measurement capability of the oscilloscope makes frequency
measurements easy, as the following steps demonstrate.
Connect a signal to the oscilloscope and obtain a stable display.
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Press
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Time
A softkey menu appears with six softkey choices.
Toggle the
Source
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measurement.
Press the
softkey.
Freq
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The oscilloscope automatically measures the frequency and displays the
result on the lower line of the display. The number in parentheses after the
word Freq is the number of the channel that the oscilloscope used for the
measurement. The oscilloscope retains in memory and displays the three
most current measurement results. If you make a fourth measurement, the
left-most result is dropped
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softkey to select a channel for the frequency