Tektronix TLS 216 User Manual page 52

Overview
TLS 216 User Manual
This section describes the basic concepts of operating the TLS 216 Logic Scope.
Understanding the basic concepts of your logic scope will help you use it much
more effectively.
The first part, At a Glance, quickly shows you how the logic scope controls are
organized and gives some very general operating instructions. It also contains an
overview of all the main menus. This part includes the titles:
Front Panel Map—Left Side
Front Panel Map—Right Side
Rear Panel Map
Display Map
To Operate a Menu
Menu Map
The second part explains the following concepts:
The triggering system, which establishes conditions for acquiring signals.
Properly set, triggers can convert displays from unstable jumbles or blank
screens into meaningful waveforms. See Triggering on page 2–13.
The acquisition system, which converts analog data into digital form. See
Acquisition on page 2–19.
The waveform scaling and positioning system, which changes the dimen-
sions of the waveform display. Scaling waveforms involves increasing or
decreasing their displayed size. Positioning means moving them up, down,
right, or left on the display. See Scaling and Positioning Waveforms on
page 2–23.
The measurement system, which provides numeric information on the
displayed waveforms. You can use graticule, cursor and automated measure-
ments. See Measurements on page 2–27.
At the end of each topic, To Find More Information points you to sources where
more information can be found.
To explore these topics in more depth and to read about topics not covered in this
section, see Reference. Page 3–1 lists the topics covered.
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