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20 Mpts standard, options for 50 Mpts and 100 Mpts Analog Channels Logic Channels MSO The Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series oscilloscopes deliver these features: • An MSO lets you debug your mixed-signal designs using analog signals and tightly correlated digital signals simultaneously. The sample rate for 8 digital channels (in D0-D7 or in D8-D15 only) is 1.6 GSa/s and the sample rate for all...
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DC, noise, sine cardinal, exponential rise, exponential fall, cardiac, and gaussian pulse. • USB and LAN ports make saving and sharing data easy. • Online Help information is built into the oscilloscope. For more information about InfiniiVision oscilloscopes, see: www.keysight.com/find/scope Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Chapter Data),” starting on page 261 • When using the oscilloscope's utility 22, “Utility Settings,” starting on page 273 Chapter functions or web interface, see: • 23, “Web Interface,” starting on page 293 Chapter Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Instructions for choosing a series of menu items are abbreviated. For example, instead of saying choose Menu Item, then choose Sub Item, then choose Sub Sub Item, those stages are abbreviated into: Choose Menu Item > Sub Item > Sub Sub Item. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Recall the Default Oscilloscope Setup / 27 Use Autoscale / 28 How Autoscale Works / 28 Compensate Passive Probes / 29 Learn the Front Panel Keys and Knobs / 30 Front Panel Overlays for Different Languages / 34 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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To turn waveforms on or off / 56 To adjust the vertical scale / 57 To adjust the vertical position / 57 To specify channel coupling / 57 To specify channel input impedance / 58 To specify bandwidth limiting / 59 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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To switch multiple digital channels on or off / 109 To reposition a digital channel / 109 To change the logic threshold for digital channels / 110 To display digital channels as a bus / 110 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Forcing a Trigger / 137 Edge Trigger / 137 Pulse Width Trigger / 139 Pattern Trigger / 141 Hex Bus Pattern Trigger / 143 OR Trigger / 144 Rise/Fall Time Trigger / 144 Runt Trigger / 146 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Acquiring to Segmented Memory / 171 Navigating Segments / 173 Measurements, Statistics, and Infinite Persistence with Segmented Memory / 173 Segmented Memory Re-Arm Time / 173 Saving Data from Segmented Memory / 174 Digitizer Mode / 174 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Bit Rate / 199 Rise Time / 199 Fall Time / 200 Time at Edge / 200 Delay / 200 Phase / 201 X at Max Y / 202 X at Min Y / 203 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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To manually modify a mask file / 226 Building a Mask File / 229 Mask Region Limit Per Pixel Column / 232 How is mask testing done? / 232 17 Digital Voltmeter and Counters Digital Voltmeter / 235 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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To recall reference waveform files from a USB storage device / 270 To recall arbitrary waveforms / 271 Recalling Default Setups / 271 Performing a Secure Erase / 272 22 Utility Settings I/O Interface Settings / 273 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Accessing the Web Interface / 294 Control Instrument / 295 Remote Programming via the Web Interface / 295 Remote Programming with Keysight IO Libraries / 296 Remote GUI Access Using VNC / 297 Get Image / 297 Save/Recall / 298...
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Acknowledgements / 316 Product Markings and Regulatory Information / 317 25 CAN Triggering and Protocol Decode CAN/CAN FD Protocol Decode Setup / 319 Loading and Displaying CAN Symbolic Data / 323 CAN/CAN FD Triggering / 324 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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29 UART/RS232/422/485 Triggering and Protocol Decode UART/RS232/422/485 Protocol Decode Setup / 355 UART/RS232/422/485 Triggering / 358 Interpreting UART/RS232/422/485 Decode / 360 Interpreting UART/RS232/422/485 Lister Data / 361 Searching for UART/RS232/422/485 Data in the Lister / 361 Index Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 1 Getting Started Inspect the Package Contents / 19 Learn the Front Panel Inputs and Outputs / 21 Learn the Back Panel Inputs and Outputs / 22 Tilt the Oscilloscope for Easy Viewing / 24...
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Markers Markers Protocol Measure Digital Decode Vertical Probe Comp InfiniiVision HD3-Series oscilloscope N2843A probes Power cord (Qty 2 or 4) (Based on country of origin) See Also • "Probes and Accessories" on page 307 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When you connect a compatible probe to the oscilloscope, the AutoProbe interface determines the type of probe and sets the oscilloscope's parameters (units, offset, attenuation, coupling, and impedance) accordingly. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
There is a third USB host port on the back panel. Learn the Back Panel Inputs and Outputs For the following figure, refer to the numbered descriptions in the table that follows. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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This port is for connecting the oscilloscope to a host PC. You can issue remote commands from a host PC to the oscilloscope via the USB device port. See "Remote Programming with Keysight IO Libraries" page 296. GEN OUT Built-in, license-enabled waveform generator can output arbitrary, sine,...
This is where you can attach a Kensington lock for securing the instrument. hole Tilt the Oscilloscope for Easy Viewing There are tabs under the oscilloscope's front feet that can be flipped out to tilt the oscilloscope. Flip-Out Feet Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
From the menu, choose File > Power Cycle. This is the same as pressing the front To power cycle the oscilloscope panel power button to power down the oscilloscope and then pressing the power button again to start the oscilloscope. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The probe ground lead is connected to the oscilloscope chassis and the ground wire in the power cord. If you need to measure between two live points, use a differential probe with sufficient dynamic range. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
In the Default dialog box (from the menu, choose Control > Default...), there are also options for restoring the complete factory settings (see "Recalling Default Setups" on page 271) or performing a secure erase (see "Performing a Secure Erase" on page 272). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
BNC and to the Probe Comp terminal. How Autoscale Works Autoscale analyzes any waveforms present at each channel and at the external trigger input. This includes the digital channels, if connected. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
If necessary, use a nonmetallic tool (supplied with the probe) to adjust the trimmer capacitor on the probe for the flattest pulse possible. On N2894A probes, the trimmer capacitor is located on the probe BNC connector. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Learn the Front Panel Keys and Knobs On the front panel, key refers to any key (button) you can press. For the following figure, refer to the numbered descriptions in the table that follows. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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To capture and display a single acquisition (whether the oscilloscope is running or stopped), press [Single]. The [Single] key is yellow until the oscilloscope triggers. "Running, Stopping, and Making Single Acquisitions (Run Control)" page 161. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Entry knob, to select values. Often, rotating the Entry knob is enough to make a selection. Sometimes, you can push the Entry knob to enable or disable a selection. Pushing the Entry knob also makes popup menus disappear. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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See Chapter 3, “Vertical Controls,” starting on page 55. Vertical position Use this knob to change the selected channel's vertical position on the display. See knob Chapter 3, “Vertical Controls,” starting on page 55. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Reinstall the front panel knobs. Front panel overlays may be ordered from www.keysight.com/find/parts using the following part numbers: Language 2 Channel Overlay 4 Channel Overlay French 54763-94348 54762-94348 German 54763-94346 54762-94346 Italian 54763-94350 54762-94350 Japanese 54763-94349 54762-94349 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When the [Touch] key is lit, you can control the oscilloscope by touching different areas of the screen. You can: • "Access Features From the Menu" on page 36 • "View and Change Settings With Badges" on page 36 • "Quick-Select Waveforms to Display" on page 37 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Use the upper-left menu to access oscilloscope features and settings. View and Change Settings With Badges These badges appear at the top of the screen: Waveform Horizontal Sample rate and Trigger settings settings memory depth badge settings badges badge (Acquisition settings) badge Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
You can specify the waveform layout in the Quick Selection dialog box or in the Display dialog box (from the menu, choose Setup > Display...). Up to four waveform grids can be stacked (the default), tiled, overlaid, or managed in a custom layout dialog box. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• Vertical scale(s) are shown on the right side of a grid. Dual vertical scales can be shown if there are multiple waveforms in a grid. • The horizontal scale is shown at the bottom of a grid. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Select Edit Favorite to customize the Favorites menu. View Logged Messages Select the Message Log button to view information, caution, and failure messages. Select Draw Box or Drag Waveforms Mode Draw box or Drag waveforms mode: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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"To add an annotation" • Drag waveforms mode — Drag a waveform left or right in the grid to change the horizontal position. Drag a waveform up or down in the grid to change the vertical offset. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Use a USB Mouse and/or Keyboard for Touchscreen Controls Connecting a USB mouse gives you a mouse pointer on the display. Mouse clicks and drags behave the same as screen touches and finger drags. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Use the field above the list to list only those keywords that contain the string. • Search tab — lets you search the online help for topics in which the entered words are found. Enter the words to search for. Then, select List Topics. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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• You can resize the left-side navigation pane by dragging the vertical bar between it and the topic viewer pane left or right. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 2 Horizontal Controls To adjust the horizontal scale (time/div) / 46 To adjust the horizontal delay (position) / 47 Panning and Zooming Single or Stopped Acquisitions / 48 To display the zoomed time base / 48...
"To display the zoomed time base" on page 48. • Use the Main Scale controls in the Horizontal dialog box (that you can open by selecting the Horizontal badge or by choosing Setup > Horizontal... from the main menu). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When acquisitions are running (in the Normal time mode), adjusting the horizontal position changes the amount of pre-trigger and post-trigger data. When stopped, adjusting the horizontal position pans through the last-acquired data. See "Panning and Zooming Single or Stopped Acquisitions" on page 48. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The Zoom window is a magnified portion of the normal time/div window. You can use Zoom to locate and horizontally expand part of the normal window for a more detailed (higher-resolution) analysis of signals. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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To change the time/div of the normal window, turn off Zoom; then, turn the horizontal scale (sweep speed) knob. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When delay time is set to zero, the trigger point indicator (▼) overlays the time reference indicator. The time reference position sets the initial position of the trigger event within acquisition memory and on the display, with delay set to 0. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
149 and "Searching Lister Data" on page 121. Remember that searches use the measurement threshold settings instead of trigger levels. Select Thresholds... to open the Measurement Threshold dialog box. "Measurement Thresholds" on page 207. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
In the Navigate dialog box, select the Time navigation type. Select the navigation buttons to play backward, stop, or play forward in time. You can select the buttons multiple times to speed up the playback. There are three speed levels. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• Select the button to go to the previous page of segments. • Auto — to play through segments in an automated fashion. In the Auto play mode: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Horizontal Controls • Select the navigation buttons to play backward, stop, or play forward in time. You can select the buttons multiple times to speed up the playback. There are three speed levels. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 3 Vertical Controls To turn waveforms on or off / 56 To adjust the vertical scale / 57 To adjust the vertical position / 57 To specify channel coupling / 57 To specify channel input impedance / 58...
• On the touchscreen, you can quickly turn waveforms on or off using the Quick Selection button and dialog box. Also, dialog boxes under the Sources > menu have controls for turning waveforms on or off. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
(see "To choose "expand about" center or ground" on page 279). To specify channel coupling Coupling changes the channel's input coupling to either AC (alternating current) or DC (direct current). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
1M Ohm mode to prevent possible damage. 1M Ohm — is for use with many passive probes and for general-purpose • measurements. The higher impedance minimizes the loading effect of the oscilloscope on the device under test. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• Information about selecting a probe can be found in document number (part number Keysight Oscilloscope Probes and Accessories Selection Guide 5989-6162EN), available at www.keysight.com. To specify bandwidth limiting Each analog input channel has a 40 MHz BW Limit option that lets you disable or enable a bandwidth limit (using a digital filter).
Calibrate Probe softkey appears (and the probe attenuation softkey may change). See "To calibrate a probe" on page 62. See Also • "To specify the channel units" on page 61 • "To specify the probe attenuation" on page 61 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
-20 dB to 80 dB. If Amps is chosen as the units and a manual attenuation factor is chosen, then the units as well as the attenuation factor are displayed in the Channel badge. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
You may need to connect an alligator clip to the ground lug to allow a differential probe to span between the Probe Comp test point and ground. A good ground connection ensures the most accurate probe calibration. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
For External Gain, select either Ratio or Decibels to specify how you want to enter the attenuation factor. Select the attenuation factor field (either Ratio or Decibels), and turn the Entry knob to set the attenuation factor for the connected probe. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 4 FFT Spectral Analysis FFT is used to compute the fast Fourier transform using analog input channels or a lower math function. FFT takes the digitized time record of the specified source and transforms it to the frequency domain. When the FFT function is selected, the FFT spectrum is plotted on the oscilloscope display as magnitude in dBV versus frequency.
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• Y Offset — Adjusts the waveform's vertical offset, moving it up or down on the display. The vertical offset is displayed in the FFT badge at the top of the display. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The FFT resolution is the quotient of the sampling rate and the number of FFT points (f /N). The current FFT Resolution is displayed on screen. • Add Max Function — Adds another math function waveform that is the Max Hold operator on the FFT math function waveform. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Then, the points in each bucket are reduced to a single point according to the selected detection type. The detector types are: None — No detector is used. • Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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FFT resolution of 1.91 Hz. The displayed FFT spectrum waveform shows the components of the input signal above the Nyquist frequency to be mirrored (aliased) on the display and reflected off the right edge. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• "Units for Math Waveforms" on page 78 • For more information on the use of FFTs please refer to Keysight Application Note 243, The Fundamentals of Signal Analysis at http://literature.cdn.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/5952-8898E.pdf. Additional information can be obtained from Chapter 4 of the book Spectrum and Network Measurements by Robert A.
For the best vertical accuracy on peak measurements: • Make sure the probe attenuation is set correctly. The probe attenuation is set from the Channel Menu if the operand is a channel. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
This frequency is half of the sample rate. Frequencies above the Nyquist frequency will be under sampled, which causes aliasing. The Nyquist frequency is also called the folding frequency because aliased frequency components fold back from that frequency when viewing the frequency domain. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
FFT. The FFT Menu provides these windows: Hanning, Flat Top, Rectangular, Blackman-Harris, and Bartlett. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 5 Math Waveforms To display math waveforms / 75 Units for Math Waveforms / 78 Arithmetic Math Functions / 78 Transforms Math Functions / 80 FFT Math Functions / 88 Filters Math Functions / 90...
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FFT operation on the Math 1 function. These are called cascaded math functions. To cascade math functions, select the lower math function using the Source 1 drop-down-list. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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() icon. It also represents the voltage at the vertical center of the display if vertical expansion is set to expand about ground (see "To choose "expand about" center or ground" page 279). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Arithmetic Math Functions Math operators perform arithmetic operations (like add, subtract, or multiply) on analog input channels. • "Add or Subtract" on page 79 • on page 79 "Multiply or Divide" Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The divide by zero case places holes (that is, zero values) in the output waveform. Multiply is useful for seeing power relationships when one of the channels is proportional to the current. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Figure 8 Example of Absolute Value See Also • "Square" on page 88 Ax + B The Ax + B function lets you apply a gain and offset to an existing input source. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The Ax + B function differs from the Magnify math visualization function in that the output is likely different than the input. See Also • "Magnify" on page 93 Base 10 Exponential The Base 10 Exponential (10^x) function performs a transform of the input source. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Because differentiation is very sensitive to noise, it is helpful to set acquisition mode to Averaging (see "Selecting the Acquisition Mode" on page 166). d/dt plots the derivative of the selected source using the "average slope estimate at 4 points" formula. The equation is: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The Exponential (e^x) function performs a transform of the input source. See Also • "Base 10 Exponential" on page 82 Integrate dt (integrate) calculates the integral of the selected source. It shows the accumulated amount of change. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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(or even small oscilloscope calibration errors) can cause the integrate function output to "ramp" up or down. This DC offset correction lets you level the integrate waveform. 0 V level Integrate without DC offset correction Figure 12 Integrate Without Signal Offset Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
78 Natural Logarithm The Natural Logarithm (ln) function performs a transform of the input source. Where the transform is undefined for a particular input, holes (zero values) appear in the function output. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
83 Square Root √ Square root ( ) calculates the square root of the selected source. Where the transform is undefined for a particular input, holes (zero values) appear in the function output. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
FFT (Phase) math function shows the phase relationships of the frequency content. The FFT takes the digitized time record of the specified source and transforms it to the frequency domain. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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• Add Max Function — Adds another math function waveform that is the Max Hold operator on the FFT math function waveform. • Advanced FFT... — Opens the Advanced FFT dialog box where you can select a window, specify vertical units, select gating, or set up detectors. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
"High Pass and Low Pass Filter" on page 92 • "Smoothing" on page 92 Averaged Value When the Averaged Value operator is selected, the math waveform becomes the selected source waveform, averaged the selected number of times. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
This function uses a Hilbert transform to get the real (in-phase, I) and imaginary (quadrature, Q) parts of the input signal and then performs a square root of the sum of the real and imaginary parts to get the demodulated amplitude envelope waveform. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The boxcar filter is a moving average of adjacent waveform points, where the number of adjacent points is specified by the Smoothing Points field. You can choose an odd number of points, from 3 up to half of the analysis record. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The magnify math function lets you display an existing input source at different vertical settings to provide more vertical detail. Figure 17 Example of Magnify See Also • "Ax + B" on page 81 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
(based on measurement threshold settings) as the waveform progresses across the screen. For every cycle, a measurement is made, and the value is displayed on the screen for the cycle. Figure 18 Example of Measurement Trend Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
(that is, no value) until a measurement can be made. The Analysis Record and Waveform Math Keysight InfiniiVision oscilloscopes are designed to provide high waveform update rates which give you an increased probability of capturing infrequent events. With high waveform update rates, there is less "dead time"...
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(or 2 x max FFT freq x acquisition time). • Also, the FFT length used after the zero-padding is: 2 x (maximum FFT frequency)/(FFT Resolution). All this works the same with analysis records greater than the 64K-point default. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Math Waveforms For more information on FFT transformation, see Keysight Application Note 243, The Fundamentals of Signal Analysis at http://literature.cdn.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/5952-8898E.pdf. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 6 Reference Waveforms To save a waveform to a reference waveform location / 99 To display a reference waveform / 100 To scale and position reference waveforms / 100 To adjust reference waveform skew / 101...
To scale and position reference waveforms From the menu, choose Sources > Reference Waveforms..In the Reference Waveform dialog box tab for the waveform you want to scale or position, use the Scale and Offset controls. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
266. You can recall a reference waveform file from a USB storage device into one of the reference waveform locations. See "To recall reference waveform files from a USB storage device" on page 270. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 7 Digital Channels To connect the digital probes to the device under test / 103 Acquiring waveforms using the digital channels / 106 To display digital channels using Autoscale / 106 Interpreting the digital waveform display / 107...
You do not need to power-off the oscilloscope. Probe cable for digital channels CA UTION Use only the Keysight logic probe and accessory kit supplied with the mixed-signal oscilloscope. The MSO cable operating temperature range is 0 °C to 55 °C, and its non-operating (storage) temperature range is -40 °C to 70 °C.
Digital Channels Connect a grabber to one of the probe leads. (Other probe leads are omitted from the figure for clarity.) Connect the grabber to a node in the circuit you want to test. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When signals are connected to the digital channels — be sure to connect the ground leads — Autoscale quickly configures and displays the digital channels. • To configure the instrument quickly, press the [Auto Scale] key. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
To set the instrument to the factory-default configuration, press the [Default Setup] key. Interpreting the digital waveform display The following figure shows the Digital dialog box (select the digital channels badge or choose Sources > Digital Channels...) and displayed digital channels. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
In the Channels tab, use the Waveform Size drop-down list to select the size of displayed digital channels. The sizing control lets you spread out or compress the digital traces vertically on the display for more convenient viewing. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
In the Display Order dialog box: You can: • Drag a digital channel to a new position in the list. The order in the list is the same that appears in the waveform grid. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
To display digital channels as a bus Digital channels may be grouped and displayed as a bus, with each bus value displayed at the bottom of the display in hex or binary. You can create up to two buses. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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From the Mode drop-down list, select Binary or Hex. From the Source drop-down list, select Bus1 or Bus2. Position the X1 and X2 markers to where you want to read the bus values (see "To make marker measurements" on page 178). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The dollar sign ($) will be displayed in the bus value when the bus value cannot be displayed as a hex value. This occurs when one or more "don't cares" (X) are combined with low (0) and high (1) logic levels in the pattern specification, or Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Input Impedance The logic probes are passive probes, which offer high input impedance and high bandwidths. They usually provide some attenuation of the signal to the oscilloscope, typically 20 dB. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The stray tip capacitance, which is generally small (1 pF), sets the final break point on the impedance chart. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Increasing the ground inductance (L), increasing the current (di) or decreasing the transition time (dt), will all result in increasing the voltage (V). When this voltage exceeds the threshold voltage defined in the oscilloscope, a false data measurement will occur. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• The ground lead from each digital channel group (D15–D8 and D7–D0) should be attached to the ground of the device under test if any channel within the group is being used for data capture. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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20-pin board connectors. The cable is a 2 m logic analyzer probe cable, and the termination adapter provides the proper RC networks in a very convenient package. These parts, as well as the 1251-8106 20-pin, low-profile, straight board connector, can be ordered from Keysight Technologies. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 8 Protocol Decode Protocol Decode Options / 119 Protocol Listing / 120 Searching Lister Data / 121 Protocol decode lets you trigger on and display decoded serial bus data in many protocols. As with other InfiniiVision oscilloscopes, serial decodes are hardware-accelerated for fast performance.
(see "Licensed Options Available" on page 308) or contact your local Keysight Technologies representative (see www.keysight.com/find/contactus). Protocol Listing The Protocol Listing window is a powerful tool for investigating protocol failures. You can use the Protocol Listing window to view large amounts of packet level serial data in a tabular format, including time tags and specific decoded values.
The Search dialog box lets you specify events to find. It is similar to specifying protocol triggers. Events found are marked in orange in the far left Lister column. The total number of events found is displayed with the Search events found table title. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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"Searching for I2C Data in the Lister" • "Searching for LIN Data in the Lister" on page 345 • "Searching for SPI Data in the Lister" on page 352 • "Searching for UART/RS232/422/485 Data in the Lister" on page 361 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 9 Display Settings To change the waveform layout / 123 To set or clear persistence / 124 To clear the display / 126 To select the grid options / 126 To adjust the grid intensity / 127...
Waveform persistence is kept only for the current display area; you cannot pan and zoom the persistence display. To use persistence: From the menu, choose Setup > Display..In the Display dialog box, select the Persistence tab. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Turning off persistence does not clear the display. The display is cleared if you select Clear Display, press the [Clear Display] key, or if you press the [Auto Scale] key (which also turns off persistence). Persistence is not available for math or FFT functions. N OTE Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Clear Display — Clears acquisition data from the oscilloscope display. This is the same as pressing the front panel [Clear Display] key. Show Scales — When selected, grid value labels are shown along the grid's • horizontal and vertical axes. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
"To define a new label" on page 128 • on page 129 "To load a list of labels from a text file you create" • on page 130 "To reset the label library to the factory default" Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Select Apply New Label to assign the label to the selected waveform. To define a new label From the menu, choose Setup > Display..In the Display dialog box, select the Labels tab. Select the New Label field. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When you reset the label library list (see next topic), all of your custom labels will be deleted, and the label list will be returned to its factory configuration. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
From the menu, choose Setup > Display..In the Display dialog box, select the Annotations tab. In the Annotations tab, in the Select Annotation list, select the desired annotation. You can define up to 20 annotations. Select the Text field. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Inverted — The annotation's foreground and background colors are • switched. • Transparent — The annotation has a transparent background. Then, select On to enable/disable the annotation display. When enabled, you can drag the annotation anywhere in the grid. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Waveform Intensity field to enter the percent value or turn the Entry knob. Waveform intensity adjustment affects analog channel waveforms only (not math waveforms, reference waveforms, digital waveforms, etc.). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
You can also push the Trigger Level knob to set the level of all displayed analog channels to the waveform's 50% value. If AC coupling is used, pushing the Trigger Level knob sets the trigger level to about 0 V. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The trigger type, source, and level are displayed in the trigger badge. Open the Trigger dialog box by selecting the trigger badge or by choosing Trigger > Setup... from the main menu. In the Trigger Type drop-down list, select Edge. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Rising and Falling edge modes operate up to the bandwidth of the oscilloscope. Other modes operate up to the bandwidth of the oscilloscope or 1 GHz, whichever is smaller. The selected slope is displayed in the trigger badge. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Select the Source channel. The channel you select is shown in the trigger badge next to the polarity symbol. The source can be any analog or digital channel available on your oscilloscope. Adjust the trigger level: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The time value can be from 2 ns to 10 s (5 ns to 10 s for 350 MHz and lower bandwidth models). • Within a range of time values (><). For example, for a positive pulse, if you set t>10 ns and t<15 ns: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
From the Qualifier drop-down list, select from the pattern duration qualifier options: Entered — when the pattern is entered. • < (Less Than) — when the pattern is present for less than a time value. • Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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You can specify only one rising or falling edge term in the pattern. If you select an edge for a channel and then select an edge for a different channel, the selection for the first channel is changed to a don't care. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
0 or 1, the "$" sign will be displayed for the digit. For information regarding digital bus display when Pattern triggering see "Bus on page 112. values are displayed when using Pattern trigger" Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Rise/Fall Time Trigger The Rise/Fall Time trigger looks for a rising or falling transition from one level to another level in greater than or less than a certain amount of time. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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In addition to turning the Trigger Level knob to specify high and low levels, you can also: Select the Trigger Level: Low field and enter the low level value. • Select the Trigger Level: High field and enter the high level value. • Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Open the Trigger dialog box by selecting the trigger badge or by choosing Trigger > Setup... from the main menu. In the Trigger Type drop-down list, select Runt. Select the Source analog channel on which to look for runt pulses. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Select the Trigger Level: Low field and enter the low level value. • Select the Trigger Level: High field and enter the high level value. • Setup and Hold Trigger The Setup and Hold trigger looks for setup and hold violations. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Select the < Hold field and enter the hold time value. Select Trigger Levels... to open the Trigger Levels dialog box where you can adjust the trigger levels for the input channels being used. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Replace Zone Trigger - Must Intersect — Replaces an existing zone with a "Must Intersect" zone. Replace Zone Trigger - Must Not Intersect — Replaces an existing zone with a • "Must Intersect" zone. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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ANDed or ORed with the previous zone. Zones can be dragged on the screen using the center handle. Zones can be resized using the lower-right corner handle. The upper-right corner edit (pencil) icon opens the full Zone Trigger dialog box. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Keep in mind that the AUX OUT signal comes from the oscilloscope's hardware trigger. The N OTE AUX OUT signal indicates when there is a trigger (acquisition) that is evaluated for zone intersection, not when an acquisition meets the zone qualification and is plotted on the oscilloscope's display. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 11 Trigger Mode and Conditioning To select the Auto or Trig'd trigger mode / 154 To select the trigger coupling / 155 To enable or disable trigger noise rejection / 157 To enable or disable trigger HF Reject / 157...
Then, the oscilloscope fills the post-trigger buffer and displays the acquisition memory. If the acquisition was initiated by [Run/Stop], the process repeats. If the acquisition was initiated by pressing [Single], the acquisition stops (and you can Pan and Zoom the waveform). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
To select the trigger coupling Open the Conditioning dialog box by selecting Conditioning... in the Trigger dialog box or by choosing choose Trigger > Conditioning... from the main menu. In the Conditioning dialog box, select the Coupling tab. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Use LF Reject coupling to get a stable edge trigger when your waveform has low frequency noise. Note that Trigger Coupling is independent of Channel Coupling (see "To specify channel coupling" on page 57). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Open the Conditioning dialog box by selecting Conditioning... in the Trigger dialog box or by choosing choose Trigger > Conditioning... from the main menu. In the Conditioning dialog box, select the Coupling tab. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
For example, to get a stable trigger on the repetitive pulse burst shown below, set the holdoff time to be >200 ns but <600 ns. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Changing the time base settings does not affect the trigger holdoff time. With Keysight's MegaZoom technology, you can press [Stop], then pan and zoom through the data to find where the waveform repeats. Measure this time using markers; then, set the holdoff.
The probe attenuation factor must be set properly for measurements to be made correctly. As you adjust the Probe attenuation factor, the Range field shows you the range of values that can appear on the external trigger input. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 12 Acquisition Control Running, Stopping, and Making Single Acquisitions (Run Control) / 161 Overview of Sampling / 162 Selecting the Acquisition Mode / 166 Selecting a Global Bandwidth Limit and Vertical Resolution / 171...
/2 = Nyquist frequency (f ) = folding frequency Aliasing Aliasing occurs when signals are under-sampled (f < 2f ). Aliasing is the signal distortion caused by low frequencies falsely reconstructed from an insufficient number of sample points. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
= 2f . However, the theory assumes there are no frequency components above in this case) and it requires a system with an ideal brick-wall frequency response. -3dB Frequency Figure 27 Theoretical Brick-Wall Frequency Response Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Gaussian response of lower bandwidth HD3-Series oscilloscope models. To understand the characteristics of each type of oscilloscope frequency response, see Understanding Oscilloscope Frequency Response and Its Effect on Rise-Time Accuracy, Keysight Application Note 1420 (http://literature.cdn.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/5988-8008EN.pdf). See Also Evaluating Oscilloscope Sample Rates vs.
= 1.9 x f knee See Also Choosing an Oscilloscope with the Right Bandwidth for your Application, Keysight Application Note 1588 (http://literature.cdn.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/5989-5733EN.pdf) Memory Depth and Sample Rate The number of points of oscilloscope memory is fixed, and there is a maximum sample rate associated with oscilloscope's analog-to-digital converter;...
Averaging — at all time/div settings, the specified number of triggers are • averaged together. Use this mode for reducing noise and increasing resolution of periodic signals without bandwidth or rise time degradation. "Averaging Acquisition Mode" on page 169. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Normal acquisition mode, making them easier to see. To characterize the glitch, use the markers or the automatic measurement capabilities of the oscilloscope. Figure 29 Sine With Glitch, Normal Mode Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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To obtain a better resolution of the glitch, expand the time base. Use the horizontal position knob ( ) to pan through the waveform to set the expanded portion of the normal window around the glitch. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
In the Acquire dialog box, from the Acq Mode drop-down list, select the Averaging acquisition mode. Select the # of Averages field and turn the Entry knob to set the number of averages that best eliminates the noise from the displayed waveform. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Figure 32 128 Averages used to reduce random noise When the Averaging acquisition mode is enabled, a Single acquisition will perform the selected number of averages and then stop. See Also • Chapter 11, “Trigger Mode and Conditioning,” starting on page 153 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When capturing multiple infrequent trigger events it is advantageous to divide the oscilloscope's memory into segments. This lets you capture signal activity without capturing long periods of signal inactivity. Each segment is complete with all analog channel, digital channel, and serial decode data. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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"Navigating Segments" on page 173 • "Measurements, Statistics, and Infinite Persistence with Segmented Memory" on page 173 • "Segmented Memory Re-Arm Time" on page 173 • "Saving Data from Segmented Memory" on page 174 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Analyze Segments button is available when features like measurements, infinite persistence, histograms, or protocol listing are on. Segmented Memory Re-Arm Time After each segment fills, the oscilloscope re-arms and is ready to trigger in about 1 µs. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Digitizer mode requires the Normal acquisition mode and real-time sampling (which is the default). Select the Max Sample Rate field and turn the Entry knob or use the keypad dialog box to enter the desired acquisition sample rate. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The actual memory depth used is displayed at the top of the Acquire dialog box and in the sample rate and memory depth (Acquire) badge. Press the front panel [Run] or [Single] keys, or choose Crontrol > Run/Stop or Control > Single. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 13 Markers To make marker measurements / 178 Marker Examples / 181 Markers are horizontal and vertical markers that indicate X-axis values and Y-axis values on a selected waveform source. You can use markers to make custom voltage, time, phase, or ratio measurements on oscilloscope signals.
Hex — Logic levels of displayed waveforms at the current X1 and X2 marker • positions are displayed in the Markers results window in hexadecimal. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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You can also select the X1 and X2 fields in the Markers dialog box and use the associated controls to adjust the horizontal markers. You can also select and position markers by dragging them on the touchscreen. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Select the Global X Markers check box to, when there are multiple grids, enable or disable the placement of X markers in all grids. When disabled, X markers appear in the same grid as the source waveform. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Markers Marker Examples Figure 33 Markers used to measure pulse widths other than middle threshold points Figure 34 Markers measure frequency of pulse ringing Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Expand the display with Zoom mode, then characterize the event of interest with the markers. Figure 35 Markers track Zoom window Put the X1 marker on one side of a pulse and the X2 marker on the other side of the pulse. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Figure 36 Measuring pulse width with markers With X1 X2 selected, move the markers together to check for pulse width variations in a pulse train. Figure 37 Moving the markers together to check pulse width variations Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
In the Results area, you can right-click a measurement to: • Delete the selected measurement. • Delete all measurements. • Show or hide statistics. • Reset statistics. • Move the measurement up in the list. • Move the measurement down in the list. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
(approximately 4% of full scale), the result will display "No Edges", "Clipped", "Low Signal" (not enough amplitude), "< value", or "> value", or a similar message to indicate that the measurement may not be reliable. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Counter are available for reference waveforms and math waveforms other than FFT. A limited set of measurements is available for math FFT waveforms and for digital channel waveforms (as described in the following table). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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201 Measures between two sources. "Preshoot" on page 193 "Ratio" on page 196 Measures between two sources. "Rise Time" on page 199 "Slew Rate" on page 205 "DC RMS" on page 194 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Maximum. The Y marker shows the value being measured. See Also • "To isolate a pulse for Top measurement" on page 192 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Overshoot is distortion that follows a major edge transition expressed as a percentage of Amplitude. The X markers show which edge is being measured (edge closest to the trigger reference point). local Maximum − D Top Rising edge overshοot = × 100 Amplitude Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Amplitude. The X markers show which edge is being measured (edge closest to the trigger reference point). local Maximum − D Top Rising edge preshοot = × 100 Amplitude Falling edge preshοot = Base − D local Minimum × 100 Amplitude Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The N Cycles measurement interval variation measures the value on an integral number of periods of the displayed signal. If less than three edges are present, the measurement shows "No edges". The X markers show the interval of the waveform being measured. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
68.3% 95.4% 99.7% The mean is calculated as follows: ∑ x ¯ = where: • x = the mean. • N = the number of measurements taken. • x = the ith measurement result. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
You may need to change the measurement window setting so that the measurement is made in the lower, Zoom window. See "Measurement Window" on page 209. If the waveform is clipped, it may not be possible to make the measurement. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
+ Width is the time from the middle threshold of the rising edge to the middle threshold of the next falling edge. The X markers show the pulse being measured. The Y marker shows the middle threshold point. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
For maximum measurement accuracy, set the horizontal time/div as fast as possible while leaving the complete rising edge of the waveform on the display. The Y markers show the lower and upper threshold points. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
2. Source 1 Delay Source 2 From the menu, choose Measure > Measurements..In the Measurements dialog box, select the Add, Edit & Delete tab. From the Type list, select the Delay measurement. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Phase is the calculated phase shift from source 1 to source 2, expressed in degrees. Negative phase shift values indicate that the rising edge of source 1 occurred after the rising edge of source 2. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Maximum, starting from the left-side of the display. For periodic signals, the position of the maximum may vary throughout the waveform. The X marker shows where the current X at Max Y value is being measured. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The Positive Pulse Count measurement is a pulse count for the selected waveform source. Positive pulse count Negative Pulse Count The Negative Pulse Count measurement is a pulse count for the selected waveform source. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Area measures the area between the waveform and the ground level. Area below the ground level is subtracted from area above the ground level. Positive area N cycles Negative area The Full Screen measurement interval variation measures the value on all displayed data points. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The center frequency used in the measurement is the one defined for the FFT function, and the FFT span represents the total spectral power. When this measurement is tracked with markers, the markers show the measured bandwidth (frequency range). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) is the ratio of power in the fundamental frequency to the power contained in the rest of the harmonics and noise. THD is a measure of signal purity. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
In the Measurements dialog box, select the Settings tab. Select Thresholds..In the Measurement Thresholds dialog box: There are tabs for Channels, Math, and Reference waveforms. • Each analog channel, math function, and reference waveform can be assigned unique threshold values. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The default upper threshold is 90% or 1.50 V. If threshold Type is set to %, the upper threshold value can be set from 2% to 100%. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
In the Measurements dialog box, select the Settings tab. In the Statistics area, select On to enable or disable the display of measurement statistics. When enabled, measurement statistics appear in the Measurements window in the Results pane. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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When enabled, the standard deviation shown in measurement statistics becomes the standard deviation/mean. To specify the number of values used when calculating measurement statistics, select the Max Count field and enter the desired value. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Copy Margin column and enter the percent margin. Then, select the Copy button in the Copy From Results column. Limit test results are displayed with measurement statistics (which are forced on). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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• The number of failures on the upper limit (Fail Max) To stop running acquisitions when there are measurement limit test failures, select Stop On Failure. To reset all measurement statistics and begins recording statistical data again, select Reset Statistics. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 15 Histogram Waveform Histogram Set Up / 214 Measurement Histogram Set Up / 217 Histogram Data Graph / 218 Histogram Data Statistics / 219 The histogram analysis feature provides a statistical view of a waveform or a measurement's results.
Drag your finger (or connected USB mouse pointer) across the screen to draw a rectangular over the waveform you want to histogram. Take your finger off the screen (or release the mouse button). In the pop-up menu, select Histogram. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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For horizontal histograms, you can choose whole and half divisions from 1 to • For vertical histograms, you can choose whole and half divisions from 1 to 5. You can select Reset Histogram to zero the histogram counters. The following screen shows a vertical histogram: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The lower right corner touch handle changes the size of the window. The upper right corner edit (pencil) icon opens the Histogram dialog box. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
You can choose whole and half divisions from 1 to 4. For measurement histograms, information about the scale of the bar graph appears in the grid. This scale is automatically determined. You can select Reset Histogram to zero the histogram counters. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
If you are doing a measurement on a histogram, markers track that measurement on the histogram waveform. When markers are in the Track Waveform mode, the X or the Y marker is moveable depending on whether the histogram type is horizontal, vertical, or measurement. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• u±3 — Percentage of histogram hits that lie within ±3 Std Dev of the mean. σ In the Histogram results window, you can select the edit (pencil) icon to open the Histogram dialog box. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 16 Mask Testing To create a mask from a "golden" waveform (Automask) / 221 Mask Test Setup Options / 223 Mask Statistics / 225 To manually modify a mask file / 226 Building a Mask File / 229 One way to verify a waveform's compliance to a particular set of parameters is to use mask testing.
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(volts or seconds), selectable using the Units option. Select Create Mask. The mask is created and testing begins. Whenever Create Mask is selected, the old mask is erased and a new mask is created. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
± X settings. They may be set so large that the mask is not visible. Mask Test Setup Options In the Setup area of the Mask Test dialog box, you can select these options: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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You can also output a signal on the rear panel AUX OUT BNC connector when there is a mask test failure. See "Setting the Rear Panel AUX OUT Source" on page 282. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The following information is displayed: • Current mask, name of mask, Channel number, date and time. • Status (Passing, Failing, or Untested). • Accumulated test time (in hours, minutes, seconds, and tenths of seconds). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Open the .msk file your created using a text editor (such as Notepad). Edit, save, and close the file. The mask file contains the following sections: • Mask File Identifier. • Mask Title. • Mask Violation Regions. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Region number 1 is the top mask region. The vertices in Region 1 describe points along a line; that line is the bottom edge of the top portion of the mask. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The mask scaling controls how the normalized vectors are interpreted. This in turn controls how the mask is drawn on the display. The remote programming commands that control mask scaling are: :MTES:SCAL:BIND 0 :MTES:SCAL:X1 -400.000E-06 :MTES:SCAL:XDEL +800.000E-06 :MTES:SCAL:Y1 +359.000E-03 :MTES:SCAL:Y2 +2.35900E+00 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
/* Region Number */ 2 /* Number of vertices */ 5 -10.00, 1.000 -12.50, 0.500 -15.00, 0.500 -15.00, 1.500 -12.50, 1.500 /* Region Number */ 3 /* Number of vertices */ 6 -05.00, 1.000 -02.50, 0.500 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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/* Number of vertices */ 4 -12.50, MIN -10.00, -1.750 10.00, -1.750 12.50, MIN setup :CHANnel1:RANGe +8.00E+00 :CHANnel1:OFFSet +2.0E+00 :CHANnel1:DISPlay 1 :TIMebase:MODE MAIN :TIMebase:REFerence CENTer :TIMebase:RANGe +50.00E-09 :TIMebase:POSition +10.0E-09 :MTESt:SOURce CHANnel1 :MTESt:ENABle 1 :MTESt:LOCK 1 :MTESt:SCALe:X1 +10.0E-09 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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• If you move the mask region's x,y graph origin to the t=0 and V=0 location by setting X1 = 0 and Y1 = 0, the same vertices define a region that goes from -5 ns to 5 ns and from -2 V to 2 V. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
If Test All was selected, every active analog channel is tested against the mask database for each acquisition. Over 2 billion failures can be logged per-channel. The number of acquisitions tested is also logged and displayed as "# of Tests". Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Mask Testing The mask file allows greater resolution than the 200 X 640 database. Some quantization of data occurs to reduce the mask file data for display on-screen. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 17 Digital Voltmeter and Counters Digital Voltmeter / 235 Counters / 237 The Digital Voltmeter (DVM) and Counter analysis features are standard on the HD3-Series oscilloscopes. Digital Voltmeter The digital voltmeter (DVM) analysis feature provides 3-digit voltage measurements on any analog channel.
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(ground level) position, and trigger (threshold voltage) level (used for the counter frequency measurement). When enabled, Auto Range overrides attempted adjustments of the channel's vertical scale and position knobs. When disabled, you can use the channel's vertical scale and position knobs normally. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
For frequency and period measurements, select the # of Digits field, and enter the resolution of the counter. You can choose from 3 to 8 digit resolutions. Higher resolutions require longer gate times, which cause the measurement times to be longer as well. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The selected channel does not have to be on (displaying a waveform) in order for counter measurements to be made. Select the Threshold field, and enter the threshold voltage (trigger) level for the selected analog channel source. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 18 Fault Hunter Statisticians say values more than three standard deviations away from the mean are outliers. With digital signals, outliers can indicate errors, faults, or anomalies. Oscilloscope measurements already include mean and standard deviation statistics.
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When Fault Hunter is done setting up the measurement limits, you will see limit values populated in the test table. If the signal under test changes, select Auto Setup again to re-calculate the measurement limits. Note that you can manually adjust the determined limits. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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For example, if the range of the pulse is less than what can be detected by the triggering hardware, "Not Run Yet" will appear. To view an anomaly, select the associated View button. The Fault Hunter View dialog box shows a screen capture of the anomaly. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The Fault Hunter Auto Setup process consists of these stages: • Adding Measurements • Getting Top and Base Measurements • Getting Measurement Values Adding For the digital signal source that Fault Hunter is operating on, these Measurements measurements are added: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Negative Runt The low runt threshold is set at the base value plus 20% of the pulse (Triggering method amplitude. Negative pulses higher than the low threshold are identified as only) negative runts. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 19 Frequency Response Analysis To make connections / 245 To set up and run the analysis / 246 To view and save the analysis results / 247 The Frequency Response Analysis (FRA) feature controls the built-in waveform generator to sweep a sine wave across a range of frequencies while measuring the input to and output from a device under test (DUT).
From the main menu, choose Analyze > Frequency Response..In the Frequency Response dialog box, select Enable. Click the Open Dialog... softkey to open the Frequency Response Analysis dialog box. In the Frequency Response dialog box's Setup tab: There are settings for: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
To view and save the analysis results When the frequency response analysis completes, Gain and Phase measurement results versus frequency are plotted in a Bode plot, log-scaled frequency grid and listed in a Results area table. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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To email the frequency response analysis results, see "Emailing Setups, Screen on page 267. At the point where you choose the Format of Images, or Data" information to be emailed, select Frequency Response Analysis data (*.csv). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 20 Waveform Generator To select generated waveform types and settings / 249 To specify the output settings / 253 To edit arbitrary waveforms / 254 To add modulation to the waveform generator output / 257 A waveform generator is built into the oscilloscope.
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±(800 mV - 0.5 * amplitude) and Duty Cycle fields to set the square wave When amplitude ≥50 mV: signal parameters. ±(8 V - 0.5 * amplitude) The duty cycle can be adjusted from 20% to 80%. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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When amplitude <50 mV: Fall Amplitude/High-Level, and 5 MHz 10 Vpp ±(800 mV - 0.5 * amplitude) Offset/Low-Level fields to set the When amplitude ≥50 mV: exponential fall signal parameters. ±(8 V - 0.5 * amplitude) Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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CMOS (5.0V) +5 V CMOS (3.3V) +3.3 V CMOS (2.5V) +2.5 V -1.7 V -0.9 V Add Noise — Specifies the amount of white noise to add to the waveform • generator output. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
If the actual load impedance is different than the selected value, the displayed amplitude and offset levels will be incorrect. • Invert Output — Lets you enable or disable an inverted output. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The WaveGen: Arbitrary Waveform Editor dialog box lets you set up an arbitrary Exist waveform in one of these ways: • Set initial number of points — When selected, to create a new arbitrary waveform: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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If the source waveform frequency and/or voltage exceed the capabilities of the waveform N OTE generator, the arbitrary waveform will be limited to the capabilities of the waveform generator. For example, a 50 MHz waveform captured as the arbitrary waveform, becomes a 25 MHz waveform. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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You can draw a box in this grid (and let up) to select a region, cut points, copy points, paste points, or zoom in (change the X Scale). • X Scale — Changes the time/div in the lower, windowed points grid. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
To enable and set up modulation for the waveform generator output: In the Waveform Generator dialog box, click Modulation... to open the Modulation dialog box. In the Modulation dialog box: Select Modulation to enable or disable modulated waveform generator • output. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
10% to 90% (90% – 10% = 80%) of the original amplitude as the modulating signal goes from its minimum to maximum amplitude. The following screen shows an AM modulation of a 100 kHz sine wave carrier signal. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The frequency deviation cannot be greater than the original carrier signal frequency. Also, the sum of the original carrier signal frequency and the frequency deviation must be less than or equal to the maximum frequency for the selected waveform generator function plus 100 kHz. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Waveform Generator The following screen shows an FM modulation of a 100 kHz sine wave carrier signal. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 21 Save/Email/Recall (Setups, Screens, Data) Saving Setups, Screen Images, or Data / 261 Emailing Setups, Screen Images, or Data / 267 Recalling Setups, Masks, or Data / 269 Recalling Default Setups / 271 Performing a Secure Erase / 272 Oscilloscope setups, reference waveforms, and mask files can be saved to internal oscilloscope memory or to a USB storage device and recalled later.
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You can recall the first Analog or Math channel from a multi channel waveform data file. Mask (*.msk) — This creates a mask file in a Keysight proprietary format that • can be read by Keysight InfiniiVision oscilloscopes. A mask data file includes some oscilloscope setup information, but not all setup information.
Select the File Name field, and enter the name of the file you want to save. Use the controls in the bottom of the dialog box to navigate to the location of the file to be saved. Select Save. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Select Save. See Also • "Binary Data (.bin) Format" on page 309 • "CSV and ASCII XY files" on page 315 • "Minimum and Maximum Values in CSV Files" on page 316 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Single acquisitions use full memory. • The horizontal time/div (sweep speed) setting when stopped using [Stop]. At faster settings, fewer data points appear on the display. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Select the File Name field, and enter the name of the file you want to save. Use the controls in the bottom of the dialog box to navigate to the location of the file to be saved. Select Save. Mask files have the extension MSK. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Make sure the oscilloscope is connected to the local area network (see "To establish a LAN connection" on page 275). From the main menu, choose File > Email..In the Email dialog box, select the Configure tab: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Select the From field and enter the sender email address. Select the Subject field enter the message subject. Select Send Test Email to send a test email using these settings. Select the Send Email tab: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Select any options for the type of file you want to recall. Use the controls in the bottom of the dialog box to select the file to be recalled. Select Open. A message indicating whether the open was successful is displayed. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
If you would like to clear the display of everything except the reference waveform, select Clear Display. Use the controls in the bottom of the dialog box to select the file to be recalled. Select Open. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Default GUI Layout — Returns to the default graphical user interface (GUI) layout. Factory Default — Recalls the oscilloscope's factory default settings. • You must confirm the recall because there are no user settings that are left unchanged. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
This performs a secure erase of all non-volatile memory in compliance with National Industrial Security Program Operation Manual (NISPOM) Chapter 8 requirements. You must confirm the secure erase, and the oscilloscope will reboot when finished. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
"Remote Programming via the Web Interface" on page 295 • The oscilloscope's Programmer's Guide. • "Remote Programming with Keysight IO Libraries" on page 296 Setting up the Oscilloscope's LAN Connection Using the rear panel LAN port, you can place the oscilloscope on the network and set up its LAN connection.
In a few moments the oscilloscope will connect to the network automatically. If the oscilloscope does not automatically connect to the network, select LAN Reset in the I/O dialog box's LAN Setup tab. In a few moments the oscilloscope will connect to the network. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
If your network supports DHCP or AutoIP, enabling Automatic lets the oscilloscope use those services to get its LAN configuration settings Connect your PC to the oscilloscope using a cross-over LAN cable such as Keysight part number 5061-0701, available on the web at www.keysight.com/find/parts. Cycle power on the oscilloscope.
Select Open File to loads the file selected in the bottom portion of the dialog • box. • Select Delete File to deletes the file(s) selected in the bottom portion of the dialog box. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
User Options... from the main menu) lets you specify oscilloscope preferences: • "To choose "expand about" center or ground" on page 279 • on page 279 "To disable/enable transparent backgrounds" • on page 279 "To set up the screen saver" Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The oscilloscope can be configured to turn on a display screen saver when the oscilloscope has been idle for a specified length of time. From the main menu, choose Utilities > User Options..In the User Options dialog box, select the Preferences tab. Select Screen Saver..Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• Blank Screen — A blank screen saver is used. • Keysight Logo — A screen saver with the Keysight logo is used. • User Text — A screen saver with user-defined text is used. Enter the text in the Text field.
• Time Zone — Select the oscilloscope's time zone. • Network Time Protocol — The oscilloscope's time is synchronized with the network time. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When remote command logging is enabled, remote commands sent to the instrument (and results returned by the instrument) can be logged to the screen, to a text file on a USB storage device, or to both the screen and a text file. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Enable to make the background transparent. This lets you view underlying waveforms. Disable for a solid background which makes the logged remote commands easier to read. Setting Enhanced Security Options With the Enhanced Security license, you can disable features to further secure the oscilloscope. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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In the Password dialog box, select the Password field and enter the existing password. Once a password is set or entered, you are automatically taken back to the unlocked Enhanced Security tab where you can change these options: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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LAN Port options are enabled. SCPI Use this drop-down list to disable or enable the ability to send SCPI commands and queries to the oscilloscope over LAN or USB connections. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Select Unlock Panel. In the Password dialog box, select Reset Password. In the Reset Password dialog box, select the Current Password field and enter the existing password. Select Reset Password. In the confirmation dialog, select OK. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
In the Service dialog box, select the Calibration tab. Note that passive probes do not need to be calibrated, but InfiniiMax probes can be calibrated. For more information about calibrating probes see "To calibrate a probe" on page 62. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
To perform hardware self test To perform a series of internal procedures to verify that the oscilloscope is operating properly: From the main menu, choose Utilities > Service..In the Service dialog box, select the Diagnostics tab. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Display Test — Tests the display's ability to output basic colors. • Touch Screen Test — Tests the touch screen. • Select Start. Follow the on-screen instructions. When the test is complete, status information appears in the Test Summary box. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
If the system cannot find your product's warranty status, select Contact Us and speak with a Keysight Technologies representative. To contact Keysight Information on contacting Keysight Technologies can be found at: www.keysight.com/find/contactus Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• Description of service required or failure indication. Remove accessories from the oscilloscope. Only return accessories to Keysight Technologies if they are associated with the failure symptoms. Package the oscilloscope. You can use the original shipping container, or provide your own materials sufficient to protect the instrument during shipping.
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154. • Quick Clear Display — clears the display, see "To clear the display" page 126. Once the (Quick Action) menu item is configured, choose Setup > (Quick Action) to perform the selected action. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Identification Function / 300 Instrument Utilities / 301 Setting a Password / 302 When Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series oscilloscopes are set up on the LAN, you can access the oscilloscope's built-in web server using a web browser. The oscilloscope's web interface lets you: •...
It is possible to use a point-to-point connection, but using a normal LAN connection is the preferred method. Type the oscilloscope's hostname or IP address in the web browser. The oscilloscope's web interface Welcome Page is displayed. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The SCPI Command window is useful for testing commands or entering a few commands interactively. When creating automated programs for controlling the oscilloscope, you will typically use the Keysight IO Libraries from within a programming environment like Microsoft Visual Studio (see "Remote...
While the SCPI Commands applet window lets you enter and remote programming commands, remote programming for automated test and data acquisition is typically done using the Keysight IO Libraries, which are separate from the instrument's web interface. The Keysight IO Libraries let a controller PC communicate with Keysight InfiniiVision oscilloscopes via their USB or LAN interfaces.
After a delay of several seconds, the oscilloscope's screen image will be displayed. Click Refresh Image to get an updated screen image. Right-click on the image and select Save Picture As... (or Print Picture...). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When the oscilloscope's web interface is displayed, select the Save tab. On the Save page: Enter the name of the file you are saving to. Select the format. You can click Preview to view the oscilloscope's current screen image. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
On the Recall page: Click Browse..In the "Choose file" dialog, select the file you want to recall; then, click Recall. When recalling reference waveform data files, select the Recall to Reference Waveform option. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Enable front panel identification indicator check box. An "Identify" status dialog box is displayed on the oscilloscope. You can either clear the Enable front panel identification indicator check box or close the dialog box on the oscilloscope to continue. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The password prevents someone from remotely accessing the oscilloscope via a Web browser and modifying its settings. Remote users can still view the Welcome screen, view network status, etc., but they cannot modify instrument settings without the password. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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LAN Reset. • You can also reset the oscilloscope's LAN settings from the oscilloscope's graphical user interface: Choose Utility > I/O..In the I/O dialog box, select the LAN Setup tab. Select LAN Reset. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The 50 Ω input protection only functions when the oscilloscope is powered on. When measuring voltages over 80 V, use a 10:1 probe. CA UTION Maximum input voltage at digital channels CA UTION ±40 V peak Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
AutoProbe Most Keysight single-ended active, differential, and current probes are compatible Interface with the AutoProbe interface. Active probes that do not have their own external power supply require substantial power from the AutoProbe interface.
Accreditation 17025 Compliant Calibration with Accreditation Software and Firmware Updates From time to time Keysight Technologies releases software and firmware updates for its products. To search for firmware updates for your oscilloscope, direct your web browser to www.keysight.com/find/HD3-Series-sw. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
(including math and digital channels, with up to seven waveforms for each digital pod). When saving all segments, the number of waveforms is equal to the number of active channels multiplied by the number of segments acquired. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
MATLAB®. You can download the appropriate MATLAB functions from the Keysight Technologies web site at www.keysight.com/find/HD3-Series-examples. Keysight provides the .m files, which need to be copied into the work directory for MATLAB. The default work directory is C:\MATLAB7\work. Binary Header Format File Header There is only one file header in a binary file.
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A 64-bit double, only used when saving multiple segments (requires segmented memory option). This is the time (in seconds) since the first trigger. Segment Index A 32-bit unsigned integer. This is the segment number. Only used when saving multiple segments. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
A 32-bit integer that is the size of the buffer required to hold the data points. Example Program for Reading Binary Data To find an example program for reading binary data, direct your web browser to www.keysight.com/find/HD3-Series-examples, and select "Example Program for Reading Binary Data". Examples of Binary Files...
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Bytes per Point = 4 12 bytes Voltage Data N buffer size Single Acquisition The following picture shows a binary file of a single acquisition with all pods for the All Pods Logic logic channels saved. Channels Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Bytes per Point = 1 12 bytes Pod 2 Timing Data buffer size Segmented The following picture shows a binary file of a segmented memory acquisition on Memory one analog channel. Acquisition on One Analog Channel Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
CSV and ASCII XY file structure In CSV or ASCII XY format the Length control selects the number of points per segment. All segments are contained in the CSV file or in each ASCII XY data file. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
When data for multiple frequency sources is saved to a CSV file, this data is saved as one set (with multiple columns) using a horizontal (X) range that covers all sources. Acknowledgements Third-party software acknowledgements and licenses for these InfiniiVision HD3-Series oscilloscopes are located at www.keysight.com/find/InfiniiVision-third-party-software. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Please refer to keysight.com/go/takeback to understand your Trade in options with Keysight in addition to product takeback instructions. Indicates the time period during which no hazardous or toxic substance elements are expected to leak or deteriorate during normal use. Forty years is the expected useful life of the product.
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Reference Acoustic Noise Emission/Geraeuschemission LpA <70 dB LpA <70 dB Operator position am Arbeitsplatz Normal position normaler Betrieb per ISO 7779 nach DIN 45635 t.19 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 25 CAN Triggering and Protocol Decode CAN/CAN FD Protocol Decode Setup / 319 Loading and Displaying CAN Symbolic Data / 323 CAN/CAN FD Triggering / 324 Interpreting CAN/CAN FD Decode / 326 Interpreting CAN Lister Data / 328...
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Differential (L-H) — The CAN differential bus signals connected to an analog source channel using a differential probe. Connect the probe's positive lead to the dominant-low CAN signal (CAN_L) and connect the negative lead to the dominant-high CAN signal (CAN_H). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The sample point is the point during the bit time where the bit level is sampled to determine whether it is dominant or recessive. The sample point represents the percentage of time between the beginning of the bit time to the end of the bit time. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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• triggering on FD frames, ISO, or non-ISO. This setting has no effect on the processing of CAN and CAN FD frames. Settings The CAN protocol decode mode has these controls for decode settings: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• Used when searching for CAN data in the decode. To recall a DBC file into the oscilloscope: From the main menu, choose File > Open..In the Open dialog box, from the Format drop-down menu, select CAN Symbolic data (*.dbc). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Select the trigger badge, or from the main menu, choose Trigger > Setup..In the Trigger dialog box, from the Trigger Type drop-down list, select Protocol 1: CAN or Protocol 2: CAN. The Trigger dialog box controls unique to the PN: CAN trigger type are: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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CRC Delimiter Bit (FD) — Triggers on the CRC delimiter bit in CAN FD frames. * • ESI Bit Active (FD) — Triggers on the ESI bit if set active. * • ESI Bit Passive (FD) — Triggers on the ESI bit if set passive. * Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Interpreting CAN/CAN FD Decode The CAN decode display is color coded as follows: • Blue angled waveforms show an active bus (inside a packet/frame). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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• Pink vertical bars — Expand horizontal scale (and run again) to see decode. • Red Dot — More information is available. Decoded text is truncated to fit. Expand the horizontal scale to view the information. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
121). Then, you can use the navigation controls to navigate through the marked rows (see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 52). The Search dialog box controls unique to the PN: CAN search type selection are: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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When CAN symbolic data is loaded into the oscilloscope (see "Loading and Displaying CAN Symbolic Data" on page 323), you can search for: • Message — A symbolic message. Message and Signal — A symbolic message and a signal value. • Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 26 I2C Triggering and Protocol Decode I2C Protocol Decode Setup / 331 I2C Triggering / 333 Interpreting I2C Decode / 336 Interpreting I2C Lister Data / 337 Searching for I2C Data in the Lister / 337 I2C triggering and protocol decode is included with the Embedded Serial Analysis license.
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• If the setup does not produce a stable trigger, the I2C signals may be slow enough that the oscilloscope is Auto triggering. Press the [Mode] key to set the trigger mode from Auto to Trig'd. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Stop Condition — Triggers when data (SDA) transitions from low to high while • the clock (SCL) is high. Restart — Triggers when another start condition occurs before a stop • condition. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Data: Ack: Data2) — The oscilloscope triggers on a read or write frame in 7-bit addressing mode on the 26th clock edge if all bits in the pattern match. For triggering purposes, a restart is treated as a start condition. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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17th clock for 7-bit addressing or 26th clock for 10-bit addressing. • Data2 — If you have selected a three-byte trigger, enter the 8-bit data pattern on which to trigger. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• Red dots in the decode line indicate that more data can be displayed. Scroll or expand the horizontal scale to view the data. • Aliased bus values (undersampled or indeterminate) are drawn in pink. • Unknown bus values (undefined or error conditions) are drawn in red. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• Search for — Selects the decode value to find: Restart — Finds when another start condition occurs before a stop condition. • Address — Finds a packet with the specified address, ignoring the R/W bit. • Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Frame(Start:Address7:Read:Ack:Data:Ack:Data2) — Finds a read frame on the 26th clock edge if all bits in the pattern match. Frame(Start:Address7:Write:Ack:Data:Ack:Data2) — Finds a write frame on the • 26th clock edge if all bits in the pattern match. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 27 LIN Triggering and Protocol Decode LIN Protocol Decode Setup / 339 Loading and Displaying LIN Symbolic Data / 342 LIN Triggering / 342 Interpreting LIN Decode / 344 Interpreting LIN Lister Data / 345...
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"Table of Valid ID Values" as shown in section A.2 of the LIN Specification dated December 12, 2002. If your signal does not comply with the table, use the LIN 2.X setting. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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342 • "LIN Triggering" on page 342 • "Interpreting LIN Decode" on page 344 • "Interpreting LIN Lister Data" on page 345 • "Searching for LIN Data in the Lister" on page 345 Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
To set up the oscilloscope to capture a LIN signal, see "LIN Protocol Decode Setup" on page 339. A LIN signal message frame is shown below: Sync Sync Identifier Data Checksum Break Field Break Fields Field Sync Break Exit Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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A frame is the symbolic name for a LIN frame ID, a signal is the symbolic name for a bit or set of bits within the LIN data, and a value can be a symbolic representation of the signal bit values or it can be a decimal number with units. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• For LIN 1.3 a wakeup signal is indicated by WAKE in blue. If the wakeup signal is not followed by a valid wakeup delimiter a wakeup error is detected and displayed as WUP in red. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
The Search dialog box controls unique to the PN: LIN search type selection are: • Search for — Selects the decode value to find: • ID — Finds frames with the specified ID. Enter the ID in the Frame ID field. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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ID & Data — Finds frames with the specified ID and data. Enter the ID in the • Frame ID field. Enter the number of data bytes in the #Bytes field and the byte values in the Data field. Errors — Finds all errors. • Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 28 SPI Triggering and Protocol Decode SPI Protocol Setup / 347 SPI Triggering / 350 Interpreting SPI Decode / 351 Interpreting SPI Lister Data / 352 Searching for SPI Data in the Lister / 352 SPI triggering and protocol decode is included with the Embedded Serial Analysis license.
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• Select the channel that is connected to a second SPI serial data line. (If the channel you selected is off, switch it on.) The MISO label for the source channel is automatically set. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The Timeout value can be set anywhere from 100 ns to 10 s. Settings The SPI protocol decode mode has these controls for decode settings: • Word Size — Enter the number of bits in a word. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Master-In, Slave-Out (MISO) Data — Triggers on the MISO data signal. • Base — Selects between Hex or Binary data value entry. The entered data value appears in both binary and hex formats in a separate dialog. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• The number of clocks in a frame appears in light-blue above the frame, to the right. • Decoded hexadecimal data values appear in white. • Decoded text is truncated at the end of the associated frame when there is insufficient space within frame boundaries. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
121). Then, you can use the navigation controls to navigate through the marked rows (see "Navigating the Time Base" on page 52). The Search dialog box controls unique to the PN: SPI search type selection are: Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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The search pattern is always left-justified in the packet. If you want to search for a value in the second or higher word, increase the Words count and enter don't cares ('X's) for the earlier words. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide 29 UART/RS232/422/485 Triggering and Protocol Decode UART/RS232/422/485 Protocol Decode Setup / 355 UART/RS232/422/485 Triggering / 358 Interpreting UART/RS232/422/485 Decode / 360 Interpreting UART/RS232/422/485 Lister Data / 361 Searching for UART/RS232/422/485 Data in the Lister / 361 UART/RS232/422/485 triggering and protocol decode is included with the Embedded Serial Analysis license.
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User Baud field. You can set the user-defined UART baud rate from 100 b/s to 8.0000 Mb/s. • Polarity — Selects Idle low or Idle high to match your device under test's state when at idle. For RS232 select Idle low. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Auto triggering. Press the [Mode] key to set the trigger mode from Auto to Trig'd. • You can use the horizontal [Zoom] window for easier navigation of the decoded data. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
(the 9th bit). Triggers only when the 9th (alert) bit is 1. The specified data byte applies to the least significant 8 bits (excludes the 9th (alert) bit). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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All trigger conditions must be met for the trigger to occur. Idle times from 1 µs to 10 s can be entered. The oscilloscope will look for a trigger condition only after the Idle time has past. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• An unknown (undefined) bus is shown in red. • A parity error will cause the associated data word to be shown in red, which includes the 5-8 data bits and the optional 9th bit. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
• Search for — Selects the decode value to find: Rx Data — Finds a data byte that you specify. For use when the DUT data • words are from 5 to 8 bits in length (no 9th (alert) bit). Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Rx Parity Error, Tx Parity Error — Finds a parity error based on the parity you • have set in the Bus Configuration Menu. • Rx or Tx Any Error — Finds any error. Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
Common Logarithm math function, arbitrary generated waveforms, reading, compensate passive probes, 22, editing, Binary marker mode, connect probes, digital, arbitrary waveform generator output, bit rate measurement, connection, to a PC, Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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LIN symbolic, digital display, interpreting, French front panel overlays, Digital key, French user interface and Quick Help, digital probes, 103, frequency counter, digital probes, impedance, frequency data in CSV files, Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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Quick Measure Statistics Reset, period counter, navigate files, Quick Recall, Period measurement, navigating the time base, Quick Save, period measurement trend, negative pulse width measurement Quick Selection button, 37, persistence, trend, Quick Trigger Mode, persistence, clearing, Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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FFT, trigger Force key, save files via web interface, SPI trigger, trigger hysteresis, Save Screen key, square root, trigger indicator, Auto?, save segment, square waveform generator output, trigger indicator, Trig'd, Keysight InfiniiVision HD3-Series Oscilloscopes User's Guide...
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