Portable mixed signal digital storage oscilloscope (107 pages)
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ADS3000A Series Quick Guide ADS3102A/3104A ADS3202A/3204A ADS3352A/3354A ADS3502A/3504A For product support, visit:www.owon.com.hk/download ※:The illustrations, interface, icons and characters in the user manual may be slightly different from the actual product. Please refer to the actual product.
Table of Contents 1. General Safety Requirements ............1 2. Safety Terms And Symbols ..............3 How To Conduct A General Inspection .................5 How To Conduct Function Inspection ................... 6 3. Primary User Guide ................7 A General Knowledge Of The Structure Of The Instrument ..........8 Front Panel ........................8 Rear Panel ........................
1.General Safety Requirements 1.General Safety Requirements Before use, please read the following safety precautions to avoid any possible bodily injury and to prevent this product or any other connected products from damage. In order to avoid any contingent danger, ensure this product is only used within the range specified.
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1.General Safety Requirements instrument. Avoid exposed circuit. Do not touch exposed junctions and components when the instrument is powered. Do not operate if in any doubt. If you suspect damage occurs to the instrument, have it inspected by qualified service personnel before further operations.
2.Safety Terms And Symbols 2.Safety Terms And Symbols Safety Terms Terms in this manual. The following terms may appear in this manual: Warning: Warning indicates the conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. Caution: Caution indicates the conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.
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2.Safety Terms And Symbols To avoid body damage and prevent product and connected equipment damage, carefully read the following safety information before using the test tool. This product can only be used in the specified applications. Warning The four channels of the oscilloscope are not electrically isolated. The channels should adopt a common ground during measuring.
2.Safety Terms And Symbols Warning: To avoid fire or electrical shock, when the oscilloscope input signal connected is more than 42V peak (30Vrms) or on circuits of more than 4800VA, please take note of below items: Only use accessory insulated voltage probes and test lead. ...
2.Safety Terms And Symbols responsible for this service or our local offices. 3. Check the Complete Instrument. If it is found that there is damage to the appearance of the instrument, or the instrument can not work normally, or fails in the performance test, please get in touch with our distributor responsible for this business or our local offices.
3.Primary User Guide 3.Primary User Guide AFG is optional features. The corresponding AFG buttons/interfaces are only available on models that support these features. Please refer to the table below for details. In the following text, no further explanation will be provided; please refer to the specific model accordingly.
3.Primary User Guide A General Knowledge Of The Structure Of The Instrument This chapter gives a brief description and introduction to the operations and functions of the front panel of the instrument, so as to facilitate your operations of the instrument in the shortest time. Front Panel On the instrument panel, knobs and function buttons are used to enter different function menus or directly use specific function application.
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3.Primary User Guide turned to set the value. Example can rotate the knob to change the offset value. Arrow keys : Move to select the parameter. 3. Home key : Return to the main homepage. 4. Touch key : Press it to disable the touch screen, the key light turns on; and press it again to enable the touch screen, the key light turns off (Note: The Touch Lock is only available in EduInstr system and does not work on the main homepage and other application interface.).
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3.Primary User Guide Horizontal control area: Contain two knobs. “Horizontal Position” knob is to control the horizontal position triggered. “Horizontal Scale” knob is to control time base scale. 7. AFG control area: Contain two keys. “CH1 ON/OFF” key corresponds to enable/disable the AFG function; ...
3.Primary User Guide Rear Panel Figure 3-2: Rear Panel 1. Foldable Handle. 2. Heat Emission Hole. 3. USB-C power supply interface. 4. USB Host Interface: When the oscilloscope is connected to an external USB device as a “master device”, the USB Host interface is used to transmit the data.
3.Primary User Guide 10.Fuse. 11.Power outlet. 12.Safety lock. 13.AFG CH2 port. 14.AFG CH1 port. A General Knowledge Of The User Interface Of The Instrument Figure 3-3:Illustrative Drawing of Display Interfaces 1. Shortcut soft keys of oscilloscope functions. 2. USB Device access identifier. 3.
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3.Primary User Guide interface. 6. AFG, Counter and others function information display bar (Note: click on the left corner corresponds to enable/disable statistic). Right swipe the information display bar to close the corresponding function. 7. Main menu key, click to show/hide the main menu. 8.
3.Primary User Guide Oscilloscope Inspection 1. Set the Switch in the Oscilloscope Probe as 10X and Connect the Oscilloscope with CH1 Channel. Align the slot in the probe with the plug in the CH1 connector BNC, and then tighten the probe with rotating it to the right side. Connect the probe tip and the ground clamp to the connector of the probe compensator.
3.Primary User Guide 1、 Set the attenuation coefficient of the probe in the menu as 10X and that of the switch in the probe as 10X (see "How to Implement the Probe Compensation" on P14), and connect the probe with the CH1 channel. If a probe hook tip is used, ensure that it keeps in close touch with the probe.
3.Primary User Guide (1) Click the channel information display bar on the bottom left of the screen (CH1 Channel, CH2 Channel, CH3 Channel or CH4 Channel). (2) Select Probe Attenu (1X,10X or other custom probe magnifications) in the displayed channel setting window. The setting will remain in effect until changed again after selection.
3.Primary User Guide Figure 3-8: Finger Guard Warning: To avoid electric shock, always keep your finger behind the safety guard ring of the probe during the operation. To protect you from suffering from the electric shock, do not touch any metal part of the probe tip when it is connected to the power supply.
4.Use the Android System 4.Use the Android System Android System Homepage Window 1. Application shortcut key. If you click the oscilloscope shortcut key, you can enter the oscilloscope interface. 2. App Drawer (Click to see all apps). 3. Task key. 4.
5.Use the Oscilloscope 5.Use the Oscilloscope A General Knowledge Of Trigger System As shown in Figure , there are one knob and one key. The following exercises are to guide you through the use of the trigger system. Figure 5-1: Trigger control area 1.
5.Use the Oscilloscope the key light on, close the key light off. 2. Press CH2 ON/OFF key to enable/disable the CH2 AFG function. Open the key light on, close the key light off. A General Knowledge Of Horizontal System As shown in Figure ,there are two knobs.The following exercises to guide you through the use of the horizontal system.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope exercises are to guide you through the use of the vertical system. Figure 5-4: Vertical control area 1. Vertical Position knob to control the vertical display position of the signal. When turning the Vertical Position knob, the pointer indicating the Grounding Reference Point of the channel moves up and down following the waveform.
5.Use the Oscilloscope 2. Change the vertical settings and observe the resulting status change. You can determine the change of the vertical scale factor of any channel through the information displayed in the information display bar at the lower part of the waveform window. ...
5.Use the Oscilloscope Use The Touch Screen To Operate The Menu Open the Settings window function: Directly click the below or right information display bar to pop up the corresponding function of the setting window. Set Menu Item:In the Settings window, you can change the configuration of the relevant menu item by touching it.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Operate The Touch Screen Select a Channel (CH1 channel,CH2 channel,CH3 channel or CH4 channel): Click the channel pointer on the left or click the channel waveform to make the channel pointer selected. Long press the channel pointer, the vertical position of waveform can be center (Note: Dual channel only have CH1 channel and CH2 channel).
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Set the trigger level of the signal source in the Trigger Menu (Trigger Level knob): The two grids on the right of the waveform area are the trigger level touch moving area, and the trigger level can be changed by sliding up and down in this area, as shown in the figure below.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope The control voltage gear and time base can be scaled in the following way: In the waveform display area, up and down/left and right zoom thumb and index finger to zoom control voltage scale and time base, as shown in the figure below.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Operate The Touch Screen In Waveform Amplification Mode Press Horizontal Scale knob to enter the waveform zoom mode, the main window is displayed at the top half of the screen and the amplified window is displayed at the bottom half of the screen. The amplified window is the amplified part of the main window that is selected.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Other Touch Screen Operations Click and drag the open menu item to move itself to the appropriate location. Control the horizontal or vertical cursor lines under cursor measurement, as shown in the figure below.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Run/Stop: Click in the upper left of the display area to switch Run/Stop. Parameter Setting Keyboard in Menu Item: There are digital input mode and hobbing input mode. Digital input mode, as shown in the figure below. Hobbing input mode, as shown in the figure below.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Swipe the information display bar How To Set Automatic Measurement Press the Measure button to perform automatic measurements. There are a total of 43 measurement types, and the screen can display up to 8 types of measurements at the bottom left corner. There are 43 kinds of measurement including:Period, + Width, Rise Time, +Duty, Frequency, - Width, Fall Time, -Duty, ScrDuty, Vavg, Vpp, Vamp, StdDev, Vmax, Vtop, VRMS, Overshoot, Vmin, Vbase, CycRms ,...
6.Use Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator Display window of arbitrary waveform/function generator The display window of arbitrary waveform/function generator is located at the upper right of the screen. Descriptions: 1. Display the channel name and the channel output switch status. 2.
6.Use Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator Descriptions: 1. Select channel. 2. Enable or disable the channel output. 3. Select the load: High-Z or Custom load (Range is a to 10kΩ,default is 50Ω). 4. Waveform selection area. 5. Output parameter setting area. Connect the output end Connect BNC cable to the output end of AFG CH1 or AFG CH2 signal generator of the oscilloscope’s front panel.
7.Appendix 7.Appendix Appendix A: Enclosure (The accessories subject to final delivery.) Standard Accessories: Power Cord Quick Guide USB Cable Probe Optional Accessories: BNC to alligator clip cable Appendix B: General Care And Cleaning General Care Do not store or leave the instrument where the liquid crystal display will be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time.
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7.Appendix with a wet soft cloth not dripping water. It is recommended to scrub with soft detergent or fresh water. To avoid damage to the instrument or probe, do not use any corrosive chemical cleaning agent. Warning: Before power on again for operation, it is required to confirm that the instrument has already been dried completely, avoiding any electrical short circuit or bodily injury resulting form the moisture.
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