Portable mixed signal digital storage oscilloscope (107 pages)
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ADS3000A Series User Manual 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 ........................
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How To Set Cursor Measurement ...............78 How to Realize Waveform Operation Function ..........83 How To Set FFT ..................... 86 How To Set Magnifier .................... 90 How To Set DIR(Digital Filtering) ................ 91 How To Set FRA (frequency response analysis) ..........93 How To Set Pass Fail ....................
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Acquire System ......................157 Trigger ............................157 Trigger System ......................157 Trigger Type ........................158 Waveform ..........................159 Waveform Measurement .................... 159 Waveform Analysis ...................... 161 Decode ...........................161 Bode Plot ..........................162 AFG ............................162 Counter ..........................165 DVM ............................165 Command ..........................166 General Technical Specification ..................
1.General Safety Requirements 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 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 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.
In the following text, no further explanation will be provided; please refer to the specific model accordingly. The following are illustrated with four channels as an example, and for two channels, please refer to four channels. Model Channel ADS3102A Option ADS3104A Option ADS3202A Option...
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.
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 5. System set time, click the icon will switch to the Date&time setting 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.
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 probe hook tip is used, ensure that it keeps in close touch with the probe. Connect the probe tip with the signal connector of the probe compensator and connect the reference wire clamp with the ground wire connector of the probe connector, and then push the Autoset button on the front panel.
3.Primary User Guide Caution: The default attenuation coefficient of the probe on the instrument is preset to 10X. Make sure that the set value of the attenuation switch in the probe is the same as the menu selection of the probe attenuation coefficient in the oscilloscope.
3.Primary User Guide the instrument and connect the ground terminal to the earth. How To Conduct Self-Calibration Self-calibration program is used to quickly make the oscilloscope be in the optimum condition to obtain the most accurate measurement. This program can be performed at any time. It is especially necessary when the ambient temperature reaches or exceeds 5℃.
4.Use the Android System 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 Use the Oscilloscope A General Knowledge Of 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. 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. Figure 5-3:Horizontal control area 1.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope 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 Turn the Vertical Scale knob to change the Vertical Scale Factor (Voltage Scale), and the scale factor of corresponding channel in the information display bar changes accordingly. 3. Press CH1、CH2、CH3、CH4 key to enable or disable the corresponding channel.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Scroll List: When the scroll bar appears in the menu, swipe the screen up and down with the finger to scroll the list, as shown in the figure below. Open Main Menu: Click the icon in the lower right of the display area, the main menu window pops up, as shown below.
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.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Set Horizontal Position (Horizontal Position knob): The horizontal position of the waveform can be changed by swiping your finger around the waveform display area, as shown in the figure below. The control voltage gear and time base can be scaled in the following way: ...
5.Use the Oscilloscope In the waveform display area, double-click the screen and slide the hand up and down/left and right to zoom the control voltage scale and time base. 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.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Other Touch Screen Operations Click and drag the open menu item to move itself to the appropriate location.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Control the horizontal or vertical cursor lines under cursor measurement, as shown in the figure below. 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.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Swipe the information display bar...
5.Use the Oscilloscope Advanced User Guide for Oscilloscope In the previous chapter, basic operations of the oscilloscope, function area of the front panel and the roles of the keys and knobs are introduced for the user to determine the change of instrument settings by observing the status bar.
5.Use the Oscilloscope How To Set Vertical System In the vertical system control area, there are seven keys (CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, Math and Ref) and two knobs (Vertical Position knob and Vertical Scale knob). Channel Settings Each channel is equipped with the independent vertical menu, and each item is set separately based on different channel.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Pass the AC and DC component of the input signal. Coupling Block the DC component of the input signal. Ground Disconnect the input signal. Click to open or close the waveform Inverted inversion function. Click the Numeric Display Box and turn General knob or swipe the screen up and down in the numeric select box with the Common...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Center Based on the vertical center point of the screen, the waveform will be scaled around the vertical center point of the Expand oscilloscope screen. Offset Based on the vertical zero point of the channel, the waveform will be scaled around the channel's zero level.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope ground potential. (1) Click the CH1 information display bar to bring up the CH1 Settings window. (2) Click Display switch in the menu to highlight it. (3) Click Inverted switch to highlight it, the waveform inversion will be enabled.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope 6. Set bandwidth limit (1) Click the CH1 information display bar to bring up the CH1 Settings window. (2) Click Display switch in the menu to highlight it. (3) Select the oscilloscope bandwidth in the Limit option. ...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope vertical zero point (zero level). 9. Set voltage scale (1) Click the CH1 information display bar to bring up the CH1 Settings window. (2) Click Display switch in the menu to highlight it. (3) Click the numeric box in the Scale option to display the scale select box.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Figure 5-4:Vertical information How To Set Horizontal System There are Horizontal Position knob and Horizontal Scale knob in the Horizontal System Control Area. 1. Horizontal Position knob: Adjust the horizontal position of all channels (including the mathematical operation), whose resolution changes with the time base.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Horizontal expansion refers to the reference position on which the screen waveform is horizontally expanded or compressed when the horizontal time base is adjusted. This instrument supports horizontal extension data including centers and trigger points default to "centers". Expand Center Center: When changing the horizontal time base,...
5.Use the Oscilloscope the main window. In waveform amplification mode, the Horizontal Position knob and the Horizontal Scale knob are used to adjust the horizontal position and the horizontal time base of the amplified window. Navigate function (1)Click the bottom of screen Horizontal Information Display Bar, display horizontal setting window.
5.Use the Oscilloscope The descriptions of setting window are shown in the table below: Menu Setting Descriptions Sample General Acquisition mode. Used to detect interference burrs and possibility of Peak reduce confusion. Reduce and improve the signal-to-noise ratio on Mode High Res aperiodic (single-shot) waveforms.
5.Use the Oscilloscope 100k on the right display box. Note: The length of the collected record is dynamic, changing with the number of channels opened. 100M As the acquisition proceeds, new data will continue to scroll sideways on the screen. In rolling mode, the oscilloscope samples the waveform without interruption without dead time.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Forced Trigger: Generate a trigger signal forcibly, mainly used in the “Normal” and “Single” trigger mode. Trigger Control Enter the trigger control: Trigger Information Display Bar Operation: Click Edge information display bar at the lower part of the screen to pop up the trigger setting window on the screen, then directly click Type to select the trigger mode.
5.Use the Oscilloscope extend the external trigger level range. AC Lines Set the mains supply as the trigger signal source. Set to block the DC components from passing through. Set to allow all components to pass through. Coupling Block the high-frequency signal from passing through and only allow low-frequency signal to pass through.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope information is displayed in the lower part of the screen, such indicating that the video trigger is selected with the trigger information source of CH1 and synchronization type of line. The descriptions of video trigger setting window are shown in the table below: Menu Settings Descriptions...
5.Use the Oscilloscope conditions are satisfied. Single Set to acquire a waveform when one trigger is detected and then stop acquisition. Pulse Trigger Pulse trigger is to determine the trigger moment based on the pulse width. You can discover abnormal pulse by setting the pulse width conditions. Enter the pulse trigger and the trigger setting information is displayed in the lower part of the screen, such as , indicating that the pulse trigger is...
5.Use the Oscilloscope 100ns – 10s; click Numeric Input Box to input the interval to be set for restarting the trigger circuit and click the unit to confirm; or click Gear Input Box (- or +) or turn the General knob to set HoldOff the interval for restarting the trigger circuit, and click <...
5.Use the Oscilloscope Click to set the slope conditions, click time setting’s Numeric Input Box to input the slope time to be set and click the unit to confirm; or > click Gear Input Box (- or +) or turn General knob =...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope with the trigger signal source of CH1, the polarity of positive runt and 0.000pV of the difference between upper level and lower level, as shown in the figure. The descriptions of runt trigger setting window are shown in the table below: Menu Settings Descriptions...
5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Numeric Display Box and turn General knob to set the upper threshold; Upper Click 50% and set the shortcut key of trigger Threshold level in the vertical midpoint of the trigger signal amplitude. Click Numeric Display Box and turn General knob to set the lower threshold;...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Set Channel 1 as the signal source trigger signal. Set Channel 2 as the signal source trigger signal. Source Set Channel 3 as the signal source trigger signal. Set Channel 4 as the signal source trigger signal. Positive over-amplitude pulse .
5.Use the Oscilloscope Timeout Trigger Trigger when the interval from the time at which the rising (or falling) edge of the input signal passes through the touch level to the time when the adjacent falling (or rising) edge passes through the touch level is larger than the set timeout period.
5.Use the Oscilloscope 100ns – 10s; click Numeric Input Box to input the interval to be set for restarting the trigger circuit and click the unit to confirm; or click Gear Input Box (- or +) or turn the General knob to set HoldOff the interval for restarting the trigger circuit, and click <...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Menu Settings Descriptions Set vertical channel trigger type as Nth Edge Type Nth Edge trigger. Set Channel 1 as the signal source trigger signal. Set Channel 2 as the signal source trigger signal. Source Set Channel 3 as the signal source trigger signal. Set Channel 4 as the signal source trigger signal.
5.Use the Oscilloscope 100ns – 10s; click Numeric Input Box to input the interval to be set for restarting the trigger circuit and click the unit to confirm; or click Gear Input Box (- or +) or turn the General knob to set the HoldOff interval for restarting the trigger circuit, and click <...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Set CH2 as High Level, Low level, high or low level, Rise and Fall. CH2 Input Mode Set CH3 as High Level, Low level, high or low level, Rise and Fall. CH3 Input Mode Set CH4 as High Level, Low level, high or low level, Rise and Fall.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Numeric Display Box and turn General knob to set the CH4 Threshold. Click 50% and set the shortcut key of trigger level Threshold in the vertical midpoint of the trigger signal amplitude. 100ns – 10s; click Numeric Input Box to input the interval to be set for restarting the trigger circuit and click the unit to confirm;...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope The descriptions of RS232 trigger setting window are shown in the table below: Menu Settings Descriptions RS232/ Type Set the buss trigger type to RS232/UART trigger. UART Set Channel 1 as the signal source trigger signal. Set Channel 2 as the signal source trigger signal. Source Set Channel 3 as the signal source trigger signal.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope after selecting this trigger condition: Data Bits: Set to 5, 6, 7, or 8 bits. Data: Based on the set data bit width, the data range is between 0 and 2 data bits width power -1. 100ns – 10s; click Numeric Input Box to input the interval to be set for restarting the trigger circuit and click the unit to confirm;...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope The descriptions of the I2C trigger setting window are as follows: Menu Settings Descriptions Type Set the bus trigger type to I2C. Set Channel 1 as SCL. Set Channel 2 as SCL. Set Channel 3 as SCL. Set Channel 4 as SCL.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Byte Set the byte length of the data ranging from 1 Length byte to 5 bytes. Turn General knob to set it. Data Set the data code type on current data bit. Search for the set address value and data value simultaneously and trigger when both meet the Addr/Data trigger conditions;...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Set Channel 2 as the SCL mode. Set Channel 3 as the SCL mode. Set Channel 4 as the SCL mode. Click Numeric Display Box and turn General knob to set the SCL threshold. Threshold Click 50% and set the shortcut key of trigger level in the vertical midpoint of the trigger signal amplitude.
5.Use the Oscilloscope 100ns Set the trigger hold-off time as 100ns. Sensitivity Set the sensitivity of the trigger window. Auto Set to collect waveform even when no trigger condition is detected. Normal Set to collect waveform only when trigger Mode conditions are satisfied.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Numeric Input Box to input the point within the bit time to be set and click % to confirm; or click Gear Input Box (- or +) or turn General knob to set the point within the bit time, click < > or press Sample to move the cursor and select the digit to be Point...
5.Use the Oscilloscope Format standard or extended. Extend Use the General knob and arrow keys on the panel to set Value the ID value required. Click Numeric Display Box and Byte select the byte length required Length for the set data, ranging from 1 to 8.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope at the lower right of the screen, such as ,indicating that the LIN trigger type is selected with the trigger signal source of CH1, baud rate of 1,200bps and trigger level of 1.800V. The descriptions of LIN trigger setting window are as follows: Menu Settings Descriptions...
5.Use the Oscilloscope 100ns – 10s; click Numeric Input Box to input the interval to be set for restarting the trigger circuit and click the unit to confirm; or click Gear Input Box (- or +) or turn the General knob to set the interval for HoldOff restarting the trigger circuit, and click <...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Phase(1 -2 ), Phase(1 -2 ), FRR(1 -2 ), FRF(1 -2 ), FFR(1 -2 ), FFF(1 -2 ), LRR(1 -2 ), LRF(1 -2 ), LFR(1 -2 ) and LFF(1 -2 ). The descriptions of automatic measurement setting window is shown as follows: Figure 5-6:Automatic measurement Descriptions...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Click to delete all added measuring types. Click to display all measuring values of current opened channel. Add/Delete The waveform channel must be opened for measurement. Automatic measurement can not be performed when storing the waveform or calculating double waveforms.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Rise Time: Time that the leading edge of the first pulse in the waveform takes to rise from 10% to 90% of its amplitude. Fall Time: Time that the falling edge of the first pulse in the waveform takes to fall from 90% to 10% of its amplitude.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Vmax: The maximum amplitude. The most positive peak voltage measured over the entire waveform. Vmin: The minimum amplitude. The most negative peak voltage measured over the entire waveform. Vtop: Voltage of the waveform's flat top, useful for square/pulse waveforms. CycRms: The true Root Mean Square voltage over the first entire period of the waveform.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope waveform within the screen. CycArea : The area of the first period of waveform on the screen and the unit is voltage-second. The area above the zero reference (namely the vertical offset) is positive and the area below the zero reference is negative. The area measured is the algebraic sum of the area of the whole period waveform.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Delay( - ): The time difference between the lower rising edge of source A and the upper falling edge of source B at the middle value of the threshold. Negative delay indicates that the lower rising edge of source A occurs after the upper falling edge of source B.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Phase( - ): The phase difference between the falling edge of source A and the rising edge of source B at the middle value of the threshold is expressed in degrees.Calculation formula is: Of which,PhaseA F B R is phase( - ),DelayA F B R is delay( - ),Period sourceA is source A period.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Avg & Std Sample Times Input Box, set the statistics number by pop up keyboard and also can rotate the corresponding multipurpose knob to set value. The value range of measurement times is 2 to 1000, default is ...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Horizontal Range: Selecting Screen indicates that the measurement range is the whole screen; selecting Cursor indicates that the measurement range is only within the cursor range. Top/Base: Set the measurement method for the top and bottom values of the amplitude.
5.Use the Oscilloscope How To Set XY Mode After XY mode is selected, both Channel 1 and Channel 2 are opened and one waveform amplitude is displayed relative to another. CH1 is displayed on the horizontal axis and CH2 is displayed on the vertical axis. Horizontal axis can select CH1, CH2, CH3 or CH4.
5.Use the Oscilloscope How To Set Cursor Measurement Press Cursor key, click the main menu window to select Cursor option or click Cursor Shortcut at the upper part of the screen and then click the information display bar in the right of the screen, the cursor information display bar as shown in the figure below.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Math Display time measurement cursor and menu. Display voltage measurement cursor and Type menu. Display time and voltage measurement cursor and menu. Select X1 vertical cursor line. Select X2 vertical cursor line. X1&X2 Select X1 and X2 vertical cursor lines simultaneously.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Y in the type menu to highlight it, and two yellow dotted lines Y1 and Y2 are displayed in the horizontal direction of the screen; Click XY in the type menu, two yellow dotted lines X1 and X2 in the vertical direction and two yellow dotted lines Y1 and Y2 in the horizontal direction are displayed in the screen.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope The cursor information display bar located to the right of the waveform display area displays the cursor readings. 3. In setting window, select Window as Zoom, can make the cursor line appear in the main waveform area or Zoom waveform area. 4.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope appear in the main waveform area or FFT waveform area. 4. Set Cursor Type Click X in the type menu to highlight it, and two pink dotted lines X1 and X2 are displayed in the horizontal direction of the screen; ...
5.Use the Oscilloscope the cursor lines Y1 or Y2 up and down; select Y1&Y2 and turn General knob to move two cursor lines Y1 and Y2 up and down simultaneously; Click X1 or X2 in the cursor line menu and turn General knob to move the cursor lines X1 or X2 left and right;...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope CH1| ▶ Select CH1, CH2, CH3 or CH4 signal source. Display Open or close math operation formula. Turn General knob to adjust the vertical gear of Scale Math waveform. Click Numeric Input Box to directly input the vertical position of the Math waveform to be set and click the unit to confirm;...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope waveform to be set and click < > or press to move the cursor and select the digit to be set. Custom Function Operation 1. Click in the right corner of screen, then select Math ,the screen will pop up math setting window.
5.Use the Oscilloscope screen. 7. Click the Numeric Display Box of Scale and turn General knob to adjust the vertical scale of Math waveform. 8. Click Vertical, click Numeric Input Box to directly input the vertical position of Math waveform to be set and click the unit to confirm; or click Gear Input Box (- or +) or turn General knob to set the vertical position of Math waveform to be set and click <...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope FFT operating steps are as follows: 1. Click in the right corner of screen,then select FFT , the screen will pop up FFT setting window. 2. Click Switch when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled. The pink waveform M will be displayed on the screen (It is also available to click FFT shortcut softkey at the upper part of the screen).
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5.Use the Oscilloscope 4. Click and select the window type to be used from the displayed window. 5. Click Vertical Units and select Vrms, dBVrms, Radians or Degrees. 6. Click Label,when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled.You can choose common or custom label type.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope components near DC. Recommend to use for: Transients or bursts, the signal level before and after the event are nearly equal. Equal-amplitude sine waves with frequencies those are very close. Broadband random noise with a relatively slow varying spectrum.
5.Use the Oscilloscope frequencies. DC component or offset can cause incorrect magnitude values of FFT waveform. To minimize the DC component, choose AC Coupling on the source signal. To reduce random noise and aliased components in repetitive or single-shot events, set the oscilloscope acquisition mode to average.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Numeric Input Box to directly input the vertical/horizontal position of waveform to be set and click the unit to confirm; or click Gear Input Window Vertical Box (- or +) or turn General knob to set the Position Horizontal vertical/horizontal position of waveform to be set,...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope 1. Click DIR in the analysis module from the main menu window at the lower right of the screen. 2. In the setting window,click Switch when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled. The pink waveform M will be displayed on the screen.
5.Use the Oscilloscope the Math Waveform is the same as that of the current channel. Note: In slow sweep, the digital filter function is disabled. How To Set FRA (frequency response analysis) The Frequency Response Analysis (FRA) function controls the built-in signal generator to scan the sine waves across the frequency range and simultaneously measure the input and output of the device under test.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Adjust the offset position of the amplitude-frequency curve, Gain Offset ranging from -250.0dB to 250.0dB. Phase Adjust the phase scale value of the phase-frequency curve, Scale ranging from 5.0°/div to 90.0°/div. Phase Adjust the offset position of the phase-frequency curve, Offset ranging from -180.0°...
5.Use the Oscilloscope End of FRA Analysis How To Set Pass Fail Click Pass Fail in the analysis module from the main menu window at the lower right of the screen. The descriptions of the setting window are shown in the table below:...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Menu Settings Descriptions Switch Open or close Pass/Fail measure function. Operate Control operate switch. Select CH1,CH2,CH3 or CH4 Source source. Select pass or fail set type. PASS Pass: measured signal Category conforms to the set rules. FAIL Configuration Fail: The measured signal doesn’t conforms to the set rules.
5.Use the Oscilloscope 3. Configuration: In the configuration menu,set output type is PASS or FAIL; set output mode whether to open Stop or Beep; set whether to open Message Display. 4. TheMaskRule: In TheMaskRule menu select Source, in Horizontally Disposed or Vertically Disposed , click Numeric Input Box , set horizontal value or vertical value;...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope To perform counter, follow these steps: 1. Click Counter in the analysis module in the main setting window at the bottom right of the screen The setting window will display on the screen. 2. In the setting window, click Switch when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled, counter menu will display in the right list.
5.Use the Oscilloscope 6. Click Reset Stat., the historical data of the counter will be cleared and the statistics will be re-conducted. How To Set DVM...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope To perform DVM, follow these steps: 1. Click DVM in the analysis module in the main setting window at the bottom right of the screen The setting window will display on the screen. 2. In the setting window, click Switch when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled, DVM information display bar will display in the right list.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope 6. Click Reset Stat., the historical data of the DVM will be cleared and the statistics will be re-conducted. 7. Click Magnify box when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled. The zoom box will appear at the top right of the screen, and the number will match the number in the list on the right.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Box to set the upper or lower limit vale. In When Limit to set the limit condition to In Limit or Out Limit. Set the switch whether to turn on the Flicker. The DVM information display panel on the right-side list will enter a blinking state if the measured values meet the predefined conditions.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope In the Path option, select the storage path as Internal or External; click Name Input Box can edit the filename or save the waveform with the system default filename, the file format is csv; click Export , can save the file.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope When decoding, if "Parity" is not set to "None", and the check bit error is detected, P marks will be displayed in the corresponding position in the waveform. The descriptions of RS232/UART decode setting window are as shown in the table below: Menu Settings...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Stop Bit 1, 1.5, 2 Select 1 ,1.5 or 2 as the end of decoding sign. LSB:Least Significant Bit, that is, the data is transmitted low first. Endian MSB:Most Significant Bit, that is, the data is transmitted high first. DECIMAL Format Select the display format to decode.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Menu Settings Descriptions Click Switch, when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled. Copy Trig When the trigger type is bus trigger Switch (RS232/UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, or LIN), clicking the Copy Trig button allows you to copy the current trigger settings.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope To perform decode SPI signal, follow these steps: (1) Connect the clock line (SCLK) and the data line (SDA) of the SPI signal to the Signal Input Channels of the oscilloscope. (2) Adjust to the proper time base and voltage division. (3) In trigger menu, select trigger type as SPI, set parameters based on the characteristics of the signal, trigger the signal correctly and obtain stable display.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Numeric Display Box and turn General Timeout knob to set the required timeout. Select CH1,CH2,CH3 or CH4 as CLK. Click Numeric Display Box and turn General knob to set the lower threshold; Click 50% and set the shortcut key of trigger level in the vertical midpoint of the trigger signal amplitude.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Label, when the switch label is highlighted Common on the right, it is enabled.You can select Label Custom Common or Custom as the label type. DECIMAL Format Select the display format to decode. BINARY ASCII Switch, Click when switch...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Switch, when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled. Copy Trig When the trigger type is bus trigger Switch (RS232/UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, or LIN), clicking the Copy Trig button allows you to copy the current trigger settings.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope To perform decode LIN signal, follow these steps: (1) Connect the LIN signal to the Signal Input Channel of the oscilloscope. (2) Adjust to the proper time base and voltage division. (3) In trigger menu,select trigger type as LIN, set parameters based on the characteristics of the signal, trigger the signal correctly and obtain stable display.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Numeric Display Box to input the baud rate to be set and click unit to confirm; or click Gear Input Box (- or +) or turn the General knob to set the baud rate, and click < > or press Custom to move the cursor and select the digit to be set.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Close 1Second Select the time of duration. 2Seconds Note:Currently support CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, 5Seconds FFT, XY, DIR, waveform operation models. Persist Infinity Erase previously collected results from the Clear display. The oscilloscope will start cumulative collection again. Slide adjusts the current wave intensity.
5.Use the Oscilloscope When afterglow function is used, the afterglow display of image tube can be simulated. The color of the original data retained is gradually lightened and that of new data becomes brighter. (1) Click Display in the others module in the main setting window at the bottom right of the screen (2) Click Type to set it as Point or Vector.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Click Save in the others module in the main setting window at the bottom right of the screen Save oscilloscope waveform and picture, set to USB internal memory by operating Save in the setting window; operate Print to print the image displayed on the oscilloscope screen.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Save Save current waveform. When the type is Set, the menu shows as following: User0 Set storage location. User9 Save the current parameter settings of the Save oscilloscope to the internal memory. Calls the settings saved at the current storage Load location.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope 2、In website install print app,steps as shown in Figute1 to Figure 5. ① Click Download to download installation package, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 ②Click Open to installation package, as shown in Figure 2.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Figure 2 ③Click INSTALL,start to install print app, as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3 ④ Software install produce,as shown in Figure 4.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Figure 4 ⑤After install success, click OPEN can open print app. As shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 3、Open the installed printing software, as shown in Figure 6. Go to the last page and check "Agree" license agreement and privacy policy. Click "I AGREE"...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Figure 6 Figure 7 4 、 After entering the printing software interface, click "Enable Wi-Fi to see nearby printers" to connect the printer's Wi-Fi, as shown in Figure 8. The Wi-Fi connection is successful, as shown in Figure 9.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Figure 8 Figure 9 5、In the menu below, set the printing parameters. Click to open Inverse , the image will be printed with a white background. Click to open Time, the image will display specific printing time of the image. Select printing area: Full Screen or Waveform Area.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope 6、Connect the instrument to the printer,as shown in the following picture. 7、Click can set the parameter including: Copies, Paper Size, Color, Orientation, Two-sided and Pages. After setting, click the print icon to print the image, as shown below.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Note: Image printing can only be printed over a network connection, USB connection is not valid. When printing, turn off borderless printing in More options. If WIFI and network cable are connected at the same time, the printer may not be found, do not connect at the same time.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope 2. Right click Computer- Manage to enter Computer Management interface. 3. Click Disk Management menu, and information about the USB disk will display on the right side with red mark 1 and 2. Figure 5- 10: Disk Management of computer 4.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Figure 5- 11: Format the USB disk warning 5. Set File System as FAT32, Allocation unit size Default. Check "Perform a quick format" to execute a quick format. Click OK, and then click Yes on the warning message. Figure 5- 12: Formatting the USB disk setting 6.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Use Minitool Partition Wizard to format Download URL: http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html Tip: There are many tools for the USB disk formatting on the market, just take Minitool Partition Wizard for example here. 1. Connect the USB disk to the computer. 2.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Figure 5- 15: Choose format 5. Set File System FAT32, Cluster size Default. Click OK. Figure 5- 16:Format setting 6. Click Apply at the top left of the menu. Then click Yes on the pop-up warning to begin formatting. Figure 5- 17:Apply setting 7.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Figure 5- 18:Format process 8. Format the USB disk successfully. Figure 5- 19: Format successfully How To Set Reference Waveform 100 reference waveforms can be stored in the instrument, which can be displayed with current waveform simultaneously. The stored waveform can not be adjusted after being called.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope To store CH1 channel waveform to waveform0, operate according to the following steps: 1. Open CH1 channel. 2. Click Reference in the others module in the main setting window at the bottom right of the screen 3. The setting window will display on the screen.Click Switch when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled.
5.Use the Oscilloscope When the display switch is closed, the label disappears and the reference waveform displayed on the screen will be hidden accordingly. 8. Click Label to select a common type or a Custom type. When you select a common type, you can select 31 types of labels. When you select a Custom type, you can click the input box below to enter the required labels.
5.Use the Oscilloscope waveform and saved to the internal storage or directly cloned to the signal generator, as the output waveform of the signal generator. A total of 4 cloned waveforms can be saved in the internal memory of the instrument. The descriptions of Waveform Clone Menu are shown in the table below: Menu Setting...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Save the waveform selected by the cursor line on the screen to one of the four target waveforms in the internal memory; when a target is selected from the left Save target waveform list, the information of such target will be displayed at the bottom of the cloned waveform, showing if the current target has a waveform and the signal source mode of the waveform.
5.Use the Oscilloscope How To Conduct Probe Check Click ProbeCh. in the others module in the main setting window at the bottom right of the screen The “Probe Check” prompt box will pop up on the screen.Click Start to perform the probe check. After completing the probe check, the check results are displayed on the screen and click Quit.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope click Settings to enter the setting interface, then click Wi-Fi switch to enable it, and the network will be connected automatically. If it is the first time to connect to WiFi, click it gain to select the WiFi account, then click the account and enter the WiFi password to connect the network.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope search function through their own secondary development software to query the instrument. 3. Please download your own software with mDns lookup function. Now the LXI Discovery Tool software is taken as an example to explain, and the detailed operation is as follows: (1) Open LXI app, enter the app interface,as shown in the following picture.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope (3) Enter "Advance Settings View" interface, as shown below. (4) Under the“Advance Settings View”interface, select mDNS,mDNS Service Type select“_http._tcp”, as shown below.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope (5) After setting, click Search, available devices can be searched, and the IP address of the device and the corresponding instrument description are displayed,as shown below. (6) Select your own instrument, click the corresponding instrument description or click "Open Web Page" in the lower right corner to jump to the network service login interface, as shown below.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Default Restore the factory settings. Click Default shortcut in the left corner of screen and click Confirm in the factory settings window, to restore the factory default state; click Cancel if it is not needed. About It is composed of About the Application and About the Instrument. The former is to display the latest version of the instrument;...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope It is mainly used to set the language and choose whether to synchronize with the system. Click on the right side of the language to switch languages. In the process of switching languages, you need to click Confirm to restart the application for the configuration to take effect.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Set Display Format It is mainly used to set the display format of all the values in the instrument. Click The Decimal Symbol to display the decimal symbol as a Point or Comma; Click Thousand Separator to set a Comma (Point, subject to decimal symbol) or a Space between thousand separators.
5.Use the Oscilloscope Window time: Set window display time, the value can be set Close, 5s, 10s, 15s, 20s, 25s, 30s. When the set time is up, the setting window will automatically close. Beeper: Click Beeper when the switch label is highlighted on the right, it is enabled.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope Signal open or close (channel switch Channel switch remains closed) Vertical Scale Adjust to the proper scale Channel Bandwidth Current Horizontal Position Center or two squares to left or right Horizontal Scale Adjust to the proper scale Trigger Type Edge Trigger Signal Source CH1, CH2, CH3 or CH4...
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5.Use the Oscilloscope DC level: cancel autoset, auxiliary menu set. Unknown source: cancel autoset , auxiliary menu set. Partial description of nouns: Signal period:Display 1~2 waveform periods. Multi periods:Display multiple waveform periods. Rising edge:Separate shows a rising edge of square wave. Falling edge:Separate shows a falling edge of square wave.
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5.Use the Oscilloscope respectively. If the condition is not met, the automatic waveform setting may be invalid. Run/Stop: Run and Stop the waveform acquisition. Note: In the stop state, the vertical gear and horizontal time base of the waveform can be adjusted within a certain range, equivalent to extend the signal in the horizontal or vertical direction.
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 1Ω 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.
6.Use Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator Press ON/OFF key of two channels to enable/disable the output of corresponding channel. The key light of corresponding channel turns on when the output is enabled. Channel copy menu Press CH1/2 softkey to switch to the Channel Copy menu. Align Phase Click AlignPhase softkey in the menu below to align the initial phases of two channel signals.
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6.Use Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator (3) Operate the setting menu to set the parameters of the waveform required. Example: Press Frequency in the menu below (if there is only Period other than Frequency, click the title to switch it to Frequency), and set the required value, the specific methods are as follows.
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6.Use Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator Use General Knob: Turn General Knob to increase or decrease the value at the cursor. Press to move the cursor left and right, see the gear input mode diagram for details. Parameters that can be set for each waveform: Name Menu Items Frequency/Period, Amplitude/High level, Offset/Low level, Start...
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6.Use Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator 1. Click CH1 at the setting window. 2. Click Output to highlight the switch. 3. Click High-Z/Custom load to set the required load mode, and the custom load ranges from 1Ω to 10kΩ. 4. Select Elementary. 5.
6.Use Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator Note: For the parameter settings of square wave, ramp wave, pulse wave and noise wave, refer to the operations mentioned above. Output Built-in Waveform There are 28 kinds of built-in waveforms. To select the built-in waveform, follow the steps below: (1) Click CH1 or CH2 display window to display the setting window of the signal generator.
6.Use Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator For the parameter settings of Frequency Modulation (FM), Phase Modulation (PM) and Frequency-shift Keying (FSK), refer to “Amplitude Modulation (AM)” for details Output Sweep Waveform In the sweep mode, the output varies from the start frequency to stop frequency within the specific scan time.
6.Use Arbitrary Waveform/Function Generator Note: The Start Frequency and Stop Frequency are the upper limit and lower limit of the sweep frequency. The signal generator always sweeps from the start frequency to the stop frequency and back to the start frequency. Set the trigger source Click Internal to use internal signal source;...
7.Technical Specifications Edge trigger, Video trigger, Pulse trigger, Slope trigger, Runt trigger, Windows trigger, Timeout trigger, Nth Trigger type trigger, Logic trigger, RS232/UART trigger, I2C trigger, SPI trigger, CAN trigger, LIN trigger 50% level setting Input signal frequency ≥ 50 Hz (typical) Holdoff range 100 ns to 10s...
7.Technical Specifications Edge Number 1 ~ 128 Logic Mode AND, OR, XOR,XNOR Input Mode H, L, X, Rising, Falling Logic trigger Goes True, Goes False, Is True >, Output Mode Is True <, Is True = Polarity Normal, Inverted RS232/UART Trigger Condition Start, Error, Chk Error, Data Trigger Baud Rate...
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7.Technical Specifications The voltage value and time value of the X waveform point are tracked by fixing the Y Tracing axis mode The fixed X-axis tracks the voltage value and time value of the Y waveform point Auto Allows the cursor to be displayed during measurem automatic measurements ent cursor...
7.Technical Specifications Waveform Analysis Characteristics Instruction The signal under test is compared with a user-defined rule (template), providing the number of passes, failures, and the total number of tests. Pass/fail events can trigger immediate stop, buzzer, and screenshot. Source CH1 - CH4 Pass Fail Horizontal, vertical...
7.Technical Specifications Source Channel: CH1~CH4 Decode LIN bus versions 1.X or 2.X, with speeds up to 10 kb/s. Decode and display synchronization, identifier, data, and checksum. Source Channel: CH1~CH4 Bode Plot Characteristics Instruction Start frequency 10 Hz ~ 25 MHz End frequency 10 Hz ~ 25 MHz Points/Decade...
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7.Technical Specifications 2 mVpp to 10 Vpp (≤10 MHz) High Z 2 mVpp to 5 Vpp (≤50 MHz) Output amplitude 1 mVpp to 5 Vpp (≤10 MHz) 50Ω 1 mVpp to 2.5 Vpp (≤50 MHz) Amplitude ±(1% of setting + 1 mVpp) (typical 1kHz sine,0V offset) accuracy Amplitude 1mVpp or 5 bits...
7.Technical Specifications range Carrier Sine, Square, Ramp, Arb(Except DC) FSK rate 2 mHz to 100kHz FSK hopfreq 1 μHz to Maximum frequency of corresponding carrier Sweep Carrier Sine, Square, Ramp, Arb(Except DC) Min/Max start 1μHz(minimum)/Maximum frequency of corresponding frequent carrier Max/Min stop 1μHz(minimum)/Maximum frequency of corresponding...
7.Technical Specifications Function AC RMS, DC, AC+DC RMS Resolution 4 bits Support upper and lower limit setting, over-limit Limit warnings condition setting, over-limit prompt Command Characteristics Instruction Common Supports the standard SCPI command set support Error message Error Message Definition Support status reporting...
7.Technical Specifications Characteristics Instruction Output About 3.3 V, with the Peak-to-Peak voltage ≥1MΩ voltage(typical) Frequency(typical) 1 kHz Square Others Characteristics Instruction HDMI; USB device *1, USB Host *1 ; Trig Out(P/F); Communication Interface LAN interface Power Supply Type-C power supply interface ;...
8.Appendix Appendix Appendix A: Accessories (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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8.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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