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TravelScope DSO Manual
Publish:2018/08
Acute Technology Inc.
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2018

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  • Page 1 TravelScope DSO Manual Publish:2018/08 Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2018...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Scroll Bar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Panel Sizing Knob ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Zoom(TravelScope only) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Waveform operation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 Run/Stop --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 FORCE TRIGGER --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 SET LEVEL TO 50% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18 HARDCOPY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 TRIGGER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2018...
  • Page 3 DISPLAY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 CURSOR --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 MEASURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 39 UTILITY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 SAVE/RECALL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 47 ACQUIRE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 AUTOSET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 How to stack multiple DSOs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54 APPENDIX ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 57 Probe Specification --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2018...
  • Page 4: Safety Information

    The DSO should be powered by the PC’s USB2.0 port. Use only the DSO USB cable to connect to the PC’s USB2.0 port.  Do not operate in wet or damp conditions.  Do not modify or operate the DSO if there was any suspected damage, have it Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 5 Around areas with strong lines of magnetic forces or impulse voltage.  Remove the USB cable from the DSO if it is not being used.  The temperature of the DSO increases after being used for a while.  Use original USB cable. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 6 1 Installation Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 7: Installation Procedures

    (Figure 2). Click “Next”. Click “Next” when a driver is found. Figure 3 Figure 4 You will see the “Acute USB 2.0 Interface” in the Device Manager (Figure 6). Please check our FAQ at www.acute.com.tw or e-mail us at service@acute.com.tw...
  • Page 8 Figure 5 Figure 6 Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 9 Figure 3 Figure 4 Click “Continue Anyway” (Figure 4) to continue the installation procedure. Click “Finish” (Figure 5) after the DSO driver is installed. You may see the “Acute USB 2.0 Interface” in Device Manager (Figure 6). Acute Technology Inc.
  • Page 10 Figure 5 Figure 6 You will see the “Acute USB 2.0 Interface” in the Device Manager (Figure 6). Please check our FAQ at www.acute.com.tw or e-mail us at service@acute.com.tw if there is any installation problem. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright...
  • Page 11 You will find the DSO software icon ( )after the installation. If the DSO software enters “DEMO Mode” when the DSO is connected with your PC, please check the USB cable or e-mail us at service@acute.com.tw. Acute Technology Inc. ...
  • Page 12: Probe Calibration

    DS-1000: Connect two probes with the “Probe Comp. (3.3V)” pin. TravelScope: Connect two probes with the “GEN 1” pin. Run the DSO software. Set the Volt/div = 2v and the Time/div = 500us. If you see the waveforms below, please follow step (8). Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 13 Adjust the trimmer near the probe’s BNC connector and modify the waveform to the following shapes. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 14: Ds-1000 Series Calibration

    You can change the time base or vertical division after the calibration to check the result. You need to calibrate the DSO again each time you use a different PC because the calibration information is stored in the PC. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright...
  • Page 15: Chapter 2 Operations

    2 Operations Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 16: Window

    You can use the mouse wheel to zoom in and zoom out the waveform on the screen and use the left mouse button to drag and flicker the waveform. You can also use the mouse right amount of measured specific area of the waveform. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright...
  • Page 17: Operation

    When the TIME/DIV shows “M 50us”, it means each horizontal division is 50us. There are two small buttons under the TIME/DIV knob, one is “–” (zoom out) and the other is “+” (zoom in) Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright...
  • Page 18: Threshold

    The channel numbers are shown on the left of the waveform window; you may move the channel to adjust its threshold. Trigger Position The trigger is a red arrow sign on the top of the waveform window; you can drag the trigger sign to adjust its time. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 19: Scroll Bar

    You can move the panel sizing knob on the lower right of the panel to adjust the size of the panel. Zoom(TravelScope only) Press the button to on/off the zoom window; also use the hot key (z) to on/off it. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 20: Waveform Operation

    Fast measurements: Right-click the selected waveform area for its measurements. Fast voltage offset: Right-click the selected waveform area for its voltage offset View In Secondary Display Window: Display the zoomed waveform of selected area in secondary display window. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 21: Run/Stop

    Click the “SET LEVEL to 50%” button to set the threshold to the 50% of the signal’s Vpp. HARDCOPY Click the “HARDCOPY” button to print the waveforms. Select “Utility” → “export” to preview the waveform. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 22: Trigger

    ● UART ● ● ● ● Delay trigger ● ● Holdoff ● ● Coupling Trigger Type Edge Trigger on Rising/Falling/Either/Alternate signals Video Trigger on video signals like NTSC 、 PAL or SECAM. Related operations: Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 23 Click the “Cursor” button to set the Horizontal Unit as IRE will make the video measurement easier. Width This is useful for observing inter-symbol-interference (ISI). Trigger when the pulse width matches the following,: Mode: Icon Mode Positive pulse Negative pulse Any pulse Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 24 Negative pulse with different width 1ns - 50s Positive or negative pulse different width Width time: The same as the Width trigger. Pattern It can trigger on any logical combination of input channels. Mode: Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 25 Trigger when the logic input(Source B) to be true and clock input(Source A) is rising of change edge. Timeout It is oftern use to trigger on the dead time of the system. Mode: Icon Mode High Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 26 Setup/Hold violations can cause data errors. It is easy to capture this error. Mode: Setup icon Mode Setup timing violation when clock rising. Setup timing violation when clock falling. Setup timing violation when clock chang. Hold icon Mode Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 27 In the most demanding application a single trigger event is not sufficient to fully define the circuit behavior that creates the event of interest. Mode: Setup icon Mode B rising n-times after A rising B falling n-times after A rising Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 28 Trigger On: Trigger mode: Start, Stop, Address, Data… Address Settings: bit length and read/write address value. (X means don’t care) Data Settings: up to 4 conditions. Fixed Offset can trigger on the n-th data. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 29 ID / Byte: trigger ID or Data byte, up to 8 data. UART: Baud Rate: Select the baud rate Data Bits: From 4 - 16 bits Stop Bits: From 1 – 4.5 bits Parity: None,Odd,Even,Mark,Space Trigger On: Data, Break,Parity Error… Data: Trigger data Bypass: Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 30 Three trigger modes: Auto, Normal or Single Shot. The record length are adjustable. Record Length DSO Series Record length DS-1002 500S – 64KS DS-1102 DS-1000 series DS-1202 500S– 512KS 500S – 2048KS DS-1302 TS2202 10KS TravelScope series 10KS – 64MS TS2212 Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 31 The DSO can delay the trigger up to 50 seconds after the trigger condition is matched. The Delay time icon is Holdoff Time Stop trigger function during the holdoff time from 8ns to 150s after the trigger condition is matched Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 32 Figure: Holdoff Coupling Use high frequency reject (H.F. Rej.), low frequency reject (L.F. Rej.) or noise reject (Noise Rej.) to filter noises near the trigger point. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 33: Display

    ±15V 0.2, 0.5, 1V/div ±1.5V 2,5, 10, 20, 50, 100mV/div CH Probe The probe option (current, x2000, x1000, 200, x100, x10 or x1) on the DSO software window must be identical with the probe. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 34 Display the new waveforms while keeping the old waveforms on the window to see the maximum difference between the waveforms Persistence Clear the old waveform on the window. Decode Setting Bus decoder for I2C, UART, CAN ProfiBus, ARINC429, MIL-STD-1553, LIN Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 35 Channel: Select UART channel. Threshold: Threshold setting Baud Rates: Baud rate setting, auto baud rate setting if check “Auto Detected” Data Bits: Data bits length Stop Bits: Stop bits length. Parity: None, Odd, Even, Mark, Space Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 36 Input Sel.: Select CAN high or CAN low which was connected. Channel: Select CAN channel, only CAN high or CAN low. Threshold: Threshold setting Data Rate: Data rate settinmg,auto data rate setting if check”Auto Data Rate” ProfiBus: Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 37 MSB/LSB First: MSB or LSB Start Bit: Sleect start bit high or low ARINC429: Type: LEG-A, LEG-B Input Source: Select channel Bit Rate: Bit rate and it’s tolerance Equipment ID / Type: Set ID Threshold: Threshold setting MIL-STD-1553: Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 38 Input Source: Select channel and type Bit Rate Tolarence: Bit rate and it’s tolerance Response Time From: Response timerange Minimum Intermessage Gap: Minimum gap Threshold: Threshold setting LIN: Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 39 Version: LIN 1.2/2.0/2.1 Checksum: Classic or Enhanced SPI: SPI Mode: 2/3/4 wire SPI Input Source: Select channel Threshold: Threshold setting Option: Latch data mode Report Show the bus decode result as report. Math (3/3): Math Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 40 The selected channel can be transformed as FFT. FFT Scale The FFT Scale has three modes: Linear RMS, dbV RMS, dBm Rms. FFT Window The FFT window includes “Triangular”, “Cosine”, “Lanczos”, “Gaussian”, “Rectangular”, “Blackman”, “Hann”, “Hamming” and “Harris”. Lissajous Figures Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 41: Cursor

    Tracking mode: Cursors can be moved together. When the cursor(s) is(are) out of the window, you may click the “bring all on screen” button to bring all cursors back to the window. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 42: Measure

    It can be calculated using the histogram method, the most common value found above the mean. The absolute difference between the maximum and minimum amplitude in the entire waveform. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 43 The time between the two falling edge form different channel Fall Delay ((Vmin- Vlow) / (Vhigh- Vlow)) x 100 RPreshoot ((Vmax- Vhigh) / (Vhigh- Vlow)) x 100 FPreshoot Describes the difference in timing between two otherwise Phase similar signals in degree. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 44: Utility

    “Auto” mode. “Interval” logs the waveform data whatever in trigger-activated or time-out periods. You may only log trigger-activated waveform by clicking “excluding time-out”. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright...
  • Page 45 Word, Excel, CSV, text, Html, clipboard, MATLAB, TSV, WAV. Import data “Import data” imports the waveform with its setup parameters. The import waveform can be in different formats like print out, preview, Word, Excel, text or clipboard. Launch Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 46 Product Information It contains information regarding the DSO hardware, software, firmware and production date which are useful in technical support. Pass/Fail Setting Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 47 “Hot Key” with function(s) or sub-function(s) in “define” list or you can delete “Hot Key” be pressing “Escape”. Please be noted that not any function key can be defined as “Hot Key”. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 48 VISA is an interface to set or get DSO information and function. Online Update The DSO supports online software update. Show in the bottom of main function button. Customize Configuration Set the DSO environments like “Channel Color”, “Grid Mode” or “FG setting” etc. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 49 Math Function: Show or hide channel waveform when enable math function. FG Setting: The FG will generate square waveform or the type of waveform set in last time. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 50: Save/Recall

    The “QuickSave” folder is located in the DSO installation directory (Windows XP), or User\UserName\Document (Windows 7/8). You may save many waveforms into files, but only up to four waveforms can be recalled to be the reference waveforms at the same time. Setup Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 51 “Load Setup Extension” and F9 as “Clear Setup Extension”, then you can press F7 to save your setup with 35 choices (1, 2, …,9, A, B,…, Z) to store it, press F8 to load your setup(s) or press F9 to clear the setups. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright...
  • Page 52: Acquire

    PS: Hi-Res will not work in ADC 16 bits mode. Roll Mode: The sampling rate for the DS-1000 series is 1KS/s. and for the TravelScope series is 25KS/s. FG Setting: The TravelScope has a two-channels (Gen1, Gen2) embedded function Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 53 Swp (Sweep): Vary the frequency of a signal over a specified time period. Mode: Repeat Mode: Repeat sweep signals. Trig. Mode: Sweep a signal after trigger. Type: Linear: Sweep a signal in linear frequency. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 54 (Dual Channel Mode) (Single Channel Mode) Trigger Setting:Trig. Source: Internal or external trigger source which depends on “Swp” and “Brt”. Quick Func: Save and load the preset waveform. Sync: Synchronize the two channels (Gen1, Gen2). Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 55: Autoset

    For example, if the “Channel Switch” button is on CH1, then, the Volt, Time, and Trigger of CH1 signal will be benchmark parameters for “AUTOSET” function. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright...
  • Page 56: Chapter 4 How To Stack Multiple Dsos

    4 How to stack multiple DSOs Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 57: How To Stack Multiple Dsos

    Figure: Stack DSOs diagram The stack dialogue box displays the serial numbers of the stacked DSOs; CH1, CH2 have been assigned to the master DSO, and the other channels are for the slave DSOs. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 58 CH1, CH2 or Ex-Trig is only available for the master DSO. +/- 200ps is available for the master DSO; +/- 10ns for Jitter the slave DS-1000(s). TravelScope Series Maximum sample rate is 1GS/s for each 1 channel used Sample rate for each DSO. Acute Technology Inc.
  • Page 59 No pulse width/Video trigger for slave DSOs Trigger mode CH1,CH2,Ext-Trig (only master) Trigger source Skew between devices ±2ns between master and slave DSOs. When different TravelScope models are stacked, only Other those TS2202 functions are available. Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 60: Appendix

    10:1 Bandwidth DC to 6MHz DC to 250MHz Rise Time 58ns 1.4ns Input Resistance 1M Ohm 10M Ohm when used with oscilloscope with 1M Ohm input Input Capacitance 47pF plus oscilloscope Approx. 17pF capacitance Acute Technology Inc.  Copyright 2014...
  • Page 61 Digital Storage Oscilloscope Manual  Copyright 2014 Acute Technology Inc. All Rights Reserved. Acute Technology Inc. www.acute.com.tw Address: 6F-7 #12, Ln. 609, ChongXin Rd. Sec. 5, SanChong Dist., New Taipei city 24159, Taiwan Tel : +886-2-2999-3275 Fax : +886-2-2999-3276 E-mail: service@acute.com.tw Acute Technology Inc.

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