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HDS Series Handheld Digital Storage Oscilloscope & Multimeter User Manual ■HDS1022M ■HDS2062M www.owon.com.hk www.owon.com.cn...
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The information in this manual was correct at the time of printing. However, OWON will continue to improve products and reserves the rights to changes specification at any time without notice.
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General Warranty The Lilliput warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three years from the date of purchase of the product by the original purchaser from the Lilliput company. And the warranty period of accessories such as probe, battery, adapter is one year.
HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM Contents OWON Table of Contents Chapter Page 1.DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY·················································· 1 1.1 Declaration of Conformity ·······································································································1 1.2 Package Contents ······················································································································1 2.SAFETY INFORMATION ····································································· 2 2.1 Safety Terms and Symbols ·······································································································2 2.1.1 Safety Symbols···············································································································2 2.1.2 Safety Terms.··················································································································2 2.2 General Safety Information ·····································································································2...
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HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM Contents OWON 6.2 Power-Up the Oscilloscope ·····································································································10 6.3 Oscilloscope Operation Window····························································································10 6.4 Navigating a Menu ··················································································································12 6.5 Manually Setting the Vertical System, Horizontal System and Trigger Position ·············13 6.6 Resetting the Oscilloscope ······································································································16 6.7 Input Connections ···················································································································17 6.8 Displaying an Unknown Signal with Auto Set······································································17...
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HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM Contents OWON 7.4.8 Making an AC Current Measurement ········································································32 7.5 Freezing the Readings·············································································································33 7.6 Taking a Relative Measurement·····························································································34 7.7 Selecting Automatic/Manual Range Adjustment ·································································35 8.ADVANCED FUNCTION OF OSCILLOSCOPE ·······················36 8.1 About this Chapter··············································································································36 8.2 Setting the Vertical CH1 and CH2·····················································································36...
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HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM Contents OWON 8.13 System State Menu ············································································································55 8.14 Setting of Time Base Mode·······························································································56 8.15 Data Transmission·············································································································57 9.TROUBLE SHOOTING ······································································ 58 10.APPENDIX·························································································· 59 10.1 Appendix a Specifications·····································································································59 10.1.1 Oscilloscope ···············································································································59 10.1.2 Meter ···························································································································61 10.1.3 General Specifications·······························································································62 10.2 Appendix B: Maintenance and Cleaning ············································································63...
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 1-Declaration of Conformity 1.Declaration of Conformity 1.1 Declaration of Conformity HDS Series Handheld Digital Storage Oscilloscope & Multimeter Manufacturer: Fujian Lilliput Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. Statement of Conformity Base on the result using appropriate standards, the product is in conformity with...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 1-Declaration of Conformity 1.2 Package Contents See the picture below. This picture is only for your reference. If any discrepancy found between certain picture and product, please look the actual product. Description Standard...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 2-Safety Information 2.Safety Information In order to ensure the correct using and the best efficient service, please carefully read this user’s manual. 2.1 Safety Terms and Symbols 2.1.1 Safety Symbols These symbols may appear in this manual or on the instrument.
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● Use only insulated voltage probes, test leads and adapter supplied with the test tool, or indicated by OWON as suitable for the Oscilloscope & Multimeter. ● Before use, inspect voltage probes, test leads and accessories for mechanical damage and replace when damaged.
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 2-Safety Information ● Do not use exposed metal BNC or banana plug connectors. ● Do not insert metal objects into connectors. ● Always use the Oscilloscope & Multimeter only in the manner specified.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 3-General Characteristics 3. General Characteristics of the HDS Series Oscilloscope Record length of 6,000 points for each channel; Reading-out with the cursor; Twenty automatic measurement functions; Autoscale function; Color liquid crystal display of high resolution and high contrast with adjustable back light;...
If the instrument is damaged in its appearance or it fails in normal operation or performance test, consult the OWON dealer responsible for such a business or the local office of OWON. If the instrument is damaged due to transportation, keep the packing in a proper place and consult the transportation department and the OWON dealer responsible for such business, who will provide an instrument replacement or maintenance.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 5-Input Connections 5.Input Connections 5.1 Input Connections See the following figure 2: figure 2 Description: 1. The power adapter is supplied for AC power supply and battery recharging. 2. Multimeter test lead. 3. Multimeter input jacks, including three circular banana jacks and tow square jacks.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 5-Input Connections 4. Oscilloscope probes. 5. Oscilloscope channel inputs: the upper one is for Channel 1 (CHI1), while the lower one is for Channel 2 (CH2). 5.2 Description for Front Panel and Keys...
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 5-Input Connections 4. Backlight switch . 5. POWER: Power switch. 6. A: Multimeter current measurement key. 7. V: Multimeter voltage measurement key. 8. R: Multimeter resistance, triode, On/Off and capacitance measurement key. 9. OSC ◄: Oscilloscope left-direction adjustment key.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope 6.Using the Scope 6.1 About this Chapter This chapter provides a step-by-step introduction to the scope functions. The introduction does not cover all of the capabilities of the scope functions but gives basic examples to show how to use the menus and perform basic operations.
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope figure 4: Oscilloscope Operation Window Description: Battery electric quantity indicating symbols, including Auto measurement window 1, in which “f ”means frequency, “T” means cycle, “V” means the average value, “Vp” the peak-peak value ,“Vk” the root-mean-square value,. “MAX” the maximum amplitude value, “MIN”...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope 15. These graphics show the coupling mode of CH1, among which the graphic “~” express indicates AC, the graphic “-” indicates DC. 16. This reading shows the vertical Voltage Unit Scale of CH1.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope 6.5 Manually Setting the Vertical System, Horizontal System and Trigger Position With the combination application of the four keys OSC ◄, OSC ►, OSC ▲ and OSC ▼, the users can make the following settings circularly by pressing OSC OPTION. The settings include: Voltage Unit Scale of Channel 1 (CH1 VOL);...
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope figure 7: Voltage Unit Scale of Channel 2 Press the OSC ▲ or OSC ▼ key to adjust the vertical scale of Channel 2 and press the OSC◄ or OSC ► key to adjust the horizontal time scale.
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope ◄/► – Time ▲/▼ – CH2 Zero See the following figure 9: figure 9: Zero Point Position of Channel 2 Press the OSC ▲ or OSC ▼ key to adjust the zero position of Channel 2 in the vertical direction and press OSC ◄...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope ◄ or OSC ► key to adjust the horizontal position. Press the OSC OPTION key again and return back to step 1. Term interpretation Vertical scale factor: It stands for the voltage amplitude represented by a division in the...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope 6.7 Input Connections See figure 2. Look at the bottom and the right of the Oscilloscope. The Oscilloscope has seven signal inputs: two safety BNC jack inputs (CH1 and CH2) for scope measurements, three safety 4-mm banana jack inputs for Multimeter R, V and A measurements, and two quadratic jack inputs for Multimeter capacitance measurements.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope Press MENU ▲ or MENU ▼ key to select measurement 1. Five items selectable are visible at the bottom of the screen. Press F1 key and select Freq CH1 from the mean square root value item. The measurement 1 window turns its color into red and shows the frequency for input CH1.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope figure 13: Freezing the Screen 6.12 Using Average for Smoothing Waveforms To smooth the waveform, do the following: Press the MENU key and the function menu appears on the right side of the screen.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope 6.13 Using Persistence to Display Waveforms You can use Persistence to observe dynamic signals. Press MENU key and the function menu appears on the right side of the screen. Press MENU ▲ or MENU ▼ key to select DISP SET. Four items selectable are displayed at the bottom of the screen.
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope figure 16: Peak Detection Term interpretation Collecting mode: The oscilloscope transforms the collected analog data into a digital form after they are gathered in the following three different modes, such as sampling, peak value detection and averaging values.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope 6.15 Selecting AC-coupling After a reset, the Oscilloscope is dc-coupled so that ac and dc voltages appear on the screen, Use ac-coupling when you wish to observe a small ac signal that rides on a dc signal. To select ac-coupling, do the following: Press MENU key and the function menu appears at the right side of the screen.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope Now, you can see a screen that looks like the following figure 18. figure 18: Inverted On 6.17 Using Waveform Mathematics Functions When adding (CH1 + CH2), subtracting (CH1 – CH2, CH2 – CH1), multiplying (CH1 * CH2) or dividing (CH1 / CH2)...
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 6-Using the Scope ◄/► Time Base ▲/▼CHM Volts/Div Press the OSC ▲ or OSC ▼ key to adjust the displayed amplitude of the calculated waveform M. Now, you can see a screen that looks like the following figure 19.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter 7.Using the Multimeter 7.1 About this Chapter This chapter provides a step-by-step introduction to the multi-meter functions of the test tool hereafter. The introduction gives basic examples to show how to use the menus and perform basic operations.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter operation mode and Auto refers to the measuring range in automatic operation mode. Measurement mode indicators: DCV: Direct voltage measurement ACV: Alternating voltage measurement DCA: Direct current measurement ACA: Alternating current measurement...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter 7.4.1 Measuring Resistance Values To measure a resistance, do the following: Press the R key and R appear at the top of the screen. Insert the black lead into the COM banana jack input and the red lead into the V/Ω banana jack input.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter figure 22: Diode Measurement 7.4.3 On-off Test To perform an On-off test, do the following: Press the R key and R appears on the top of the screen. Press the AUTO SET key till the following is shown on the screen.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter 7.4.4 Making a Capacitance Measurement To measure a capacitance, do the following: Press the R key and R appears on the top of the screen Press the AUTO SET key till C appears at the top of the screen.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter figure 25: DC Voltage Measurement 7.4.6 Making a AC Voltage Measurement To measure the AC voltage, do the following: Press the V key and DCV appears at the top of the screen.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter 7.4.7 Making a DC Current Measurement To measure a DC current which is less than 400 mA , do the following: Press the A key and DCA appears at the top of the screen. The unit on the main reading screen is mA.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter figure 28: DC Current Measurement for 20A 7.4.8 Making an AC Current Measurement To measure an AC current which is less than 400 mA, do the following: Press the A key and DCA appears at the top of the screen. The unit on the main reading screen is mA.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter To measure an AC current which is larger than 400 mA, do the following: Press the A key once and DCA is visible on the top of the screen. Press F5 to select 20A measure, the unit of main reading window is A.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter figure 31: Freezing the Readings 7.6 Taking a Relative Measurement A currently measured result relative to the defined reference value is displayed in a relative measurement. The following example shows how to take a relative measurement. At first, it is required to acquire a reference value.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter 7.7 Selecting Automatic/Manual Range Adjustment The defaulted range mode of the instrument is automatic range. To switch to the manual range, perform the following steps: Press F1 key and MANUAL is displayed on the top left side of the screen to enter the manual range mode.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope 8.Advanced Function of Oscilloscope 8.1 About this Chapter This chapter will detail the oscilloscope function of the test tool. 8.2 Setting the Vertical CH1 and CH2 Each channel has its own independent vertical menu and each item can be set respectively based on the specific channel.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope The following Table describes the Vertical Channel menu: Function Description Setting menu The DC component in the input signal is blocked.. Coupling The AC and DC components of the input signal are allowed.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope figure 36: DC Coupling 8.2.2 Make Open and Close Settings on Channel Take CH1 as an example. Press F2 Channel key first, then press OFF to make a Close setting on CH1.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope Press F4 Invert to start Invert; again press F4 Invert to close Invert. 8.3 Make the Math Function Menu Setting The MATH functions in showing the result of adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing calculation on CH1 and CH2 channel waveforms.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope figure 37: Waveform Mathematics 8.4 Setting the Trigger System The Trigger defines the time when the acquisition of data and display of waveform start. If it is set correctly, the trigger can turn an unstable display into a significant waveform.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope figure 38: Edge Trigger 8.5 Triggering Control There are two triggering modes including Edge triggering and Video triggering. Each trigger mode is set by different function menu. Edge triggering: It occurs when the trigger input passes through a given level along the specified direction.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope Function menu Settings Description Rising Triggering on the rise edge of the signal. Slope Falling Triggering on the fall edge of the signal. CH1 is used as the trigger source.
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope Designed Designed figure 43: Video Line trigger(Page1) figure 44: Video Line trigger(Page2) The Video triggering menu is described in the following table(First page): Function menu Settings Description Normal Applicable to the video signal in which the black level is of low level.
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope Line No. Set and Show the line valve Holdoff To go to holdoff menu Back to previous menu When you go to the holdoff menu, you can see a screen in the following figure45.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope new waveforms captured. Single shot mode: In this mode, the oscilloscope will detect a trigger and capture a waveform at each time when the customer presses the RUN/STOP key.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope figure 46: Dot Style figure 47: Vector Style 8.7.2 Persistence With Persistence function selected, the displayed saved original data gradually decay in color and the new data are bright in color; with infinite persistence mode selected, the recorded points will be kept on the screen till the controlled value is changed.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope the horizontal axis and CH2 is on the vertical axis; when the oscilloscope is under the sampling mode in which no trigger is found, the data appear in light spots.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope Press the F4 key to select Start for the address A. The waveform saved in address A will be displayed on the screen in green color. The display color is green, and the zero point of waveform k, voltage and time is purple Now, you can see a screen that looks like the following figure 48.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope 8.10 Making Automatic Measurements The oscilloscope can perform 20 types automatic measurements such as frequency, cycle, average Vmax, Vmin, Vtop, Vbase, Vamp, value, peak-to-peak value , root mean square value,...
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope +Duty Measure the of CH2 -Duty Measure the of CH1 -Duty -Duty Measure the of CH2 DelayA B Measure the of CH1 DelayA B DelayA B Measure the of CH2...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope Vamp: Voltage between Vtop and Vbase of a waveform Vtop: Voltage of the waveform’s flat top, useful for square/pulse waveforms. Vbase: Voltage of the waveform’s flat base, useful for square/pulse waveforms.
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope Press and hold the OSC OPTION key till ▲/▼ CURSOR V2 appears on the screen. Now, adjust the OSC ▲ or OSC ▼ and you can observe the dashed line V2 moving ▲ and ▼...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope Now, you can see a screen that looks like the following figure 51. figure 51: Use the Cursor for a Time Measurement 8.12 Autoscale The function is applied to follow-up signals automatically even if the signals change at any time.
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope bottom of the screen. Press F1 and choose ON. Press F2 and choose Hori- Vert. Press F3 and displays on the screen as figure 52: figure 52: Autoscale Horizontal- Vertical multi-period waveforms...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope switches to YT mode and AUTO status. 4. At the mode of Autoscale, DSO is always in the state of DC coupling and AUTO triggering. In this case, the forbidden information will be showing when making Triggering or Coupling settings.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 8-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope figure 54: System State 8.14 Setting of Time Base Mode The time base mode menu is explained as the following table. Function menu Setting Explanation Main TimeBase Horizontal main time base is used to wave display...
Press F4 key, and select the Bitmap or Vectors for data transmission. Use a data line to connect the oscilloscope and the PC . Open the OWON software that had been installed completely. Setting the parameter under the use’s manual, and then starts data transmission.
Firstly, charge the battery and supply the oscilloscope with power through the battery charger. However, don’t switch on the oscilloscope till waiting for 15 minutes. If the oscilloscope still cannot start, please contact OWON for service. 2. The oscilloscope stops working only after operating for several seconds.
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 10-Appendix 10.Appendix 10.1 Appendix a Specifications 10.1.1 Oscilloscope Only if another instructions are provided, are all technical specifications applicable to the probe with the 10X attenuation switch setting and the HDS series digital type oscilloscope. In order to be up to these specifications, the oscilloscope should meet the following requirement.
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OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 10-Appendix time accuracy Time interval △ Single: ±(1 sampling interval time+100ppm×reading+0.6ns) T)measurement accuracy >average 16 : ± (1 sampling interval time +100ppm × (full bandwidth) reading+0.4ns) Vertical With the resolution of 8 bits, make sampling on both Analog digital converter(A/D)...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 10-Appendix Measurement Cursor measurement Voltage difference (△V) and time difference (△T) between cursors Peak-to-peak value, average value, root mean square value, frequency , period , Vmax, Vmin , Vtop, Vbase, Vamp, Overshoot, Preshoot,...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 10-Appendix Display type 3.8" color liquid crystal display Display resolution 320 (horizontal) ×240 (vertical) pixels Display color 4096 colors Power Adapter 100-240 V AC 50/60Hz Power supply Power output 8.5 VDC Current output 1500 mA Battery:7.4V built-in Li-ion Battery...
OWON HDS Series Handheld DSO & DMM 10-Appendix Cleaning Inspect the instrument and the probe frequently in accordance with operating conditions. Clean the outer surface of the instrument according to the following steps: 1. Wipe off the floating dust outside of the instrument and the probe by using soft cloth.
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