To Make A Measurement On A Waveform - Agilent Technologies Infiniium 90000 Q-Series User Manual

To make a measurement on a waveform

• Click and hold the mouse button or touch screen stylus on a
• Click a measurement icon, then specify which source you want to
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measurement icon, then drag the icon to the waveform event you want
to measure then release.
or
measure in the dialog box that is displayed.
For measurements on waveform features, such as those that involve
waveform edges, if you click the measurement icon and specify a
source, the measurement defaults to using the feature closest to the
horizontal reference point. When you make the measurement using
drag- and- drop, the measurement uses the waveform feature closest to
the point where you drop the icon.
Only the most commonly used measurements are available on the
toolbar. Others are available by selecting them from the Measure menu.
A few specialized measurements are available only through the remote
programming command set. See the Programmer's Reference.
When you drag and drop a measurement icon on a waveform, notice
that the icon outline changes color to match the color of each waveform
it touches. This lets you easily see which waveform will be measured
when you release. Also, the measurement results are also displayed in
color to make it easy to see which waveform source is being measured.
For edge- sensitive measurements, when you drop the measurement icon
on a waveform, a geometric icon appears in the waveform marker color.
This icon shows exactly where the measurement is being made. The
icon is also displayed next to the measurement results readout to
associate the readout with the waveform and feature being measured.
See Figure 41. This feature helps you distinguish measurement results
from each other when you make multiple measurements on the same
waveform, but at different waveform features. For example, a series of
rise time measurements on several different edges of the same
waveform all have unique geometric icons to show each measurement's
location.
Using the Oscilloscope
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