To Understand The Vertical System - Rigol DS1000CA series User Manual

To Understand the Vertical System

See figure 1-8 as below, the VERTICAL Control Area contains a series of buttons
and knobs, which are not only used to set CH1, CH2, math and reference waveform
functions, but also to adjust vertical position and "Volts/div".
1. Press CH1, CH2, MATH, REF, then the corresponding menu, sign, waveform and
volts/div state will appear on the screen. To turn off channels, please press OFF.
2. Set vertical position of waveform display by
Turning the
indicating its value with respect to the ground reference located at the center of
the screen. Also notice that the ground symbol on the left side of the display
moves in conjunction with the
Measurement hints
If the channel is DC coupled, measuring the DC component of the signal by
simply noting its distance from the ground symbol.
If the channel is AC coupled, the DC component of the signal is blocked,
allow you to use greater sensitivity to display the AC component of the
signal.
User‟s Guide for DS1000CA Series
Figure 1-8 Vertical Control
knob, a voltage value is displayed for a short time
knob.
knob.
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