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RIGOL Safety Requirement General Safety Summary Please review the following safety precautions carefully before putting the instrument into operation so as to avoid any personal injuries or damages to the instrument and any product connected to it. To prevent potential hazards, please use the instrument as specified in this manual.
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If you suspect damage occurs to the instrument, have it inspected by qualified service personnel before further operations. Any maintenance, adjustment or replacement of components must be performed by RIGOL authorized personnel. Keep Proper Ventilation. Inadequate ventilation may cause temperature increase which would damage the instrument.
RIGOL Safety Terms and Symbols Terms in this Manual. The following terms may appear in this manual: WARNING Warning statements indicate the conditions or practices that could result in injuries or loss of life. CAUTION Caution statements indicate the conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or loss of data.
RIGOL Measurement Category Measurement Category DS6000 series digital oscilloscopes can make measurements in Measurement Category I. WARNING This oscilloscope can only be used for measurements within its specified measurement categories. Measurement Category Definitions Measurement category I is for measurements performed on circuits not directly connected to MAINS.
RIGOL Ventilation Requirement This oscilloscope uses fan to force cooling. Please make sure that the air intake and exhaust areas are free from obstructions and have free air. When using the oscilloscope in a bench-top setting, provide at least 10 cm clearance beside, above and behind the instrument for adequate ventilation.
RIGOL Working Environment Temperature Operating: 0℃ to +50℃ Non-operating: -20℃ to +70℃ Humidity Under +35℃: ≤90% relative humidity +35℃ to +40℃: ≤60% relative humidity WARNING To avoid short circuit inside the instrument or electric shock, please do not operate in humid environment.
RIGOL Pollution Degree Degree 2 Pollution Degree Definitions Pollution degree 1: No pollution or only dry, non-conductive pollution occurs. The pollution has no influence. For example: a clean room or air-conditioned office environment. Pollution degree 2: Normally only dry, non-conductive pollution occurs. Occasionally a temporary conductivity caused by condensation may occur.
RIGOL General Care and Cleaning General Care: Do not store or leave the instrument in where the instrument will be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time. Cleaning: Clean the instrument regularly according to its operating conditions. To clean the exterior surface, perform the following steps: Disconnect the instrument from all power sources.
RIGOL Environmental Considerations The following symbol indicates that this product complies with the requirements of European Union according to Directives 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Product End-of-Life Handling The equipment may contain substances that could be harmful to the environment or human health.
RIGOL DS6000 Series Overview Being a multifunctional and high performance digital oscilloscope, DS6000 delivers perfect combination of easy-to-use and powerful features to help users to fulfill their tasks (such as quick measurement of parameters, remote interface configuration and easy printer connection) more quickly.
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RIGOL Provide shortcut keys for measurement, storage and print. Provide more than 2-hour lithium battery power supply (optional) to facilitate on-field test and use. Built-in 1 GBytes flash memory. DS6000 User’s Guide...
RIGOL Document Overview 1 Quick Start Describe the preparations before using the instrument and generally introduce the instrument. 2 To Set the Vertical System Introduce the functions of the vertical system of the oscilloscope. 3 To Set the Horizontal System Introduce the functions of the horizontal system of the oscilloscope.
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RIGOL oscilloscope. 13 System Function Setting Introduce how to perform the remote interface, system-related and print operations. 14 Remote Control Introduce how to perform remote control of the oscilloscope. 15 Troubleshooting Introduce how to deal with common failures of the oscilloscope.
RIGOL Contents Guaranty and Declaration ................I Safety Requirement ................. II General Safety Summary ................II Safety Terms and Symbols ................. IV Measurement Category ................V Ventilation Requirement ................VI Working Environment ................VII General Care and Cleaning ................. IX Environmental Considerations..............
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RIGOL Knob ....................1-21 Navigation Knob ................1-21 Menu ..................... 1-22 Record ................... 1-22 MEAS ..................... 1-23 Clear ....................1-23 Print ....................1-23 User Interface ..................1-24 To Use the Security Lock ................ 1-29 To Use the Desk Mount Instrument Arm ..........1-30 To Use the Rack Mount Kit ..............
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RIGOL To Set the Sample System ............... 4-1 Acquisition Mode ..................4-2 Normal ..................... 4-2 Average ................... 4-2 Peak Detect ..................4-4 High Resolution ................4-4 Sample Mode ..................4-5 Real-time Sample................4-5 Equivalent Sample ................4-5 Sample Rate ................... 4-6 Memory Depth ..................
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RIGOL FFT....................6-5 Logic Operation ................6-8 Advanced Operation ................ 6-10 Auto Measurement ................6-13 Quick Measurement after Auto ............6-14 One-key Measurement of 24 Parameters .......... 6-15 Frequency Counter Measurement ............. 6-20 Measurement Setting ..............6-21 Clear the Measurement ..............6-23 All Measurement ................
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RIGOL To Save the Test Mask ................9-4 To Load the Test Mask ................9-5 10 Waveform Recording ..............10-1 Waveform Recording ................10-2 Waveform Playback ................10-4 Waveform Analysis ................10-6 Analysis Based on Trace ..............10-9 Analysis Based on Pass/Fail Mask ........... 10-10 11 Display Control ................
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RIGOL System Information ................ 13-7 Power-off Recall ................13-8 System Time .................. 13-9 Self-calibration Information ............13-10 Screen ..................13-11 Error Information ................13-12 Self-calibration ................13-13 Power Status ................13-14 External Trigger Impedance ............13-14 Aux Output .................. 13-15 Reference Clock ................
RIGOL 1 Quick Start 1 Quick Start This chapter introduces the preparations when using the oscilloscope for the first time, the front panel, rear panel and user interface of the oscilloscope as well as the using method of the built-in help system.
RIGOL would not be responsible for free maintenance/rework or replacement of the unit. Inspect the instrument. In case of any damage, or defect, or failure, notify your RIGOL sales representative. Check the Accessories Please check the accessories according to the packing lists. If the accessories are incomplete or damaged, please contact your RIGOL sales representative.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start To Prepare the Oscilloscope for Use To Remove the Cover Before using the oscilloscope, remove the front panel cover by grasping the transverse grab on each side and pull them in the arrow directions as shown in the figure below.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start To Adjust the Supporting Legs Adjust the supporting legs properly to use them as stands to tilt the oscilloscope upwards for stable placement of the oscilloscope and better operation and observation of the display. Unfold or fold the supporting legs in the arrow directions as shown in the figures below.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start To Connect to AC Power Supply This oscilloscope accepts two kinds of AC power supply: 100-127V, 45-440Hz and 100-240V, 45-65Hz. Please use the power cord supplied with the accessories to connect the oscilloscope to the power source as shown in the figure below. After the...
RIGOL 1 Quick Start To Use the Battery This oscilloscope also provides rechargeable battery on your option. Please install the battery as shown in the figure below. When leaving the factory, the battery holds certain electric quantity. When use the battery alone, a battery icon...
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Power-on Inspection When the oscilloscope is energized, press the power key at the lower-left corner of the front panel to turn on the oscilloscope. During the start-up process, the oscilloscope performs a series of self-tests and you can hear the sound of relay switching.
1 Quick Start To Connect the Probe RIGOL provides passive and active probes for DS6000 series oscilloscopes. For detailed technical information of the probes, please refer to corresponding Probe User’s Guide. The following are the probes recommended for this oscilloscope.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Function Inspection 1. Press SAVE Factory to restore the oscilloscope to its default configuration. 2. Connect the ground alligator clip of the probe to the “Ground Terminal” under the probe compensation signal output terminal 3. Use the probe to connect the input terminal of CH1 of the oscilloscope and the “Compensation Signal Output Terminal”...
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RIGOL 1 Quick Start WARNING To avoid electric shock during the use of probe, please make sure that the insulated wire of the probe is in good condition and do not touch the metallic part of the probe when the probe is connected to high voltage source.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Probe Compensation When the probes are used for the first time, you should compensate the probes to match the input channels of the oscilloscope. Non-compensated or poorly compensated probes may cause measurement inaccuracy and error. The probe compensation procedures are as follows.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Front Panel Overview 6 7 8 18 19 20 Figure 1-11 Front Panel Overview Table 1-1 Front Panel Description Description Description Menu HORIZONTAL Area Measurement Setting and Quick Print Knob VERTICAL Area Clear TRIGGER Area Auto...
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Rear Panel Overview Figure 1-12 Rear Panel Overview 1. Trig Out/Calibration This connector can output various signals (press UTIL Aux Output to select the desired output type.): 1) TrigOut: after this type is selected, the oscilloscope output a signal that can reflect the current capture rate of the oscilloscope at each trigger.
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USB storage device to store waveform files. GPIB interface communication can be realized by using the USB-GPIB interface converter (optional) provided by RIGOL. Note that the front panel also provides this interface. 7. AC Input/Switch When using AC power supply, please insert the power cord plug into the socket vertically and use the switch under the socket to power the oscilloscope on or off.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Front Panel Function Overview VERTICAL CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4: analog input channels. The four channels are marked by different colors which are also used to mark both the waveforms on the screen and the channel input connectors. Press...
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RIGOL 1 Quick Start VERTICAL SCALE: modify the vertical scale of the current channel. Turn clockwise to decrease the scale and turn counterclockwise to increase. During the modification, the amplitude of the waveform would enlarge or reduce and the scale information (e.g.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start HORIZONTAL MENU: press this key to turn on the horizontal control menu under which to turn on or off the delayed sweep function, switch between different time base modes, switch between “Coarse” and “Fine” adjustment of scale as well as modify the horizontal reference setting.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start TRIGGER MODE: press this key to switch the trigger mode to Auto, Normal or Single and the corresponding state backlight of the current trigger mode would be illuminated. TRIGGER LEVEL: modify the trigger level. Turn clockwise to increase the level and turn counterclockwise to reduce the level.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Single Press this key to set the trigger mode to “Single”. In single trigger mode, the oscilloscope generates a trigger when the trigger conditions are met and then stops. Auto Press this key to turn on the waveform auto setting function.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Knob Adjust waveform brightness: In non-menu-operation mode (menu is hidden), turn this knob to adjust the brightness of waveform display. The adjustable range of the brightness is from 0% to 100%. Turn clockwise to increase the brightness and counterclockwise to reduce.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Menu ACQ: press this key to enter sample setting menu to set the acquisition mode, the sampling mode, the memory depth and the antialiasing function of the oscilloscope. CURS: press this key to enter cursor measurement menu. The oscilloscope provides three cursor modes: manual, track and auto.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start MEAS Press this key to enter the measurement menu which supports measurement parameter setting, all measure, statistic analysis and counter. Press MENU at the left of the screen to quickly turn on the selecting menu of the 24 measurement parameters and easily realize “one-key”...
RIGOL 1 Quick Start User Interface DS6000 oscilloscope provides 10.1 inches, WVGA (800*480) 160,000 color TFT LCD. What is worth mentioning is that the 14-grid ultra-wide screen makes you view “longer” waveform. Figure 1-13 User Interface 1. Auto Measurement Menu Provide 12 horizontal (HORIZONTAL) and 12 vertical (VERTICAL) measurement parameters.
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RIGOL 1 Quick Start 2. Channel Label/Waveform Different channels are marked by different colors and the color of the waveform complies with the color of the channel. 3. Status Available states include RUN, STOP, T’D (triggered), WAIT and AUTO. 4. Horizontal Time Base Represent the time per grid on the horizontal axis on the screen.
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RIGOL 1 Quick Start 10. Trigger Source Display the trigger source currently selected (CH1-CH4, EXT, EXT/5 or AC Line). Different labels are displayed when different trigger sources are selected and the color of the trigger parameter area will change accordingly.
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RIGOL 1 Quick Start “Input Impedance” (such as when the input impedance is 50 Ω). 15. CH4 Vertical Scale Display the voltage value per grid of CH4 waveform vertically. Use VIRTICAL SCALE to modify this parameter. The following labels will be provided according to the current channel ...
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RIGOL 1 Quick Start 18. Operation MENU Press any softkey to activate the corresponding menu. The following symbols might be displayed in the menu: Denote that on the front panel can be used to select parameter items. The backlight of turns on when parameter selection is valid.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start To Use the Security Lock If needed, you can use the security lock (please buy it yourself) to lock the oscilloscope to a fixed location. The method is as follows, align the lock with the lock hole and plug it into the lock hole vertically, turn the key clockwise to lock the oscilloscope and then pull the key out.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start To Use the Desk Mount Instrument Arm Using an arm, the oscilloscope could be mounted on the workbench to save your operation space. The height and angle of the instrument could be adjusted freely to acquire supreme comfort and efficiency and to convenient your measurement and observation.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start To Use the Rack Mount Kit This oscilloscope can be mounted in a standard 19-inch rack cabinet that conforms to the Electric Industrial Association (EIA) standard. If needed, please buy and install the corresponding option. Kit Parts List Name Part No.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Installation Tool PH2 Phillips Screwdriver (recommended). Installation Space The following requirements must be fulfilled by the machine cabinet in which the instrument is mounted. The machine cabinet must be a standard 19-inch one. At least 6U (266.7 mm) height should be provided by the machine cabinet.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start Installation Procedures Only authorized operators can execute the installation operation. Improper installation might result in damage of the instrument or incorrect installation of the instrument on the rack. 1. Install the right and left plates: align the detents of the right and left plates with the openings on the support board and insert them into the support board respectively, then fix them with six M4 screws.
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RIGOL 1 Quick Start 3. Fix the instrument: fix the instrument onto the support board with two back battens and twelve M4 screws. 4. Install the front plate: align the screw holes on the right and left plates with the screw holes on the front plate of the rack and let the front panel of the oscilloscope protrude from the opening.
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RIGOL 1 Quick Start 5. Load into the machine cabinet: mount the rack with the instrument fixed to it into a standard 19-inch machine cabinet with four M6 screws and four M6 square nuts. 6. Post-installation notice: the rack occupies a height of 6U. The holes pointed out by the arrows are installation holes.
RIGOL 1 Quick Start To Use the Built-in Help System The help system of this oscilloscope provides instructions for all the function keys (including menu keys) at the front panel. Press HELP to open the help interface and press again to close the interface. The help interface mainly consists of two parts.
RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System 2 To Set the Vertical System The contents of this chapter: To Enable the Channel Channel Coupling Bandwidth Limit Probe Input Impedance Waveform Invert Vertical Scale ...
RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System To Enable the Channel DS6000 provides four analog input channels (CH1-CH4) and each channel can be controlled independently. Connect a signal to the channel connector of any channel (for example, CH1) and then press CH1 in the vertical control area (VERTICAL) at the front panel to enable CH1.
RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System Channel Coupling Set the coupling mode to filter out the signals that is not needed. For example, the signal under test is a square waveform with DC offset. When the coupling mode is “DC”: the DC and AC components of the signal under ...
Read the type of the probe currently connected as “Nor-Probe” or “DiffProbe”. Note that when using a 50 Ω “DiffProbe”, the Input Impedance of the channel is set to “50Ω” automatically. Normal Probe: such as RP5600, RP3500 and RP6150 of RIGOL. Differential Probe: such as RP7150 of RIGOL.
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RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System Table 2-1 Probe Attenuation Coefficient Menu Attenuation coefficient 0.01X 1:100 0.02X 1:50 0.05X 1:20 0.1X 1:10 0.2X 0.5X 10:1 20 X 20:1 50 X 50:1 100 X 100:1 200 X 200:1 500 X...
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RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System 6. Bias Voltage The oscilloscope provides bias voltage for differential probe. This bias voltage is used to adjust the signal under test that exceeds the input dynamic range of the probe amplifier to an appropriate range to ensure the completeness of the signal under test.
RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System Input Impedance To reduce the circuit load caused by the interaction of the oscilloscope and the circuit under test, this oscilloscope provides two input impedance modes: 1 MΩ (default) and 50 Ω. 1 MΩ: at this point, the input impedance of the oscilloscope is very high and the ...
RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System Waveform Invert When waveform invert is turned on, the waveform display rotates 180 degree relative to the ground potential. When the waveform invert is turned off, the waveform display is normal. Press CH1 Invert to turn waveform invert on or off.
RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System Vertical Expansion When using VERTICAL SCALE to change the vertical scale of the analog channel, you can choose to expand or compress the vertical signal around the center of the screen or around the ground point of the signal.
RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System Channel Label You can modify the labels used to mark the analog channels (CH1 to CH4) at the left side of the screen. The label is the number of the channel (e.g. ) by default and the length of the modified label can not exceed 4 characters.
RIGOL 2 To Set the Vertical System Delay Calibration When using the oscilloscope for actual measurement, the transmission delay of the probe cable may bring relatively larger error (zero point offset). For DS6000, users can set a delay time to calibrate the zero point offset of the corresponding channel.
RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System 3 To Set the Horizontal System The contents of this chapter: Delayed Sweep Time Base Mode Horizontal Scale Horizontal Reference DS6000 User’s Guide...
RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System Delayed Sweep Delayed sweep can be used to enlarge a length of waveform horizontally to view the details of the image. MENU Press MENU in the horizontal control area (HORIZONTAL) and then press Delayed to turn the delayed sweep on or off.
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RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System The waveform before enlargement: The waveform in the area that has not been covered by the subtransparent blue in the upper part of the screen is the waveform before enlargement. You can turn...
RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System Time Base Mode Press MENU in the horizontal control area at the front panel and then press Time Base to select the time base mode of the oscilloscope and the default is Y-T mode.
RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System X-Y Mode In this mode, the oscilloscope automatically turns on all the four channels (CH1-CH4) and the screen is divided into two coordinate areas, where, X1 and Y1 track the voltages of CH2 and CH1 and X2 and Y2 track the voltages of CH4 and CH3.
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RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System X-Y function can be used to measure the phase deviation occurred when the test signal passes through a circuit network. Connect the oscilloscope to the circuit to monitor the input and output signals of the circuit.
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RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System Note: In Y-T mode, the oscilloscope could use arbitrary sample rate (within the guaranteed range) to capture waveform. The maximum sample rate of Y-T mode is 2.5 GSa/s. Generally, reducing the sample rate properly could get a Lissajous figure with relatively better display effect.
RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System Roll Mode In this mode, the waveform scrolls from the right to the left to update the display and the waveform horizontal position and trigger control are not available. The range of horizontal scale adjustment is from 200.0 ms to 1.000 ks.
RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System Horizontal Scale Being similar to “Vertical Scale”, the horizontal scale adjustment has two modes: “Coarse” and “Fine”. Press MENU ScaleAdjust in the horizontal control area (HORIZONTAL) at the front panel to select the desired mode. Turn HORIZONTAL SCALE to adjust the horizontal scale.
RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System Horizontal Reference Horizontal reference is the reference position according to which the screen waveform expands and compresses horizontally when adjusting HORIZONTAL SCALE. In Y-T mode, press MENU HorRef in the horizontal control area (HORIZONTAL) to select the desired reference mode and the default is “Center”.
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RIGOL 3 To Set the Horizontal System DS6000 User’s Guide 3-11...
RIGOL 4 To Set the Sample System 4 To Set the Sample System The contents of this chapter: Acquisition Mode Sample Mode Sample Rate Memory Depth Antialiasing DS6000 User’s Guide...
RIGOL 4 To Set the Sample System Acquisition Mode The acquisition mode is used to control how to generate waveform points from the sample points. Press ACQ Acquisition in the function menu at the front panel and use select the desired acquisition mode (the default is normal), then press the knob to select this mode.
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RIGOL 4 To Set the Sample System The available range of the number of averages is from 2 to 8192 and the default is 2. When “Average” mode is selected, press Averages and use to set the desired number of averages as the power function of 2.
RIGOL 4 To Set the Sample System Peak Detect In this mode, the oscilloscope acquires the maximum and minimum values of the sample interval signal to get the envelope or the narrow pulse of the signal that might be lost. Use this mode to avoid signal confusion at the expense of exaggerating the noise.
RIGOL 4 To Set the Sample System Sample Mode Press ACQ Sampling and press this softkey continuously to switch the sample mode (the default is real-time sample). Note: all the “Acquisition Mode” support real-time sample and equivalent sample. Real-time Sample In this mode, the oscilloscope samples and displays waveform within a trigger event.
RIGOL 4 To Set the Sample System Sample Rate The sample rate of this oscilloscope is up to 5 GSa/s. Note: the sample rate is displayed in the status bar at the upper side of the screen and in the Sa Rate menu...
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RIGOL 4 To Set the Sample System Waveform Leakage: when the sample rate is too low, the waveform rebuilt by the sample data does not reflect all the actual signal information. Pulse disappeared DS6000 User’s Guide...
RIGOL 4 To Set the Sample System Memory Depth Memory depth refers to the number of waveform points that the oscilloscope can store in a single trigger sample and it reflects the storage ability of the acquisition memory. DS6000 provides a memory depth up to 140 M points.
RIGOL 4 To Set the Sample System Antialiasing At slower sweep speeds, the sample rate is reduced and a proprietary display algorithm is used to minimize the likelihood of aliasing. Press ACQ Anti-aliasing to turn on or off the antialiasing function. By default, Antialiasing is disabled.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope For trigger, you set certain trigger condition according to the requirement and when a waveform in the waveform stream meets this condition, the oscilloscope captures this waveform as well as the neighbouring part and displays them on the screen.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Trigger Source Press MENU Source in the trigger control area (TRIGGER) at the front panel to select the desired trigger source. Signals input from the analog channels CH1-CH4 and the [EXT TRIG] connector as well as the AC Line can all be used as the trigger source.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Trigger Mode Trigger mode would influence the mode in which the oscilloscope searches for trigger event. The following is the schematic diagram of the acquisition memory from which you can see that the position of the trigger event is determined by the reference time point and the delay setting.
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Auto: No matter whether the trigger condition is met, there is always waveform display. A horizontal line is displayed when no signal is input. When this mode is selected, the oscilloscope fills the pre-trigger buffer first and then search for a trigger while at the same time continues filling data.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Trigger Coupling Trigger coupling decides which kind of components will be transmitted to the trigger circuit. Note to distinguish it with “Channel Coupling”. DC: allow the DC and AC components to pass the trigger path.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Trigger Holdoff Trigger holdoff could trigger complicated waveforms (e.g. pulse sequence) stably. Holdoff time is the time the oscilloscope waits to re-enable the trigger circuit. During the holdoff time, the oscilloscope will not trigger.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Edge Trigger Trigger on the trigger threshold of the specified edge of the input signal. Trigger Type: Press Type to select “Edge”. At this point, the trigger setting information as shown in the figure below is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Pulse Trigger Trigger on positive or negative pulse with specified width. Trigger Type: Press Type to select “Pulse”. At this point, the trigger setting information as shown in the figure below is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Pulse Width Setting: In this oscilloscope, positive pulse width is defined as the time difference between the two crossing points of trigger level and positive pulse. As shown in the figure below: Trigger level...
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Slope Trigger Trigger on the positive or negative slope with specified time. Trigger Type: Press Type to select “Slope”. At this point, the trigger setting information as shown in the figure below is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Time Setting: In this oscilloscope, positive slope time is defined as the time difference between the two crossing points of trigger level line A and B with the positive edge. As shown in the figure below:...
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope The adjustment mode of the trigger level is different when different vertical window is selected: : only adjust the upper limit of the trigger level. During the adjustment, the “UP Level” and the “Slew Rate” change accordingly but the “Low Level” remains unchanged.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Video Trigger Trigger on the standard video signal fields and lines of NTSC (National Television Standards Committee), PAL (Phase Alternating Line), SECAM (sequential color with memory) or HDTV (High Definition Television). Trigger Type: Press Type to select “Video”. At this point, the trigger setting information as shown in the figure below is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope PAL: the frame frequency is 25 frames per second. The TV sweep line is 625 with the odd field goes first and the even field follows behind. SECAM: the frame frequency is 25 frames per second. The sweep line is 625 ...
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Pattern Trigger Identify the trigger condition through searching for the specified pattern. Pattern is the logic “AND” combination of each channel and the value of each channel can be H (High), L (Low) or X (Don’t Care). One channel in the pattern can be specified with rising edge or falling edge and if the pattern settings of all the other channels are “True”...
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope another edge item, thus the former edge item defined will be replaced by X. Trigger Mode: Press Sweep to select the Trigger Mode (page 5-3) under this trigger type as auto, normal or single. The corresponding status light of the current trigger mode turns on.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope RS232 Trigger Trigger according to the start frame, error frame, check error or data. Below is the explanatory figure of RS232 protocol. Trigger Type: Press Type to select “RS232”. At this point, the trigger setting information as shown in the figure below is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen.
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope When this trigger condition is selected: --press Data Bits to select “5 bit”, “6 bit”, “7 bit” or “8 bit”; --press Data and input the data value according to the setting in Data Bits and the upper limit can be 31, 63, 127 or 255.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope I2C Trigger Trigger on the start condition, restart, stop and missing acknowledgement or on the read/write frame with specific device address and data value. When using I2C trigger, you need to specify the SCL and SDA data sources. The figure below shows the complete data transmission of I2C bus.
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope (SDA) behind the preset address (Write, Read or R/W direction). After this trigger condition is selected: --press AddrBits to select “7 bit” , “8 bit” or “10 bit”; --press Address to set the address value according to the setting in AddrBits and the ranges are from 0 to 127, 0 to 255 and from 0 to 1023 respectively;...
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Trigger Setting: Press Setting to set the trigger parameter (trigger holdoff) under this trigger type. Trigger Level: Use TRIGGER LEVEL to modify the trigger level of SCL or SDA channel. For details, please refer to the description of “Trigger Level” on page 5-8.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope SPI Trigger Trigger on the data pattern with specified edge. When using SPI trigger, you need to specify the SCL, SDA and CS data sources. Below is the sequence chart of SPI bus data transmission.
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Timeout: when this trigger condition is selected, press Timeout to set the minimum time that the clock (SCL) signal must be idle before the oscilloscope will search for the data (SDA) on which to trigger. The range is from 100 ns to 1...
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope CAN Trigger Trigger on the specified frame type of the data frame. When using CAN trigger, you need to specify the signal source, signal rate and trigger signal type of the CAN signal. The figure below shows the standard and expanded formats of CAN bus data frame.
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope CAN_H: actual CAN_H bus signal. CAN_L: actual CAN_L bus signal. Differential: CAN differential bus signal connected to the analog channel by using the differential probe. Trigger Condition: Press When to select the desired trigger condition.
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Sample Point: Sample point is the point within the bit time. The oscilloscope samples the bit level at this point. The sample point position is represented by the percentage that the “time from the start of the bit to the sample point” takes up in the “bit time”.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope FlexRay Trigger Trigger on the frame, symbol, error or TSS (Transmission Start Sequence) of FlexRay bus. FlexRay is a kind of differential serial bus configured with three continuous segments (namely packet header, payload and packet end). Its data transmission rate is up to 10 Mbps.
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Trigger Condition: Press When to select the desired trigger condition. FRAME: trigger on the frame of FlexRay bus. SYMBOL: trigger on the CID (Channel Idle Delimiter), CAS (Collision Avoidance Symbol), MTS (Media Access Test Symbol) and WUP (Wakeup Pattern) of FlexRay bus.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope USB Trigger Trigger on the SOP, EOP, RC, Suspended and Exit Suspended of the data packet on the differential USB data cable (D+ and D-). This trigger supports USB Low Speed and Full Speed. The figure below shows the USB data transmission protocol.
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RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Trigger Mode: Press Sweep to select the Trigger Mode (page 5-3) under this trigger type as auto, normal or single. The corresponding status light of the current trigger mode turns on. Trigger Setting: Press Setting to set the trigger parameter (trigger holdoff) under this trigger type.
RIGOL 5 To Trigger the Oscilloscope Trigger Ouput Connector The trigger output connector at the rear panel can output trigger signals decided by the current setting. Trigger Output Connector Press UTIL AuxOutput to select “TrigOut”. When the oscilloscope is triggered, it will output a trigger signal decided by the current setting through the [Trig Out/Calibration] interface.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements 6 To Make Measurements After data is sampled and displayed, DS6000 can make math operation, cursor measurement and auto measurement. The contents of this chapter: Math Operation Auto Measure Cursor Measurement DS6000 User’s Guide...
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Math Operation DS6000 can realize various math operations of waveforms between channels including addition (A+B), subtraction (A-B), multiplication (AxB), division (A÷B), FFT, logic operation and advanced operation. The results of math operation also allows further measurement (for details, please refer to “Cursor Measurement”).
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Subtraction Subtract the waveform voltage values of signal source B from A point by point and display the results. Press MATH Operate to select “A-B”: Press Source A and Source B to select the desired channels. The channels ...
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Division Divide the waveform voltage values of signal source A by B point by point and display the results. It can be used to analyze the multiple relationships of waveforms in two channels. Note that when the voltage value of channel B is 0, the result of the division is treated as 0.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements FFT is used to quickly perform Fourier transform on specified signals and transform time domain signals to frequency domain signals. Use FFT to facilitate the following works: Measure harmonic components and distortion in the system ...
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements characteristics and are applicable to measure different waveforms. You need to select the window function according to different waveforms and characteristics. Press Window to select the desired window function and the default is “Rectangle”. Table 6-1 Window Function...
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Set the Vertical Scale In FFT measurement, the unit of the horizontal axis changes from time to frequency. Use HORIZONTAL SCALE to set the scale and position of the horizontal axis respectively. The unit of the vertical axis can be dB or Vrms which display the vertical amplitude in logarithmic mode and linear mode respectively.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Logic Operation Perform logic operation on the waveform voltage values of the specified source point by point and display the results. In operation, when the voltage value of the source channel is greater than the threshold of the corresponding channel, it is regarded as logic “1”;...
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Press MATH Operate to select “Logic”: Press Expression to select the desired operation expression and the default is AND. Press Source A and Source B to select the desired channels. The channels ...
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Advanced Operation DS6000 provides advanced operation function that allows user-defined operation functions. Press MATH Operate “Advance” Expression “On”, and the editing window as shown in the figure below is displayed on the screen.
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements The following are descriptions of the contents in the editing window: Expression Here, it refers to the formulas formed by channel, function, variable, operator and figure. The length of the expression is limited to 64 bytes.
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements “Mantissa”. The steps available are × 1, × 0.1, × 0.01, × 0.001 and × 0.0001. Mantissa: press this softkey to set the valid number of digits of the variable. After setting the “Step” or pressing this softkey, turn the knob to modify this parameter.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Auto Measurement DS6000 provide auto measurements of 24 waveform parameters and the statistic and analytical functions of the measurement results. What’s more, you can also use the frequency counter to realize more precise frequency measurement.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Quick Measurement after Auto When the oscilloscope is correctly connected and has detected input signal, press Auto enable the waveform auto setting function and open the following function menu. Single-period: measure the “Period” and “Frequency “of the current signal within a single period and display the measurement results at the bottom of the screen.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements One-key Measurement of 24 Parameters Press MENU at the left of the screen to turn on the measurement menu of the 24 parameters and then press the corresponding menu softkey to quickly realize “One-key” measurement. The measurement result will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Time Parameters RiseTime FallTime -Width +Width -Width +Width Period Period Period: defined as the time between the two crossing points of the middle threshold values of two continuous edges with the same polarity. Frequency: defined as the reciprocal of period.
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Delay and Phase Period Source A Delay Source B Source A and source B can be any of CH1, CH2, CH3 and CH4. Delay A→B : the time deviation between the rising edges of source A and source B.
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Voltage Parameters Overshoot Vmax Vtop Vamp Vbase Vmin Preshoot Vmax: the voltage value from the highest point of the waveform to the GND. Vmin: the voltage value from the lowest point of the waveform to the GND.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Overshoot: the ratio of the difference of the maximum value and top value of the waveform to the amplitude value. 10. Preshoot: the ratio of the difference of the minimum value and base value of the waveform to the amplitude value.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Frequency Counter Measurement The hardware frequency counter supplied with this oscilloscope can make more precise measurement of the signal frequency. Press MEAS Counter to select anyone of CH1-CH4 as the source. The measurement result is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen and you can identify the current measurement source according to the color of the icon.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Measurement Setting Source Selection Press MEAS Source to select the desired channel for measurement (CH1-CH4 or MATH). The color of the parameter icon under MENU at the left of the screen will change with the source selected.
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Phase Measurement Setting Specify the source A and source B in the measurement items “Phase A→B ” and “Phase A→B ”. Press MEAS Meas Setting Type “Phase” and then press Source A and Source B to set the two channel sources (CH1-CH4) of the phase measurement respectively.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Clear the Measurement If you have currently turned on one or more items in the 24 measurement parameters, you can “Delete” or “Recover” the 5 parameters ahead or “Delete” or “Recover” all the measurement items that have been turned on. Note that the 5 parameters ahead is determined according to the order in which you turned them on and they will not change as you delete one or more measurement items.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements All Measurement All measurement could measure all the time and voltage parameters (each measurement source has 20 items, measurements can be performed on the five measurement sources at the same time) of the current measurement source and display the results on the screen.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Statistic Function Make statistic and display the current, average, minimum (or standard deviation) and maximum (or count) values of at most 5 measurement items that are turned on last. Press Measure Statistic to turn the statistic function on or off. When the ...
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Measurement History To view the history measurement data, press MEAS MeasHistory MeasHistory “On”. The history data can be displayed in two modes: Graph: display the results of multiple measurements of at most 5 measurement ...
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Cursor Measurement Cursors are the horizontal and vertical marks that can be used to measure the X axis values (usually Time) and Y axis values (usually Voltage) on a selected waveform. Please connect the signal to the oscilloscope and obtain stable display before using cursor measurement.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Manual Mode In this mode, a pair of cursors will appear. You can adjust the cursors to measure the X (or Y), X increment (or Y increment), and reciprocal of the X increment on the selected source (CH1-CH4 or MATH).
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Select X (Y) Axis Unit When the cursor type is “Time”, press Time Unit to select “s”, “Hz”, “°” or “%”. and △X are in “s” and 1/△X is in “Hz”. S: when this unit is selected, in the measurement results, the CurA, CurB ...
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements adjust the positions of cursor A and B at the same time. During the adjustment, the measurement results will change accordingly. The adjustable range is limited within the screen. Measurement Example Use manual cursor measurement to measure the period (△X) of a square waveform and the result is 1 ms equaling the result from auto measurement.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Track Mode In this mode, one or two pairs of cursors will appear. You can adjust the two pairs of cursors to measure the X and Y values on two different sources respectively. The points being measured on cursor A and B are marked by an orange rectangle and rhombus respectively.
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RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Select Measurement Source Press CursorA to select the waveform in analog channels (CH1-CH4) or math operation results (MATH) as the measurement source of cursor A (only channels enabled are available). You can also select “None”, namely do not use cursor A.
RIGOL 6 To Make Measurements Auto Mode In this mode, one or more cursors will appear. You can use auto cursor measurement to measure anyone of the 24 waveform parameters. Before using this mode, you need to at least turn on one auto measurement parameter and the number of cursors will change with the measurement parameters.
RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding 7 Protocol Decoding Protocol analysis can be used by users to discover errors, debug hardware and accelerate development, so as to guarantee quick and high-quality accomplishment of projects. Protocol decoding is the basis of protocol analysis. Only protocol analyses with correct protocol decoding are acceptable and only correct protocol decoding can provide more error information.
RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding Parallel Decoding Parallel bus consists of clock line and data line. As shown in the figure below, CLK is the clock line, while Bit0 and Bit1 are the 0 bit and 1 bit on the data line respectively.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding Next, press Channel to specify a channel source for the bit currently selected in CurrentBit. Analog Channel Threshold Setting To judge logic “1” and logic “0” of the buses, you need to set a threshold for each analog channel (CH1, CH2, CH3 and CH4).
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding The decoding table displays the decoded data and the corresponding line number and time in table format. It can be used to observe relatively longer decoded data to solve the problem that some data could not be seen clearly on the screen.
RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding RS232 Decoding (Option) RS232 serial bus consists of the transmitting data line (TX) and the receiving data line (RX). DeviceA DeviceB The industry standard of RS232 uses “Negative Logic”, namely high level is logic “0” and low level is logic “1”.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding Data Bit Start Bit: represent when the data starts outputting. Setting the Polarity is equivalent to specifying the “Start Bit”. Data Bits: represent the number of data bits actually contained in each frame of data. Even-OddCheck: be used to check the correctness of the data transmission.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding Data Packet Setting As mentioned before, in RS232, you need to set the start bit, the data bits, the check bit (optional) and the stop bit of each frame of data. “Start Bit” has been specified by the “Polarity Setting”. The setting methods of other parameters are introduced below.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding The Error Expression during Decoding DS6000 makes full use of the resources such as color and view to express the results of the protocol decoding effectively and let users find the desired information quickly. End Frame Error: Errors generated when the end frame condition is not met.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding (00000100, LSB) The check bit detected is 1 Wherein, there are odd number of 1 in the 8 bit data 01010010 and the parity bit should be 0. Howerer, parity error is generated as the parity bit on TX is 1.
RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding I2C Decoding (Option) I2C serial bus consists of the clock line (SCLK) and the data line (SDA). SCLK Device Host SCLK SCLK: sample the SDA on the clock rising edge or falling edge. SDA: denote the data channel.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding Decoding Table The decoding table displays the decoded data, the corresponding line number, time, data direction, ID and ACK information in table format. Press Event Table Event Table to select “ON” (note that this operation is only available when BusStatus is set to “ON”) to enter the decoding table...
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding When the ACK (ACKnowledge Character) is not met, the red error marks as shown in the figure below will be displayed. ACK=1 DS6000 User’s Guide 7-12...
RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding SPI Decoding (Option) SPI serial bus consists of chip select line (SS), clock line (SCLK), MISO and MOSI. SCLK MISO MISO Host Device MOSI MOSI MISO SCLK SCLK MOSI SS: set the polarity to “Low” or “High” (note that this function is not available when Channel is set to “OFF”).
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding MISO Setting Press MISO to turn on the MISO data line setting interface. Press Channel to select any channel (CH1-CH4) as the MISO channel. When “OFF” is selected, this data line is not set. Press Polarity to set the polarity of the MISO data line to “Low” or “High”.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding interface as shown in the figure below. If a USB storage device is currently connected to the instrument, users can export the data table to the external USB storage device in CSV format. Error Expressions during Decoding When the clock for a frame in SPI is not enough, the data is filled with red patches.
RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding CAN Decoding (Option) Press MATH BUS1 Decode and select “CAN” to open the CAN decoding function menu. Source Press Source and select any channel (CH1-CH4) as the source channel. Signal Type Press Signal Type to select the desired signal type.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding Threshold Refer to the introduction in Parallel Decoding. Display-related Setting Press Format and set the bus display format to Hex, Decimal, Binary or ASCII. Press Offset and use to adjust the vertical display position of the bus.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding Address ID Data Length Data Error DS6000 User’s Guide 7-18...
RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding FlexRay Decoding (Option) Press MATH BUS1 Decode and select “FlexRay” to open the FlexRay decoding function menu. Source Press Source to select any channel (CH1 to CH4) as the signal source channel. Signal Path Press Signal Path to select the signal path (A or B) that matches the FlexRay bus signal.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding Display-related Setting Press Format to set the display format of the bus to Hex, Decimal, Binary or ASCII. Press Offset and use to adjust the vertical display position of the bus. Press BusStatus to enable or disable bus display.
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding Explanation of the Decoded FlexRay Frame Data The decoded FlexRay frame data is as shown in the figure below. TSS: transmission start sequence and is expressed by light purple patch. Frame Type: FlexRay frame can be NORMAL, SYNC, SUP or NULL. The ...
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RIGOL 7 Protocol Decoding End CRC: hexadecimal number and is expressed by blue-green patch. When CRC is invalid, it is expressed by red patch. DTS: dynamic end sequence and is expressed by purple patch. End CRC DS6000 User’s Guide...
RIGOL 8 Reference Waveform 8 Reference Waveform In actual testing process, the waveform being tested can be compared with the reference waveform module to judge the reasons for failures. The contents of the chapter: To Enable REF Function To Set the Color ...
RIGOL 8 Reference Waveform To Enable REF Function Press REF in the vertical control area (VERTICAL) at the front panel to enable REF function. Note that when the time base is in X-Y mode, REF function can not be enabled.
RIGOL 8 Reference Waveform To Set the Color DS6000 series oscilloscope provides five colors (gray, green, light blue, magenta and orange) to mark the reference waveforms of different channels in order to distinguish them. Press Current and use to select any of the reference channel (Ref1-Ref10) enabled.
RIGOL 8 Reference Waveform To Select REF Source Press Current and use to select any reference channel (Ref1-Ref10) that has been turned on and then press Source to specify a reference source (CH1-CH4 or MATH) for this channel. Note: only channels currently enabled can be selected.
RIGOL 8 Reference Waveform To Export to Internal or External Memory Users can also save the reference waveform to the Flash memory inside the instrument or to the external USB storage device. The file format of the reference waveform is “*.ref”. At most 10 reference files (LocalREF0.ref to LocalREF9.ref) can be saved inside the instrument.
RIGOL 9 Pass/Fail Test 9 Pass/Fail Test Monitor the change of the signal by judging whether the input signal is within the mask created. The test result can be displayed on the screen as well as be prompted by the system sound or the pulse signal output from the [Trig Out/Calibration] connector at the rear panel.
RIGOL 9 Pass/Fail Test To Enable Pass/Fail Test Function Press UTIL Pass/Fail Enable Test to select “ON”. Note: when the time base is in X-Y mode, the Pass/Fail test function can not be enabled. UTIL To start testing, press Enable Test and select “ON”. Then, press Operate. Select “...
RIGOL 9 Pass/Fail Test To Select Source Press Source to select the channel (channel enabled from CH1 to CH4) to be tested. During the test, the oscilloscope will judge whether each frame of waveform in the source complies with the current test mask and those waveforms pass through the mask area (blue area) is considered as failed.
RIGOL 9 Pass/Fail Test Press Stop On Outp to select “ON” or “OFF”. ON: when failed waveforms are detected, the oscilloscope will stop the test and enter the “STOP” state. At this point, the results of the test remain the same...
RIGOL 9 Pass/Fail Test To Load the Test Mask Users can also load the test mask files (*.pf) stored in the Flash memory inside the instrument or the external USB storage device to the internal memory. Press Load to enter the file loading interface. Please refer to the relative description in “Store and Recall”...
RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording Waveform Recording Waveform recording can record the waveforms in the input channels (CH1-CH4). Waveform playback and waveform analysis can provide better waveform analysis effect. The contents of this chapter: Waveform Recording Waveform Playback Waveform Analysis ...
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RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording Waveform Recording Waveforms from all the channels currently turned on will be recorded during waveform recording. Navigation Knob (Playback) UTIL Play/Pause (Playback) Stop Recording/Playback Record (Record) Press UTIL Record Mode and use to select “Record” to turn the waveform recording operation menu on.
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RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording Interval Set the time interval between the frames in waveform recording and the range available is from 100 ns to 10 s. Maximum End Frame The menu shows the maximum number of frames that can be recorded currently.
RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording Waveform Playback Waveform playback can play back the waveforms currently recorded. Press UTIL Record Mode and use to select “Play back”. At this point, the information as shown in the figure below is displayed at the upper right corner of the screen, indicating the specific frame currently displayed on the screen.
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RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording End Frame Press this softkey and use to set the end frame of the playback. The default is the number of frames of the waveform to be played back. Playback Operation Waveform playback can be realized through the shortcut buttons in the menu or at the front panel.
RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording Waveform Analysis This function is used to analyze the recorded waveform. Press UTIL Record Mode and use to select “Analyze” to open the waveform analysis menu. At this point, the screen is divided into two display areas as shown in the figure below.
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RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording Start Press Satrt to enable waveform analysis. Note that during the analysis process, the progress bar is displayed and the parameters can not be modified. After the analysis finishes, the analysis results of “Error Frames”, “Current Error” and “CurFrame Diff”...
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RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording again to restart the analysis. Previous After the waveform analysis finishes, press Previous can locate the error frame before the current error frame. Pressing Run/Stop can also perform the operation. Next After the waveform analysis finishes, press Next can locate the error frame following the current error frame.
RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording Analysis Based on Trace Press Analyze and select “Trace”. Then, set the templet used in analysis based on trace through the method below. Trace Press Trace to select the creation method of analysis templet. Current Frame: select the current frame as the analysis templet.
RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording Analysis Based on Pass/Fail Mask Press Analyze and select “Pass/Fail”. Then, set the templet used in analysis based on Pass/Fail mask through the method below. Press MaskRange to open the following setting menus. Mask Range Press this softkey to select “Screen Region” or “Cursor Region” for the analysis (the default is “Screen Region”).
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RIGOL 10 Waveform Recording Users can store the current test mask into the internal Flash memory or external USB storage device or load the test mask file (*.pf) stored in the internal Flash memory or external USB storage device into the internal memory.
RIGOL 11 Display Control Display Control You can set the type, the persistence time and the brightness of waveform display as well as the grid type, grid brightness of the screen display and the menu display time. The contents of this chapter: To Select the Display Type ...
RIGOL 11 Display Control To Select the Display Type DISP Press DISP Type to set the waveform display mode to “Vectors” or “Dots”. Vectors: the sample points are connected using lines and displayed. Normally, this mode can provide the most vivid waveform to view the steep edge of the waveform (e.g.
RIGOL 11 Display Control To Set the Persistence Time Press DISP Persis. Time to set the persistence time of the oscilloscope to Vmin, specific values (from 50 ms to 20 s) or Infinite. In the following part, a frequency sweep signal of the sine waveform is used to demonstrate the waveform effects in different persistence times.
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RIGOL 11 Display Control Infinite In this mode, the oscilloscope displays the waveform newly acquired without clearing the waveforms acquired formerly. The waveforms acquired formerly will be displayed in relatively low-brightness color and the waveform newly acquired will be displayed in normal brightness and color. Infinite persistence can be used to measure noise and jitter and to capture incidental events.
RIGOL 11 Display Control To set the Waveform Brightness Press DISP WaveIntensity or turn when the menu is hidden to adjust the waveform brightness of the analog channel. The default is 50% and the range available is from 0% to 100%.
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Store and Recall Users can save the current settings, waveforms, and screen image in internal memory or external USB storage device (e.g. U disk) in various formats and recall the stored settings or waveforms when needed.
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Storage System Press SAVE to enter the store and recall setting interface. SAVE Insert the USB storage device This oscilloscope provides two USB Host interfaces at the front and rear panels to connect USB storage device for external storage. The USB storage device connected is marked with “Disk E”...
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Storage Type Press SAVE Storage to select the desired storage type. The default is “Traces”. The store and recall descriptions of each type are as follows. Traces Save the waveform data in internal or external memory in “*.trc” format. At most 10 trace files (from LocalTrace0.trc to LocalTrace9.trc) can be stored in the...
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall One-key Bitmap Saving After a USB storage device is connected, press the print key at the front panel to quickly save the current screen image under the root directory of the USB storage device in bitmap mode.
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Internal Store and Recall Internal store and recall support “Traces”, “Waveforms” and “Setups” in Storage. In the following part, “Traces” are taken as an example for illustration. Save the specified type of file in internal memory.
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Load the specified type of file in the internal memory. 1) Press SAVE Storage to select “Traces” and then press Load to turn on the interface as shown in Figure c. Use to select “Local Disk” and then press down to open the local disk (Figure d).
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall External Store and Recall Before using external store and recall, make sure that a USB storage device is connected correctly. External storage supports all the types of files in Storage but in recall, “Picture” and “CSV” are not supported.
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Figure g 5) Press OK to execute the saving operation. Load the specified type of file in the external USB storage device. 1) Press SAVE Storage to select “Traces” and then press Load to turn on the interface as shown in Figure h.
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Disk Management Press SAVE Disk.Manage to turn on the disk management interface as shown in the figure below and use to select the desired disk. The disk currently selected is displayed in green and press down to open the selecte disk.
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall To Select File Type Except the file types in Storage, the oscilloscope can also display, save or read some files for advanced applications such as mask file of the Pass/Fail test (*.pf), waveform recording file (*.rec), update file (.rgl), parameter file (*.txt) and reference waveform file (*.ref).
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall To Create a New File or Folder This operation is only valid in external storage. Before using external store and recall, make sure that a USB storage device is connected correctly. First, press SAVE Disk Manage and use to select and open the external disk (“Disk D”...
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall English Input Method For example, create a file or folder using the name “Filename”. Press Keyboard. 1) Use to select English input method “En” and uppercase input state “ A”. to input the letter “F”. If the input is wrong, press Delete to delete 2) Use the character input.
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Chinese Input Method For example, create a file or folder using the name “文件名”. Press Keyboard. 1) Use to select Chinese input method “中” and lowercase input state “Aa”. Note that the “Chinese” menu is added in the menu items at the right of the screen.
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall To Delete a File or Folder Folder operation is valid only in external storage. Before using the external disk, make sure that a USB storage device is connected correctly. Delete a file in internal memory.
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall To Clear the Local Memory You can clear all the files stored in the local memory with one operation. Press SAVE Disk.Manage and select “Local Disk”, then turn to the next menu page and press SecurityClear OK to delete all the files stored in the local memory.
RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Factory Press SAVE Factory to return the oscilloscope to its factory state. Refer to the table below. Table 12-2 Factory Parameter Factory Horizontal Setting (HORIZONTAL) Channel Setting (VERTICAL) Acquisition Setting (ACQ) Trigger Setting (TRIGGER)
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Channel Invert Vertical Scale Coarse Channel Unit Acquisition Setting (ACQ) Acquisition Mode Normal Sampling Mode Real Time Memory Depth Auto Anti-Aliasing Trigger Setting (TRIGGER) Trigger Type Edge Source Slope Rising Edge Trigger Mode Auto Trigger Coupling...
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Storage Type Traces Utility Function Setting (UTIL) I/O Setting Network Configuration DHCP, Auto IP Mode USB Device Computer Sound Sound Pass/Fail Test Enable Test Source Operate X Mask 0.24div Y Mask 0.38div Message Display Stop On Output...
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Vertical Expansion Ground Screen Saver Default Screen Saver Time External Trigger 1 MΩ Impedance Aux Output TrigOut Reference Clock ClockOutput Math Operation Setting (MATHOperation) Operate Source A Source B Invert Vertical Scale Source A Source B...
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall Sample Rate 100 MSa/s Logic Operation Expression Source A Source B Invert Vertical Scale Threshold A Threshold B Advanced Operation Expression Expression CH1+CH2 Vertical Scale Protocol Decoding (MATHBUS1/BUS2) Decoding Type Parallel Bus Status Format Offset...
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RIGOL 12 Store and Recall SCLK SS Channel SS Polarity SCLK Channel SCLK Slope Rising Edge MISO Channel MISO Channel MOSI Channel MOSI Polarity Data Bits Endian Reference Waveform Setting (REF) Channel Setting REF1 Current Channel REF1 Source Color Gray DS6000 User’s Guide...
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting System Function Setting The contents of this chapter: Remote Interface Configuration System-related To Print the Waveform DS6000 User’s Guide 13-1...
Remote Interface Configuration DS6000 can communicate with PC via LAN, USB and GPIB (together with the USB to GPIB interface copnverter of RIGOL) buses. Please refer to the introduction below to configure the corresponding interface before using the remote interfaces.
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RIGOL 13 System Function Setting IP Configuration Type (DHCP) The configuration type of the IP address can be DHCP, auto IP or static IP. In different IP configuration type, the configuration mode of the network parameters such as the IP address is different.
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RIGOL 13 System Function Setting nnn is from 0 to 223 (except 127) and the ranges of the other three nnn are from 0 to 255. You are recommended to ask your network administrator for an IP address available. Press IP Address and use to input the desired IP address.
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RIGOL 13 System Function Setting range of the first nnn is from 0 to 223 (except 127) and the ranges of the other three nnn are from 0 to 255. You are recommended to ask your network administrator for an address available.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting USB Device This oscilloscope can communicate with a PC or PictBridge printer via the USB Device interface at the rear panel. You need to set the oscilloscope to make it match with different device types.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting System-related Sound When the sound is enabled, you can hear the sound of the beeper when you press a function key or a menu softkey or when the prompt message pops up. Press UTIL Sound to select (on) or (off).
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting Power-off Recall You can set the system configuration to be recalled when the oscilloscope is powered on again after power-off. Press UTIL System Power On to select “Last” or “Default”. Last: restore the instrument to the setting at the last power-off.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting System Time The system time is displayed at the lower right corner of the screen in “hh:mm (hour:minute)” format. When printing or storing a waveform, the file output will contain this time information. Press UTIL System System Time System Time to turn on the setting interface as follows.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting Self-calibration Information Press UTIL System SelfCalInfo to view the result of the last self-calibration of the oscilloscope. The self-calibration result usually contains the contents as shown in the figure below. Note: if the oscilloscope is installed with battery, the self-calibration information will also display the electric quantity, voltage and current of the battery.
Press UTIL System Screen to turn on the screen saver setting menu. “Default” means using the icon RIGOL as the screen saver icon. Press Time to select the time of the screen saver. When “OFF” is selected, the screen saver program is disabled.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting Error Information If this menu is shown in gray, it means that the circuit board of the oscilloscope is working normally. Otherwise, an exclamation mark will be displayed in the status bar at the lower right corner of the screen, indicating that there is error information currently and at this point, press this key (press UTIL ...
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting Self-calibration Self-calibration program can quickly help the oscilloscope to reach the best working state and get the most precise measurement values. You can perform self-calibration at any time especially when the change range of the environment temperature is up to or more than 5 ℃.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting Power Status Users can set the power status of the oscilloscope after power-on. Connect the oscilloscope to the AC source using the power cord and turn on the power switch at the rear panel, the oscilloscope is powered on.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting Aux Output Users can set the signal type output from the [Trig Out/Calibration] connector at the rear panel. Press UTIL AuxOutput to select the desired output type. TrigOut After this type is selected, the oscilloscope output a signal that can reflect the current capture rate of the oscilloscope at each trigger.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting Reference Clock This oscilloscope can output the internal 10 MHz sample clock from the [10MHz In/Out] connector at the rear panel and accept an external 10 MHz clock to synchronize multiple oscilloscopes. 10MHz In/Out Press UTIL RefClock to select the desired clock type.
Option Management This oscilloscope provides multiple options to fulfill your measurement requirements. Please contact your RIGOL sales representative or RIGOL technical support to order the corresponding options. You can view the options currently installed on the oscilloscope or activate the newly bought option serial number through the menu.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting To Print the Waveform To Connect the Print Device DS6000 oscilloscope supports normal and PictBridge printers and you can set the print parameters to print the current screen image. The connection modes of different print devices are different. Use the USB Host interface to connect normal printer and use the USB Device interface to connect the PictBridge printer.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting Normal Print After “Normal” is selected, please refer to the following steps to set the print parameters to execute print. 1. Print Range Press this softkey to select “Screen” (default) or “Wave”. Screen: print the whole screen image.
RIGOL 13 System Function Setting PictBridge Print PictBridge is a new print standard. If your oscilloscope and the printer both comply with the PictBridge standard, you can connect the oscilloscope to the printer using a USB cable to print the screen image directly.
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RIGOL 13 System Function Setting Quality Press this softkey to select the print quality. You can select Default, Normal, Draft or Fine. Note: the selection is unavailable when the printer does not support this function. Date Press this softkey to turn the date print on or off.
This oscilloscope can communicate with PC through USB, LAN and GPIB (together with the USB to GPIB interface converter of RIGOL) instrument buses. This chapter will give a detailed introduction of how to use Ultra Sigma to control DS6000 remotely through various interfaces.
RIGOL 14 Remote Control Remote Control via USB Connect the device Connect the oscilloscope (USB DEVICE) and PC using a USB cable. Install the USB driver This oscilloscope is a USBTMC device. Assuming that your PC has already been installed with Ultra Sigma, after you connect the oscilloscope to the PC and turn...
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View the device resource The resources found will appear under the “RIGOL Online Resource” directory and the model number and USB interface information of the instrument will also be displayed as shown in the figure below.
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RIGOL 14 Remote Control Communication test Right click the resource name “DS6104 (USB0::0x1AB1::0x04B0::DS6K00000588::INSTR)” to select “SCPI Panel Control” to turn on the remote command control panel from which you can send commands and read data as shown in the figure below.
RIGOL 14 Remote Control Remote Control via LAN Connect the device Connect the oscilloscope to your LAN using a network cable. Configure network parameters Configure the network parameters of the oscilloscope according to the description in “LAN Setting”. Search device resource Start up the Ultra Sigma and click .
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RIGOL 14 Remote Control View device resource The resources found will appear under the “RIGOL Online Resource” directory as shown in the figure below. Communication test Right click the resource name “DS6104 (TCPIP::172.16.3.21::INSTR)” to select “SCPI Panel Control” to turn on the remote command control panel from which you can send commands and read data as shown in the figure below.
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RIGOL 14 Remote Control Load LXI webpage As this oscilloscope conforms to LXI-C standards, you can load LXI webpage through Ultra Sigma (right-clicking the resources name and selecting LXI-Web; or directly input the IP address in the browser). Various important information...
RIGOL 14 Remote Control Remote Control via GPIB Connect the device Use the USB to GPIB interface converter to extend a GPIB interface for the oscilloscope. Then connect the oscilloscope to your PC using a GPIB cable. Install the driver of GPIB card Install the driver of the GPIB card which has been connected to the PC correctly.
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14 Remote Control View device resource Click “OK” to return back to the main interface of Ultra Sigma. The resources found will appear under the “RIGOL Online Resource” directory. Communication Test Right-click the resource name “DS6104 (GPIB0::18::INSTR)” to select “SCPI Panel Control”...
The commonly encountered failures and their solutions are listed below. When you encounter those problems, please solve them following the corresponding steps. If the problem remains still, please contact RIGOL and provide your device information (acquisition method: UTIL System System Info).
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RIGOL 15 Troubleshooting can the waveform be displayed stably. (3) Try to change the Coupling to “HF Reject”or “LF Reject” to filter out the high-frequency or low-frequency noise that disturbs the trigger. (4) Change the trigger holdoff setting. No display after pressing Run/Stop: Check whether the MODE at the trigger panel (TRIGGER) is on “Normal”...
RIGOL 16 Specifications Specifications All the specifications are guaranteed except the parameters marked with “Typical” and the oscilloscope needs to operate for more than 30 minutes under the specified operation temperature. Sample Sample Mode Real-time Sample, Equivalent Sample 5 GSa/s (single-channel) Real Time Sample Rate 2.5 Gsa/s (dual-channel)
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RIGOL 16 Specifications Maximum Input Maximum Input Voltage of the Analog Channel Voltage (1MΩ) CAT I 300 Vrms, CAT II 100 Vrms, Transient Overvoltage 1000V pk with RP2200 10:1 probe: CAT II 300 Vrms with RP3300 10:1 probe: CAT II 300 Vrms...
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RIGOL 16 Specifications Low Frequency Response ≤5 Hz (on BNC) (AC Coupling -3dB) Calculated Rise Time DS606X: 600 ps DS610X: 400 ps DC Gain Accuracy ±2% full scale 200 mV/div to 5 V/div: 0.1 div ± 2 mV±0.5% offset value DC Offset Accuracy 1 mV/div to 195 mV/div: 0.1 div ±...
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RIGOL 16 Specifications interval) Time Setting 10 ns to 1 s Video Trigger Signal Standard Support standard NTSC, PAL and SECAM broadcasting standards; support 480P, 576P, 720P, 1080P and 1080I HDTV standards Pattern Trigger Pattern Setting H, L, X, Rising Edge, Falling Edge...
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RIGOL 16 Specifications USB Trigger Signal Speed Low Speed, Full Speed Trigger condition SOP, EOP, RC, Suspended, Exit Suspended Measure Voltage Deviation between Cursors (△V) Cursor Manual Reciprocal of △T (Hz) (1/△T) Time Deviation between Cursors (△T) Mode Track Mode...
RIGOL 16 Specifications General Specifications Probe Compensation Output Output Voltage About 3 V, peak-peak Frequency 1kHz Power Power Voltage 100-127 V, 45-440 Hz 100-240 V, 45-65 Hz Power Maximum 150W Fuse 3 A, T Degree, 250 V Environment Temperature Range Operating: 0 ℃...
Rack Mount Kit RM-DS-6 RS232/UART Decoding Kit SD-RS232-DS6 Decoding I2C /SPI Decoding Kit SD-I2C/SPI-DS6 Options CAN Decoding Kit SD-CAN-DS6 FlexRay Decoding Kit SD-FLEXRAY-DS6 Note: all the options or accessories can be ordered from you local RIGOL Office. DS6000 User’s Guide 17-1...
To get repair service and a complete copy of the warranty description, please contact with your nearest RIGOL sales and service office. RIGOL does not provide any other warranty items except the one being provided by this summary and the warranty statement. The warranty items include but not being subjected to the hint guarantee items related to tradable characteristic and any particular purpose.
RIGOL 17 Appendix Appendix C: Any Question or Comment? If you have any question or comment on our document, please mail to: service@rigol.com DS6000 User’s Guide 17-3...
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