Operating Your Oscilloscope
To make voltage measurements automatically
Connect a signal to the oscilloscope and obtain a stable display.
1
Press
.
2
Voltage
A softkey menu appears with six softkey choices. Three of the softkeys are
voltage measurement functions.
Source Selects a channel for the voltage measurement.
Voltage Measurements Three voltage measurement choices are available:
V
, V
, and V
. The measurements are determined by voltage
p-p
avg
rms
histograms of the signal.
Clear Meas (clear measurement) Erases any measurement results from the
display, and removes the horizontal and vertical cursors from the display.
Next Menu Replaces the softkey menu with six additional softkey choices.
Press the
V
softkey.
3
rms
The oscilloscope automatically measures the rms voltage and displays the
result on the display.
The oscilloscope makes automatic measurements on the first pulse or period
in the display. Figure 2-10 shows how to use delayed sweep to isolate a pulse
for an rms measurement.
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