Operating instructions

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Electrical Engineering Laboratory Equipment Manual

displayed) may be set anywhere from off (minimum persistence) to infinite. Several times are

selectable in-between these two extremes.

The display format is normally left set to YT; this is the normal volts vs. time display of

the scope. When you wish to display one waveform vs. another, set the format to XY. When in

the XY mode, channel 1 is the X (horizontal) waveform, and channel 2 is the Y (vertical)

waveform. While in this display mode, the channel 1 volts/div and position knobs control the

horizontal scale and position, while the channel 2 volts/div and position knobs control the

vertical scale and position.

The contrast softkeys change the display contrast of the scope.

Measurements and Cursors

A number of automated measurements are possible when the measure menu button is

pressed:

 Source/Type

 Any four of the following

measurements: frequency, period, mean (average), pk-pk, cyc rms (true rms

computed over one cycle), rise time, fall time, positive width, negative width, or

none

The four measurement readout windows adjacent to the bottom four softkeys list the

channel being measured (CH1 / CH2), the specific measurement (as listed above), and the

measured quantity. The top softkey selects between the source channel selection mode or the

measurement type selection mode. When Source is selected, the source channels in the

measurement windows become highlighted. Pressing one of the bottom four softkeys will toggle

the selected source channel, but will not change the measurement type. When Type is selected,

the measurement type will be changed by the bottom four softkeys, but not the source channel.

A set of voltage or time cursors is available by pressing the Cursor menu button. The

following items then appear:

 Cursor type: off/voltage/time

 Source CH1 / CH2 / MATH / Ref A

/ Ref B

The only deficiency that this scope has is

its cursors. Unfortunately, only the voltage or time

cursors can be displayed, but not both at once.

This may be an issue, depending on the lab you are performing. The menu choices available

AUTOSET

SAVE/RECALL

MEASURE

ACQUIRE

UTILITY

CURSOR DISPLAY

HARDCOPY RUN/STOP

AUTOSET

SAVE/RECALL

MEASURE

ACQUIRE

UTILITY

CURSOR DISPLAY

HARDCOPY RUN/STOP

VERTICAL

HORIZONTAL TRIGGER

POSITION

LEVEL

HORIZONTAL

MATH

CH 1 CH 2

TRIGGER

POSITION

HOLDOFF

CURSOR 1 CURSOR 2