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Waveform Analysis
Verifying that your prototype’s performance matches simula-
tions and meets the project’s design goals requires analyzing
its behavior. Tasks can range from simple checks of rise
times and pulse widths to sophisticated power loss analysis
and investigation of noise sources.
The oscilloscope offers a comprehensive set of integrated
analysis tools including waveform-and screen-based cursors,
automated measurements, advanced waveform math
including arbitrary equation editing, FFT analysis, waveform
histograms, and trend plots for visually determining how a
measurement is changing over time.
Automated measurement readouts provide repeatable, statistical views of wave-
form characteristics.
Each measurement has help text and graphics associated with it that help explain
how the measurement is made.
Waveform Histograms
show visually how waveforms vary over time. Horizontal
waveform histograms are especially useful for gaining insight
into how much jitter is on a clock signal, and what the distribu-
tion of that jitter is. Vertical histograms are especially useful for
gaining insight into how much noise is on a signal, and what
the distribution of that noise is.
Measurements taken on a waveform histogram provide
analytical information about the distribution of a waveform
histogram, providing insight into just how broad a distribution
is, the amount of standard deviation, the mean value, etc.
Waveform histogram of a rising edge showing the distribution of edge position
(jitter) over time. Included are numeric measurements made on the waveform
histogram data.