Operating
Your
Oscilloscope
To
•ake
freque1cy
•easure•e•ts
auto•atlcally
To make frequency measurements automatically
The automatic measurement capability of the oscilloscope makes
frequency measurements easy, as the following steps demonstrate.
1 Connect a signal to the oscilloscope and obtain a stable display.
2 Press I
Time
I •
A softkey menu appears with six softkey choices.
3 Toggle the
source
softkey to select a channel for
the
frequency measurement.
4 Press the
Freq
softkey.
The oscilloscope automatically measures the frequency and displays the
result on the lower line of the display. The number
in
parentheses after
the
word
Freq;
is
the
number
of
the
channel
that
the
oscilloscope
used
for
the measurement. The oscilloscope retains
in
memory and displays
the three most current measurement results.
If
you make a fourth
measurement, the left·most result is dropped
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