Chapter 8 Protocol Decoding    RIGOL 
MSO4000/DS4000 User’s Guide  8-15 
I2C Decoding (Option) 
 
I2C serial bus consists of the clock line (SCLK) and the data line (SDA). The 
oscilloscope samples the channel data on the rising edge of the clock signal (if the 
source channel is an analog channel, the system will judge each data point as logic 
“1” or logic “0” according to the threshold level set).  
 
Press Decode1  Decode, turn the multi-function knob   to select “I2C” and 
press the knob. You can press Decode continuously to switch to “I2C”. 
 
Set I2C decoding (take Decode1 as an example): 
 
1.  Turn on or off the Decode1 
Press BusStatus to turn the Decode1 display on or off. You can also press 
Decode1 to switch the current on/off status of the Decode1 display. When the 
bus display is turned on, the interface is as shown in Figure 8-4. 
 
2.  Quickly apply the current I2C trigger setting to I2C decoding 
If the current trigger type of the trigger system is I2C, press CopyTrig to copy 
the current clock signal and data signal settings (SCL and SDA) of I2C trigger 
setting and apply them to the I2C decoding function (SCLK and SDA). If the 
source channel is an analog channel, the threshold level setting will also be 
copied. 
 
Note: The copy function is only available when the current trigger type is “I2C”; 
otherwise, CopyTrig is not available.  
 
Tip 
When the current trigger type is “I2C”, performing the copy operation at any time 
can quickly apply the current I2C trigger setting (the specified parameters) to I2C 
decoding. Then, you can still set the I2C decoding parameters according to the 
introductions below.  
 
 
 
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