in Detail
Displaying Signals ............................ — ........... 3-1
Applying Signals to the Vertical inputs ..................... 3-1
Connecting Signals................................................................ 3-1
Coupling Signals
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3-2
Precharging the Signal Input
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3-2
Building a Basic Display
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3-3
Presetting the Controls................................. 3-3
Selecting the Display Mode (STORE/NON-STORE)
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3-3
Selecting the Trigger Mode
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3-4
Selecting the Horizontal Mode and Scale
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3-4
Selecting the Vertical Mode and Scale ................... 3-5
Setting the Display intensity and Focus
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3-6
Finding “Lost’’ Displays ......................................................... 3-7
Digitizing Signals
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3-8
Selecting the Acquisition Mode ............................................ 3-9
Selecting the High-Speed Storage M ode
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3-9 /
Selecting Siow-Speed Storage Modes ................................. 3-9 '
Viewing Slowly Occurring Events
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3-10
Capturing Random Events ........................................................ 3-12
Accumulating Signal Peaks (ACCPEAK)
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3-13
Detecting Signal Glitches
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3-13
Averaging Signals
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3-14
Sampling Signals ...................................................................... 3-14
Clocking Acquisitions
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3-15
Selecting the Acquisition Record Length (1K/4K)
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3-15
Compressing the Acquisition Record Length
(4K Compress) .................................................................... 3-16
Positioning the Acquisition Record ........................................... 3-17
Preventing Signal Aliases
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3-18
Displaying Magnified Sweeps
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3-19
Using the X10 Magnifier............................................................. 3-19
Displaying Two Channels
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........................................................ 3-20
Comparing Two Signals
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3-20
Adding Tvyq Signais , . ?.r. 3-20 k.J
Subtracting Signals or Signal Components
{Common Mode Rejection) ........................................... 3-20
Displaying X-Y Patterns
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3-22
Limiting Bandwidth
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3-24
Modulating the Display Intensity
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3-24
Triggering on Signals
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3-25
Triggering on Repetitive Signals
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3-25
Triggering on Low-Frequency Signals
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3-26
Triggering on Random or Infrequent Events
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3-26
Triggering on Complex or Non-Repetitive Signals ............... 3-27
Triggering on Line Frequency.................................................... 3-27
Triggering with an External Signal
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3-28
Triggering on TV Signals
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3-28
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