Tektronix TBS2000B Series

Oscilloscope concepts
Sampling and acquisition concepts ............................................................................................... 37
Acquisition mode concepts ........................................................................................................... 39
Trigger concepts ........................................................................................................................... 40
Trigger slope and level concepts .................................................................................................. 42
Available trigger types .................................................................................................................. 44
Trigger coupling ........................................................................................................................... 45
Trigger modes ............................................................................................................................... 45
Auto Untriggered Roll trigger mode ............................................................................................ 45
Normal trigger mode .................................................................................................................... 46
Holdoff trigger mode .................................................................................................................... 46
Trigger delay acquisition mode .................................................................................................... 46
Setting channel input parameters
Setting input signal coupling ........................................................................................................ 47
Inverting the input signal .............................................................................................................. 48
Setting the oscilloscope bandwidth .............................................................................................. 49
Setting the probe type voltage or current ...................................................................................... 50
Setting the probe attenuation factor .............................................................................................. 51
Quickly setting the probe attenuation to 1X or 10X ..................................................................... 52
Setting the measure current mode for voltage probes .................................................................. 53
Setting the input signal vertical offset .......................................................................................... 54
Setting the waveform vertical position ......................................................................................... 55
The difference between vertical position and vertical offset ........................................................ 56
Setting channel deskew ................................................................................................................ 57
Deskew tips ................................................................................................................................... 58
Trigger setup
Triggering on a waveform edge .................................................................................................... 60
Triggering on a specified pulse width .......................................................................................... 62
Triggering on a runt pulse ............................................................................................................ 63
Setting the trigger mode ............................................................................................................... 65
Acquisition setup
Using Autoset ............................................................................................................................... 67
Autoset tips ................................................................................................................................... 69
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