Application Examples
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TDS 200-Series Digital Oscilloscope User Manual
Taking Simple Measurements
You need to see a signal in a circuit, but you do not know the
amplitude or frequency of the signal. You want to quickly display the
signal and measure the frequency, period, and peak-to-peak
amplitude.
CH 1
Using Autoset
To quickly display a signal, do these steps:
1. Set the Probe menu attenuation to 10X. Set the switch to 10X on
the P2100 probe.
2. Connect the channel 1 probe to the signal.
3. Push the AUTOSET button.
The oscilloscope sets the vertical, horizontal, and trigger controls
automatically. If you want to optimize the display of the waveform,
you can manually adjust these controls.
When you use more than one channel, the autoset function sets the
vertical controls for each channel and uses the lowest-numbered
active channel to set the horizontal and trigger controls.