Reference
This chapter describes the menus and operating details associated with each
front-panel menu button or control.
Acquire
Push the Acquire button to set acquisition parameters.
Options Settings Comments
Sample
Use to acquire and accurately display most
waveforms; this is the default m ode
Peak Detect Use to detect glitches and reduce the
possibility of aliasing
Average Use to reduce random or uncorrelated noise
in the signal display; the number of averages
is selectable
Averages 4, 16, 64, 128
Select number of averages
Key Po ints
If you probe a noisy square wave signal that contains intermittent, narrow glitches,
the waveform displayed will vary depending on the acquisition mode you choose.
Sample
Peak Detect Average
Sample. Use Sample acquisition mode to acqu
ire 2500 points and display them at
the horizontal scale (seconds/division) setting. Sample mode is the default mode.
Sample acquisition intervals (2500)
• Sample points
Sample mode acquires a single sample point in each interval.
The oscilloscope samples at the following rates:
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