Operating Basics
36 TDS5000B Series Quick Start User Manual
3. Turn AutoBright on or off. On au-
tomatically sets the maximum in-
tensity to the v alue of the most
frequent event. Off creates a dis-
play like an analog oscilloscope.
The displayed brightness depends
on the trigger rate.
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4. To show more detail than other
color palettes when using FastAcq
mode, select Colors, and then se-
lect Temp or Spectral color pal-
ettes from the Fast/Acq WfmDB
Palette. Temp displays frequently
occurring events in red shades
and infrequent events are dis-
played in blue and green shades.
Spectral displays events exactly
the opposite of Temp.
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Quick Tips
H Use FastAcq mode when you want to acquire data at exceptionally fast rates. FastAcq mode combines the
data from all trigger events into a single pixel map.
H FastAcq mode only works with Sample acquisition mode. Turning on FastAcq while in any acquisition mode
other than Sam ple, causes the instrument to switch to Sample acquisition mode.
H Increase the intensity to make less frequently acquired points brighter in the display.