Operating Basics
80 TDS5000B Series Quick Start User Manual
Using Limit Testing
Limit testing allows you to compare an active signal with a template waveform. Build your template waveform
from a known good signal and use it to compare to an active signal to perform pass/fail testing.
1. Select Masks > Limit Test Set-
up....
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2. Create the template by selecting
the Source, Destination, and Tol-
erances. Use the multipurpose
knobs to adjust the Tolera nces.
Tolerances specify how much
margin the signal is allowed be-
fore failing the limit test.
3. Click Save. You can create multi-
ple templates and then save them
for later use.
4. Select the Source waveform to
compare to the template.
5. Select the Template to compare
to the Source waveform. (Usually,
this is the one that you just
created in step 3.)
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