Refer to this figure as you read the following list and descriptions of the various controls and related circuits involved. Oscilloscope fundamentals case school of engineering. The oscilloscope, often just called the scope, displays the signals as a plot of magnitude versus time. You can see the moving parts of a circuit represented by the signal. Analog oscilloscopes use a cathode ray tube and display the signal much like a television set displays an image. On older analog scopes this is a cathoderay tube or crt. As for the arbitraryfunction generator, the default settings of the oscilloscope can be manually.
Pretrigger viewing is a valuable troubleshooting aid. Function generators, whether the old analog type or the newer digital type, have a few. The oscilloscope is arguably one of the most useful general purpose tools ever created for use by electronic engineers. Analog oscilloscope operation manual jameco electronics.
Display the display on the oscilloscope shows the current status of the signal. Such an instrument is obviously useful for the design and. Part ii introduction to the tektronix 2215 analog oscilloscope. Oscilloscopes are tools that allow engineers to view signals graphically. In conclusion, to use an analog oscilloscope, you need to adjust three basic settings to. A simplified sample scope front panel layout is shown in figure 3. If you want a summer project fixing hitachi scopes, ive got a dozen in the repair pile. Thus, pretrigger viewing is not available in analog oscilloscopes, with the exception of a small amount of pretrigger provided by a delay line in the vertical system. Oscilloscope working principle oscilloscope parts and. Trace jargon term for the visible part of a scopes measurement cycle. Oscilloscope series part 2 basic oscilloscope functions. Analogue oscilloscope an overview sciencedirect topics. The key parts of an oscilloscope that relate to the controls shown in figure 3 are the following.
In contrast, analog oscilloscopes only display the signalthat is, write it on the crtafter receiving the trigger. In part 2, we look at some of the basic functions of the oscilloscope using our newly repaired devry scope. Oscilloscope basics all oscilloscopes share certain basic features. This control is normally set to make the vertical part of the signal a convenient size on the.
The cathode consists of a barium and strontium oxide coated, thin, heated filament from which a stream of electrons is emitted. The stream of electrons is focused onto a welldefined spot on a fluorescent screen by an electrostatic focusing system that consists of a series of metal discs and cylinders. The manual provided with your oscilloscope will give you. An analog scope is an oscilloscope constructed with analog circuit technology and signals are. Since its invention more than 100 years ago, new types, features and functionalities have been introduced. We also will see some of the limitations that these old. Oscilloscopes come in two basic types, analogue or digital, and support various features and functions useful for measuring and testing electronic circuits. The cathode ray tube within an analog oscilloscope is shown schematically in figure 9. Essential parts and controls almost every oscilloscope will have the following parts controls.
When using the analog inputs, an mso scope is equivalent to a dso. Theory the oscilloscope, or scope for short, is a device for drawing calibrated graphs of voltage vs time very quickly and conveniently. Included are the identification and function of controls, connectors, and indicators, startup procedures, basic operating routines, and selected measurement. Oscilloscope front panel with functional blocks marked. Swift 16671745 objective to learn to operate a cathode ray oscilloscope. The oscilloscope vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
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