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Safety Notices ............................................................................................. II
General-Purpose Oscilloscopes .................................................................... VI
Chapter1 Quick Start ......................................................................... 1-1
The Front Panel and the User Interface ...................................................... 1-2
To Inspect the Instrument ......................................................................... 1-5
To Perform a Functional Check .................................................................. 1-6
To Compensate Probes .............................................................................. 1-8
To Use Digital Leads (DS1000xD) ............................................................... 1-9
To Display a Signal Automatically ............................................................. 1-11
To Set Up the Vertical Window ................................................................. 1-12
To Set Up the Horizontal System .............................................................. 1-14
To Trigger the Oscilloscope ...................................................................... 1-16
Chapter2 Operating Your Oscilloscope .............................................. 2-1
Understand the vertical system .................................................................. 2-2
Understand the Horizontal System ........................................................... 2-30
Understand the Trigger System ................................................................ 2-36
To Set Up the Sampling System ............................................................... 2-57
To Set Up the Display System .................................................................. 2-61
To Store and Recall Waveforms or Setups ................................................ 2-63
To Set Up the Utility ................................................................................ 2-71
To Measure Automatically ........................................................................ 2-89
To Measure with Cursors ......................................................................... 2-96
To Use Run Control Buttons ................................................................... 2-103
Chapter3 Application & Examples ...................................................... 3-1
Example 1: Taking Simple Measurements ................................................... 3-1
Example 2: View a Signal Delay Caused by a Circuit .................................... 3-2
Example 3: Capture a Single-Shot Signal .................................................... 3-3
Example 4: To Reduce the Random Noise on a Signal ................................. 3-4
Example 5: Making Cursor Measurements................................................... 3-6
Example 6: The application of the X-Y operation ......................................... 3-8
Example 7: Triggering on a Video Signal .................................................. 3-10
Example 8: FFT Cursor measurement ....................................................... 3-12
Example 9: Pass/Fail Test ........................................................................ 3-13
Example 10: Triggering on a Digital Signal ............................................... 3-14