Advanced acquisition concepts are demonstrated in the Tektronix MDO3104 Oscilloscope. We’ll look at the FastAcq capability in the amazing Tektronix MDO 3000 Series oscilloscope, together with some related signal acquisition concepts. We’re feeding a simple sine wave from the internal arbitrary function generator into one of the analog channel inputs, whereupon it is digitized, placed […]
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VIDEO: Capacitance Measurements Using Various Test Instruments
Capacitance is measured using a multimeter, LCR meter and oscilloscope. Ordinarily, capacitors are provided with the metrics – capacitance and working volts – printed or color-coded on the component. The capacitance as labeled is generally accurate to a reasonable tolerance. For most applications a wide range of values will perform as expected. As for working […]
VIDEO: Connecting a Tektronix MDO 3000 Series Oscilloscope to a Local Area Network
A Tektronix MDO3104 Oscilloscope is networked via Ethernet and WiFi to a Mac laptop computer using a LAN connection. Greetings and welcome to our 65th Test and Measurement video. Today’s topic is a simple and highly effective way to connect a Tektronix Series 3000 oscilloscope to a Local Area Network. There are other options, but […]
VIDEO: Converting Square Wave to Sine Wave
A 680 pf capacitor is used to make a low-pass filter, removing high-frequency harmonics in order to transform a square wave into a crude sine wave. Hi and welcome to our 64th Test and Measurement video. Today we’ll look at an easy and very inexpensive way in this Tektronix MDO 3000 Series oscilloscope to convert […]
Scopes feature 12-bit digitizing, 10x oversampling
The HDO4000A, HDO6000A, HDO8000A, and MDA800A analog and mixed-signal oscilloscopes range from 200 MHz – 1 GHz bandwidth and utilize 12-bit HD4096 technology. This technology arrived in 2012 and remains unique. Developed by Teledyne LeCroy, the HDO-A oscilloscopes feature Enhanced Sample Rate technology that automatically ensures optimal display of acquired waveforms to the instruments’ full […]
VIDEO: Automatic Measurements in the Time Domain
A Tektronix MDO3104 oscilloscope is used to demonstrate the use of Automatic Measurements as a troubleshooting and design tool. Greetings and welcome to our 63rd Test and Measurement Video. Today we’ll look at taking automatic measurements in the time domain, using the Tektronix MDO 3104 oscilloscope. First, we’ll need a signal to measure. A Tektronix […]
How to display histograms on oscilloscopes
Histograms are used to display graphically continuous variables. They are relevant in many areas including digital photography, census data, actuarial statistics and, as we shall see, signal measurements in an oscilloscope. In digital photography, an image histogram is a graphical representation of the tonal distribution. The graph depicts the number of pixels for each tonal […]
Exploring the Siglent SHS 1102 hand-held oscilloscope through use of reference and recorder functions
The word oscilloscope is mostly used to refer to a bench-type instrument, but scopes also exist as hand-held, battery-powered versions. The bench-type oscilloscope, model-for-model, usually has more features, higher specifications such as bandwidth and sampling rate, more controls, deeper menus and so on. The hand-held, battery-powered oscilloscope, in contrast, is smaller and more portable, well-sealed […]
VIDEO: Tektronix MDO3104 Oscilloscope Time Domain Menu Elements
A Survey of items appearing in the Tektronix 3000 Series oscilloscope time domain display Greetings and welcome to our 61st Test and Measurement video. Today we’ll get into an area that is right at the heart of the users’ experience with the amazing Tektronix MDO31043 oscilloscope. It is of 19 items that appear in this […]
VIDEO: Siglent SHS 1102 Hand-Held Oscilloscope Overview
The Siglent SHS 1102 hand-held oscilloscope is examined using internal square-wave signals that are provided for the purpose of compensating probes. Greetings and welcome to our 59th Test and Measurement Video. This time we’ll examine the amazing Siglent SHS hand-held oscilloscope. This 100 MHz instrument with a sampling rate of one gigasample per second has […]
