Bandwidth is usually the first number engineers look at when evaluating an oscilloscope. It shouldn’t be the last. Today’s designs are more complex than ever. Signal frequencies are climbing, package sizes are shrinking, and the range of bus types and standards that engineers need to support continues to expand. A scope that checks the bandwidth […]
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VIDEO: Time Domain Display Items in the Tektronix MDO3000 Series Oscilloscope
Time domain items are in the oscilloscope display are listed with explanations. Hi once more and welcome to our 90th Test and Measurement Video. Today’s topic is the Tektronix MDO3000 Series Oscilloscope, and items that appear in its time domain display. To illustrate, we accessed a ramp waveform from the arbitrary function generator and fed […]
VIDEO: Frequency Menu in the MDO3000 Tektronix Oscilloscope
Bench-type spectrum analyzers are generally more costly than comparable oscilloscopes, but the Tektronix RSA306B makes use of the owner-supplied PC to reduce the cost substantially while maintaining a full range of features and specifications. Greetings once more and welcome to our 89th Test and Measurement Video. Today’s topic is the Frequency Menu in the Tektronix […]
VIDEO: Basic Spectrum Measurements in the Tektronix RSA306B PC-Based Spectrum Analyzer
Bench-type spectrum analyzers are generally more costly than comparable oscilloscopes, but the Tektronix RSA306B makes use of the owner-supplied PC to reduce the cost substantially while maintaining a full range of features and specifications. Hi and welcome to our 88th Test and Measurement Video. For today’s demonstration, we’ll go back to the Tektronix RSA306B Real-Time […]
VIDEO: CAN Bus demonstrated in Tektronix MDO3104 Oscilloscope
The Tektronix Demo One board is used to access CAN Bus H and L differential signals. Hi again and welcome to our 87th Test and Measurement video. Today we’ll see how a Tektronix MDO3000 Series oscilloscope can display a CAN Bus serial signal. The source for the signal is a Tektronix Demo One board, which […]
VIDEO: I2C Serial Bus Signal Displayed in Tektronix MDO3000 Series Oscilloscope
Methods for eliminating distortion in the oscilloscope display of an I2C serial bus signal are demonstrated. Hi once more and welcome to our 86th Test and Measurement Video. Today we’ll use the Tektronix MDO3104 oscilloscope to display an I2C serial bus signal. The source for this signal is the proprietary Tektronix Demo One board. First, […]
VIDEO: Domains in the Tektronix MDO3000 Oscilloscope
An overview of time and frequency domains and demonstration of the Spectrogram. Hi again and welcome to our 85th Test and Measurement Video. Today we’ll talk about domains in the Tektronix MDO3000 oscilloscope. By way of background, in mathematics a function is frequently graphed in Cartesian coordinates. Two axes intersect at right angles at the […]
VIDEO: Wave Inspector in the Tektronix MDO3000 Oscilloscope
An overview of Wave Inspector in the Tektronix MDO3000 Oscilloscope in time and frequency domains. Hi again and welcome to our 84th Test and Measurement Video. Today’s topic is an overview of the Wave Inspector function in the Tektronix MDO3000 Series Oscilloscope. This interesting aspect of the instrument permits the user to take a closer […]
VIDEO: Positioning and Scaling Waveforms in the Tektronix MDO3000 Oscilloscope
A demonstration of waveform positioning and scaling together with an overview of the Wave Inspector function. Greetings once more and welcome to our 83rd Test and Measurement Video. Today’s topic is Positioning and Scaling Waveforms. This is a rather simple process because it is done merely by turning a few knobs, but it does take […]
VIDEO: Sampling Modes in the Tektronix MDO3000 Oscilloscope
A demonstration of sample mode, peak detect mode, high-resolution mode, envelope mode and average mode. Hi and welcome again to our 82nd Test and Measurement Video. The topic before us is sampling modes in the Tektronix MDO3000 Digital Storage Oscilloscope. Virtually all oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers manufactured today are digital rather than analog. The advantage […]
