Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TDS7254 Tektronix
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Us er M anual CSA7404 & CSA 7154 Co mmun i cat io ns S ig n al A na ly zers, TDS7404, T DS7254, T DS7154, T DS7104, & TDS7054 Digital Phosp hor Oscilloscop es, & TDS6604 & T DS6404 Digital Stor age Osc illoscope s 071-7010-02 This doc um e nt s uppor t s f i r mwa r e ve r s i on 2.
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CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual i T able of Contents Gen eral S afety S umma ry xii i ................................... Pr eface xv ................................................... About Thi s Manual xv .
T able of Contents ii CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Oper ati ng Basics Op eratio na l Map s 2 - - 1 ......................................... Documentat ion Map 2- - 2 ..............................
T able of Contents CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual iii Us ing Fas tFrame 3- - 56 ................................................. Us ing Fas tFrame A cquisitio ns 3- - 57 ............................
T able of Contents iv CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Sequenti al Triggeri ng 3- - 1 13 ............................................. Using Sequentia l Triggeri ng 3- - 1 14 ..........................
T able of Contents CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual v Defining Spec tral Math W ave forms 3- - 202 .................................. Using Spectral Math Control s 3 - - 203 ...........................
T able of Contents vi CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Leve ls Used in T aking E ye Measurem ents (Optional on TDS7000 Series & TDS6000 Serie s) B- - 6 .................. P V al ues B- - 7 ........
T able of Contents CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual vii List of Figures Figure 1- - 1: L ocations of peripheral connector s on r ear panel 1- - 8 ..... Figure 1- - 2: Powering on the in strume n t 1- - 10 .
T able of Contents viii CS A7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual Figure 3- - 14: Normal DSO and Fast Acqu isition disp lays 3- - 50 ......... Figure 3- - 15: Fast Acqu isition XY d isplay 3- - 54 ................
T able of Contents CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual ix Figure 3- - 42: Fu nctional transform ation of an acquire d wavefor m 3 - - 186 ............................................. Figure 3- - 43: Derivative mat h waveform 3- - 191 .
T able of Contents x CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Figure 3- - 63: Print win dow 3- - 277 .................................. Figure 3- - 64: Hardcopy format s 3 - - 278 .............................
T able of Contents CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual xi List of T ables T ab le 1- - 1: Ad ditional acc essory conn ec tion information 1- - 9 ......... T able 1- - 2: Line f uses 1- - 9 ...............
T able of Contents xii CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l T abl e A - - 10 : Mecha ni cal s peci ficati on s A - - 37 ........................ T ab le A- - 1 1: Environmental specif ications A- - 38 ........
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual xiii General Safety Summar y Rev iew th e follo win g safety p recaut ion s to avo id in jury an d preven t damag e to this product or any produc ts conne cte d to it. T o avoid pote ntial h azards, use t his product only a s specified.
General S afety S um mary xiv CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l T erms in this Manual . These ter ms may a ppea r in this ma nual: W ARNING. W arning statements ide ntify conditions or practic es that could r esult in injury or loss of life .
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual xv Preface This user ma nual cover s the following inf ormation: H Descr ibes the capabilities of the instrume nt, ho.
Preface xvi CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Relat ed Manual s and Onl ine Document s Thi s manu al is part o f a documen t set of st andard -accesso .
Preface CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual xvii Contact ing T ekt r onix Phone 1-800-833- 9200 * Address T ektronix, I nc. Department or name (if known) 14200 SW Karl Braun Drive P . O. Box 500 Beaverton, OR 97077 USA Web si te www .
Preface xviii C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 1 Product D escription This chapte r describe s the CS A7000 Serie s Communications Signal Ana lyzer s, the TDS7000 Series Digita l P hosphor Oscillosc opes, and the TDS6000 Series Digital Storage Oscilloscope s and their options.
Product Desc ription 1- 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual Key Featur es CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, and TDS6000 Series instrume nts are high perf ormance solutions f or verifying, debugging, and c harac teriz ing sophisticated elec tronic designs.
Product Desc ription CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 3 H T rigger modes include edge, logic , pulse, se ria l ( CSA7000 Series, optiona l on TDS70.
Product Desc ription 1- 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual H Support Software . Not preinstalled on the instrument. The c ompact discs, included with the instrument, conta in additional softwar e and files tha t may be useful to you: H Readme f ile.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 5 Installation This chapter c overs installation of the instrument, addre ssing the following topics: H Unpacking .
Installa tion 1- 6 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual Unpacking V erify th at you h ave received al l of the part s of your instrume nt. The graphica l packi ng li st sh ow s the st andard acces sori es that y ou s hould find in the shipping car ton (probes depe nd on the option you ordere d.
Installa tion CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 7 Checking the Envir onment Requir ement s Read this sec tion before a ttempting any installa tion proce dures. This section descr ibes site consider ations, power re quireme nts, and ground conne ctions for your instrument.
Installa tion 1- 8 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual CAUTION. T o avoid pr oduct damage, eithe r pow er off the instrume nt or place the instrument in Standby power mode befor e installing any a ccess ori es except a USB mouse or ke yboar d to the instrument conne ctors.
Installa tion CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 9 T able 1- 1: Addi tional accessory connection informat ion Ite m Description Monit or If you use a nonst andard monitor , you m ay need to change the Windows 2000 di splay set tings t o achieve the proper resolution for your monit or .
Installa tion 1- 1 0 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l Turn o n the power . Connect the power cord. Check the fuses.
Installa tion CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 1 1 Creat ing an Em er gency Star tup Di sk Now that you have complete d the basic installa tion pro.
Installa tion 1- 1 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l 4. Use the ba ckup tool that displays to se lect your backup me dia and to selec t the files and folde rs that you want to back up. Use the W indows online help for inf ormation on using the Backup tool.
Installa tion CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 1 3 H Detaile d command desc riptions including synta x and example s H St atus an d error m essag es H Programming e xamples The CD also conta ins a printable version of the progra mmer informa tion in the form o f a PD F fi le.
Installa tion 1- 1 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l Y ou can install desktop a pplication softwa re on the instrument.
Installa tion CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 1 5 Enabli ng Y our LAN and Connecti ng to a Net work Y ou can connec t the instrument to a network to ena ble printing, file sha ring, int ernet acces s, an d ot her com mun icati ons fu ncti on s.
Installa tion 1- 1 6 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l 5. In the BIOS Setup Utility , use the right-a rrow key on the ke yboard to highlight the Ad vanced menu at t he to p of t he screen .
Installa tion CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 1 7 Sett ing up a Dual Displ ay Use the f ollowing steps to set up the instrume nt for dual displa y opera tion. Y ou can oper ate the instrument while having full use of W indows and other applica - tions on the external monitor .
Installa tion 1- 1 8 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l 6. W atch f or a message on the exte rnal monitor telling you tha t W indows has succe ssfully initialized the display ada pter . 7. The instrume nt should detect that the new monitor wa s connecte d.
Installa tion CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 1 9 Click here to drag task bar . Figure 1 - 5: Drag area f or Windows task bar 2.
Installa tion 1- 2 0 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 2 1 Incoming Inspection This chapte r contains instr uctions for perf orming the Incom ing In spect ion Pr ocedur e . This proce dure ver ifies tha t the instrument is ope ra ting corr ectly af ter shipment, but does not che ck product spec ifications.
Incoming I nspection 1- 2 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l H One T CA -BN C T ek Co nnect ad apter, or on e TC A-S MA T ek Co nnect ad apter and on e SM.
Incoming I nspection CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 2 3 e. Run the signal-path c ompensation r outine: H From the Utilities me nu, selec t Instrume nt Calibrat ion . . . . This displays the instr ument calibra tion control window .
Incoming I nspection 1- 2 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l NOTE . Do not make c hanges to the fr ont-panel settings that ar e not c alled out in the pr ocedur es. Each verification pr ocedur e will r equir e you to set the instrument to certain de fault settings befor e verify ing functions.
Incoming I nspection CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 2 5 NOTE. If a P7240 probe is not available, connect the probe compensation out put to the channel input using a BNC cable and adapters.
Incoming I nspection 1- 2 6 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l Channel buttons Figure 1 - 8: Channel button location 5.
Incoming I nspection CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 2 7 H The fro nt-p anel v ertical POS ITION knob (for the cha nnel you a re testing) move s the signal up and down the scree n when rotated.
Incoming I nspection 1- 2 8 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l Equipment requ ire d One BNC cable CSA7404, CSA7154, TDS7404, TDS7254, TDS7154, TDS6604, & TDS6404: One T ekConnect adapt er Prerequisites None 1.
Incoming I nspection CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 2 9 7. V erify that the time base operates: Confirm the following state ments. H One period of the squar e-wave probe -compensation signal is about five horizonta l divisions on-scree n for the 200 s/div horizontal sca le setting.
Incoming I nspection 1- 3 0 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l d. Adjust the horizontal delay : Rotate the upper multipurpose knob to change the hor izontal delay setting. V erif y that the falling edge shifts horizonta lly .
Incoming I nspection CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 3 1 CSA7404, CSA7154, TDS7404, TDS7254, TDS7154, TDS6604, & TDS6404 BNC cable from PROBE .
Incoming I nspection 1- 3 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l 7. V erify that the delayed trigger system operate s: a. Set up the de layed trigger: H From the Tr i g menu, select A → B Se que nc e . . . .
Incoming I nspection CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 3 3 1. Initialize the instrument: Pu sh t he fron t-pan el DEF AUL T SET UP button. 2. Hook up the signal sourc e: Connect the e quipment to the CH 1 input as shown in Figure 1- - 1 1.
Incoming I nspection 1- 3 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l b. Click the S ave button under Save settings to file in the control window . This displays a f amiliar W indows dialog box f or choosing a de stination direc tory naming the file .
Incoming I nspection CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 3 5 Perf orm t he Extended Diagnost ics Extended dia gnostics and self c alibration pe rfor m a more deta iled functiona lity chec k than the incoming inspe ction and Power -on diagnostic s.
Incoming I nspection 1- 3 6 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 3 7 Accessories & Options Thi s secti on li sts t he stan dard an d opt ion al accesso ries avai labl e for the instrument, as we ll as the product options.
Access ories & O pti ons 1- 3 8 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l T able 1- 4: Options (Cont.) Option TDS6404 TDS6604 TDS7054 TDS7104 TDS7154 TDS7254 T.
Access ories & O pti ons CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 3 9 T able 1- 4: Options (Cont.) Option TDS6404 TDS6604 TDS7054 TDS7104 TDS7154 TDS72.
Access ories & O pti ons 1- 4 0 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l T able 1- 5: Standar d accessories (Cont.
Access ories & O pti ons CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 4 1 T able 1- 5: Standar d accessories (Cont.
Access ories & O pti ons 1- 4 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l T able 1- 6: Optional accessories (Cont.
Access ories & O pti ons CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 1- 4 3 T able 1- 6: Optional accessories (Cont.
Access ories & O pti ons 1- 4 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l T able 1- 6: Optional accessories (Cont.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 2- 1 Operational Maps This chapte r acquaints you with how the instrument f unctions and opera tes.
2- 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual Documentation Map This instrument ships with doc uments individually tailore d to address dif fere nt aspec ts or parts of the product f eatures a nd interf ace.
Documenta tion Map CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 2- 3 Y ou may also want to obta in the optional se rvice ma nual for this product if you self- service or perf orma nce te st this instrument. See Accessorie s & Options on page 1- - 37.
2- 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual System Overview Maps The instrument is a highly capable wa veform acquisition, test, and measure ment system. The following mode l provides bac kground infor mation on its operation, which, in turn, may provide you insight on how the instrume nt can be used.
Sy stem O verv iew Map s CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 2- 5 H T rigger Syste m. Recognize s a specif ic event of interest on the input trigge r signal a nd informs the T imeba se of the occur re nce of the event.
Sy stem O verv iew Map s 2- 6 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual Process Over view M ap Process Overview Process Block Description I d l i n g .
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 2- 7 User Inter face Map - - Complete Contr ol and Display Men u Ba r: Access to data I /O, printing, online help sys.
2- 8 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual Front - Panel Map - - Quick Access to Most Often Used Features Push to turn t he touch screen on and of f. Page 3- - 129. Use these butt ons to start and st op acquisition or st art a single acquisition sequence.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 2- 9 Display Map - - Single Graticule Drag the position icons t o reposition a waveform Drag across the waveform area to zoom the boxed waveform segment.
2- 1 0 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l Front Panel I/O Map Auxiliary trigger input Auxiliary trigger output CH 3 SIGNAL OUTPUT ; scale and of fset contro.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 2- 1 1 Rear Panel I/O Map RJ-45 connector to connect to network Removable hard disk drive to provide individual environment f or each user or to secure data.
Rear P anel I/ O Map 2- 1 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 Overview Thi s chapt er describ es in d epth h ow th e many featu res of the in stru ment o perate.
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Overv iew 3- 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments User Ma nual T asks or topics Page no. Contents Sec tion t itle Subt asks or subtopics Display Feat ures Using t he Dis.
Overv iew CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 5 T asks or topics Page no. Contents Sec tion t itle Subt asks or subtopics Data Processing (Calculat ion) ( C o n t ) T aking M easurements (C ont.
Overv iew 3- 6 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual T asks or topics Page no. Contents Sec tion t itle Subt asks or subtopics Data Input and Output All u.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 7 Acquiring W aveforms Before you can do a nything (display , print, measur e, analyze, or othe rwise proce ss) to a wavefor m, you must acquire the signa l.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 8 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual Acquisition system Input Display Storage Wave for m tran sfo rm system Horizontal time base Trigger Channel inputs Auxiliary trigger input NOTE .
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 9 NOTE . T e rminology: This manual uses the terms vertica l acquisition window and horizonta l acquisition window thr oughout this section and e lsewher e.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 1 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Set horizontal sca le to control the size of the hor izontal ac quisition window to capture a s much as you want of the input signal(s) .
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 1 Coupling. All ins trum ents an d pro bes sp ecify a maxi mum s ign al level . (S ee Specific ations in your user manua ls for exac t limits.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 1 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Set horizonta l scale, position, and re solution (re cord length) so tha t the acquir ed wavefor m record inc ludes the wave form a ttributes of inter est with good sampling density on the wavef orm.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 3 Use the proce dure that follows when setting up the instrument to scale and position input signals for acquisition. For more information, display online help while perf orming the procedure .
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 1 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o set up signal input (Cont . ) Select input term ination TDS7104 and TDS7054 only: 4. Push an input t erminat ion butt on to toggl e between 1M Ω and 50 Ω i nput terminat ion.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 5 Overview Related control elements and resources T o set up signal input (Cont . ) Set vertical acquisiti on window 6. Use the vertical knobs to scale and posit ion the waveform on screen.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 1 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o set up signal input (Cont . ) Set horizontal acquisiti on window 8. Use horizontal knobs t o scale and posit ion the wavef orm on screen and to set record length.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 7 Autoset automa tically sets up the instr ument controls ( acquisition, display , horizontal, trigger , and vertic al) base d on the chara cte ristic s of the input signal.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 1 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o autoset the instrument (Cont . ) Prompt Done 4. Sele ct User P refe re nces in th e Utilities me nu to disp lay the Prompt Bef ore Action wi ndow .
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 9 Y ou can get help on t he ver tical and a cquisition contr ols by acces sin g onl ine help: Overview T o get more hel p Control elements and resources Prerequisites 1.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 2 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Autoset Considerations. Autoset acquir es samples fr om the input signal and attempts to ta.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 2 1 The vertic al scale and position controls have the following ef fec ts on the vertica l .
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 2 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual a. SCALE setting det ermines the vertical acquisit ion window size; here 100 mV/div x 10 divisions (8 graticule divisions and ᐔ 1 division of position) +0.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 2 3 H Applying a negative of fset moves the vertic al range down rela tive to the DC level of the input signal. Likewise, applying a positive off set moves the vertic al range up.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 2 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H The Horizonta l Delay that you set deter mines the time from the trigge r point to the Horizontal Refe rence.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 2 5 2. T ime Duration (seconds) = Sample Inte rval (seconds/sample) x Re cor d Length (sampl.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 2 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Independent vs. Shar ed W indow . The instrument applie s the same horizonta l acquisition window to a ll channels fr om which it acquire s data.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 2 7 Ve r t i c a l scale Ve r t i c a l position Horizontal scale Acquisition system Input A.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 2 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Consider the mode that you want to use to acquir e data: H Sample.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 2 9 T able 3 - 1: Additional resolution bits Samp le Rat e (S /s) Nd (extra samples) Theoretical en- hancement (bits) Resulting effective bits 5.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 3 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Envelope. Continuously , as subsequent wavefor ms a re acquir ed, the instrument r etains.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 3 1 Samples sets the minimum number of samples re quired to complete a single acquisition se quence and the minimum number of samples r equir ed to complete a mask te st.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 3 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Single Acquisition. In addition to the Run/Stop B utton, which can a lways stop an acquisition, the SINGLE button (or Single Sequence contr ol) will automatic ally stop acquisition whe n one comple te acquisition seque nce is complete d.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 3 3 Global Controls. Like the horiz ontal contr ols, the acquisition controls apply to all active c hannels; for exa mple, channel 1 cannot ac quire in S ample mode while channe l 2 acquire s in Envelope mode .
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 3 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H T urn on W aveform Data base mode to capture more da ta. H T ry adjusting the horizontal sca le for proper wave form display . H T ry pushing the AUT OS ET button.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 3 5 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o set acquisition modes (Cont.) Select the acquisiti on mode Set waveform count (average and envelope only) 3.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 3 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o set acquisition modes (Cont.) T o select re al -tim e or equivalent- time sampling T o sel ect real-tim e sampli ng, int erpolated real-tim e sampli ng, or equivalent -tim e sampl ing: 6.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 3 7 Use the proce dure that follows to start and stop acquisition. Overview T o star t and st op acquisition Control elements and resources Prerequisites 1.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 3 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual CSA7000 S erie s & TDS 7000 Series: Use the proc edur e tha t follows to se t up roll mode acquisitions. Overview T o set Roll Mode Control elements and resources Prerequisites 1.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 3 9 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o set Roll M ode (Cont.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 4 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Before a signa l can be ac quired, it must pass through the input channel wher e it is scale d and digitized.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 4 1 The instrument ac quisition system can proc ess the data as it is acquire d, aver aging or enveloping the wavef orm data to produc e enhance d wavefor m records .
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 4 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Sample interval First sampled and digitized point in record Horizontal reference Trigger po.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 4 3 The instrument uses equiva lent time sampling to extend its sample ra te beyond its rea l-time maximum sampling r ate, but only under two c onditions: H Y ou must have selec ted equivale nt-time in the Acquisition Setup contr ol window .
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 4 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able 3- 2: Sampling mode selection Channels on 1 1 2 3o r4 T ime base 2 CSA7404, CSA7154,.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 4 5 1st Acquisition cycle 3rd Acquisition cycle nth Acquisition cycle 2nd Acquisition cycle .
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 4 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Sin(x)/x inter polation. Sin(x) /x inter polation c omputes r ec ord points using a curve fit bet ween th e actual val ues acq uired . It ass umes al l the in terpo lated p oin ts fall along that c urve.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 4 7 Using Fast Acquisi ti on Mode CSA7000 S erie s & TDS 7000 Series: This se ction describe s how to use Fast Acquisition mode a nd how it diffe rs from norma l acquisition mode.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 4 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Consider the mode that you want to use to acquir e data: Automat ic Selection. Fast Acquisitions a utomatic ally se lec ts re cor d length a nd sample ra te to optimize the displaye d image by optimizing live time and minimizing dea d time.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 4 9 Next acquired waveform record Next acquired waveform record Acquired waveform records Di.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 5 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Fast Acquisition display Normal DSO display Figure 3 - 14: Normal DSO and Fast Acquisition di splays Use the pr ocedure tha t follows to set up Fast Acquisitions mode.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 5 1 Overview T o tur n Fast Acquisitions on and off Control elements and resources Prerequisites 1. The horizontal and ver t ical cont rols must be set up.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 5 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tur n Fast Acquisi tions on and off ( Cont.) T o set the style 6. T ouch t he DISP butt on and select t he Appearance tab.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 5 3 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tur n Fast Acquisi tions on and off ( Cont.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 5 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual The instrument displays wave forms in one of three forma ts: YT , XY , or XYZ. Use the proce dure that follows to set the display format. Overview T o set display format Contr ol elem ents and r esources T o select the format 1.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 5 5 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o set display format (Cont.) T o select the form at (Cont.) XYZ. This f ormat com pares the voltage l evels of t he CH 1 (X) and CH 2 ( Y) waveform records point by poi nt as in XY format .
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 5 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Using Fast Fram e CSA7000 S erie s & TDS 7000 Series: FastFra me is an acquisition mode that lets you cap ture man y records i n a larger record, an d then v iew and m easure each rec ord individually .
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 5 7 F as tF r am e is no t compatible with these fe ature s or modes: H Equivalent T ime H H.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 5 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H FastFrame re duces the time require d before t he trigger is re armed, while prese rving the individual subre cords, a detail lost in Fast Ac quisitions which writes all ac quired recor ds to a single pixel map.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 5 9 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o set Fast Frame m ode (Cont.) Set fram e count 5. T ouch Frame Count , and enter the num ber of frames to acquire per waveform record.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 6 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Use T ime Stamps to display the absolute trigge r time for a spec ific frame a nd the rela tive time betwee n triggers of two spe cified f rame s.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 6 1 Overview Control elem ents and r esources Time stamping frames (Cont.) Select the refer ence fram e 4. In the Time St amps cont rols, touch Source and select the source of t he reference frame.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 6 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources Time stamping frames (Cont.) T o lock the refer ence position fram es 10. T ouch t he Horiz button. Sel ect the Acqui siti on tab from the Horiz/ Acq control window .
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 6 3 O/ E Convert er CSA7000 S erie s: The O/E converte r conver ts the optica l signal to an ele ctric al signal for use in the instrument. Figure 3- - 18 on page 3- - 64 shows the input and output connec tors.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 6 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T o kee p the optical input powe r to an a ppropriate level, it may be n ecessary t o attenua te the optical signal.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 6 5 RECOVERED CLOCK. This output is sync hronous with the inc oming data signal. A sample of the input data is routed to the seria l cloc k re cove ry c irc uit.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 6 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Use t he O/ E-to -S MA ad apter i f you n eed to co nnect t he El ectrical O ut of t he optical- to-elec trica l conver ter to input channe ls other than CH1, or if you need to connec t the output to other equipme nt.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 6 7 3. Spray the c lean compre ssed air on the connector s to remove any l oose partic les or moisture. 4. Moisten a c lean optica l swab with isopropyl a lcohol, and then lightly swab the s urfaces o f the c onnectors.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 6 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Figure 3 - 20: V ert ical setup menu with optical controls First selec t C h1 in the W avefor m section of the menu. Then touc h the W ave- length button that ma tches your syste m.
Acquiring W avefor ms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 6 9 For electr ical bandwidths the refe rence of a syste m is commonly the response of the system to a sinusoidal fr eque ncy a t or ne ar DC. The point at which the system response is one half would ther efore be: dB = 10 log Ꮛ 0.
Acquiring W avefor ms 3- 7 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual The V(f) is the fr equency at which the vertic al swing is one half (0.5) the V(DC) not 0.707. The optical bandwidth there fore c orresponds to the traditional elec trical ba ndwidth of - - 6 dB.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 7 1 T riggering T o proper ly acquir e data, that is, to use the instrument to sample a signal and digitize it into a wavef orm recor d that you want to measur e or otherwise proce ss, you need to se t up the trigger conditions.
T riggering 3- 7 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Acquisition system Input Display Storage Wfm tran sfo rm system Horizontal timebase Trigger T r iggeri ng Concepts T riggers de termine when the instrument stops a cquiring and displays a wave- form.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 7 3 The trigge r event esta blishes the time-z ero point in the wa vefor m record. All points in the re cord are locate d in time with respec t to that point.
T riggering 3- 7 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Advance d triggers ar e a colle ction of tr igger types tha t are primar ily used with digital signals to de tec t spe cif ic conditions.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 7 5 Be aware tha t auto mode, when forcing trigge rs in the absence of va lid trigger ing events, does not synchronize the wave form on the display . S ee the Automatic trigger mode part of Figure 3- - 22.
T riggering 3- 7 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual CSA7404, C SA7154, TDS7404, TDS 7254, TDS7154, TDS6000 Series: Random holdoff se lects a new random holdof f time for each acqu is ition cycle. Random holdof f is only available when A only , Edge tr iggering is selec ted.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 7 7 Horizonta l position is adjustable a nd define s where on the wa veform re cord the trigger oc curs. It lets you choose how much the instrument acquir es before and afte r the trigger event.
T riggering 3- 7 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Y ou can trigger with the A (Ma in) tr igger system alone or you ca n combine the A (Main) trigge r with the B (Dela yed) tr igger to trigger on seque ntial events.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 7 9 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T riggering from t he front panel (Cont.) T o select the trigger type 2. Push the EDGE butt on to sel ect edge type t riggering.
T riggering 3- 8 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T riggering from t he front panel (Cont.) T o set t o 50% 5. T o quickly obtai n an edge, gli tch, or widt h trigger , push the trigger LEVEL knob.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 8 1 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T riggering from t he front panel (Cont.
T riggering 3- 8 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T o see the state a nd setup of the trigger ing circuit, use the trigger sta tus lights, rea dout, and scre en. Overview T o ch eck trigge r statu s Contr ol elem ents and resour ces T ri gg er sta tus from trigge r sta- tus lights 1.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 8 3 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o check tr i gger stat us (Cont.
T riggering 3- 8 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Additional trigger parameters Cont rol elements and resources T o set holdoff Y ou can change the holdoff t ime t o help stab ilize tr i ggering.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 8 5 Overview Control elem ents and r esources Additional trigger parameters (Cont .) T o select a preset tr i gger level 1. Push the ADV ANCED button, and select the A Event tab.
T riggering 3- 8 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources Additional trigger parameters (Cont .) T o define new trigger level presets 1. If t he Menu Bar is not di splayed, t ouch the Menu but ton to displ ay the M enu Bar .
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 8 7 Overview Control elem ents and r esources Additional trigger parameters (Cont .) To f o r c e a trigger 1. Push the ADV ANCED front-panel but ton to di splay the trigger cont rol window .
T riggering 3- 8 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources Additional trigger parameters (Cont .) T o single trigger 1. T o t rigger on the next vali d trigger event and then st op, push the SINGLE f ront-panel butt on.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 8 9 Y ou can chec k the advanc ed trigge r status in the re adout. The rea dout indica tes the trigger type a nd then shows sources, levels, or any other par ame ters that ar e important for the pa rticular trigge r type.
T riggering 3- 9 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T ransition T rigger. A tra nsition (slew ra te) trigge r occurs when the trigge r source detec ts a pulse edge that tra nsitions (slews) betwe en two amplitude leve ls at a rate f aster or slower than you spec ify .
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 9 1 T able 3- 5: Patt ern and stat e logi c Patte rn State Def i nition 1, 2 AND Clocked AND If all the preconditi ons select ed for the logic i nputs 3 are TRUE, then t he instrument t riggers.
T riggering 3- 9 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Setup/Hold T rigger. A setup/hold trigge r occurs when a logic input changes state inside of the se tup and hold times re lative to the c lock.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 9 3 Clock signal Clock level T S = Setup time T H = Hold time Setup/Hold violat ion zone = T S +T H T .
T riggering 3- 9 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual When you selec t the type Glitch, the instrument will trigger on a pulse narr ower (or wide r) in width than some spe cified time . T o set up for glitch trigge ring, do the following proce dures.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 9 5 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on a glitch (Cont.
T riggering 3- 9 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual When you se lect the type Runt, the instr ument will trigge r on a short pulse tha t crosse s one threshold but fa ils to cross a sec ond threshold bef ore r ecrossing the first.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 9 7 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on a runt pul se (Cont.) Set to trigger when T o det ermine how wide a runt pul se the inst rument wil l trigger on: 5.
T riggering 3- 9 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on a runt pul se (Cont.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 9 9 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on a runt pul se (Cont.) T o set mode and holdoff 8. Mode and holdoff can be set f or all standard trigger types.
T riggering 3 - 100 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T rigger based on pulse width (Cont.) Select the polarity 4. T o speci fy the pol arity of t he pulse, t ouch Pos (positive) or Neg (negative) f rom t he window: H Pos looks at posi tive-going pul ses.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 101 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T rigger based on pulse width (Cont.) T o set mode and holdoff 8. Mode and holdoff can be set f or all standard trigger types.
T riggering 3 - 102 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger based on tr ansi tion time (Cont.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 103 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger based on tr ansi tion time (Cont.
T riggering 3 - 104 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual When you selec t the type T imeout, the instrument will trigger if a pulse transition does not occur within a spec ifie d time limit.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 105 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T rigger based on pulse timeout (Cont.) Set t he time r 5. T o set the t im eout ti mer , t ouch T imer and use the mult ipurpose knob or keyboard to set the t ime.
T riggering 3 - 106 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T rigger on a patter n (Cont.) T o T rigger on a patte rn 2. From the tool bar , t ouch T rig, and select t he A Event tab of t he Trigger control wi ndow .
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 107 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T rigger on a patter n (Cont.
T riggering 3 - 108 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T rigger on a patter n (Cont.) T o define a time qua lified p at ter n trigger Y ou can tim e qualif y a pattern logi c trigger .
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 109 When y ou s elect t he ty pe S tat e, t he in stru ment u ses ch annel 4 as a cl ock an d trigger s on a logic circuit made fr om the rest of the cha nnels (page 3- - 91 descr ibes how state trigge rs work).
T riggering 3- 1 1 0 CSA7000 S er ies, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on a stat e (Cont .
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 111 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on setup/hold time vi olations (Cont.) Define the data source 3. T o sel ect the channel t hat is t o contain t he data signal , touch Data Source, and sel ect the source from t he list .
T riggering 3- 1 1 2 CSA7000 S er ies, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on setup/hold time vi olations (Cont.) Set the setup and hold times T o set the s etup time and th e hold time r ela tive to the c lock: 8.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 1 3 Data (Ch1) transit ion occurs within 14.88 ns af ter the clock violating the hold t ime limit. The instrument recognizes the violation and t riggers at the clock edge.
T riggering 3- 1 1 4 CSA7000 S er ies, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual Read the f ollowing topics; they provide details that c an help preve nt false ste ps in setting up to trigge r on your wave forms. T rigger Sources.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 1 5 T riggering with Horizontal Delay O ff. Figure 3 - - 28 compar es the seque ntial trigge r choice s A-Only , T rig After T ime , and T rig on n th Event whe n horiz ontal de lay is of f.
T riggering 3- 1 1 6 CSA7000 S er ies, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual T riggering with Horizontal Delay O n. Y ou can use horizonta l dela y when you wa nt to acquir e a wavef orm recor d that is separa ted from the tr igger eve nt by a significa nt interval of time.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 1 7 The flow dia gram in Figure 3- - 30 summariz es all combina tions of trigge ring and horizonta l delay .
T riggering 3- 1 1 8 CSA7000 S er ies, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual Use the pr ocedure t hat follows whe n setting up the instrument to tr igger on a sequenc e. F or more informa tion, display online help while pe rforming the proce dure.
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3- 1 1 9 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on a sequence (Cont .
T riggering 3 - 120 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on a sequence (Cont .
T riggering CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 121 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o tr i gger on a sequence (Cont .) T o set up b triggering 1. T o set t he B Event trigger , f rom the tool bar , touch Trig, and select t he B Event t ab of the Trigger control window .
T riggering 3 - 122 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Comm T rigger ing The instrume nt can trigger on communica tion signals (optional on CSA7000 Series & TDS6000 Serie s).
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 123 Displaying W aveforms This instrument inc ludes a flexible , customizable display that you ca n control to display the wa veforms that you a cquire.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 124 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Using t he W avefor m Di spl ay The wavef orm shown below is displayed as part of the User Inte rface ( UI) applica tion.
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 125 (3) Hor izontal-sca le readout. For ma gnified a nd unmagnified wave forms.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 126 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able 3- 6: Defining and displ aying w aveform s Wavefor m T o define: T o t urn on: Channel: Ch1 - - Ch4 Channels are predefined Push the V erti cal CH but ton to t oggle the channel on or off.
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 127 T able 3- 7: Operations perf ormed based on t he waveform t ype (Cont.) Control f unction Operating notes Waveform suppor ts Ch Ref 1 Math Horizontal Scale Ye s Ye s Ye s W aveforms are adjusted according t o the Zoom Lock set ting.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 128 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H The instrument displays a math wave form with the horizontal settings derive d from the math e xpression that c rea tes it. Y ou cannot cha nge these direct ly .
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 129 Mouse and T ouch Scr een Operation. I n gene ra l, anything that you c an do with the mouse, you can do by touc hing the scree n, if the touch sc re en is on.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 130 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o display waveforms in the mai n grat icule (Cont.) Set horizontal display paramet ers 5. T o m ake sure the main grati cule is sel ected, push t he Zoom butt on to t oggle it off.
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 131 Overview Related control elements and resources T o display waveforms in the mai n grat icule (Cont.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 132 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T o help you use MultiV iew Zoom e ffe ctively , consider how it opera tes on wavef orms. When in zoom mode , the instrument ve rtically e xpands or c ontracts one wavef orm at a time unless zoom lock is on.
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 133 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o zoom waveforms (Cont .) Select zoom 2. Y ou can select zoom i n two ways: H T o zoom a wavef orm, touch and drag across the segment of the waveform that you want t o see in greater detail .
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 134 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o zoom waveforms (Cont .
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 135 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o zoom waveforms (Cont .) Set up Mult iView Zoom 6. T o di splay the Zoom set up window , t ouch Setup in t he controls window.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 136 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o zoom waveforms (Cont .
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 137 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o zoom waveforms (Cont .) T o Lock and Automat ical ly Scroll Zoom Areas 12. T o di splay the zoom Lock and Scroll set up window , touch Setup i n the cont rols window .
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 138 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Cu s to mizin g the D is pla y Use the displa y customizing fe ature s this instrument provides to pr esent the display ele ments — color , grati cule sty le, wav eform represen tati on, an d so on — accordi ng t o your pre fe re nce s.
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 139 T able 3- 8: Custom izabl e displ ay elements (Cont .) Display attribute Options Access Menu name 1 Entry Color Palet te (Record V iew and Waveform Data- base) Display Col ors Choose Normal to use system colors for best viewing.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 140 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able 3- 8: Custom izabl e displ ay elements (Cont .
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 141 Persistenc e style is only available for live wa veforms (wave forms with data that is being updated); re ferenc e waveforms ar e static and do not use persiste nce.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 142 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elem ents and r esources Set display styles (Cont.) Access the display setup dialog box 2. From the tool bar , t ouch Disp, and t hen select t he Appearance tab.
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 143 Overview Related control elem ents and r esources Set display styles (Cont.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 144 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Use the proce dure that follows to become familia r with the display adjustments that you ca n make. Overview Customizations you can m ake Related control elements and resources Prerequisites 1.
Displaying W aveforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 145 Overview Related control elements and resources Customizations you can m ake (Cont .) T o set the display readout options 6. T ouch t he DISP butt on and select t he Objects t ab.
Displaying W aveforms 3 - 146 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 147 Measuring W aveforms The instrume nt comes equipped with c ursors and automa tic measure ments to assist you in ana lyzing your wave forms.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 148 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Readouts G r aticule Cu r so r s Measurement readouts Cursor readouts Figure 3 - 33: Grat.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 149 Annotate Wavefor ms On Screen. Y ou can create tex t to mark ch aracterizat ion level s th at each m easur ement us es t o com put e resul ts (s ee Fi gure 3 - - 34).
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 150 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Measure Part of a Wavefor m. Y ou can feed th e entire wav eform to a meas uremen t or limit the measure ment to a segment of the wave form.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 151 High/Low M ethod. Th e levels t hat th e autom atic meas uremen t sys tem deri ves as the High (T op) or Low (Bottom) for a wave form influence t he fidelity of ampl itu de and aberrat ion m easurem ents .
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 152 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Noise. (Optional on TDS7000 Serie s & TDS 6000 Series) T ells the instru- ment if the noise measur ement is at the top or the bottom of the eye diagra m.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 153 The H igh an d Lo w lev els fro m wh ich t he reference l evels are cal culat ed are th e levels e stablished using the sele cted Hi/Low method de scribe d on page 3- - 151.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 154 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o take aut om atic measurements (Cont.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 155 Overview Related control elements and resources T o take aut om atic measurements (Cont.) Display measurem ent statistics 9. From the Measurement s setup cont rol window , t ouch Setu p Statistic s.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 156 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o take aut om atic measurements (Cont.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 157 Overview Related control elements and resources T o take aut om atic measurements (Cont.) Set measurem ent refer ence levels (Cont.) 18.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 158 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o take aut om atic measurements (Cont.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 159 Use the proce dure that follows to take a measure ment over a segment of the wavef orm (otherwise, the entire wa veform is included in the measure ment).
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 160 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o gate a measurement ( Cont.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 161 Y ou can mea sure time or amplitude or both. V ertical cur sors measure time or distance on scr een, horizontal cursor s measur e voltage or amplitude , and wavef orm and scre en cursors me asure both.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 162 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Cursor oper ation is easy , you move the cursors on sc reen a nd rea d the re sults in the cursor re adouts. The following key points will help you use the cursor s ef fec tively: Cursor T ypes.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 163 After you have se lected the source f rom the C ursors Setup control window , you can oper ate the cursor fr om the front-pa nel knobs and buttons.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 164 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual First point in record Delay Trigger point of cursor source Horizontal divisions × sec/di.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 165 T able 3 - 10: Cursor units Cursors Standard units 1 Readout names Horizontal volt s,.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 166 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o set t he cursor sources (Cont . ) Display the cursor controls window 2. Push the CURSORS front-panel but ton, or from t he toolbar , touch Cursor s.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 167 Overview Related control elements and resources T o set t he cursor sources (Cont . ) Set cursor tracking 6. T o change t he cursor t racking mode, f rom the Cursor controls window sel ect Setup.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 168 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T aking Hi stogr ams The instrume nt can display histogra ms constructe d from the selec ted wavefor m data. Y ou can display both ve rtical ( voltage) and horiz ontal (time) histogr ams, but only one at a time.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 169 A histogram sour ce can be any wave form (cha nnel or math), including a reference wav eform.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 170 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related contr ol elem ents and r esources T o st art and reset histogram counting (Cont .) Set, display , and reset histogram source and type 3.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 171 Overview Related contr ol elem ents and r esources T o st art and reset histogram counting (Cont .
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 172 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T o comp ensat e the ins trum ent s o that i t can take accurate meas urem ents b ased on the ambient tempe rature, use the proc edure tha t follows.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 173 Overview Related control elements and resources T o compensate the instr ument (Cont .) For furt her assistance 6. T ouch t he Help butt on to access the onl ine assist ance.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 174 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o connect t he probe cal ibration fixtur e (Cont .) Connect the fixture 2. Connect the instrument PROBE COMPENSA TION output t o eit her the A or B input using t he included BNC cable.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 175 Overview Related control elements and resources T o connect t he probe cal ibration fixtur e (Cont .) Connect the probe Warning. T o avoi d personal inj ury , use care whil e connecting probe tips t o the square pins on the f ixture.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 176 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o connect t he probe cal ibration fixtur e (Cont .) P6249 or P7240 Connect the probe t ip to t he short pin and the probe ground to the long pi n as shown.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 177 Overview Related control elements and resources T o connect t he probe cal ibration fixtur e (Cont .
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 178 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o calibrate probes ( Cont. ) Optimize gai n and offset accuracy 2. Connect the f ixt ure to the inst rument (see T o Connect the Probe Calibrati on Fixt ure on page 3 - - 173).
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 179 Overview Related control elements and resources T o calibrate probes ( Cont. ) Check the calibration status 11 . From the t oolbar , t ouch the VERT butt on to displ ay the instrument Ver t ical set up control window .
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 180 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T o com pens ate pas siv e prob es to en sure m axim um d ist orti on-free i nput to the instrument a nd to avoid high freque ncy amplitude e rror s, use the proc edure that follows.
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 181 Overview Related control elem ents and r esources T o compensate passive probes ( Cont.) For furt her assistance 8. T ouch t he Help butt on to access the onl ine assist ance.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 182 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o deskew channels (Cont.) Compensate probe timing (deskew) 2. Connect fi xture to t he instrument (see T o Connect the Probe Calibration Fi xture on page 3 - - 173).
Measu rin g W avefo rms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 183 Overview Related control elements and resources T o deskew channels (Cont.
Measu rin g W avefo rms 3 - 184 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Seri al Mask T est ing The instrument provide s a portfolio of masks (optional on the TDS7000 S erie s & TDS6000 Series) f or verifying c ompliance to optica l and elec tric al standa rds.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 185 Creating and U sing M ath W aveforms Once you ha ve acquire d wavefor ms or take n measureme nts on waveform s, the instrument c an mathematic ally combine the m to cre ate a wa vefor m that supports your data- analysis task.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 186 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Normal waveform of an impulse response FF T w ave form o f the magnitude .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 187 Y ou create math wave forms to support the a nalysis of your cha nnel and ref erenc e wavef orms.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 188 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Measu rements — Meas1 - - Meas8 ar e allowed in a ma th definition, but not measur ement functions, such as rise (Ch1).
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 189 Sources. Math W avef orms can incor porate the f ollowing sources: H .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 190 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual The syntax tha t follows describe s valid math expre ssions, which can be.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 191 Deriv ativ e wavefo rms are u sed i n th e measu rement o f slew rat e of amp lifi ers and in edu catio nal app licat ion s.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 192 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Cursor Measurement s. Y ou can al so us e cursors t o measu re derivat ive wav e- forms. Use the same proc edure as is found under T ake curs or m easu r em ents on page 3- - 201.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 193 Integr al wavefor ms find use in the following a pplications: H Measu.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 194 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Use the pr ocedure t hat follows whe n defining a mat h wavef orm. R emembe r , you should first ensure tha t the sources you use exist.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 195 Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a math wavefor m (Cont.) T o define/edi t a math expression 5.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 196 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a math wavefor m (Cont.) Apply averaging 10. T ouch Avgs to displ ay the Mat h A veraging control window .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 197 Oper ati ons on Mat h W avefor ms This instrument suppor ts many of the sa me oper ations for ma th wave forms tha t it provides for cha nnel (live) and ref erenc e wavef orms.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 198 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual The proce dure that follows demonstrate s some common opera tions that you can perform o n math w aveform s: Overview T o use math wavefor ms Related cont rol el ements and resour ces Prerequisites 1.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 199 Overview Related control elements and resources T o use math wavefor m s (Cont.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 200 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o use math wavefor m s (Cont.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 201 Overview Related control elements and resources T o use math wavefor m s (Cont.) T ake cursor measurem ents Y ou can also use cursors to measure math wavef orms.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 202 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Defi ning Spect ral Mat h W avefor ms The math capa bilities of the instrument include spec trum analysis of a wave - form.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 203 H Phas e V ers us Fr e que ncy : Y ou can display pha se data a s a func tion of fre quency in radia ns or degree s. Y ou can z ero the noise phase for ma gnitudes below a thr eshold level.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 204 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Using the time contr ols. The oper ation of the time domain contr ols for the spectr al analyz er is summa rized by the f ollowing rules: H Duration sele cts the time from the beginning to the end of the acquired wavef orm.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 205 Resolution 0.04 m s D u r a t i o n1m s Record length 25 Record length 50 D u r a t i o n2m s Resolution 0.04 m s Record length 25 D u r a t i o n2m s Resolution 0.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 206 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Using the gate contr ols. Gati ng det ermin es what p orti on of th e acquired wavef orm is transfor med into the fre quency domain.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 207 Using the Frequency Domain contr ols. The gate d region of the sourc e wave for m is trans form ed by th e spectral an alyzer to a sp ectral wav eform.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 208 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H The gate width, of the input data, aff ects the resolution bandwidth (RBW). Gate width has units of seconds. The resolution bandwidth direc tly controls the gate width, but the numerical value is ente red in units of Hz.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 209 Center frequency Span Center frequency is 1. 0 and span is 0.5. Gate width = 200 Increase the center f requency . Decrease the center frequency .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 210 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Using the magnitude contr ols. V ertica l units can be either line ar or loga rithmic . Y ou can selec t these choic es by touching the Math menu button.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 21 1 0d B 20 dB 15 dB 10 dB Figure 3 - 48: Effect s of adjusting the ref erence level H Referen ce Level O f fset . This change s the value of Ref in the equation for dB shown above.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 212 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Real and I maginary Ma gnitudes. Y ou may set the spe ctra l analyze r to display the linear ma gnitude of the real data or the imagina ry data in the spectrum.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 213 H Suppression Threshold. Random noise in the spectrum may have phase values over the e ntire range. This could make the phase display unusable .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 214 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Group Dela y . When the pha se spec trum is a continuous func tion of fre quency , group delay may be computed.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 215 In the time domain a window is a bell-sha ped f unction e qual in le ngth to the ga te duration. For most windows this func tion tapers to ze ro at both ends of the gate region.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 216 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Choice of a window . Y our choice of window func tion will depend on the input source char acteristic s which you want to observe and the c haracte ris- tics of the window function.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 217 H Coherent ga in. The gain fa ctor normally assoc iated with dif ferent window functions is c orrectly sc aled into the ma gnitude spec trum output.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 218 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Near est S ide Lobe. This is the dif fer ence in magnitude betwee n the spectr al lob e peak i n th e spect rum an d t he nex t si de lo be th at occu rs du e to en er gy leaka ge.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 219 H Gaussian W indow .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 220 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Rectangula r W indow . This window is equal to unity (see Figure 3- - 54). This means the data sa mples in the gate ar e not modified befor e input to the spectr al analyz er .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 221 H Hamming W indow . This window is unique in that the time doma in shape does not taper all the way to zer o at the ends (see Figure 3- - 55).
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 222 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H Hanning, Kaise r - - B esse l, and Blac kman - - Harris W indows. These windows have va rious resolution ba ndwidths and sca llop losses (see figures 3- - 56, 3- - 57, and 3 - - 58).
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 223 1 0 Amplitude Time - - 67 dB side lobe 0 -- 8 0 dB Frequency bins -- .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 224 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual 1 0 Amplitude Time - - 92 dB side lobe 0 -- 8 0 dB Frequency bins -- 4 0 Figure 3 - 58: T ime and frequency gr aphs of the Blackman -Harris window H Flattop2 W indow .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 225 1 0 Amplitude Time - - 90 dB side lobe 0 -- 8 0 dB Frequency bins -- 4 0 - - 120 0 dB - - 0.05 - - 0.1 Scallop loss is 0.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 226 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual H T ek Exponentia l W indow .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 227 Effect s of trigger ji tter. The instrume nt acquisition system has a sample c lock that is asynchr onous with respect to the input signal.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 228 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Set the sample rate high enough so that the signals in the spectrum appe ar at their c orrect f requenc y as opposed to a lower a liased fre quency value.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 229 Another way to observe a liasing, if you have a variable f requenc y signal source, is to adjust the frequenc y slowly while watching the spectra l display .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 230 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Use the proce dure that follows to select a prede fined spectra l math wavef orm. Remember , a channel source should be ac quiring or have acquir ed data.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 231 Use the proce dure that follows when defining a spectr al math waveform. Remember , you should first ensure that the sourc es you use exist.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 232 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a spectr al math wavef orm (Cont.) Display the spectral waveform 8.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 233 Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a spectr al math wavef orm (Cont.) Set the magnitude scale 9.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 234 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a spectr al math wavef orm (Cont.) Set the phase scale 13. Select t he Phase tab.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 235 Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a spectr al math wavef orm (Cont.) Set t ime and frequency domain control tracking 17.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 236 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a spectr al math wavef orm (Cont.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 237 Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a spectr al math wavef orm (Cont.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 238 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a spectr al math wavef orm (Cont.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 239 Overview Related control elements and resources T o define a spectr al math wavef orm (Cont.) For furt her assistance 34.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 240 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources Spectral math example (cont.) Display the waveform 4. From the butt on bar , t ouch V ert, and sel ect the Chan 1 tab.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 241 Overview Control elem ents and r esources Spectral math example (cont.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 242 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources Spectral math example (cont.) Set up the cursors 10. From the butt on bar , t ouch Cur sors .
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 243 Overview Control elem ents and r esources Spectral math example (cont.) Measure the test results 14. Use the mul tipurpose knobs or keypad to set t he Curs1 Pos to 3.
Creat ing an d Usi ng M ath W av eforms 3 - 244 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources Spectral math example (cont.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 245 Data Input/Output This section de scribes the input and output ca pabilities of your instrume nt.
Data Input/Output 3 - 246 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual If you do not ha ve a keyboar d connecte d, you can still e nter c omments and name setu p files . Th e Save and R ecall S etu p wi ndows include the V ir tual Keyboa rd.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 247 Avoi ding Setup/Waveform Mismatches. Saved setups may c ontain settings inappropr iate for wavef orms currently in your instrument.
Data Input/Output 3 - 248 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual If Count r eaches 999, it is suggested that you change the ba se file name to Basefile name1 (for exa mple, Risetime1) on the next save. Y our next file will then be sa ved as Risetime1000.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 249 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save your set up (Cont.) Name your setup 5. Name your setup fi le by ei ther: H Accepting t he defaul t name (User) that appears in the na me field.
Data Input/Output 3 - 250 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save your set up (Cont.) Name your setup 8. Name your setup fi le by doi ng one of the f ollowi ng steps: H Accepting t he defaul t fi le name t hat appears in the File nam e: f ield.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 251 Use t he pro cedu re that fo llo ws t o recall a s etup t o th e ins trum ent. Rem ember t hat rec alling a setup re pl aces t he exis tin g setu p, w hich i s los t.
Data Input/Output 3 - 252 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o recall your setup ( Cont.) Select your setup 6. If not select ed, select *.set i n the Save as type of fil e to include i n the fi le li sti ng.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 253 Sa v ing a n d R ec a lling W avef orms This instrument c an save any numbe r of wave forms, limited only by the space you have to store them.
Data Input/Output 3 - 254 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Use t he pro cedu re that fo llo ws t o sav e a wavefo rm or w aveform s to a referen ce location, the instrument hard disk, CD-R W disk, a f loppy disk, or third pa rty sto rage dev ice.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 255 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.) Label the waveform 5. If you w ant to l abel the wavef orm, touch Label , and use your keyboard or t he pop-up keyboard to create a label for your waveform.
Data Input/Output 3 - 256 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 257 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.) Save your waveform 10. Click t he Save butt on to save the wavef orm fil e or reference.
Data Input/Output 3 - 258 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview T o recall your waveform Control elements and resources Prerequisites 1. The instrument m ust be powered up. Y ou must have access to a wavef orm saved by the inst rument.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 259 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o r ecal l your wavef orm (Cont.) Select your waveform 6. If not select ed, select *.wf m in the Files of type fiel d to force the f ile l isti ng to only i nclude these t ypes.
Data Input/Output 3 - 260 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Y ou can cle ar individual re fere nces of data or de lete wavef orm files. If you are sure you do not want the data a refe rence wave form contains, use the proce dures that fo llo w to clear it .
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 261 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o clear ref erences ( Cont.) Find the file directory 5. Use the Look in: dr op-down l ist and but tons (see right) to navigat e to t he directory of the f ile t o delete.
Data Input/Output 3 - 262 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Export ing and Copyi ng W avefor ms This instrument also supports export of wave form data to a file. The instrument can e xport wavefor ms, images, and mea sure ments in seve ral forma ts.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 263 H Math Cad creat es files (. DA T ) in a format us able by M athC ad. Note that the MathCad file is an ASCII file, the first four value s of which cont ain h eader in format ion : H The first hea der value holds the recor d length.
Data Input/Output 3 - 264 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.) Select setup for export 4. From the menu bar , select Fil e, and then sel ect Export Setup to di splay t he Export Setup control wi ndow .
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 265 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.) Setup to expor t image s 5. Select t he Im ages tab to di splay the I mages control window .
Data Input/Output 3 - 266 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.) Setup to expor t waveforms 10. Select t he Waveforms tab t o display t he Waveforms control window .
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 267 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.
Data Input/Output 3 - 268 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.) Setup to expor t measurements 17. Select t he Measurement s tab to di splay the M easure- ments cont rol window .
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 269 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.) Export your file 21. T o export the f ile, f rom the appli cation m enu bar , select Export.
Data Input/Output 3 - 270 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.) Name t he f ile 24. Select t he fil e type in t he Save as type drop-down list t o force the f ile l isti ng to only i nclude these t ypes.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 271 How you use the exported wavef orm depends on your application. The following examp le is a s imp le app licat ion ; th e proced ure i s gen eral and m ay requ ire adapting for your spr eadsheet or othe r data- analysis tool.
Data Input/Output 3 - 272 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elements and resources T o use export ed waveforms (Cont.) Begin your chart 5. Click on t he row or column number to sel ect the ent ire row or column contai ning your imported wavef orm values (see right).
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 273 Overview Control elements and resources T o use export ed waveforms (Cont.) For furt her assistance 9. For more help on exporting wavef orms, touch t he Help butt on in the wi ndow to access cont extual onl ine help.
Data Input/Output 3 - 274 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.) S e t u pt oc o p y image s 4. Select t he Im ages tab to di splay the I mages control window .
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 275 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.
Data Input/Output 3 - 276 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o save a wavefor m ( Cont.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 277 Pri nti ng W avefor ms Y ou can print the displa y scree n, including any wave forms displayed. Bef ore you can pr int, you must install and set up your pr inter .
Data Input/Output 3 - 278 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T o set the forma t of the printed pa ge, from the applic ation menu bar se lect the File menu, and then select Page Setup. The instrument displays the Page Setup window shown in Figure 3- - 65.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 279 Figure 3 - 65: Page setup window T o previe w your printout, from the applica tion menu bar selec t the File menu, and then se lect Print Preview .
Data Input/Output 3 - 280 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Figure 3 - 66: Pr int preview window Pressing the W indows P rint Scre en key copies the curr ently displa yed bitma p to the clipboar d. This bitmap does not include the instrument wave forms or gratic ule.
Data Input/Output CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 281 Y ou can display the c urrent da te and time on scre en so that they appe ar on hardc opies that you print.
Data Input/Output 3 - 282 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Remot e Communi cat i on Remote communic ation is perfor med through the GPIB interf ace. Co nsu lt th e online Progra mmer Guide for help with esta blishing remote communic ation and control of the instrume nt.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 283 Accessing Online Help This manual repr esents only part of the user assistanc e available to you — the onl .
Access ing O nli ne H elp 3 - 284 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual How t o Use Onli ne Help Use th e procedu re step s that fo llo w to access co ntex tual h elp and t o learn ho w to sear ch the help system f or more inf ormation.
Access ing O nli ne H elp CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 285 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o use online hel p (Cont .) T ouch an out lined cont rol shown in the hel p window to re ceive mo re s pecific informat ion about t he control.
Access ing O nli ne H elp 3 - 286 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o use online hel p (Cont .
Access ing O nli ne H elp CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual 3 - 287 Overview Control elem ents and r esources T o use online hel p (Cont .
Access ing O nli ne H elp 3 - 288 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 1 Appendix A: S pecifications This chapte r contains the specific ations for the CS A7000 Series Communica - tions Signal Analyze rs, the TDS7000 series Digital Phosphor Osc illoscopes, and TDS6000 Series Digital Stora ge Oscilloscopes.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 2 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual Product and Featur e Descri ption Y our instrument is shown in T able A- - 1. T able A - 1: Instrument models Model Number of channels Bandwidth Maxim um sampl e rate (rea l ti me ) CSA7404 4 4G H z 20 GS/s CSA7154 4 1.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 3 Acquisiti on Cont rol. Acquir e c ontinuously or se t up to ca pture single shot acquisitions. Enable or disable optional ac quisition fe atur es suc h as e quivale nt time or r oll mode.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 4 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual Digital Phosphor . C SA7000 Series & TDS7000 Serie s only: The instr ument c an clea rly display intensity modula tion in your signals.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 5 Serial T r iggers. Optional on TDS7000 Serie s & TDS6000 S erie s, not available on TDS7104 and TDS7054. Use serial tr iggers to trigger on seria l pattern data .
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 6 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual Data Stor age and I/ O. The instrume nt has a remove able ha rd disk drive, a CD-R W , and a floppy disk dr ive that can be used for storage and re trie val of data.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 7 T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description VSWR, typi cal CSA7404, CSA7154, TDS7404, TDS7254, & TDS7154 1.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 8 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description n DC gain accuracy Net off set i s the nomi nal volt age that m ust be appli ed to the channel t o bring the trace to center scr een.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 9 T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 1 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 1 1 T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 1 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description TDS7104 & TDS7054 DC 50 Ω coupling, bandwi dth limit set to Fu ll SCALE range Rise ti me 1m V / d i vt o1 .
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 1 3 T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 1 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 1 5 T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description n Offset accuracy Net of fset i s t he nominal voltage t hat must be appli ed to the channel to bring t he trace to center screen.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 1 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 1 7 T able A- 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description TDS6604 & TDS6404 Nine divi sion sine wave i nput at t he indicat ed frequency , sampled at 50 m V/divi sion and 20 GS/s.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 1 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 3: Horizontal and acquisition system specifications Character i stic Descri.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 1 9 T able A- 3: Horizontal and acquisition system specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description Maxim um record length, sam ple mode Depends on the number of acti ve channels and the record length opt ions inst all ed.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 2 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 3: Horizontal and acquisition system specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description Maxim um record lengt h, HiRes mode, sampl e rat e ≤ 1.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 2 1 T able A- 3: Horizontal and acquisition system specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 2 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 3: Horizontal and acquisition system specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 2 3 T able A- 3: Horizontal and acquisition system specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 2 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A - 4: T rigger specifications Character i stic Description Tr i gger jit ter .
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 2 5 T able A- 4: T r igger specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 2 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 4: T r igger specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description Advanced trigger sensi tivi ty , typi cal For verti cal scal e sett ings ≥ 10 m V/div and ≤ 1V / d i v Advanced triggers: 1.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 2 7 T able A- 4: T r igger specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 2 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 4: T r igger specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 2 9 T able A- 4: T r igger specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description Tr i gger positi on error , typi cal Edge t rigger , DC coupling, for si gnals havi ng a sl ew rate at the trigger poi nt of ≥ 0.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 3 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 4: Serial T rigger specifications (opt ional on TDS7000 Series & TDS6000 Series) (Cont .) Character i stic Description Clock recovery jitt er , t ypical < 0.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 3 1 T able A - 6: Input/ output port specifications Character i stic Description Rear-.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 3 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A - 6: Input/ output port specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 3 3 T able A - 6: Input/ output port specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 3 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 7: O/E converter ( CSA7000 Series only) Character i stic 2 Description Optical i nput connector Rif ocs universal connector O/E wavelengt h range 700 nm t o 1650 nm n O/E gain ≥ 0.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 3 5 T able A- 7: O/E converter ( CSA7000 Series only) (Cont.) Character i stic 2 Description n Maxim um noise out put, rms CSA7404: 1310 nm and 1550 nm ≤ 1.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 3 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 7: O/E converter ( CSA7000 Series only) (Cont.) Character i stic 2 Description Small est average power f or mask t est (sensit ivi ty), typical 1310 nm and 1550 nm: 40 W peak-to-peak.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 3 7 T able A- 9: Power source specifications Character i stic Description Power consum.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 3 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 10: Mechanical specifications (Cont.) Character i stic Description Dimensi ons Benchtop confi guration W ith front cover Wi thout front cover 278 mm (10.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 3 9 T able A- 1 1: Environm ental specifications (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 4 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able A- 12: Cert ifications and compli ances (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual A- 4 1 T able A- 12: Cert ifications and compli ances (Cont.
Appendix A: Specif ications A- 4 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual B- 1 Appendix B: Automatic Measurements Supported This appendix pr ovides a list of all suppor ted measure ments and their defini- tions. An illustration showing the le vels used to take me asureme nts is also included.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported B- 2 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual T able B- 1: Support ed measurem ents and their def ini tion (Cont.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual B- 3 T able B- 1: Support ed measurem ents and their def ini tion (Cont.) Name Definition Positive Overshoot V ol tage measurement over the ent ire waveform or gated region.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported B- 4 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual T able B- 1: Mask measurem ents and their def ini tion (optional on TDS7000 Series & TDS6000 Series) Name Definition Ext Ratio The ratio of eye t op to base.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual B- 5 T able B- 1: Mask measurem ents and their def ini tion (optional on TDS7000 Series & TDS6000 Series) (Cont .
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported B- 6 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual High. T he va lue used as the 100% level in a mplitude measure ments, such as Peak and +Over shoot. High is also used to help de rive the HighRef, MidRef, MidRef2, and LowRef values.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual B- 7 TCro ss 1 TCro ss 2 PBase PT op PCross 1 PCross 2 Eye Aperture Figure B - 2: Eye-diagram and opt ical values The P values inc lude the mea n and standa rd deviation of the vertic al location of PT o p and P Bas e.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported B- 8 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual The T1 v alues are vert ical and h orizo ntal v alues as so ciated w ith t he leftm ost crossing point.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual B- 9 Measur ements Annot ati ons T able B- - 2 describe s the annotations for each measurem ent.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported B- 1 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able B- 2: Support ed measurem ents and their def ini tion (Cont.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual B- 1 1 T able B- 2: Support ed measurem ents and their def ini tion (Cont.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported B- 1 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able B- 2: Support ed measurem ents and their def ini tion (Cont.) Measurements Annotation descriptions Comm measurement annotations (Cont.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual B- 1 3 T able B- 2: Support ed measurem ents and their def ini tion (Cont.) Measurements Annotation descriptions Comm measurement annotations Noise P-P 1 box i ndicati ng the hist ogram boundaries.
Appendix B: Automatic Measure ments S upported B- 1 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual C- 1 Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands Both the instrument me nu bar and a toolbar allow you to c ontrol instrument opera tion. Where possible, this manua l describe s operation using first, the front panel a nd then, the toolbar .
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 2 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual T able C- 1: File menu commands ( Cont.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual C- 3 Edit Co mman ds T able C- - 2 lists the commands available f rom the Edit menu on the menu bar .
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 4 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual V er ti cal Comm ands T able C- - 3 lists the commands available f rom the V ertica l menu.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual C- 5 T able C- 3: V er tical menu commands ( Cont.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 6 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual T able C- 4: Horiz/Acq menu comm ands (Cont.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual C- 7 T able C- 4: Horiz/Acq menu comm ands (Cont.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 8 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual T able C- 5: T r ig menu commands ( Cont.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual C- 9 Displ ay Commands T able C- - 6 lists the commands available f rom the Display menu.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 1 0 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able C- 6: Display menu commands ( Cont.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual C- 1 1 Cursor s Commands T able C- - 7 lists the commands available f rom the C ursors menu.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 1 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able C- 8: Measure menu com mands (Cont .
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual C- 1 3 T able C- 8: Measure menu com mands (Cont .
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 1 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able C- 9: Masks menu comm ands (Cont.
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual C- 1 5 T able C- 10: Math menu com mands (Cont .
Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 1 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual T able C - 1 1: U tilit ies m en u com m ands ( Cont.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual D- 1 Appendix D: C leaning Use these proce dures to clea n your instrument. If a dditional cleaning is r equired, have your instrument se rviced by qualif ied service personne l.
Appendix D: Cleaning D- 2 CS A7000 Serie s, TDS7000 S er ies, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Ma nual Flat Panel Di splay Cleani ng The di spl ay is so ft plas ti c and mus t be treated w ith care du ring cl eanin g. CAUTION. I mprope r cleaning agents or methods c an damage the flat panel display .
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Glossary - 1 Glossary AC coupling A type of signa l transmission that blocks the DC component of a signal but uses the dynamic (AC) compone nt. Accu racy The closene ss of the indicate d value to the true value.
Glossary Glossary - 2 CSA7000 S er ies, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments Use r Manual Ar ea Measu rement o f the w aveform area t aken o ver th e enti re wavefo rm or t he gated r egion. Expressed in mixe d amplitude a nd time units, such as volt-sec onds.
Glossary CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Glossary - 3 Cont r ol knob S ee Knob. Channe l One type of input used for signal acquisition. The instrument has four channe ls. Channe l/pr obe de skew A relative time de lay for each chann el.
Glossary Glossary - 4 CSA7000 S er ies, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments Use r Manual dB Decibe l: a method of expre ssing power or voltage ra tios.
Glossary CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Glossary - 5 Display system The part o f the ins trum ent th at sho ws wav eforms , meas uremen ts, con trol windows, status, and other pa ramete rs.
Glossary Glossary - 6 CSA7000 S er ies, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments Use r Manual Fall Time A measure ment of the time it takes for the tra iling edge of a pulse to fall from a HighRef value ( typically 90%) to a LowRef value (typic ally 10%) of its amplitude.
Glossary CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Glossary - 7 Gr ound (G ND) c oupli ng Coupling option that disconnec ts the input signal from the vertic al system. Hard cop y An elec tronic copy of the display in a f ormat useable by a printe r or plotter .
Glossary Glossary - 8 CSA7000 S er ies, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstruments Use r Manual Initialize Setting the instrume nt to a complete ly known, default c ondition.
Glossary CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Glossary - 9 Logic state tr igger The instrument che cks for defined combina torial logic conditions on channe ls 1, 2, and 3 on a tra nsition of c hannel 4 tha t meets the se t slope and threshold c onditions.
Glossary Glossary - 10 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Me asur e me nt T r ac king The pro cess of aut omat icall y adju st ing t he measu rement p arameters t o reflect chang es in t he trace. Mesia l The middle point of a range of points.
Glossary CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Glossary - 1 1 Negative width A timing measur ement of the dista nce (time ) betwe en two amplitude points — falling- edge Mid Ref (defa ult 50%) and rising-e dge MidR ef (defaul t 50%) — on a negative pulse .
Glossary Glossary - 12 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Persi sten ce The amount of time a data point rema ins displayed. There a re thre e persiste nce modes available in the instrume nt V aria ble, Infinite , and Off.
Glossary CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Glossary - 13 Pr ob e An input device . Pr ob e compensation Adj ust ment t hat im prov es low -frequen cy res ponse of a probe. Pr oximal The point closest to a refe rence point.
Glossary Glossary - 14 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Ris e time The time it takes for a lea ding edge of a pulse to rise from a Lo wRe f value (typica lly 10%) to a HighRe f value ( typica lly 90%) of its amplitude.
Glossary CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Glossary - 15 Setup/Hold trigger A mode in which the instrument triggers when a data sour ce changes state within the setup or hold time re lative to a cloc k source.
Glossary Glossary - 16 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual Time b ase The set of para mete rs tha t let you de fine the time a nd horiz ontal a xis attribute s of a wavefor m rec ord. The time base dete rmines when and how long to acquir e recor d points.
Glossary CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Glossary - 17 W avefo rm da tab ase mo de An acquisition mode that proc esses and displays a lar ger sample of data . The wavefo rm dat abase i s a th ree-dim ensi onal accu mul atio n of s ource w aveform data ove r severa l acquisitions.
Glossary Glossary - 18 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series I nstrume nts User Manual.
CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Index - 1 Index Symbol s <, A Trigger control window , 3- - 95 >, A Trigger control window , 3- - 95 Number s 1.
Index Index - 2 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l Acq uisition co ntrols acquis ition contr ol backgr ound, 3- - 39 acquis ition hard ware, 3- - 40 acquis.
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Index - 3 Autoset Undo, 3- - 17 Autoset undo, C- - 3 AUX O ut c onfigurat ion, C - - 15 Au xiliary trig ger , 3.
Index Index - 4 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l Con trolling data i nput and out put, 3 - - 245 Copy , C- - 3 Copy a waveform , 3 - - 273 Copy setup, C .
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Index - 5 recall your waveform, 3 - - 259 remot e comm unica tion, 3 - - 282 retainin g current s ettings, 3- -.
Index Index - 6 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l style, 3 - - 138, C - - 9 styles, 3 - - 141 syst em , Gl ossa ry - - 5 Display cont rol, 3 - - 125 Displ.
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Index - 7 record l ength, 3- - 127 refere nce col ors, 3- - 139 reset zoom , 3- - 136, 3- - 137 scale, 3- - 127.
Index Index - 8 C SA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instr uments User Manua l Eye top, B - - 4, C - - 12 Eye w idth, B- - 4, C- - 12 F Fall time, B- - 1, C- - 12, G loss ary- - 6 Fal.
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Index - 9 Gating c ontrols, 3 - - 202 Gaussian window , 3 - - 214, 3 - - 216, 3 - - 219 General purpose knob, G.
Index Index - 10 CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Horizonta l offs e t, overvi ew , 3- - 23 Horizonta l refere nce , 3- - 125, 3 - - 128 Horizonta l refere nce poi nt, Glossary- - 7 Ho rizontal s cale, 3 - - 127 Ho rizontal s cale and of fs et, settin g up, ov erview , 3- - 23 Ho rizontal scale vs .
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual Index - 1 1 Logic , A T ri gger control window , 3- - 109, 3- - 1 10 logic , 3- - 106 pulse, 3 - - 94 Logic , m.
Index Index - 12 CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual crossing %, C - - 12 cycle area, C- - 12 cycle dis tortion , C - - 12 cycle mean, C- - 1 1 cycle RM .
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual I ndex - 13 propagat ion del ay , B - - 1 quality f actor , B - - 5 ris e time, B - - 3, Glo ss ary- - 14 RMS, .
Index Index - 14 CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual split cursors, 3- - 161 standard de viat ion, 3 - - 155 statis tics, 3- - 149 take a snapshot of mea.
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual I ndex - 15 P Page previe w , 3 - - 279 Page setup, C - - 2 Palette, p rinting, 3- - 278 Paper , pri nting, 3 -.
Index Index - 16 CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual integr al math wavef orms, 3- - 193 Recove red cloc k, 3- - 63, 3- - 65, Glossary- - 13 data , 3- - .
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual I ndex - 17 Set/hol d trigge r , 3 - - 92 Setti ng, Glossary- - 14 Settin g acquisitio n controls , 3 - - 26 Se.
Index Index - 18 CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual magni tude verses fre quenc y , 3 - - 202 multiple analy zer control lock s, 3- - 203 neare st side .
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual I ndex - 19 T Trig event s, A- - > B Seq Trigger cont rol window , 3- - 120 T echni cal support, C - - 16 co.
Index Index - 20 CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual trans ition setu p, C - - 8 width, C - - 7 width setup, C - - 8 Trigger overvi ew , 3- - 71 Trigger .
Index CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual I ndex - 21 trigge ring conc epts, 3 - - 72 trigge ring from the front pane l, 3 - - 78 trigge ring with hori z.
Index Index - 22 CSA7000 S erie s, TDS 7000 Serie s, & TDS6000 S erie s Instruments User Manual printi ng, 3- - 277 reca lli ng, 3- - 253 save format s, 3- - 262 saving, 3 - - 253 W aveform c lippi ng.
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