Lecture Notes 09
Lecture Notes 09
Lecture Notes 09
Oscilloscope
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Introduction
• What is an oscilloscope?
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Introduction
A graph-displaying device of electrical signal
X axis: Time
Y axis: Voltage
Z axis: Intensity or brightness
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Introduction
Information given by oscilloscopes
Time and voltage
Frequency and phase
DC and AC components
Spectral analysis
Rise and fall time
Mathematical analysis
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What can you do with
oscilloscopes?
Designing and repairing electronic equipment
With the proper transducer (Ex: microphone)
Electrical signal in response to physical stimuli,
such as sound, mechanical stress, light, or heat.
Engine vibrations
Brain waves
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Control panel of an
oscilloscope
Vertical Section
Horizontal Section
Trigger Section
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Basic setting
Vertical system
attenuation or amplification of signal (volts/div)
Horizontal system
The Time base (sec/div)
Trigger system
To stabilize a repeating signal and to trigger on a single
event
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In digital circuits
Measuring
Logic level
Timing
Logic strength
Rise and fall time
Frequency
Signal integrity
Waveform distortion
Noise level
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In digital circuits
Diagnosing
Timing fault
Proper fan-in and fan-out
Proper pull-up and/or termination
Collision
Signal integrity
Reflection
Noise, crosstalk and ground bounce
Open, short or stuck at 0 or 1
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Analog and digital oscilloscope
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Analog oscilloscope
Real-time display of signals
Block diagram
Sweep generator and vertical amplifier
Earthquake recorder
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Digital oscilloscope
Capture and view events
Digital storage oscilloscope (DSO)
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Digital oscilloscope (contd.)
Sampling
Interpolation
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Advantage of Digital Scope
Trend towards digital.
Easy to use.
One-shot measurement
Recoding
Triggering
Data reuse
Connectivity
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Probes
Components
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Probes
High quality connector
High impedance (10MΩ )
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Passive probe
10× attenuation
Good for low circuit loading
Suitable to high frequency signal
Difficult to measure less than 10mV
signals
1× attenuation
Good for small signals
Introducing more interference
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Active probe
Signalconditioning ⇒ oscilloscope
Require power source
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Example of applications
Measuring ac wave using oscilloscope.
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