
Functional Description
4-Channel SPO Digital Oscilloscopes
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Functional Description
IV - ACQUISITION System
(cont‟d)
RUN/STOP
SINGLE
AUTO
NORMAL
Run/Stop
Press the
"Run/Stop"
button to start (Run/Stop button is lit in yellow) the
signal acquisition, press this button again to Stop (Run/Stop button is lit in
red).
Single
Press the
″Single″
button to
Arm
the trigger
(
the oscilloscope is
Ready,
and
the “Run/Stop” button is lit in yellow
)
, then when a trigger event is detected a
unique acquisition starts, when the acquisition is completed the oscilloscope
Stops (Run/Stop button is lit in red).
In
SINGLE
mode when you press the
"Single"
button to start
a unique
acquisition, the oscilloscope performs the following steps:
1. Acquisition of
“Pre-Trigger” samples, which are represented on the screen
by the portion of the waveform to the left of the Trigger point.
2. The oscilloscope acquires the « Pre-Trigger » samples continously and
waits for the trigger event.
3. Detection of the trigger event.
4. After the trigger event, the acquistion continues until the recording memory
is filled with the « Post-Trig » samples, which are represented on the screen
by the portion of the waveform to the right of the trigger point
.
5. The oscilloscope displays the waveform and Stops (Run/Stop button is lit in
red). Press again the
« Single
» button to start a new single acquisition .
Auto
Press the «
Auto
» button to enable the
Auto
mode. In this mode, acquisitions
occur in the presence or absence of a trigger event.
Normal
Press the «
Normal
» button to enable the « Normal » mode.
In this mode, acquisitions occur only when a trigger event is detected.