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Handheld DSO & DMM
7-Advanced Function of Oscilloscope
7.10 Making Automatic Measurements
The oscilloscope can perform 5 types automatic measurements such as frequency, cycle, average
value, peak-to-peak value and root mean square value. And gives two kinds of measurement
results simultaneously on the screen.
The function menu for automatic measurements is described in the following list.
Function menu
Settings
Description
Frequency CH1
CH2
Measure the frequency of CH1
Measure the frequency of CH2
Cycle CH1
CH2
Measure the cycle of CH1.
Measure the cycle of CH1
Average value
CH1
CH2
Measure the average value of CHI.
Measure the average value of CH2.
Peak-to-Peak value
CH1
CH2
Measure the peak-to-peak value of CH1.
Measure the peak-to-peak value of CH2.
RMS value
CH1
CH2
Measure root mean square (RMS) value of CH1.
Measure root mean square (RMS) value of CH2.
To measure the frequency of CH1 with
Measurement 1
and the frequency of CH2 with
Measurement 2
, do the following:
1. Press
the
MENU
key and the function menu is shown at the right of the screen.
2. Press
the
MUNU UP
or
MENU DOWN
key to select
Measurement 1
. Five options appear
at the bottom of the screen.
3. Press
the
F1
key to select the frequency measurement as
CH1.
The measurement window 1
on the screen turns into one red in color and shows the frequency of CH1.
4. Press
the
MUNU UP
or
MENU DOWN
key to select
Measurement 2
. Five options appear
at the bottom of the screen.
5. Press
the
F4
key to jump to the peak-to-peak measurement as
CH2
. The measurement
window on the screen turns into one blue in color and shows the peak-to-peak value of
CH2.
Now, you can see a screen that looks like the following figure 44.
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