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XDS3000 Dual-Channel Series

Digital Storage Oscilloscopes

User Manual

Test Equipment Depot - 800.517.8431 - 99 Washington Street Melrose, MA 02176 - TestEquipmentDepot.com

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Page 1: ...XDS3000 Dual Channel Series Digital Storage Oscilloscopes User Manual Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com ...

Page 2: ...lace all materials published The information in this manual was correct at the time of printing However LILLIPUT will continue to improve products and reserves the rights to change specification at any time without notice is the registered trademark of the LILLIPUT Company Fujian LILLIPUT Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd No 19 Heming Road Lantian Industrial Zone Zhangzhou 363005 P R China Tel 86 ...

Page 3: ...d This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care OWON shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than OWON representatives to install repair or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incomp...

Page 4: ...cal System 14 Introduction to the Horizontal System 15 Introduction to the Trigger System 16 Touchscreen Controls Touchscreen is optional 17 Operate the Menu through Touchscreen 17 Gestures in Normal Mode 18 Gestures in Wave Zoom Mode 21 Other Operations Using Touchscreen 23 Magnifier Function Only for XDS3102AP XDS3202A with touchscreen 24 4 Advanced User Guidebook 26 How to Set the Vertical Syst...

Page 5: ...ow to Print the Screen Image 97 5 Use theArbitrary Function Generator Optional 98 Output Connection 98 To Set Channels 98 To Set Signals 99 To Output Sine Signals 99 To Set the Frequency 99 To Set the Period 100 To Set the Start Phase 100 To Set the Amplitude 100 To Set the Offset 101 To Set the High Level 101 To Set the Low Level 101 To Output Square Signals 101 To Output Ramp Signals 101 To Set ...

Page 6: ...Connect with PC Optional 118 Connect with PC as Wi Fi Access Point 118 Connect with PC as Wi Fi Station 119 8 CommunicationwithAndroidDeviceviaWi Fi Optional 122 How to Connect 122 Connect with APP as Wi Fi Access Point 122 Connect with APP as Wi Fi Station 124 User Interface 126 Gestures Control 128 9 Demonstration 130 Example 1 Measurement a Simple Signal 130 Example 2 Gain of a Amplifier in a M...

Page 7: ...Multimeter Optional 146 General Technical Specifications 147 12 Appendix 148 Appendix A Enclosure 148 Appendix B General Care and Cleaning 148 Appendix C Battery Using Guide 149 iv ...

Page 8: ...hen powered by AC power it is not allowed to measure AC power source directly because the testing ground and power cord ground conductor are connected together otherwise it will cause short circuit When powered by battery the product must ground connection To avoid electric shock there must be a ground wire connect between ground and the ground port on the back of product panel Check all Terminal ...

Page 9: ...ntially Caution It indicates a potential damage to the instrument or other property might occur Safety Symbols Symbols on the product The following symbol may appear on the product Hazardous Voltage Refer to Manual Protective Earth Terminal Chassis Ground Test Ground To avoid body damage and prevent product and connected equipment damage carefully read the following safety information before using...

Page 10: ...ing To avoid fire or electrical shock when the oscilloscope input signal connected is more than 42V peak 30Vrms or on circuits of more than 4800VA please take note of below items Only use accessory insulated voltage probes and test lead Check the accessories such as probe before use and replace it if there are any damages Remove probes test leads and other accessories immediately after use Remove ...

Page 11: ...mplement the general inspection How to implement the function inspection How to make a probe compensation How to set the probe attenuation coefficient How to use the probe safely How to implement an auto calibration Introduction to the vertical system Introduction to the horizontal system Introduction to the trigger system Touchscreen Controls Touchscreen is optional 4 ...

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Page 16: ... shows the trigger level position 17 The waveform of CH1 18 The two blue dotted lines indicate the horizontal position of cursor measurement 19 The waveform of CH2 20 It indicates the measured type and value of the corresponding channel T means period F means frequency V means the average value Vp the peak peak value Vr the root mean square value Ma the maximum amplitude value Mi the minimum ampli...

Page 17: ...transportation If it is found that the packaging carton or the foamed plastic protection cushion has suffered serious damage do not throw it away first till the complete device and its accessories succeed in the electrical and mechanical property tests 2 Check the Accessories The supplied accessories have been already described in the Appendix A Enclosure of this Manual You can check whether there...

Page 18: ...lt in the bottom menu The default attenuation coefficient set value of the probe in the menu is 10X 2 Set the Switch in the Oscilloscope Probe as 10X and Connect the Oscilloscope with CH1 Channel Align the slot in the probe with the plug in the CH1 connector BNC and then tighten the probe with rotating it to the right side Connect the probe tip and the ground clamp to the connector of the probe co...

Page 19: ...gnal connector of the probe compensator and connect the reference wire clamp with the ground wire connector of the probe connector and then push the Autoset button on the front panel 2 Check the displayed waveforms and regulate the probe till a correct compensation is achieved see Figure 3 7 and Figure 3 8 Overcompensated Compensated correctly Under compensated Figure 3 7 Displayed Waveforms of th...

Page 20: ...tch must be set to 10X Identify the Probe Attenuation Coefficient Automatically The oscilloscope can identify the probe attenuation coefficient of the 100 1 impedance 5K 20 or 10 1 impedance 10K 20 probe with the identifying pin When you attach the probe the oscilloscope set the attenuation automatically on the oscilloscope vertical menu for the channel to match the probe For example if you attach...

Page 21: ...ram must be executed whenever the change of ambient temperature is 5 or over Before performing a self calibration disconnect all probes or wires from the input connector Push the Utility button select Function in the bottom menu select Adjust in the left menu select Self Cal in the bottom menu run the program after everything is ready Introduction to the Vertical System As shown in Figure 3 11 the...

Page 22: ...osition is far out of the screen and want it to get back to the screen center immediately 2 Change the Vertical Setting and Observe the Consequent State Information Change With the information displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the waveform window you can determine any changes in the channel vertical scale factor Turn the Vertical Scale knob and change the Vertical Scale Factor Voltage D...

Page 23: ...ering displacement back to 0 as a shortcut key 3 Push the Horizontal HOR button to switch between the normal mode and the wave zoom mode Introduction to the Trigger System As shown in Figure 3 13 there are one knob and three buttons make up Trigger Controls The following practices will direct you to be familiar with the setting of the trigger system gradually Figure 3 13 Trigger Control Zone 1 Pus...

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Page 32: ...rter the vertical height of the wave selection Transparent ON OFF Make the magnifier window transparent or not The Cursor Measurement in Magnifier Window When the magnifier function is enabled push Cursor panel key to display the cursor menu In the bottom menu select Window as Main or Extension to make the cursors shown in the main window or the magnifier window Note The magnifier function is disa...

Page 33: ...will deal with the following topics mainly How to Set the Vertical System How to Set the Horizontal System How to Set the Trigger Decoding System How to Implement the Sampling Setup How to Set the Display System How to Save and Recall Waveform How to Record Playback Waveforms How to Clone and Recall a waveform How to Implement the Auxiliary System Function Setting How to Update your Instrument Fir...

Page 34: ...g DC AC GROUND Pass both AC and DC components of the input signal Block the DC component of the input signal Disconnect the input signal Inverted ON OFF Display inverted waveform Display original waveform Probe Attenu 0 001X to 1000X Step by 1 2 5 Match this to the probe attenuation factor to have an accurate reading of vertical scale MeasCurr YES NO If you are measuring current by probing the vol...

Page 35: ...le if you are measuring current by probing the voltage drop across a 1Ω resistor the operation steps are shown as follows 1 Push the CH1 button to show CH1 SETUP menu 2 Select Probe in the bottom menu In the right menu set MeasCurr as YES the A V radio menu will appear below Select it turn the M knob to set the Amps Volts ratio Amps Volts ratio 1 Resistor value Here the A V radio should be set to ...

Page 36: ...nce The max input voltage cannot exceed 5 Vrms Use Mathematical Manipulation Function The Mathematical Manipulation function is used to show the results of the addition multiplication division and subtraction operations between two channels the FFT operation for a channel advanced math feature including Intg Diff Sqrt user defined function and digital filter Press the Math button to display the me...

Page 37: ...n DIR channel CH1 CH2 Select channel type low pass Only the signals whose frequencies are lower than the current cut off frequency can pass the filter high pass Only the signals whose frequencies are greater than the current cutoff frequency can pass the filter band pass Only the signals whose frequencies are greater than the cutoff frequency down and lower than the current cutoff frequency upper ...

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Page 39: ...on Oscilloscope You can match these frequencies with known system frequencies such as system clocks oscillators or power supplies FFT function in this oscilloscope transforms 8192 data points of the time domain signal into its frequency components mathematically the record length should be 10K or above The final frequency contains 4096 points ranging from 0Hz to Nyquist frequency Taking the FFT op...

Page 40: ...r frequency worst for magnitude Best type for measuring the frequency spectrum of nonrepetitive signals and measuring frequency components near DC Recommend to use for Transients or bursts the signal level before and after the event are nearly equal Equal amplitude sine waves with frequencies those are very close Broadband random noise with a relatively slow varying spectrum Blackman Best solution...

Page 41: ...he side lobe level and shape factor are closest to the traditional Gaussian RBW This window is also good for random signals Bartlett The Bartlett window is a slightly narrower variant of the triangular window with zero weight at both ends Figure 4 1 Figure 4 2 Figure 4 3 Figure 4 4 Figure 4 5 Figure 4 6 are examples for measuring sine wave with a frequency of 1kHz under the selection of six differ...

Page 42: ...Figure 4 2 Rectangle window Figure 4 3 Blackman window 35 ...

Page 43: ...Figure 4 4 Hanning window Figure 4 5 Kaiser window 36 ...

Page 44: ...nts set the oscilloscope acquisition mode to average What is Nyquist frequency The Nyquist frequency is the highest frequency that any real time digitizing oscilloscope can acquire without aliasing This frequency is half of the sample rate Frequencies above the Nyquist frequency will be under sampled which causes aliasing So pay more attention to the relation between the frequency being sampled an...

Page 45: ...nob this knob is used to adjust the horizontal positions of all channels include those obtained from the mathematical manipulation the analytic resolution of which changes with the time base 2 Horizontal Scale knob it is used to set the horizontal scale factor for setting the main time base or the window 3 Horizontal HOR button push it to switch between the normal mode and the wave zoom mode For m...

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Page 47: ...nt trigger windows trigger timeout trigger and Nth edge trigger Edge Trigger It occurs when the trigger input passes through a specified voltage level with the specified slope Video Trigger Trigger on fields or lines for standard video signal Slope Trigger The oscilloscope begins to trigger according to the signal rising or falling speed Pulse Trigger Find pulses with certain widths Runt Trigger T...

Page 48: ...all component pass Block the high frequency signal only low frequency component pass Block the low frequency signal only high frequency component pass LF menu is only for certain models Slope Trigger on rising edge Trigger on falling edge Mode Holdoff Auto Normal Single Holdoff Reset Acquire waveform even no trigger occurs Acquire waveform when trigger occurs When trigger occurs acquire one wavefo...

Page 49: ... trigger in video field Synchronic trigger in video odd filed Synchronic trigger in video even field Synchronic trigger in designed video line turn the M knob or click to set the line number Mode Holdoff Auto Acquire waveform even no trigger occurred 3 Slope Trigger Slope trigger sets the oscilloscope as the positive negative slope trigger within the specified time In Slope Trigger mode the trigge...

Page 50: ...her trigger occur press panel button or click to move cursor to choose which digit to be set Set Holdoff time as 100 ns 4 Pulse Width Trigger Pulse trigger occurs according to the width of pulse The abnormal signals can be detected through setting up the pulse width condition In Pulse Width Trigger mode the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right of the screen for example indicate...

Page 51: ... time interval before another trigger occur press panel button or click to move cursor to choose which digit to be set Set Holdoff time as 100 ns 5 Runt Trigger Trigger pulses that pass through one trigger level but fail to pass through the other trigger level Shown as below figure In Runt Trigger mode the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right of the screen for example indicates...

Page 52: ...unt pulse is greater than the set pulse width Trigger when runt pulse equals to the set pulse width Trigger when runt pulse is lower than the set pulse width Mode Holdoff Auto Normal Single Holdoff Reset Acquire waveform even no trigger occurred Acquire waveform when trigger occurred When trigger occurs acquire one waveform then stop 100 ns 10 s adjust M knob or click to set time interval before a...

Page 53: ...o set the up level threshold Adjust the M knob or click to set the low level threshold Condition Polarity Positive Polarity the oscilloscope triggers on the positive Windows pulse Negative Polarity the oscilloscope triggers on the negative Windows pulse Enter Triggers when the trigger signal enters the specified trigger level range Exit Triggers when the trigger signal exits the specified trigger ...

Page 54: ...e timeout time set In Timeout Trigger mode the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right of the screen for example indicates that trigger type is Timeout trigger source is CH1 edge is positive 0 00mV is up level or low level threshold Timeout Trigger menu list MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Single Mode Timeout Set vertical channel trigger type as Timeout trigger Source CH1 CH2 Select CH1 ...

Page 55: ... specified idle time As figure shown below the oscilloscope should trigger on the second falling edge after the specified idle time and the idle time should be set to P1 P2 P3 P4 Idle Time M Wherein M P1 P2 P3 and P4 are positive or negative pulse width participating in the counting In Nth Edge Trigger mode the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right of the screen for example indi...

Page 56: ...occurred Acquire waveform when trigger occurred When trigger occurs acquire one waveform then stop 100 ns 10 s adjust M knob or click to set time interval before another trigger occur press panel button or click move cursor to choose which digit to be set Set Holdoff time as 100 ns Alternate Trigger Trigger mode Edge Trigger signal comes from two vertical channels when alternate trigger is on This...

Page 57: ... Set vertical channel trigger type as Logic trigger Logic Mode AND OR XNOR XOR Set logic mode as AND Set logic mode as OR Set logic mode as XNOR Set logic mode as XOR Input Mode CH1 CH2 Set CH1 as High Level Low level high or low level Rise and Fall Set CH2 as High Level Low level high or low level Rise and Fall Note When input mode of one channel is set as Rise or Fall the other channel could not...

Page 58: ...nsist of 1bit start bit 5 8bits data bits 1bit check bit and 1 2 stop bits In RS232 bus trigger mode the trigger setting information is displayed on bottom right of the screen for example indicates that trigger type is RS232 CH1 trigger level is 0 00mV Format as shown in the figure below RS232 Trigger RS232 Trigger menu list MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Bus Type RS232 Set vertical channel bus type as ...

Page 59: ... adjust M knob to choose common baud Custom Baud adjust M knob to choose baud ranges from 50 to 10 000 000 Data Data Bits Set as 5 6 7 8 bits Data Set data according to data bits ranges from 0 31 0 63 0 127 or 0 255 Mode Holdoff Auto Normal Single Acquire waveform even no trigger occurred Acquire waveform when trigger occurred When trigger occurs acquire one waveform then stop 2 I2C Trigger The I2...

Page 60: ...mat Addr Bits Set Address Bits to be 7 8 or 10 Set address according to the preset address bits address range is 0 127 0 255 0 1023 respectively Set Data Direction to be Read or Write Note The set is not available when Address bits is set to 8 Addr ess Dire ction Data Search for the preset data value on SDA and trigger on the dump edge of SCL of the last bit of the data area DatF orma t Byte lengt...

Page 61: ...as SPI trigger Source CH1 CH2 Set CH1 as SCL or SDA Set CH2 as SCL or SDA Time Out Time out Set the minimum time that SCL must be idle that is a period of SCL available range 100ns 10s Time out means SCL keeps idle for a specified time before oscilloscope starts to search for the data SDA on which to trigger adjust M knob or click to set time out press panel button or click move cursor to choose w...

Page 62: ...ation is displayed on bottom right of the screen for example indicates that trigger type is CAN CH1 trigger level is 126 mV CAN Trigger menu list MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Bus Type CAN Set vertical channel bus type as CAN trigger Input Source CH1 CH2 Select CH1 as the trigger source Select CH2 as the trigger source Type CAN_H CAN_L TX RX Actual CAN_H bus signal Actual CAN_L bus signal Transmission ...

Page 63: ... Direction key on the front panel ID Data Configure Bottom menu Format Select Standard or Extended ID Use the M knob and Direction key on the front panel to set Byte Length Set the number of bytes with the M knob The range is 1 to 8 Data Set the data with the M knob and Direction key on the front panel End Trigger on the end frame of the data frame Missing Ack Trigger on Missing Ack Bit Stuffing T...

Page 64: ...r is detected two red error marks will be displayed in the corresponding position in the waveform RS232 Decoding menu list MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Bus Type RS232 Set bus type of decoding as RS232 Configure Common Baud Turn the M knob to select from the Baud list on the left Custom Baud Turn the M knob or tap on in touchscreen to set the Baud The range is 50 to 10 000 000 Tip You can select the ne...

Page 65: ...d decoding menu you can set anyone of them the other will be changed synchronously Decoded information interpretation Information Abbreviation Background Read Address R Read or do not display Green Write Address W Write or do not display Green Data D Data or do not display Black Note Use the Trigger Level knob to adjust the thresholds of bus trigger and bus decoding When the ACK ACKnowledge Charac...

Page 66: ...nob to adjust the thresholds of bus trigger and bus decoding LS First in Bit Order menu item Least Significant Bit First means that the least significant bit will arrive first hence e g the hexadecimal number 0x12 will arrive as the sequence 01001000 in binary representation will be decoded as the reversed sequence 00010010 SPI Decoding menu list MENU SETTING INSTRUCTION Bus Type SPI Set bus type ...

Page 67: ... will be displayed Tip If there are repetitive menu items in both trigger menu and decoding menu you can set anyone of them the other will be changed synchronously Decoded information interpretation Information Abbreviation Background Identifier I ID or do not display Green Overload Frame OF Green Error Frame EF Green Data Length code L DLC or do not display Blue Data D Data or do not display Blac...

Page 68: ...tton Acqu Mode Length PERF Mode only for XDS3000 A series and Intrpl is shown in the bottom menu The description of the Acqu Mode menu is shown as follows Function Menu Setting Description Acqu Mode Sample Normal sampling mode Peak Detect Use to capture maximal and minimal samples Finding highest and lowest points over adjacent intervals It is used for the detection of the jamming burr and the pos...

Page 69: ...it or 12 bit in this menu Note For XDS3102AP XDS3202A the selection of 8 bit 12 bit or 14 bit is not affected by sample rate The description of the Intrpl menu is shown as follows Function Menu Setting Description Intrpl Sinx x Use sine x x interpolation x Use linear interpolation Interpolation method is a processing method to connect the sampled points using some points to calculate the whole app...

Page 70: ...Sine x x interpolation Linear interpolation How to Set the Display System Push the Display button and the Display menu is shown as follows 63 ...

Page 71: ...pe will start to accumulate acquisitions again Color Only for certain models Color temperature function uses color grading to indicate frequency of occurrence The hot colors like red yellow indicate frequently occurring events and the colder colors like blue green indicate rarely occurring events Function Menu Setting Description Type Dots Vect Only the sampling points are displayed The space betw...

Page 72: ...played in the horizontal axis and Channel 2 in the vertical axis the oscilloscope is set in the un triggered sample mode the data are displayed as bright spots The operations of all control knobs are as follows The Vertical Scale and the Vertical Position knobs of Channel 1 are used to set the horizontal scale and position The Vertical Scale and the Vertical Position knobs of Channel 2 are used to...

Page 73: ...igger Menu button set the trigger type to Single set the trigger mode to Edge select the signal source 2 Push the Display button 3 Select Counter as ON or OFF in the bottom menu How to Save and Recall a Waveform Push the Save button you can save the waveforms configures screen images record or clone the waveform The description of the Save Function Menu is shown as the following table Function Men...

Page 74: ...se all the waveforms stored in the object address Save Save the waveform of the source to the selected address Whatever the Type of save menu is set you can save the waveform by just pressing the Copy panel button in any user interface Select Type in the bottom menu in the right Format menu you can select the storage format Storage Internal External Save to internal storage or USB storage When Ext...

Page 75: ...ddress in the left menu 7 Select Save in the bottom menu to save the waveform 8 Recalling Select Object Show in the bottom menu select 1 in the left menu In the right menu select Show as ON the waveform stored in the address will be shown the address number and relevant information will be displayed at the top left of the screen In order to save the waveform of CH1 and CH2 into the USB storage as ...

Page 76: ...Save panel button the save menu is displayed at the bottom of the screen 3 Select Type in the bottom menu select Image in the left menu 4 Select Save in the bottom menu an input keyboard used to edit the file name will pop up The default name is current system date and time Select the key in the keyboard to confirm USB disk Requirements The supported format of the USB disk FAT32 file system the al...

Page 77: ...area choose Format And system will pop up a warning message click Yes Figure 4 10 Format the USB disk warning 5 Set File System as FAT32 Allocation unit size 4096 Check Perform a quick format to execute a quick format Click OK and then click Yes on the warning message 70 ...

Page 78: ...ion unit size 4096 after formatting Use Minitool Partition Wizard to format Download URL http www partitionwizard com free partition manager html Tip There are many tools for the USB disk formatting on the market just take Minitool Partition Wizard for example here 1 Connect the USB disk to the computer 2 Open the software Minitool Partition Wizard 71 ...

Page 79: ...rd F5 and information about the USB disk will display on the right side with red mark 1 and 2 Figure 4 13 Reload Disk 4 Right click 1 or 2 red mark area choose Format Figure 4 14 Choose format 5 Set File System FAT32 Cluster size 4096 Click OK Figure 4 15 Format setting 72 ...

Page 80: ...ms Wave Record function can record the input current wave You can set the interval between recorded frames in the range of 10 ms 10 s The max frame number reaches 1000 and you can get better analysis effect with playback and storage function The storage medium contains two kinds Internal and External When the storage medium is Internal Wave Record contains four modes OFF 73 Test Equipment Depot 80...

Page 81: ...l be recorded If a Channel is turned off while recording the waveform of the channel is invalid in the playback mode Playback Play back the wave recorded or saved Playback menu shows as follows Menu Setting Instruction Playback Mode FrameSet Start frame End frame Cur frame Interval Turn the M knob to select the number of start frame to playback 1 1000 Turn the M knob to select the number of end fr...

Page 82: ...erate as Play 10 To save the wave recorded select Mode in the bottom menu select Storage in the right menu Select FrameSet in the bottom menu to set the range of frames to store select Save in the bottom menu 11 To load the waveform from the internal memory select Load in the bottom menu then enter the Playback of the Mode to analyze the wave Note When playbacking the waveform the sampling trigger...

Page 83: ...menu 6 Select FrameSet in the bottom menu set End frame and Interval in the right menu If you want to record wave to external infinitely select Infinity in the right menu the End frame will display 7 In the bottom menu set Refresh 8 In the bottom menu select Operate as Play Connect external device to the computer and wave_record_0 bin is the recorded file Open the software and do as follows to pla...

Page 84: ... Line a b ab x Turn the M knob to move line a Turn the M knob to move line b Two cursors are linked Turn the M knob to move the pair of cursors Set the cursors to select the entire screen automatically Clone Generator is available Clone Clone the waveform between two cursors and output it through the generator AG Output Only for dual channel AG Out1 Out2 If the source is CH1 or CH2 you can select ...

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Page 86: ...o output the selected waveform through the generator directly The generator is optional 1 Push Save button 2 Select Type in the bottom menu in the left menu turn the M knob to select Clone 3 Select Source in the bottom menu select one channel CH1 CH2 or two channels CH1 CH2 in the right menu for Source 4 Select Line in the bottom menu Select the cursor and move it to select the desired waveform 5 ...

Page 87: ...Comment VOLT Voltage division divided by 400 is ADC resolution When the source is CH1 CH2 it is CH1 voltage division 4 bytes float The value indicates voltage the unit is mV such as 200 mV 6 SAMP Parameter name Meaning Value Comment SAMP Sample rate 4 bytes float The unit is Sa s 7 ADCB Parameter name Meaning Value Comment ADCB ADC bit ADC resolution 4 bytes int 8 bit or 12 bit 8 CHAN Parameter na...

Page 88: ...Display in the left menu The description of Display Menu is shown as the follows Adjust Function Menu Setting Description Language Choose the display language of the operating system Set Time Display ON OFF On Off the date display Hour Min Setting Hour Minute Day Month Setting Date Month Year Setting Year KeyLock Lock all keys Unlock method push Trigger Menu button in trigger control area then pus...

Page 89: ...ft select Adjust If everything is ready select Self Cal in the bottom menu to enter the self calibration procedure of the instrument Probe checking To check whether probe attenuation is good The results contain three circumstances Overflow compensation Good compensation Inadequate compensation According to the checking result users can adjust probe attenuation to the best Operation steps are as fo...

Page 90: ...u select Operate in the right menu as Start the test will begin 6 Save rule Select SaveRule in the bottom menu Select the save location in the left menu and then select Save in the right menu to save the rules which could be called up at once when need Select Load to call up the rule saved Note 1 When Pass Fail is ON if XY or FFT is ready to run then Pass Fail will be closed under the mode of XY o...

Page 91: ...o How to Print the Screen Image on page 97 LAN Set Using the LAN port or Wi Fi the oscilloscope can be connected with a computer The oscilloscope also supports communications with Android based smart device via Wi Fi Refer to Communication with PC on page 114 and Communication with Android Device via Wi Fi Optional on page 122 for the operation steps Update Use the front panel USB port to update y...

Page 92: ... power off the instrument or remove the USB memory device during the update process To update your instrument firmware do the following 1 Push the Utility button select Function in the bottom menu select Configure in the left menu select About in the bottom menu View the model and the currently installed firmware version 2 From a PC visit www owon com cn and check if the website offers a newer fir...

Page 93: ...m left of the screen The oscilloscopes provide 30 parameters for auto measurement including Period Frequency Mean PK PK RMS Max Min Top Base Amplitude Overshoot Preshoot Rise Time Fall Time PulseWidth PulseWidth Duty Cycle Duty Cycle Delay A B Delay A B Cycle RMS Cursor RMS Screen Duty Phase PulseCount PulseCount RiseEdgeCnt FallEdgeCnt Area and Cycle Area The Automatic Measurements menu is descri...

Page 94: ...d waveform 2 On the Dual Wfm Math waveform 3 On the Video trigger mode On the Scan format period and frequency can not be measured Measure the period the frequency of the CH1 following the steps below 1 Push the Measure button to show the automatic measurement function menu 2 Select Add in the bottom menu 3 In the right menu select CH1 in the Source menu item 4 In the left Type menu turn the M kno...

Page 95: ...mplitude The most negative peak voltage measured over the entire waveform Vtop Voltage of the waveform s flat top useful for square pulse waveforms Vbase Voltage of the waveform s flat base useful for square pulse waveforms Vamp Voltage between Vtop and Vbase of a waveform OverShoot Defined as Vmax Vtop Vamp useful for square and pulse waveforms PreShoot Defined as Vmin Vbase Vamp useful for squar...

Page 96: ...ed as Width Period Duty Duty Cycle defined as Width Period Delay A B The delay between the two channels at the rising edge Delay A B The delay between the two channels at the falling edge Screen Duty Defines as the width of the positive pulse Entire period Phase Compare the rising edge of CH1 and CH2 calculate phase difference of two channels Phase difference Delay between channels at the rising e...

Page 97: ... How to Measure with Cursors Push the Cursor button to turn cursors on and display the cursor menu Push it again to turn cursors off The Cursor Measurement for normal mode The description of the cursor menu is shown as the following table Function Menu Setting Description Type Voltage Time Time Voltage AutoCursr Display the voltage measurement cursor and menu Display the time measurement cursor an...

Page 98: ...ct Line Type as Time to make the vertical cursors active If the Line in the bottom menu is select as a turn the M knob to move line a to the right or left If b is selected turn the M knob to move line b 5 In the bottom menu select Line Type as Voltage to make the horizontal cursors active Select Line in the bottom menu as a or b turn the M knob to move it 6 Push the Horizontal HOR button to enter ...

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Page 100: ...the bottom menu is select as a turn the M knob to move line a to the right or left If b is selected turn the M knob to move line b 6 In the bottom menu select Line Type as Vamp to make the horizontal cursors active Select Line in the bottom menu as a or b turn the M knob to move it 7 In the bottom cursor menu you can select Window as Main to make the cursors shown in the main window How to Use Aut...

Page 101: ... function and the symbol A will be flickering on the top left of the screen 2 In the mode of Autoscale the oscilloscope can self estimate Trigger Mode Edge Video At this point the trigger menu is not available 3 At the mode of XY and STOP status when entering into Autoscale DSO switches to YT mode and AUTO triggering 4 At the mode of Autoscale DSO is always set as DC coupling with AUTO triggering ...

Page 102: ...cutive Buttons Executive Buttons include Autoset Run Stop Single Copy Autoset It s a very useful and quick way to apply a set of pre set functions to the incoming signal and display the best possible viewing waveform of the signal and also works out some measurements for user as well The details of functions applied to the signal when using Autoset are shown as the following table Function Items S...

Page 103: ... and waveform information Note The Autoset function requires that the frequency of signal should be no lower than 20Hz and the amplitude should be no less than 5mv Otherwise the Autoset function may be invalid Run Stop Enable or disable sampling on input signals Notice When there is no sampling at STOP state the vertical division and the horizontal time base of the waveform still can be adjusted w...

Page 104: ...panel of the oscilloscope Note The USB Device port supports PictBridge compatible printers 2 Push the Utility button select Function in the bottom menu select Output in the left menu 3 In the bottom menu select Device as PICT When PC is selected you can get an image by Oscilloscope software 4 In the bottom menu select Print Setup In the right menu set up print parameters The On selection of Ink Sa...

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Page 106: ...de of the two channels can be adjusted synchronously Align Phase Select Align Phase in the bottom menu to align the initial phase of two channel signals To Set Signals 1 Push single channel or dual channel button to show the bottom menu of generator 2 Select the desired waveform in the bottom menu the corresponding menu is displayed on the right 3 The parameters can be set in the right menu To Out...

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Page 108: ...equency Period Start Phase Amplitude High Level Offset Low Level Symmetry To set the Frequency Period Start Phase Amplitude High Level Offset Low Level please refer to To Output Sine Signals on page 99 To Set the Symmetry of Ramp Select Symmetry in the right menu of Ramp Set the parameter in the right menu To Output Pulse Signals The parameters of Pulse waveform are Frequency Period Start Phase Am...

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Page 111: ...form Trapezia Trapezoid waveform RoundHalf RoundHalf wave AbsSine Absolute value of a Sine AbsSineHalf Absolute value of half a Sine SineTra Sine transverse cut SineVer Sine vertical cut NegRamp Negative ramp AttALT Gain oscillation curve AmpALT Attenuation oscillation curve CPulse Coded pulse PPulse Positive pulse NPulse Negative pulse Maths ExpRise Exponential rise function ExpFall Exponential f...

Page 112: ...eform generator to sweep a sine wave across a range of frequencies while measuring the input to and output from a device under test At each frequency gain and phase are measured and plotted on a frequency response Bode chart When the frequency response analysis completes you can move a marker across the chart to see the measured gain and phase values at each frequency point You can also adjust the...

Page 113: ...erator amplitude Check to enable fine tuning Note The amplitude range is 2 mVpp to 6 Vpp Chart Gain Scale Adjust scale of gain plot range from 5dB to 500dB Gain Offset Adjust offset of gain plot range from 250dB to 250dB Phase Scale Adjust scale of phase plot range from 5 to 180 Phase Offset Adjust offset of phase plot range from 180 to 180 Autoscale Autoscale gain and phase plots Analysis Run sto...

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Page 116: ...nd discharge all high voltage capacitors Remove the test leads and restore the circuit to the original condition To measure a AC or DC current which is 400 mA to 10 A do the following 1 Push DMM button on the front panel Select Current in the bottom menu select it again to switch between ACA AC current or DCA DC current 2 Select Configure in the bottom menu select Current as 10A in the right menu ...

Page 117: ...thode The cathode of a diode is indicated with a band Read the diode forward bias Testing for Continuity 1 Push DMM button on the front panel Select in the bottom menu select it until switching to 2 Connect the black test lead to the COM terminal on the back of the oscilloscope and the red test lead to the V Ω C terminal 3 Probe the test points to measure the resistance in the circuit If the readi...

Page 118: ... Show hide the information window on the top right of the display 1 Select Configure in the bottom menu select Show Info in the right menu as ON The information window will be shown on the display 2 Select OFF to hide Auto or Manual Range Auto range is set as default To switch auto or manual range do the following steps 1 Select Configure in the bottom menu 2 Select Auto Range in the right menu AU...

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Page 121: ... cable to connect the USB Device port in the right panel of the Oscilloscope to the USB port of a PC 2 Install the driver Run the Oscilloscope communication software on PC push F1 to open the help document Follow the steps of title I Device connection in the document to install the driver 3 Port setting of the software Run the Oscilloscope software click Communications on the menu bar choose Ports...

Page 122: ... address to 192 168 1 71 Figure 7 2 Set the network parameters of the computer 3 Set the network parameters of the OWON Oscilloscope Software Run the software on the computer choose the Ports settings of the Communications menu item Set Connect using to LAN About the IP the first three bytes is same as the IP in the step 2 the last byte should be different Here we set it to 192 168 1 72 The range ...

Page 123: ...update the config After resetting the oscilloscope if you can get data normally in the oscilloscope software the connection is successful Figure 7 4 Set the network parameters of the oscilloscope Connect through a router 1 Connection Use a LAN cable to connect the oscilloscope with a router the LAN port of the oscilloscope is in the right side panel the computer should be connected to the router t...

Page 124: ...hoose the Ports settings of the Communications menu item Set Connect using to LAN About the IP the first three bytes is same as the IP in the step 2 the last byte should be different Here we set it to 192 168 1 72 The range of the port value is 0 4000 but the port which under 2000 is always used so it is suggested to set it to the value above 2000 Here we set it to 3000 Figure 7 6 Set the network ...

Page 125: ... should support Wi Fi 1 Set the oscilloscope In the oscilloscope push the Utility button Select Function in the bottom menu Select LAN Set in the left menu In the bottom menu set the Type item as WIFI AP and select Set in the bottom menu 2 In the right menu select SSID a keyboard will pop up You can turn and push the M knob or touch the keyboard if the LCD is touchscreen to set the access point na...

Page 126: ...e on the computer choose the Ports settings of the Communications menu item Set Connect using to LAN Set IP and Port to the same value in the oscilloscope in the step 4 If you can get data normally the connection is successful Figure 7 8 Set the network parameters of the OWON Oscilloscope Software Connect with PC as Wi Fi Station The oscilloscope and PC should be on the same network LAN 1 In the o...

Page 127: ... menu select Password use the keyboard to input the Wi Fi hotspot password 4 In the right menu select IP PORT Turn the M knob to set the PORT Here we set it to 3000 5 After setting select ON in the Status menu The value of IP is displayed in IP PORT menu Here IP is 10 1 1 126 A changing icon appears on the top right of the screen 6 Select Save set in the bottom menu to save current settings 7 Set ...

Page 128: ...ftware Run the software on the computer choose the Ports settings of the Communications menu item Set Connect using to LAN Set IP and Port to the same value in the oscilloscope If you can get data normally the connection is successful Figure 7 10 Set the network parameters of the OWON Oscilloscope Software 121 ...

Page 129: ...e not completely consistent with the application software only for reference Visit www owon com cn to get the latest version of this user manual How to Connect In Wi Fi settings of the oscilloscope there are two connection types One is WIFI AP Access Point the oscilloscope is set as Wi Fi access point the Android device can be connected to it directly The other type is WIFI STA Station the oscillo...

Page 130: ...the oscilloscope and can not be edited Turn the M knob to set the PORT 5 After setting select ON in the Status menu The icon appears on the top right of the screen 6 Select Save set in the bottom menu to save current settings 7 In Android device enter the Wi Fi settings select the oscilloscope access point to connect enter the set password 8 In Android device launch the application 9 Click connect...

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Page 137: ...veform optimized based on which you can further regulate the vertical and horizontal divisions till the waveform meets your requirement 2 Perform Automatic Measurement The oscilloscope can measure most of the displayed signals automatically To measure the period the frequency of the CH1 following the steps below 1 Push the Measure button to show the Measure menu 2 Select Add in the bottom menu 3 I...

Page 138: ...annel to the output end Operation Steps 1 Push the Autoset button and the oscilloscope will automatically adjust the waveforms of the two channels into the proper display state 2 Push the Measure button to show the Measure menu 3 Select Add in the bottom menu 4 In the right menu select CH1 in the Source menu item 5 In the left Type menu turn the M knob to select PK PK 6 In the right menu select Ad...

Page 139: ...est trigger level and trigger type this helps user to make few small adjustments to achieve a proper trigger level and mode Here is how we achieve this The operation steps are as follows 1 Set the probe menu attenuation coefficient to 10X and that of the switch in the probe to 10X see How to Set the Probe Attenuation Coefficient on P12 2 Adjust the Vertical Scale and Horizontal Scale knobs to set ...

Page 140: ...a burr occurring the instrument will trigger automatically and record the waveform during the period around the trigger time By turning the Horizontal Position knob in the horizontal control area in the panel you can change the horizontal triggering position to obtain the negative delay making an easy observation of the waveform before the burr occurs see Figure 9 3 Figure 9 3 Capturing a Single S...

Page 141: ...as lower as possible this would enable user to have more details about the signal The Average function offered by our Oscilloscope can help you to achieve this Here are the steps for how to enable Average function 1 Push the Acquire button to display the Acquire menu 2 Select Acqu Mode in the bottom menu 3 Select Average in the right menu turn the M knob and observe the waveform obtained from aver...

Page 142: ...e according to the following steps 1 Set the probe menu attenuation coefficient for 10X and that of the switch in the probe for 10X see How to Set the Probe Attenuation Coefficient on P12 2 Connect the probe of channel 1 to the input of the network and that of Channel 2 to the output of the network 3 Push the Autoset button with the oscilloscope turning on the signals of the two channels and displ...

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Page 144: ...u 5 Select Modu in the bottom menu Select NTSC in the right menu 6 Select Sync in the bottom menu Select Field in the right menu 7 Turn the Vertical Scale Vertical Position and Horizontal Scale knobs to obtain a proper waveform display see Figure 9 7 Figure 9 7 Waveform Captured from Video Field Trigger 137 ...

Page 145: ...enuation Coefficient on P12 4 There is a waveform displayed but it is not stable Check whether the Source item in the TRIG MODE menu is in conformity with the signal channel used in the practical application Check on the trigger Type item The common signal chooses the Edge trigger mode for Type and the video signal the Video If Alternate trigger is selected both of the channel 1 and channel 2 trig...

Page 146: ...lement Self calibration on P14 All specification standards can be fulfilled except one s marked with the word Typical Oscilloscope Performance Characteristics Instruction Bandwidth XDS3062A 60 MHz XDS3102 A 100 MHz XDS3102AP 8 bits mode 12 bits mode 100 MHz 14 bits mode 25 MHz XDS3202E 200 MHz XDS3202A 8 bits mode 200 MHz 12 bits mode 150 MHz 14 bits mode 20 MHz XDS3202 200 MHz XDS3302 300 MHz Ver...

Page 147: ...ak detect Averaging Sample rate real time XDS3062A XDS3102A Dual CH 500 MS s Single CH 8 bits mode 1 GS s 12 bits mode 500 MS s XDS3102 Dual CH 500 MS s Single CH 1 GS s XDS3202E Dual CH 500 MS s Single CH 1 GS s XDS3102AP XDS3202A Dual CH 8 bits mode 1 GS s 12 bits mode 500 MS s 14 bits mode 100 MS s Single CH 8 bits mode 1 GS s 12 bits mode 500 MS s 14 bits mode 100 MS s XDS3202 Dual CH 1 GS s S...

Page 148: ...8 bits mode 0 05 S s 1 GS s 12 bits mode 0 05 S s 500 MS s XDS3102 Dual CH 0 05 S s 500 MS s Single CH 0 05 S s 1 GS s XDS3202E Dual CH 0 05 S s 500 MS s Single CH 0 05 S s 1 GS s XDS3102AP XDS3202A Dual CH 8 bits mode 0 05 S s 1 GS s 12 bits mode 0 05 S s 500 MS s 14 bits mode 0 05 S s 100 MS s Single CH 8 bits mode 0 05 S s 1 GS s 12 bits mode 0 05 S s 500 MS s 14 bits mode 0 05 S s 100 MS s XDS...

Page 149: ...3202A 2 V 1 mV div 50 mV div 20 V 100 mV div 1 V div 200 V 2 V div 10 V div XDS3202E XDS3202 XDS3302 2 V 1 mV div 50 mV div 20 V 100 mV div 500 mV div 250 V 1 V div 10 V div Analog bandwidth 60 MHz 100 MHz 200 MHz 300 MHz Single bandwidth Full bandwidth Low Frequency 10 Hz at input AC coupling 3 dB Rise time at input Typical XDS3062A 5 8 ns XDS3102A 3 5 ns XDS3102AP 8 bits mode 12 bits mode 3 5 ns...

Page 150: ...een Duty Phase Pulse Count Pulse Count Rise Edge Count Fall Edge Count Area and Cycle Area Waveform Math FFT FFTrms Intg Diff Sqrt User Defined Function digital filter low pass high pass band pass band reject Decoding Type optional RS232 I2C SPI CAN Waveform storage 100 waveforms Lissajous figure Bandwidth Full bandwidth Phase difference 3 degrees Communication port Standard USB USB Host USB stora...

Page 151: ...se Negative pulse Time setting 30 ns to 10 s For XDS3102AP XDS3202A the range is 8 bits mode 2 ns to 10 s 12 bits mode 4 ns to 10 s 14 bits mode 20 ns to 10 s Runt Trigger Polarity Positive Negative Pulse Width Condition Pulse Width Range 30 ns to 10 s For XDS3102AP XDS3202A the range is 8 bits mode 2 ns to 10 s 12 bits mode 4 ns to 10 s 14 bits mode 20 ns to 10 s Windows Trigger Polarity Positive...

Page 152: ... Byte Length 1 to 5 SPI Trigger Trigger Condition Timeout Timeout Value 30 ns to 10 s Data Bits 4 bit to 32 bit Data Line Setting H L X CAN Trigger optional Signal Type CAN_H CAN_L TX RX Trigger Condition Start of Frame Type of Frame Identifier Data ID Data End of Frame Missing Ack Bit Stuffing Error Baud Rate Common Custom Sample Point 5 to 95 Frame Type Data Remote Error Overload Waveform Genera...

Page 153: ...eeping Capacitance 51 2nF 100uF 3 3 digit Voltage DCV 400mV 4V 40V 400V 1000V 1 1digit Max input DC 1000V ACV 400mV 4V 40V 400V 1 3digit 750V 1 5 3digit Frequency 40Hz 400Hz Max input AC 750V virtual value Current DCA 40mA 400mA 1 5 1 digit 4A 10A 3 3digit ACA 40mA 1 5 3digit 400mA 2 1digit 4A 10A 3 3digit Impedance 400Ω 1 3digit 4KΩ 4MΩ 1 1digit 40MΩ 1 5 3digit 146 ...

Page 154: ...P XDS3202E XDS3202 A XDS3302 24 W Fuse 2 A T class 250 V Battery optional 3 7V 13200mAh On XDS3062A XDS3102 A the battery can last approximately 3 5 hours after charge fully On XDS3202 E XDS3302 the battery can last approximately 2 5 hours after charge fully Environment Temperature Working temperature 0 40 Storage temperature 20 60 Relative Humidity 90 Height Operating 3 000 m Non operating 15 000...

Page 155: ...here the liquid crystal display will be exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time Caution To avoid any damage to the instrument or probe do not exposed it to any sprays liquids or solvents Cleaning Inspect the instrument and probes as often as operating conditions require To clean the instrument exterior perform the following steps 1 Wipe the dust from the instrument and probe surface wi...

Page 156: ...or Charging the oscilloscope There will have battery power indication show on the top of panel when oscilloscope power supplied by the battery if no indication has appeared see Display on P81 indicates the battery is nearly used up Note To avoid overheat of battery during charging the ambient temperature is not allowed to exceed the permissible value given in technical specification Replacing the ...

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