Tektronix CSA7154, User Manual

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CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual
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Acquiring Waveforms
Before you can do anything (display, print, measure, analyze, or otherwise
process) to a waveform, you must acquire the signal. This instrument comes
equipped with the features that you need for capturing your waveforms before
further processing them according to your requirements. The following topics
cover capturing signals and digitizing them into waveform records:
H
Signal Connection and Conditioning: How to connect waveforms to the
instrument channels; how to scale and position the channels and timebase for
acquiring waveforms.
H
Setting Acquisition Controls: How to choose the appropriate acquisition mode
for acquiring your waveforms; how to start and stop acquisition.
H
Acquisition Control Background:
Background information on the data
sampling and acquisition process.
H
Using Fast Acquisition Mode (CSA7000 Series & TDS7000 Series): Using
Fast Acquisition mode to capture and display transient events, such as
glitches or runt pulses, often missed during longer dead times that accompa-
ny normal DSO operation.
H
Using FastFrame (CSA7000 Series & TDS7000 Series): Using FastFrame to
capture many records in a larger record, and then view and measure each
record individually.
H
O/E Converter (CSA7000 Series): Using the Optical-to-Electrical Converter
to test optical signals.