Analyzing Waveforms
Customizing an Automatic Measurement
You can customize automatic measurements by using gating, modifying measurement statistics, adjusting the measurement
reference levels, or taking a snapshot.
Gating
Use Gating to con
fi
ne the measurement to a
certain portion of a waveform.
1.
Select
Measure > Gating >Gating ...
.
2.
Position the gates by doing one of the
following:
Click
Cursor
to set the gated area to
the area between the cursors.
Click
Zoom (1-4)
to set the gated
area to the Zoom (1-4) graticule.
Statistics
Statistics turn on automatically with
measurements. Statistics characterize the
stability of the measurement. To change the
statistics that are displayed, select
Measure
> Statistics
, and then select
Mean
or
All
.
(All includes min, max, mean, standard
deviation, and population.) To remove
statistics select
Off.
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