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12.3 Persistence
With persistence, the oscilloscope updates the display with new acquisitions, but does not immediately erase the results
of previous acquisitions. All previous acquisitions are displayed with reduced intensity. New acquisitions are shown in
their normal color with normal intensity.
To set and clear persistence:
1. Press the
Display/Persist
key on the front panel to enter the DISPLAY function menu.
2. Press the
Persist
softkey; then turn the
Universal Knob
to select the desires option.
•
Off
— Turn of persistence.
•
Variable persistence time
- Select different persistence time, the results of previous acquisitions are erased after a
certain amount of time.(1 second, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds )
•
Infinite
— Select “Infinite” Results of previous acquisitions are never erased. Use infinite persistence to measure
noise and jitter, to see the worst- case extremes of varying waveforms, to look for timing violations, or to capture
events that occur infrequently.
Figure 12.4
Persist Set to Infinite
• When
Persist
is
On
, to erase the results of previous acquisitions from the display, press the
Clear Persist
softkey.
The oscilloscope will start to accumulate acquisitions again.
• To return to the normal display mode, turn off persist and the previous acquisitions will be clear at once.