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Range
and
to Avoid
an
Restriction
1.
Set
RANGE
equal to
113
I
Vm""
I
or
1/31Vminl.
whichever is greater.
2.
Set
OFFSET
equal to twice the range setting computed in step
1.
Use a
negative offset if Vn>t<I is positive; use a positive offset if V� is negative.
The following example illustrates this procedure. Shown is a signal having
a median voltage
Vmtd
of
50
volts and a peak-to-peak range of
20
volts.
Using the range and offset equations results in values that violate the
second offset restriction. Applying the two steps given above resolves the
problem and furnishes optimum range and offset values for the signal.
40V
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Vmin
I)
APPLY RANGE
AND OFFSET
EQUATIONS
RANGE " %I Vma)( -Vmlnl OFFSET
- _l'..
!Vmax" Vmin)
BUT
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.. y.l60
-40j
" 1 0 VOLTS
IOFFSETI
>2
X RANGE
(RESTRICTED CONDITION)
SO SET
. • .
1 .
RANGE
a �
IVmexl
a
20
VOLTS
.. -
%
(60
-+-
40)
.. -50 VOLTS
2.
OFFSET
a
2 X
RANGE· -40 VOLTS
(NEGATIVE OFFSET USED BECAUSE Vmed
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Scaling and Drawing the Recording Area Grid
(Preparing the Recording Area: Step 4)
The final procedure in preparing a recording area involves scaling and
drawing the grid, which provides the customized graph paper onto which
the measurement is plotted. The following steps, which are detailed in this
section, are used to scale and draw a recording area grid:
1.
The
GRID DIVISIONS
selections on the setup conditions menu are used to
specify the number of
X-
and Y-axis grid divisions which will be created
on each selected recording area quadrant.
2.
The quadrants on which the specified grid is to be drawn are selected
using the quadrant-select function (a multi-pushbutton operation).
3.
The
grid
is drawn by pressing the
DRAW GRID
pushbutton.
These steps enable you to draw a recording area grid suited. to the measure
ment application at hand. A grid may be drawn that correlates to the
scaling and configuration of the recording area, and any available pen
rolor may
be
used. The grid-drawing operations arc discussed in detail in
the following paragraphs.
3-16
Measurement Setup Operations
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