Experiment 3. Oscilloscope Familiarization

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Rizal Technological University OSCILLOSCOPE FAMILIARIZATION Experiment no. 3 Submitted by: CRUZ, Jeanne Pauline A. ECET Submitted to: Engr. Aruta Operating Controls of the Oscilloscope 1. Power On/Off Button. 2. Power Indicator which lights when the oscilloscope is on. This may be an LED in newer scopes or a neon tube in older scopes. 3. Trace rotation (TR) control. This sets the inclination of a flat signal relative to the graticule. This is usually a Trimpot and needs to be set using a flat-bladed screwdriver. Once set, this control should retain its position and will rarely need adjusting. 4. Intensity of the trace. Turning this up increases the brightness of the trace, and turning it down makes it dimmer. An overly bright trace can damage the phosphor of the screen if the dot is moving too slowly. The trace can get fuzzy if the electron beam is not focused correctly. 5. Focus control. Most scopes can focus the beam to form a trace about 1mm wide. 6. Calibration point. This gives a steady square wave at a set frequency and voltage, allowing the scaling of the trace to be set accurately. Sometimes, more than one frequency and voltage is available to give a more representative calibration. The standard calibration signal is between 0V and 2V at 1KHz. Vertical Axis Controls When plotting a signal against time (the standard use for a scope), the vertical axis represents voltage. Most controls for the vertical axis are duplicated for each channel to give independent control over each signal. 7. Controls the position of the trace. It can be adjusted to set the voltage relative to a ground, or it can be adjusted to separate the two signals - perhaps the first channel in the top half of the screen and the second channel in the bottom. 8. Inverts the relevant channel. That is, the negative voltage is

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