In practice, you will probably use both modes:
normal mode because it lets you select just the signal
area you need to see, and auto mode because it
requires less adjustment.
Some oscilloscopes also include special modes for
single sweeps, triggering on video signals, or auto-
matically setting the trigger level.
Trigger Coupling
Just as you can select either AC or DC coupling for
the vertical system, you can choose the kind of
coupling for the trigger signal.
Besides AC and DC coupling, your oscilloscope may
also have high frequency rejection, low frequency
rejection, and noise rejection trigger coupling. These
special settings are useful for eliminating noise from
the trigger signal to prevent false triggering.
Trigger Holdoff
Sometimes getting an oscilloscope to trigger on the
correct part of a signal requires great skill. Many
oscilloscopes have special features to make this task
easier.
Trigger holdoff is an adjustable period of time during
which the oscilloscope cannot trigger. This feature is
useful when you are triggering on complex wave-
form shapes, so that the oscilloscope only triggers on
the first eligible trigger point. Figure 36 shows how
using trigger holdoff helps create a usable display.
Digitizing Oscilloscope Triggers
In addition to the usual threshold triggering, many
digitizing oscilloscopes offer a host of specialized
trigger settings which have no equivalents on analog
instruments. These triggers respond to specific
conditions in the incoming signal, making it easy to
detect, for example, a pulse that is narrower than it
should be. Such a condition would be impossible to
detect with a voltage threshold trigger alone.
Following is a partial list of the digital triggers found
on advanced DSOs and DPOs, along with a brief
definition of each:
• Pulse Width and Glitch trigger
Detects pulses either within or exceeding speci-
fied widths.
• Runt Pulse trigger
Detects a pulse that crosses the lesser but not the
greater of two threshold levels.
• Logic (Boolean) trigger
Uses multiple oscilloscope inputs as binary
inputs that must meet logical conditions such as
NAND or NOR to produce a trigger.
• Serial Data trigger
Detects specific data combinations in digital
telecom signals
• Setup and Hold Violation trigger
Detects violations of digital setup and hold time
when clock and data signals are acquired on two
different inputs.
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Figure 36. Trigger holdoff.
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