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What is an oscilloscope, what can you do with it,

and how does it work? This section answers these

fundamental questions.

The oscilloscope is basically a graph-displaying

device – it draws a graph of an electrical signal (see

Figure 1). In most applications the graph shows how

signals change over time: the vertical (Y) axis repre-

sents voltage and the horizontal (X) axis represents

time. The intensity or brightness of the display is

sometimes called the Z axis. This simple graph can

tell you many things about a signal. Here are a few:

• You can determine the time and voltage values of

a signal

• You can calculate the frequency of an oscillating

signal

• You can see the “moving parts” of a circuit repre-

sented by the signal

• You can tell how often a particular portion of the

signal is occurring relative to other portions

• You can tell if a malfunctioning component is

distorting the signal

• You can find out how much of a signal is direct

current (DC) or alternating current (AC)

• You can tell how much of the signal is noise and

whether the noise is changing with time

An oscilloscope’s front panel includes a display

screen and the knobs, buttons, switches, and indica-

tors used to control signal acquisition and display.

Front-panel controls normally are divided into

Vertical, Horizontal, and Trigger sections, and in

addition, there are display controls and input

connectors. See if you can locate these front-panel

sections in Figures 2 and 3 as well as on your

oscilloscope.

Figure 2. The TAS 465 Analog Oscilloscope front panel.

Figure 1. X, Y, and Z Components of a displayed waveform.

The Oscilloscope

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