Master the fundamentals of oscilloscope operation. This course addresses common knowledge gaps and teaches participants how to use oscilloscopes effectively for measuring voltage and timing in analog and digital circuits.
Learning Outcome
- Able to make better judgements when selecting a new oscilloscope
- Understand basic working principles of oscilloscope
- Able to operate basic functions of oscilloscope
- Able to trigger waveforms to take waveforms measurements
- Able to troubleshoot electronics issue in frequency domain with FFT feature
- Able to capture single-shot signal with oscilloscope
- Able to troubleshoot electronics issue with segmented memory feature
Methodology
- This course will utilise a combination of lecture, discussions, practice session and group discussion
- Instructor-led classroom training
- Throughout the course, hands-on labs help participants build their knowledge and apply the concepts being discussed
Pre-requisite
Basic electronics; participants are advised to have a basic understanding of voltage, current, resistance, power and relating electronics parameters.
Duration
2 Days
Target Group (who should attend)
Lecturers, lab technicians, graduating students and engineers who use an oscilloscope.
Day 1
- Theory
- Oscilloscope introduction and theory of operation
- Specification overview and selection considerations
- Oscilloscope accessories and processing tools
- Lab Topics
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- Lab 1. Compensating Passive 10:1 Probes
- Lab 2. Default and Autoscale setup
- Lab 3. Basic waveform capture
- Lab 4. Triggering CH1 signal with CH2
- Lab 5. Triggering on noisy signal
- Lab 6. Triggering on, Capturing, and Analysing an Infrequent Event
Day 2
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- Lab 7. Exploring external triggers
- Lab 8. Capture single-shot signal with Normal Mode
- Lab 9. Using Peak Detect to Overcome Under-sampling
- Lab 10. Performing Automatic Parametric Measurements on Digital Waveforms
- Lab11. Using the Scope’s Zoom Timebase to Perform Gated Measurements
- Lab 12. Using FFT Analysis on Oscilloscope to capture Sine wave and square wave.
- Lab 13. Using the WaveGen built-in Function Generator
- Lab 14. Using Segmented Memory to Capture More Waveforms
- Lab 15. Phase difference with Lissajous Pattern
- Lab 16. Capturing Pseudo-Random Sequence Signals with HoldOff
