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The document discusses the basics of using an oscilloscope, including what an oscilloscope is used for, its main components such as the display, vertical and horizontal systems, triggers, and probes, and when it is appropriate to use an oscilloscope over a multimeter. An oscilloscope graphs electrical signals over time and can measure things like frequency, amplitude, rise time, and fall time that a multimeter cannot. It provides more detailed information about changing voltage signals than a multimeter which only gives single voltage readings.

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Oscilloscope Basics

The document discusses the basics of using an oscilloscope, including what an oscilloscope is used for, its main components such as the display, vertical and horizontal systems, triggers, and probes, and when it is appropriate to use an oscilloscope over a multimeter. An oscilloscope graphs electrical signals over time and can measure things like frequency, amplitude, rise time, and fall time that a multimeter cannot. It provides more detailed information about changing voltage signals than a multimeter which only gives single voltage readings.

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FAMILIARIZATION WITH LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS

SAIFUL ISLAM
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

Have you ever found yourself troubleshooting a circuit, needing more


information than a simple multimeter can provide?
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

What does a multimeter measure?

A multimeter measure multiple electrical parameters such as


voltage, current and resistance individually.
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

For More Information?


If you need to uncover information like-
 Frequency
 Noise
 Amplitude
 Or any other characteristic that might change over time
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS
For More Information?
Simply use Oscilloscope!
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What does a Oscilloscope do?

Graph an electrical signal as it varies over time.


OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

Multimeter vs. Oscilloscope?


Multimeters measure multiple electrical parameters such as voltage,
current and resistance individually while oscilloscopes measure voltage
over time.

An oscilloscope displays a waveform of its voltage readings while


a multimeter outputs a single measurement.
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The main purpose of an oscilloscope is to graph an electrical


signal as it varies over time.

Most scopes produce a two-dimensional graph with time on the


x-axis and voltage on the y-axis.
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OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

What Can Scopes Measure?

Timing Characteristics

Voltage Characteristics
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What Can Scopes Measure?


Timing Characteristics-
Frequency: The number of times per second a waveform repeats.
Period: Reciprocal of that (number of seconds each repeating waveform takes).
Duty cycle: The percentage of a period that a wave is either positive or negative
(there are both positive and negative duty cycles).
The duty cycle is a ratio that tells you how long a signal is “on” versus how long
it’s “off” each period.
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

What Can Scopes Measure?


Timing Characteristics-
Rise time: Signals can’t instantaneously go from 0V to 5V, they have to
smoothly rise. The duration of a wave going from a low point to a high
point is called the rise time.
Fall time: Measures the opposite.
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

What Can Scopes Measure?


Voltage Characteristics-
Amplitude: Amplitude is a measure of the magnitude of a signal.
Peak-to-peak amplitude: Measures the absolute difference between a high
and low voltage point of a signal.
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

What Can Scopes Measure?


Voltage Characteristics-
Peak amplitude: Only measures how high or low a signal is past 0V.
Maximum and minimum voltages
Mean and average voltages
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

When to use oscilloscope?


Determining the frequency and amplitude of a signal.

Identifying how much noise is in your circuit.

Identifying the shape of a wave – sine, square, triangle, sawtooth, complex, etc.

Quantifying phase differences between two different signals.


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Anatomy of an oscilloscope
We’ll discuss a few of the more common systems of an oscilloscope:
 Display

 Horizontal System

 Vertical System

 Trigger

 Probes
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Anatomy of an oscilloscope

Display: Every oscilloscope display should be crisscrossed with horizontal and


vertical lines called divisions.

The scale of those divisions are modified with the horizontal and vertical systems.

The vertical system is measured in “volts per division” and the horizontal is “seconds
per division”.

Generally, scopes will feature around 8-10 vertical (voltage) divisions, and 10-14
horizontal (seconds) divisions
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Anatomy of an oscilloscope

Vertical System: The vertical section of the scope controls the voltage scale on the
display.

There are traditionally two knobs in this section, which allow you to individually
control the vertical position and volts/div.

The more critical volts per division knob allows you to set the vertical scale on the
screen.
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Anatomy of an oscilloscope

Vertical System:

Rotating the knob clockwise will decrease the scale, and counter-clockwise will
increase.

A smaller scale – fewer volts per division on the screen – means you’re more “zoomed
in” to the waveform.

The position knob controls the vertical offset of the waveform on the screen.
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Anatomy of an oscilloscope
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Anatomy of an oscilloscope
Horizontal system: The horizontal section of the scope controls the time scale on
the screen.
Like the vertical system, the horizontal control gives you two knobs: position and
seconds/div.
The seconds per division (s/div) knob rotates to increase or decrease the horizontal
scale.
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS

Anatomy of an oscilloscope
Horizontal system:
If you rotate the s/div knob clockwise, the number of seconds each division represents
will decrease – you’ll be “zooming in” on the time scale.
Rotate counter-clockwise to increase the time scale, and show a longer amount of
time on the screen.
The position knob can move your waveform to the right or left of the display,
adjusting the horizontal offset.
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Anatomy of an oscilloscope

Trigger system: The trigger section is devoted to stabilizing and focusing the

oscilloscope.

 The trigger tells the scope what parts of the signal to “trigger” on and start
measuring.
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Anatomy of an oscilloscope

Trigger system:

Probes: An oscilloscope is only good if you can actually connect it to a signal, and for
that you need probes.

Probes are single-input devices that route a signal from your circuit to the scope.

They have a sharp tip which probes into a point on your circuit.

Every probe also includes a ground clip, which should be secured safely to a common
ground point on the circuit under test.
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Anatomy of an oscilloscope
OSCILLOSCOPE BASICS
Anatomy of an oscilloscope

 Many probes include a switch to select between 10X and 1X (no attenuation).
References
[1] https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-use-an-oscilloscope/all

Video Lecture:
English:
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTPHSDoWKU0
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHEQEnG5GSw

Bangla:
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qwzybAtvng
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