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Inputimpedancesaregenerally
representedasalargeresistiveimpedance(>1M)inparallel(||)withsmallcapacitance(inthepF
range).Theimpactofinputimpedanceismoreapparentwhenmeasuringveryhighfrequencysignals,
andtheprobeyouusemayhavetohelpcompensateforit.
UsingtheGA1102CALasanexample,herearespecificationsyoumightexpectfromamidrangescope:
Characteristic
Bandwidth
Value
100MHz
SamplingRate
RiseTime
1GSa/s(1E9samplespersecond)
<3.5ns
ChannelCount
MaximumInputVoltage
Resolution
2
400V
8bit
Verticalsensitivity
Timebase
2mV/div5V/div
2ns/div50s/div
InputImpedance
1M3%||16pF3pF
Understandingthesecharacteristics,youshouldbeabletopickoutanoscilloscopethatllbestfityourneeds.
Butyoustillhavetoknowhowtouseitontothenextpage!
AnatomyofAnOScope
Whilenoscopesarecreatedexactlyequal,theyshouldallshareafewsimilaritiesthatmakethemfunction
similarly.Onthispagewelldiscussafewofthemorecommonsystemsofanoscilloscope:thedisplay,
horizontal,vertical,trigger,andinputs.
TheDisplay
Anoscilloscopeisntanygoodunlessitcandisplaytheinformationyouretryingtotest,whichmakesthedisplay
oneofthemoreimportantsectionsonthescope.