Knowledge Base DS2000 Series

How long will the DS2000A Capture a Signal

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
To determine how long an oscilloscope will capture a signal when it is operated in single trigger mode is determined by taking the instrument's memory depth and dividing it by the instrument's sample rate.  The memory depth can be changed within the instrument's acquire menu and then the sample rate can be changed by adjusting the horizontal scaling.  The table below lists the different memory d...

Option license activation process for the DS1000Z, DS2000/A, DS4000, and DS6000 Oscilloscopes

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
The Rigol DS1000Z, DS2000, DS4000, and DS6000 series of oscilloscopes have a number of options available that can be added later. This includes serial decoding, memory expansion, and triggering options.1. Contact your RIGOL sales representative or RIGOL technical support to order the corresponding options. You can view t...

Inverted color printing with the Rigol DS2000/A, DS4000, and DS6000 Oscilloscopes

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
The DS series of oscilloscopes can save display images directly to an external USB memory device using the Quick Print feature.This can be extremely helpful in documenting the input waveforms as well as the instrument settings and any measurements that may be active on the display. ...

Probe Compensation

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
In Order to insure system signal fidelity it is critical that probes be compensated to the instrument, Over or under compensated probes can cause distortions of your measurements and bad results....

Probe Basics

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
Making connection to your device under test is critical to accurate measurements. Learn the basics parts of the probing system and what they do....

Measure Delay and Phase Offset

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
Quickly determine the delay and phase between multiple channels using standard delay and phase measurements helps to identify system interactions and timing problems. ...

Making your first measurement

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
Provides and overview on how to quickly and easily start making measurements on your oscilloscope. ...

Introduction to Triggering

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
Overview of what triggering is, why it is important, and some key terminology associated with it....

Creating Arbitrary Waves from Scope Captures

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
How to easily capture a problematic signal and reproduce it for debugging purposes....

Controlling your instrument over the LAN with UltraScope

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
Seamlessly connect, control and monitor your scope via ethernet using the RIGOL UltraScope utility. Perfect for remote control, monitoring, and distributed environments....

CAN Bus Trigger and Decode

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
Learn how to properly setup the CAN bus trigger and decode option....

Bandwidth

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
A basic concept in determining what scope you need is understanding the key performance characteristic of an oscilloscope, bandwidth. Selecting proper bandwidth insures reliable and accurate measurements....