Knowledge Base Digital Oscilloscopes

MSO8000 Advanced Jitter Analysis Capability

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
Visualise and debug precise timing characteristics in serial data signals. Combine jitter readings with Time Interval Error trend and TIE histogram. The high sample rate and deep memory combine to analyse subtle timing effects of complex signals....

MSO8000 Performance Bandwidth and Risetime Measurements

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
The MSO8000 Series oscilloscopes have up to 2 GHz bandwidth. High performance risetime and 10 GSa/sec max sampling enables the MSO8000 to precisely analyze signal quality and timing....

MSO8000 Real-Time Eye Analysis Capability

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
Complete signal quality analysis for serial data transmissions. Eye Diagram Analysis makes it easy to debug subtle timing, noise, and rise-time issues on serial data signals. Combine with Histogram analysis of edge transitions for visualizing and characterizing embedded transmissions....

Perform a Self-Cal on a DS1000Z

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
To perform a Self -Cal on the DS1000Z first disconnect all of the probes from the instrument.  Then press “Utility” -> arrow down -> “Self-Cal” -> “Start”....

DS1202Z-E Unable to Connect to UltraScope

Posted on: December 16th, 2020 by Doug Lovell
16/12/2020
If you receive the following error when connecting the DS1202Z-E to Ultra Scope that is because the oscilloscope is newer then the UltraSigma release. ...

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....