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Keysight Technologies Evaluating Oscilloscope Fundamentals Application Note This application note provides an overview of oscilloscope fundamentals. You will learn what an oscilloscope is and how it operates. We will discuss oscilloscope applications and give you an overview of basic measurements and performance characteristics. We will also look at the different types of probes and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. Introduction Electronic technology permeates our lives. Millions Table of Contents of people use electronic devices such as cell phones, televisions, and computers on a daily basis. As Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 electronic technology has advanced, the speeds Electronic Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 at which these devices operate have accelerated. Wave properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Today, most devices use high-speed digital Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 technologies. Analog versus digital signals . . . . . . 5 What is an Oscilloscope and Engineers need the ability to accurately design Why Do You Need One? . . . . . . . . 6 and test the components in their high-speed Signal integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 digital devices. The instrumentation engineers What an oscilloscope looks like . . . . 7 An oscilloscope's purpose . . . . . . . . 8 use to design and test their components must be Types of oscilloscopes . . . . . . . . . . . 9 particularly well-suited to deal with high speeds and Where oscilloscopes are used . . . . 12 high frequencies. An oscilloscope is an example of just such an instrument. Basic Oscilloscope Controls and Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Basic front-panel controls . . . . . . . 12 Oscilloscopes are powerful tools that are useful Softkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 for designing and testing electronic devices. They Basic measurements . . . . . . . . . . . 16 are vital in determining which components of Basic mathematical functions . . . . 17 a system are behaving correctly and whic