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4.5.6 ACQUIRE
The acquisition modes of an oscilloscope control how waveform points are generated from
sample points.
Press the Utility button and then the ACQUIRE key on page 4 of the Utility menu.
Options Settings Comments
Type (F1)
Real Time
Equ-Time
Acquire waveforms by real-time digital technique.
Rebuild waveforms by equivalent sample technique.
Mode (F2)
(Real Time)
Normal
Peak
Average
Normal: Acquire and accurately display most waveforms.
Peak: Detect glitches and eliminate the possibility of aliasing.
Average: Reduce random or uncorrelated noise in signal
display. The number of averages is selectable.
Averages (F3)
(Real Time)
4
16
64
128
Mode (F2) must be set top Average.
Select the number of averages.
LongMem (F4) 4K, 40K, 512K Memory depth - Select the memory depth.
Back (F5) Go back to the main Utility menu
Normal: (Sample mode) creates a waveform in the oscilloscope by saving a collection of sample points.
The samples are taken at each waveform interval.
Sample Points
Normal Acquisition Intervals
837 24561 9 10
Normal Mode Acquires a Single Sample Point in each Waveform Interval
