Tektronix DPO4034 User manual

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MSO4000andDPO4000Series
Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes
ZZZ
User Manual
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071-2121-03

MSO4000 and DPO4000 Series
Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes
ZZZ
User Manual
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www.tektronix.com
071-2121-03

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
General Safety Summary ................................................................................................................. vii
Compliance Information..................................................................................................................... x
EMC Compliance ...................................................................................................................... x
Safety Compliance................................................................................................................... xii
Environmental Considerations....................................................................................................... xv
Preface..................................................................................................................................... xvi
Key Features......................................................................................................................... xvi
Where to Find More Information.................................................................................................... xviii
Conventions Used in This Manual................................................................................................... xx
Installation .................................................................................................................................. 1
Before Installation..................................................................................................................... 1
Operating Considerations ............................................................................................................ 8
Connecting Probes .................................................................................................................. 13
Securing the Oscilloscope........................................................................................................... 16
PoweringOn the Oscilloscope ...................................................................................................... 16
Powering Off the Oscilloscope ......................................................................................................19
Functional Check .................................................................................................................... 20
Compensating a Passive Voltage Probe ............................................................................................ 23
Application Module Free Trial ....................................................................................................... 25
Installing an Application Module... .................................................................................................. 26
Changing the User Interface Language ............................................................................................. 27
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Changing the Date and Time ........................................................................................................ 30
Signal Path Compensation ..........................................................................................................33
Upgrading Firmware................................................................................................................. 36
Connecting Your Oscilloscope to a Computer . ..................................................................................... 43
Connecting a USB Keyboard to Your Oscilloscope ................................................................................. 52
Get Acquainted with the Instrument.. ..................................................................................................... 53
Front-Panel Menus and Controls.................................................................................................... 53
Front-Panel Connectors ............................................................................................................. 77
Side-Panel Connector ............................................................................................................... 78
Rear-Panel Connectors.............................................................................................................. 79
Acquire the Signal ......................................................................................................................... 81
Setting Up Analog Channels .. ...................................................................................................... 81
Using the Default Setup ............................................................................................................. 89
Using Autoset ........................................................................................................................ 90
Acquisition Concepts ................................................................................................................ 91
How the Analog Acquisition Modes Work .. ......................................................................................... 94
Changing the Acquisition Mode, Record Length, and Delay Time ................................................................. 96
Using Roll Mode ..................................................................................................................... 99
Setting Upa Serial orParallelBus ................................................................................................. 100
Setting Up Digital Channels ........................................................................................................ 123
When and Why to Turn On MagniVu. .............................................................................................. 128
Using MagniVu...................................................................................................................... 129
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TriggerSetup ............................................................................................................................. 130
Triggering Concepts ................................................................................................................ 130
Choosing a Trigger Type............................................................................................................137
Selecting Triggers................................................................................................................... 139
Triggering on Buses ................................................................................................................ 146
Checking Trigger Settings .......................................................................................................... 156
Using Sequence Trigger (A (Main) and B (Delayed)) .. ............................................................................ 157
Starting and Stopping an Acquisition... ............................................................................................ 160
Display Waveform Data .................................................................................................................. 161
Adding and Removing a Waveform ................................................................................................ 161
Setting the Display Style and Persistence ......................................................................................... 162
Setting Waveform Intensity......................................................................................................... 168
Scaling and Positioning a Waveform............................................................................................... 169
Setting InputParameters........................................................................................................... 172
Positioning and Labeling Bus Signals .............................................................................................. 179
Positioning, Scaling, and Grouping Digital Channels .. ............................................................................ 181
Viewing Digital Channels ........................................................................................................... 185
Annotating the Screen.............................................................................................................. 186
Viewing the Trigger Frequency ..................................................................................................... 188
Analyze Waveform Data.................................................................................................................. 190
TakingAutomatic Measurements................................................................................................... 190
Selecting Automatic Measurements................................................................................................ 192
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Customizing an Automatic Measurement.......................................................................................... 199
Taking Manual Measurements with Cursors ....................................................................................... 207
Using Math Waveforms............................................................................................................. 213
Using FFT........................................................................................................................... 216
Using Advanced Math .............................................................................................................. 220
Using Reference Waveforms....................................................................................................... 222
Using Wave Inspector to Manage Long Record Length Waveforms .............................................................. 224
Analyzing Power.................................................................................................................... 234
Save and Recall Information ............................................................................................................. 236
Saving a Screen Image............................................................................................................. 240
Saving and Recalling Waveform Data.............................................................................................. 242
Saving and Recalling Setups....................................................................................................... 247
Saving with OneButton Push ...................................................................................................... 250
Printinga Hard Copy................................................................................................................ 252
Erasing Oscilloscope Memory...................................................................................................... 263
Using Application Modules............................................................................................................... 266
Application Examples..................................................................................................................... 269
TakingSimple Measurements...................................................................................................... 269
Analyzing Signal Detail ............................................................................................................. 282
Triggering on a Video Signal ....................................................................................................... 291
Capturing a Single-Shot Signal..................................................................................................... 297
Correlating Data with a TLA5000 Logic Analyzer . .. ............................................................................... 302
TrackingDown BusAnomalies..................................................................................................... 304
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