Hantek DSO8072E, DSO8102E, DSO8152E, DSO8202E User Manual
（V1.0.1）
DSO8000E SERIES
HANDHELD OSCILLOSCOPE
8072E/8102E/8152E/8202E
USER’S MANUAL
Contents
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Contents
Contents ........................................................................................................................................... i
Copyright Declaration ................................................................................................................... iv
Chapter 1 Safety Tips ................................................................................................................. 1
General Safety Summary .................................................................................................. 1 1.1
Safety Terms and Symbols ................................................................................................ 1 1.2
Terms on Product ............................................................................................................... 2 1.3
Symbols on Product ........................................................................................................... 2 1.4
Product Scrapping ............................................................................................................. 2 1.5
Chapter 2 Overview .................................................................................................................... 3
Brief Introduction to DSO8000E Series ............................................................................. 3 2.1
Help System ....................................................................................................................... 3 2.2
Ports and Extentions .......................................................................................................... 4 2.3
Chapter 3 Getting Started Guide .............................................................................................. 5
Installation .......................................................................................................................... 5 3.1
Functional Check ............................................................................................................... 5 3.2
3.2.1 Power on the oscilloscope .......................................................................................... 5
3.2.2 Connect the oscilloscope ........................................................................................... 5
3.2.3 Observe the waveform ............................................................................................... 6
Probe Examination............................................................................................................. 6 3.3
3.3.1 Safety .......................................................................................................................... 6
3.3.2 Use of Probe Check Wizard ....................................................................................... 7
Manual Probe Compensation ............................................................................................ 7 3.4
Probe Attenuation Setting .................................................................................................. 8 3.5
Self Calibration ................................................................................................................... 8 3.6
Communication with PC .................................................................................................... 9 3.7
3.7.1 Install software ............................................................................................................ 9
3.7.2 Install driver .............................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 4 Main Feature Description ...................................................................................... 16
Oscilloscope Setup .......................................................................................................... 16 4.1
Trigger .............................................................................................................................. 16 4.2
Data Acquisition ............................................................................................................... 17 4.3
Waveform Scaling and Positioning .................................................................................. 18
4.4
Waveform Measurement.................................................................................................. 19 4.5
Chapter 5 Basic Operation ...................................................................................................... 20
DisplayArea ...................................................................................................................... 21 5.1
5.1.1 XY Format ................................................................................................................. 23
Horizontal Controls .......................................................................................................... 24 5.2
5.2.1 Scan Mode Display (Roll Mode) ............................................................................... 26
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Vertical Controls ............................................................................................................... 26 5.3
5.3.1 Math FFT .................................................................................................................. 28
Trigger Controls ............................................................................................................... 33 5.4
Menu and Option Buttons ................................................................................................ 39 5.5
5.5.1 SAVE/RECALL ......................................................................................................... 39
5.5.2 MEASURE ................................................................................................................ 40
5.5.3 UTILITY .................................................................................................................... 42
5.5.4 DISPLAY ................................................................................................................... 43
5.5.5 ACQUIRE ................................................................................................................. 44
5.5.6 CURSOR .................................................................................................................. 46
Fast Action Buttons .......................................................................................................... 47 5.6
5.6.1 AUTOSET ................................................................................................................. 47
Signal Connectors............................................................................................................ 48 5.7
Chapter 6 Application Examples ............................................................................................ 50
Example 1: Taking Simple Measurements ...................................................................... 50 6.1
Example 2: Taking Cursor Measurements....................................................................... 52 6.2
Example 3: Analyzing Input Signals to Eliminate Random Noise ................................... 55 6.3
Example 4: Capturing Single-shot Signal ........................................................................ 56 6.4
Example 5: Using X-Y Mode ............................................................................................ 57 6.5
Example 6: Triggering on Pulse Width ............................................................................ 58 6.6
Example 7: Triggering on Video Signal ........................................................................... 59 6.7
Example 8: Using Slope Trigger to Capture Particular Slope Signal .............................. 61 6.8
Example 9: Using Overtime Trigger to Measure Long Pulse Signal ............................... 62 6.9
Example 10: Using Math Functions to Analyze Waveforms ............................................ 63 6.10
Example 11: Measuring Data Propagation Delay ............................................................ 64
6.11
6.12 Example 12: Back light control ........................................................................................ 65
6.13 Example 13: Auto shut down ........................................................................................... 66
Chapter 7 Multimeter ................................................................................................................ 67
Chapter 8 Recorder .................................................................................................................. 76
Multimeter Trend .............................................................................................................. 77 8.1
Oscilloscope Trend .......................................................................................................... 79 8.2
Waveform Recorder ......................................................................................................... 80 8.3
Chapter 9 Waveform Generator .............................................................................................. 83
Waveform Generator ....................................................................................................... 83 9.1
Generate Arbitrary waveform ........................................................................................... 86
9.2
9.2.1 Edit Arb waveform by DDS_ARB ............................................................................. 86
9.2.2 Edit Arb waveform by slave computer ...................................................................... 89
Chapter 10 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................. 92
Problem Settlement ......................................................................................................... 92 10.1
Chapter 11 Specifications ...................................................................................................... 93
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Technical Specifications ................................................................................................... 93 11.1
11.2 Accessories ...................................................................................................................... 99
Open Source Information ............................................................................................... 100 11.3
License: GPLV2 See Appendix B ....................................................................................... 100
Chapter 12 General Care and Cleaning .............................................................................. 101
General Care ................................................................................................................. 101 12.1
Cleaning ......................................................................................................................... 101 12.2
Battery Replacement ..................................................................................................... 101 12.3
Chapter 13 Services and Support ....................................................................................... 102
Appendix A Harmful and Poisonous Substances or Elements .......................................... 103
Appendix B .................................................................................................................................. 104
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE ............................................................................................ 104
Version 2, June 1991 .................................................................................................................. 104
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Safety Tips
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Chapter 1 Safety Tips
General Safety Summary 1.1
Read the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any
products connected to it. To evade potential hazards, use this product only as specified.
Only qualified personnel should perform maintenance.
Avoid fire or personal injury.
Connect and disconnect properly. Connect a probe with the oscilloscope before it is connected
to measured circuits; disconnect the probe from the oscilloscope after it is disconnected from
measured circuits.
Connect the probe in a right way. The probe ground lead is at ground potential. Do not connect
the ground lead to an elevated voltage.
Check all terminal ratings. To avoid fire or shock hazard, check all ratings and markings on the
product. Refer to the product manual for detailed information about ratings before making
connections to the product.
Do not operate without covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed.
Avoid exposed circuitry. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is
present.
Do not operate with suspected failures. If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it
inspected by qualified service personnel.
Assure good ventilation.
Do not operate in wet/damp environments.
Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere.
Keep product surfaces clean and dry.
Safety Terms and Symbols 1.2
The following terms may appear in this manual:
WARNING. Warning statements point out conditions or practices that could result in injury
or loss of life.
CAUTION. Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage
to this product or other property.
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Terms on Product
1.3
The following terms may appear on the product:
DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the marking.
WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking.
CAUTION indicates a possible hazard to this product or other property.
Symbols on Product 1.4
The following symbols may appear on the product:
Product Scrapping 1.5
Device Recycling
We need extract and utilize natural resources to produce this device. If you do not reclaim the
device in a proper way, some substances it contains may become harmful or poisonous to
environments or human bodies. To avoid them being released outside and to minimize the waste
of natural resources, we suggest you reasonably call back this device to ensure proper recovery
and recycling of most materials within it.
Protective
Ground
(Earth)
Terminal
Measurement
Ground
Terminal
CAUTION
Refer to Manual
Measurement
Input Terminal
Mains
Disconnected
OFF (Power)
Mains
Connected
ON (Power)
High Voltage
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Chapter 2 Overview
Brief Introduction to DSO8000E Series 2.1
Model
Channel
Bandwidth
Sample Rate
LCD
DSO8072E
2
70MHz
1GS/s
5.6 TFT
DSO8102E
2
100MHz
1GS/s
5.6 TFT
DSO8152E
2
150MHz
1GS/s
5.6 TFT
DSO8202E
2
200MHz
1GS/s
5.6 TFT
Table 2-1 Model List of DSO8000E Series
DSO8000E Series oscilloscopes cover the bandwidths from 70MHz to 200MHz, and provide
the real-time and equivalent sample rates respectively up to 1GSa/s and 25GSa/s. In addition,
they have maximum 2M memory depth for better observation of the waveform details, and 5.6 inch
color TFT LCD as well as WINDOWS-style interfaces and menus for easy operation.
What’s more, the plenty menu information and the easy-to-operate buttons allow you to gain
information as much as possible in measurement; the multifunctional and powerful shortcut keys
help you save a lot of time in operation; the Autoset function lets you detect sine and square
waves automatically; the Probe Check Wizard guides you to adjust the probe compensation and
set the Probe option attenuation factor. By using these the methods the oscilloscope provides
(context-sensitive, hyperlinks, and an index), you may master all operations on the device in quite
a short time so as to greatly improve your efficiency in production and development.
Help System 2.2
This oscilloscope has a Help system with topics covering all of its features. You can use the Help
system to display several kinds of information:
General information about understanding and using the oscilloscope, such as Using the Menu
System.
Information about specific menus and controls, such as the Vertical Position Control.
Advice to problems you may come across while using an oscilloscope, such as Reducing
Noise.
Keep pressing a Function Menu button(including “SAVE/RECALL”, “MEAS”, “UTILITY”,
“CURSOR”, “CH1”, “CH2”, “MATH”, “HORI” and “TRIG”) for 3s to turn on the help file for the
function.
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Ports and Extentions
2.3
On the right side of the unit,
On the left side of the unit,
Attention: SD card memory should be less than or equal to 4GB.
Power Input DC 12V, 3000mA
Probe calibration signal output 1 KHz, 2Vpp
Type USB-A port for USB flash disk
LAN/Wifi connection port (optional)
Mini USB OTG port
Headphone, not available for this product.
Socket for Micro SD card (optional).
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Chapter 3 Getting Started Guide
Installation 3.1
To keep proper ventilation of the oscilloscope in operation, leave a space of more than 5cm away
from the top and the two sides of the product.
Functional Check 3.2
Follow the steps below to perform a quick functional check to your oscilloscope.
3.2.1 Power on the oscilloscope
Press the ON/OFF button. The default Probe option attenuation setting is 10X.
The default probe parameter
Note 1: Between pressing the power key and the first screen appears on the screen, there is a
1~2 seconds delay without any screen.
Note 2: Right after power on, there are beep sounds at regular interval in the first few minutes. It
indicates that the multimeter is initializing and has no influence on use.
3.2.2 Connect the oscilloscope
Set the switch on the probe to 1X and connect the probe to Channel 1 on the oscilloscope. First,
align the slot in the probe connector with the protuberance on the CH1 BNC and push to connect;
then, turn to right to lock the probe in place; after that, connect the probe tip and reference lead to
the PROBE COMP connectors. The Probe COMP: ~2V@1KHz.
CH1
CH2
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3.2.3 Observe the waveform
Press the AUTO button and you should see within a few seconds a square wave of about 2V
peak-to-peak at 1KHz in the display. Press the CH1 MENU button and remove Channel 1. Push
the CH2 MENU button and repeat Step 2 and Step 3 to observe Channel 2.
Probe Examination 3.3
3.3.1 Safety
When using the probe, keep your fingers behind the guard on the probe body to avoid electric
shock. Do not touch metallic portions of the probe head while it is connected to a voltage source.
Connect the probe to the oscilloscope and connect the ground terminal to ground before you start
any measurements.
PROBE COMP
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3.3.2 Use of Probe Check Wizard
Every time you connect a probe to an input channel, you should use the probe check wizard to
verify that this probe is operating correctly. There are two ways to do this:
1） Use the vertical menu (for example, push the CH1 MENU button) to set the Probe option
attenuation factor.
2） Press UTILITY key and turn to 3/5 page and then press the Probe CK key to use the Probe
Check Wizard and configure the probe option attenuation factor properly following menu
prompts.
Manual Probe Compensation 3.4
Upon the first connection of a probe and an input channel, you should manually perform this
adjustment to match the probe to the input channel. Uncompensated or miscompensated probes
may lead to errors or faults in measurement. To adjust the probe compensation, follow the steps
below.
1. Set the Probe option attenuation in the channel menu to 10X. Set the switch on the probe to
10X and connect the probe to Channel 1 on the oscilloscope. If you use the probe hook-tip,
ensure it is firmly inserted onto the probe. Attach the probe tip to the PROBE COMP
~2V@1KHz connector and the reference lead to the PROBE COMP Ground connector.
Display the channel and then press the AUTO button.
2. Check the shape of the displayed waveform.
3. If necessary, use a nonmetallic screwdriver to adjust the variable capacity of your probe until
the shape of the waveform turns to be the same as the above figure. Repeat this step as
Compensated correctly
Overcompensated
Undercompensated
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necessary. See the figure below for the way of adjustment.
Probe Attenuation Setting 3.5
Probes are of various attenuation factors which affect the vertical scale of the signal. The Probe
Check function is used to verify if the Probe attenuation option matches the attenuation of the
probe.
As an alternative method to Probe Check, you can push a vertical menu button (such as the CH 1
MENU button) and select the Probe option that matches the attenuation factor of your probe.
Make sure that the Attenuation switch on the probe matches the Probe option in the oscilloscope.
Switch settings are 1X and 10X.
When the Attenuation switch is set to 1X, the probe limits the bandwidth of the oscilloscope to
6MHz. To use the full bandwidth of the oscilloscope, be sure to set the switch to 10X.
Self Calibration 3.6
The self calibration routine helps optimize the oscilloscope signal path for maximum measurement
accuracy. You can run the routine at any time but should always run it if the ambient temperature
changes by 5℃ or more. For a more accurate calibration, please power on the oscilloscope and
wait for 20 minutes until it has adequately warmed up.
To compensate the signal path, disconnect any probes or cables from the front-panel input
connectors. Then, push the UTILITY button, select the Self Cal option and follow the directions on
the screen.
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Communication with PC
3.7
3.7.1 Install software
Caution: You must install the software before using the oscilloscope with Windows PC.
1. While in Windows, insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. The installation should start up automatically. Otherwise in Windows Explorer, switch to the
CD-ROM driver and run Setup.exe.
3. The software Installation is started. Click 'Next' to continue.
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4. Choose a destination directory. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
5. Check the setup information. Click Next to start copying of files.
6. This Status dialog is displayed during copying of files.
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7. Updating your system configuration.
8. The installation is complete.
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3.7.2 Install driver
Caution: You must install the driver before connect the device with Windows PC via USB cable.
1. Connect the A-Type Plug of USB cable to your PC’s USB port.
2. Connect the B-Type Plug of USB cable to DSO’s USB port.
3. New hardware is found.
4. New hardware search wizard starts.
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5. New hardware search wizard starts to search the drive.
6. New hardware wizard installs software
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7. Finish new hardware search wizard.
12. Your new hardware is installed and ready to use.
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13. Now you can open the software to use.
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Chapter 4 Main Feature Description
This chapter provides some general information that you need to learn before using an
oscilloscope. It contains:
1. Oscilloscope setup
2. Trigger
3. Data acquisition
4. Waveform scaling and positioning
5. Waveform measurement
Oscilloscope Setup 4.1
While operating the oscilloscope, you may often use thr feature: Autoset.
Autoset: This function can be used to adjust the horizontal and vertical scales of the oscilloscope
automatically and set the trigger coupling, type, position, slope, level and mode, etc., to acquire a
stable waveform display.
Trigger 4.2
The trigger determines when the oscilloscope begins to acquire data and display a waveform.
Once a trigger is properly set up, the oscilloscope can convert unstable displays or blank screens
to meaningful waveforms. Here introduce some basic concepts about trigger.
Trigger Source: The trigger can be generated with multiple sources. The most common one is the
input channel (alternative between CH1 and CH2). Whether the input signal is displayed or not, it
can trigger normal operations.
Trigger Type: The oscilloscope has six types of triggers: Edge, Video, Pulse Width, Slope,
Overtime and Alter.
Edge Trigger uses the analog or digital test circuits for triggering. It happens when the
input trigger source crosses a specified level in a specified direction.
Video Trigger performs a field or line trigger through standard video signals.
Pulse Width Trigger can trigger normal or abnormal pulses that meet trigger conditions.
Slope Trigger uses the rise and fall times on the edge of signal for triggering.
Overtime Trigger happens after the edge of signal reaches the set time.
Alter Trigger, as a feature of analog oscilloscopes, gives stable displays of signals at
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two different frequencies. Mainly it uses a specific frequency to switch between two
analog channels CH1 and CH2 so that the channels will generate alter trigger signals
through the trigger circuitry.
Trigger Mode: You can select the Auto or Normal mode to define how the oscilloscope acquires
data when it does not detect a trigger condition. Auto Mode performs the acquisition freely in
absence of valid trigger. It allows the generation of untriggered waveforms with the time base set
to 80ms/div or slower. Normal Mode updates the displayed waveforms only when the
oscilloscope detects a valid trigger condition. Before this update, the oscilloscope still displays the
old waveforms. This mode shall be used when you want to only view the effectively triggered
waveforms. In this mode, the oscilloscope displays waveforms only after the first trigger. To
perform a single sequence acquisition, push the SINGLE SEQ button.
Trigger Coupling: Trigger Coupling determines which part of the signal will be delivered to the
trigger circuit. This can help to obtain a stable display of the waveform. To use trigger coupling,
push the TRIG MENU button, select an Edge or Pulse trigger, and then select a Coupling option.
Trigger Position: The horizontal position control establishes the time between the trigger position
and the screen center.
Slope and Level: The Slope and Level controls help to define the trigger. The Slope option
determines whether the trigger point is on the rising or falling edge of a signal. To perform the
trigger slope control, press the TRIG MENU button, select an Edge trigger, and use the Slope
button to select rising or falling. The LEVEL button controls the trigger point is on which position of
the edge.
Data Acquisition 4.3
When you acquire an analog signal, the oscilloscope will convert it into a digital one. There are
two kinds of acquisition: Real-time acquisition and Equivalent acquisition. The real-time acquisition
has three modes: Normal, Peak Detect, and Average. The acquisition rate is affected by the
setting of time base.
Normal: In this acquisition mode, the oscilloscope samples the signal in evenly spaced intervals to
establish the waveform. This mode accurately represents signals in most time. However, it does
not acquire rapid variations in the analog signal that may occur between two samples, which can
result in aliasing and may cause narrow pulses to be missed. In such cases, you should use the
Peak Detect mode to acquire data.
Peak Detect: In this acquisition mode, the oscilloscope gets the maximum and minimum values of
Trigger slope can be rising or falling
Rising Edge
Falling Edge
Trigger level can be
adjusted vertically
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the input signal over each sample interval and uses these values to display the waveform. In this
way, the oscilloscope can acquire and display those narrow pulses that may have otherwise been
missed in Normal mode. However, noise will appear to be higher in this mode.
Average: In this acquisition mode, the oscilloscope acquires several waveforms, averages them,
and displays the resulting waveform. You can use this mode to reduce random noise.
Equivalent Acquisition: This kind of acquisition can be utilized for periodic signals. In case the
acquisition rate is too low when using the real-time acquisition, the oscilloscope will use a fixed
rate to acquire data with a stationary tiny delay after each acquisition of a frame of data. After
repeating this acquisition for N times, the oscilloscope will arrange the acquired N frames of data
by time to make up a new frame of data. Then the waveform can be recovered. The number of
times N is related to the equivalent acquisition rate.
Time Base: The oscilloscope digitizes waveforms by acquiring the value of an input signal at
discrete points. The time base helps to control how often the values are digitized. Use the
TIME/DIV button to adjust the time base to a horizontal scale that suits your purpose.
Waveform Scaling and Positioning 4.4
The display of waveforms on the screen can be changed by adjusting their scale and position.
Once the scale changes, the waveform display will increase or decrease in size. Once the position
changes, the waveform will move up, down, right, or left.
The channel reference indicator (located on the left of the graticule) identifies each waveform on
the screen. It points to the ground level of the waveform record.
Vertical Scale and Position: The vertical position of a waveform can be changed by moving it up
and down on the screen. To compare data, you may align a waveform over another. When you
push the VOLTS button to change the vertical scale of a waveform, the waveform display will
contract or expand vertically to the ground level.
Horizontal Scale and Position: Pretrigger Information
You can adjust the HORIZONTAL POSITION control to view waveform data before the trigger,
after the trigger, or some of each. When you change the horizontal position of a waveform, you are
actually changing the time between the trigger position and the screen center.
For example, if you want to find out the cause of a glitch in your test circuit, you should trigger on
the glitch and make the pretrigger period long enough to capture data before the glitch. Then you
can analyze the pretrigger data and perhaps find the cause. You are allowed to change the
horizontal scale of all the waveforms by clicking the TIME/DIV button. For example, you may want
to see just one cycle of a waveform to measure the overshoot on its rising edge. The oscilloscope
shows the horizontal scale as time per division in the scale readout. Since all active waveforms
use the same time base, the oscilloscope only displays one value for all the active channels.
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Waveform Measurement
4.5
The oscilloscope displays graphs of voltage versus time and can help to measure the displayed
waveform. There are several ways to take measurements, using the graticule, the cursors or
performing an automatic measurement.
Graticule: This method allows you to make a quick, visual estimate and take a simple
measurement through the graticule divisions and the scale factor.
For example, you can take simple measurements by counting the major and minor graticule
divisions involved and multiplying by the scale factor. If you counted 6 major vertical graticule
divisions between the minimum and maximum values of a waveform and knew you had a scale
factor of 50mV/division, you could easily calculate your peak-to-peak voltage as follows:
6 divisions x 50mV/division = 300mV.
Cursor: This method allows you to take measurements by moving the cursors. Cursors always
appear in pairs and the displayed readouts are just their measured values. There are two kinds of
cursors: Amplitude Cursor and Time Cursor. The amplitude cursor appears as a horizontal broken
line, measuring the vertical parameters. The time cursor appears as a vertical broken line,
measuring the horizontal parameters.
When using cursors, please make sure to set the Source to the waveform that you want to
measure on the screen. To use cursors, push the CURSOR button.
Automatic Measurement: The oscilloscope performs all the calculations automatically in this
mode. As this measurement uses the waveform record points, it is more precise than the graticule
and cursor measurements. Automatic measurements show the measurement results by readouts
which are periodically updated with the new data acquired by the oscilloscope.
Cursor
Cursor
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Chapter 5 Basic Operation
The front panel of the oscilloscope is divided into several functional areas. In this chapter we will
give a quick overview of all control buttons on the front panel as well as the displayed information
on the screen and relative testing operations. The figure below illustrates the front panel of the
DSO8000E series digital oscilloscope.
Front Panel of DSO8000E Series
Description
1. LCD Display
2. F1~F5: Sets or switch options for the menu
3. Power light.
4. MEAS: Shows Measurement menu
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5. AUTORANGE:
6. MENU OFF: Turn on/off the menu
7. MENU: Turn on/off the menu
8. AUTO: Be used for auto setting under the oscilloscope operation mode
9. RUN/STOP: key for running or stopping the operation
10. Direction Keys
11. TRIG: Shows Trigger menu
12. LEVEL: Adjust the trigger level
13. TIME/DIV: Decrease or Increase the time base
14. POSITION: Adjust the horizontal trigger position
15. HORI: Shows Horizontal menu
16. VERTICAL: Adjust the signal vertical position
17. VOLTS: Decrease or Increase the voltage/div
18. Power key.
19. REF: Shows the REF menu
20. MATH: Shows the Math or REF menu
21. CH2: Shows the CH2 menu
22. CH1: Shows the CH1 menu
23. UTILITY: Shows Utility menu
24. SAVE RECALL: Shows SAVE or RECALL menu
25. RECORDER:
26. SCOPE/DMM: Switch DMM, Scope function or Waveform Generator function interface.
27. CURSOR: Shows Cursor menu
DisplayArea 5.1
1. Hantek logo
2. Display Format:
: YT
: Vectors
: Gray indicates auto persistence; Green means persistence display is enabled. When
the icon is set to green, the time for persistence display will be shown behind it.
: XY
: Dots
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3. Acquisition Mode: Normal, Peak Detect or Average
4. Trigger Status:
The oscilloscope is acquiring pretriggered data.
All pretriggered data have been acquired and the oscilloscope is ready to accept a trigger.
T The oscilloscope has detected a trigger and is acquiring the posttrigger information.
The oscilloscope works in auto mode and is acquiring waveforms in the absence of triggers.
The oscilloscope is acquiring and displaying waveform data continuously in scan mode.
● The oscilloscope has stopped acquiring waveform data.
S The oscilloscope has finished a single sequence acquisition.
5. Tool Icon:
: If this icon lights up, it means the keyboard of the oscilloscope is locked by the host computer
via USB control.
: If this icon lights up, it means the USB disk has been connected.
: This icon lights up only when the USB slave interface is connected with the computer.
6. Main Time Base Window
7. Display of window’s position in data memory and data length.
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8. Window Time Base
9. Operating Menu shows different information for different function keys.
10. Trig Level.
11. Trigger Type:
: Edge trigger on the rising edge.
: Edge trigger on the falling edge.
: Video trigger with line synchronization.
: Video trigger with field synchronization.
: Pulse Width trigger, positive polarity.
: Pulse Width trigger, negative polarity.
12. Level Range.
13. Icon indicates whether the waveform is inverted or not.
14. 20M Bandwidth Limit. If this icon lights up, it means the bandwidth limit is enabled, otherwise
disabled.
15. Icon indicates channel coupling.
16. Channel Marker
17. Window displays waveform.
5.1.1 XY Format
The XY format is used to analyze phase differences, such as those represented by Lissajous
patterns. The format plots the voltage on CH1 against the voltage on CH2, where CH1 is the
horizontal axis and CH2 is the vertical axis. The oscilloscope uses the untriggered Normal
acquisition mode and displays data as dots. The sampling rate is fixed at 1 MS/s.
The oscilloscope can acquire waveforms in YT format at any sampling rate. You may view the
same waveform in XY format. To perform this operation, stop the acquisition and change the
display format to XY.
The table below shows how to operate some controls in XY format.
Controls
Usable or not in XY format
CH1 VOLTS and VERTICAL POSITION controls
Set the horizontal scale and position
CH2 VOLTS and VERTICAL POSITION controls
Continuously set the vertical scale and
position
Reference or Math
Unusable
Cursors
Unusable
Autoset (display format reset to YT)
Unusable
Time base controls
Unusable
Trigger controls
Unusable
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Horizontal Controls
5.2
Use the horizontal controls to change the horizontal scale and position of waveforms. The
horizontal position readout shows the time represented by the center of the screen, using the
trigger time as zero. When you change the horizontal scale, the waveform will expand or contract
to the screen center. The readout near the upper right of the screen shows the current horizontal
position in second. M represents ‘Main Time Base’, and W indicates ‘Window Time Base’. The
oscilloscope also has an arrow icon at the top of the graticule to indicate the horizontal position.
1. HORIZONTAL POSITION BAR: Used to control the trigger position against the screen center.
2. Each option in HORI MENU is described as follows.
Options
Settings
Comments
Window Ctrl
Double Win
Single Win
Set the Current window mode to single or double window.
Window Sel
Major Win
Minor Win
Selects the major or minor window in dual-window mode.
The window is highlighted once selected. Press this option
button in single-window mode to enter the daul-window
mode.
HoldOff
Select this menu and click the up and down Arrow keys to
adjust the trigger holdoff time within the range of
100ns-10s.
Reset
Recover the horizontal trigger postion to the middle screen.
Pre Mark
This function is usable only in dual-window mode. It sets
marks at some waveform record locations that users are
interested in, and searches for these marks by right and left
arrows. Then it positions the window to this mark for further
observation.
Next Mark
This function is usable only in dual-window mode. It sets
marks at some waveform record locations that users are
interested in, and searches for these marks by right and left
arrows. Then it positions the window to this mark for further
observation.
Set/Clear
Set or Clear the current Mark.
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Play/Stop
This function is usable in dual-window mode. Push this
menu button and auto move it from left to right at a
specified speed. In the expanded window will display
corresponding waveforms until it stops once reaching the
rightmost side of the major scan window.
Single-window Mode
Dual-window Mode (Full Screen)
3.TIME/DIV: Used to change the horizontal time scale so as to magnify or compress the waveform
horizontally. If the waveform acquisition is stopped (by using the RUN/STOP button), the TIME
/DIV control will expand or compress the waveform. In dual-window mode, push button F1 to
select major or minor window. When the major window is selected, the F1 button provides the
same functions as it provides in single-mode window. When the minor window is selected, press
TIME/DIV button to scale the waveform whose magnification is up to 1000.
Major Window
Minor Window
(Expanded Window)
Location of expanded window data in memory
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