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limits
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Table

4-1: Warranted

Name
Accuracy,DCVoltage

Average

Accuracy,

I

Average

Acquisition Mode

DC

Gain,

Acquisition

Measurement,

Sample

Modes

or

characteristics

that

are

warranted. This subsection

In

these

tab/es,

the

Performance

type

under

the

characteristics

when the oscilloscope has

between

+55°C(unless

+20’Cand

andisoperating atanambient

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Measurement

Averageof~16waveforms

Delta

volts

between any two
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quired

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those

warranted

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lists

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characteristics

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ac-

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adjusted

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quantifiable

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Warranted

Characteristics

Table

4-1~

Warranted

Characteristics

Signal

Acquisition

System

(Cant.)

Name
Accuracy,

Analog

Cross
Input

Input

Lower

tNet

Offset

Accuracy

2Th~ACCoupled

Offset

Bandwidth,

Talk

(Channel Isolation)

Impedance,
Voltage,

Frequency

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the

accuracy

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Coupled

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350);

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acquisition

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points.

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Table 4-3:

Warranted

Characteristics—Triggering

System

Warranted

Characteristics

Name
Accuracy,

Sensitivity,
Coupled

Trigger

Level,DCCoupled

Edge-Type

Trigger,

DC

Description

Trigger
CH1

Source

orCH2

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±(3%of

+

Offset

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to20MHz,
50

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to50MHz,

100

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to

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100

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200

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setting

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20

200

310;

035

division

increasingto1

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MHz

350:

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division

MHz

310:50myfromDCto

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fromDCto

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at

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100

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kHz

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50

100

to

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350

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Manual

4-5

Warranted Characteristics

Name
Source

Power

Voltage and

Consumption

Name
Atmospherics

Dynamics

Emissions

1 Meetsorexceeds the

Susceptibility2

Frequency

Table 4-5:

Warranted

Table 4-4:

Power

Requirements

Description
90

to 132

132to250
65

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VAC~MS,

VACRMS,

continuous

Continuous

VA)

Characteristics—Environmental,

Description

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—51°

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to

95%,

+55°C,operating;

Cto

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at or

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non-operating

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to

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0.31

2.46

vibration:

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from5to 500

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m),

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non-operating

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50081—1

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55022

EN

55022

EN

60555—2

VFG

0243

FCC

Rules

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310

0.4

division

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350:
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placement,ors±0.6

500

MHz.

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instruments

European
radiated emissions
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power

harmonics

and

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and

TDS

320:

increaseinp-p

~±0.2

division

noise

below

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noise.

waveform

200

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European

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801—SAC

fast

transients

surge

Community

susceptibility

range,

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range,

75%,

for

47Hz

for

47Hz

and

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through

Hz,10minutes each
Hz,10minutes each

following

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emissions

Part

15,

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division

waveform

displacement,

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MHz.

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division
noise

EMI

specifiedinthe

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440

Hz

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axis,

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axis,

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division

waveform

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200

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must

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inputs

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grounding

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caps,

time

both

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5etto25

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the

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Typical

performance.

Table 4-6:

Name
Accuracy,DCGain,

Acquisition

Accuracy,DCVoltage Measurement,

Sample

Frequency
Bandwidth

Mode

Acquisition

Limit,
Limited

Envelope

Mode

Upper,20MHz

Typical

Typical

characteristics

Typical

Characteristics—Signal

Description

±3%

for

sec/div

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±2%
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pies

up
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for

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tor

sec/div

2

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characteristics

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settings

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settings

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between

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under

describedinterms of

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10

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mV)

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Response

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2The

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accuracyofthis

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the

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100

995

1

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100:1at60Hz,
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level.

the

same

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absolute difference between

one

second

after

input

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mV/div

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reducingto20:1at50MHz,

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levelatthe centerofthe

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the

valueatthe

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for

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~200

channel.

endofa

step, expressed

310,

500

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specified

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51.5
2.5

with

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converter

time

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as

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dynamic

andIGS/s

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and

range. Oftset

the

mid-level
step

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the

105 310, TDS

320,&TOS

350

instruction

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I

Typical

Characteristics

Table

4-7: Typical

Characteristics—Triggering

System

Name
Error,

Trigger

Sensitivity,

Lowest
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Frequency

of

Sensitivity,
Coupled3

1The

trigger

at

the

trigger

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wavetorm

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Rate

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minimum

selected

the

may

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characteristic

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Type

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pointof±0.5

inter~al

sensitivity

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successive

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and

trigger

the SEC/DIV

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Edge

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Successful

Function

Trigger,

are

division/ns.

Equivalent

for

point must

acquisitions.

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typically

time

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obtainingaStable

settingIs10

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leSs

between

not

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msar

Description
Acquire

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Detect,

Source
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50

Hz

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Noise

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Frequency

Low Frequency

than

the

values

the

sampI~sinthe

Waveform

trigger.

A

stable

between opposite

Stays

Slower.

Thgger,

DC

CoupledinTable

Mode
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Envelope

0

Coupling

Reject

given

here.

waveform

RatesinTable

triggerresults

slopesonthe

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lighted

4-3,

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~(1WI
±(2WI~2ns)

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0.6

divisionofvideo
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750mVof

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Signal

gerilig
SameasDC-coupled

cies

above60Hz.

below60Hz.

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coupled

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coupled
teriuates

One
limits4

Attenuates

values

record.

4-11onpage

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a

uniform,

waveform,

when

which

limits.4

and one

half

limits4

signals

and one

for

half

frequencies

signals

are

for

triggerlr,g

Also,

see

the
4-12.

regular

and

the

beginsonpage

the

SEC/DIV

1’2

Err~r

+ 2

ns)

Sensitivity

sync

signal

video

sync

signal

video

sync

signal

Level

for

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limits4

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for

frequen-

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half times

times

the

times

DC-

the

DC-

fromDCto30kHz.At-

above30kHz.

times

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DC-coupled

above80kHz.

below80kHz.

signals

havingaslew

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setting

display

display

4-5.

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triggered

must

is

2msor

characteristics

on

the

not

roll”

across

faster

ii

—

rate

but

Name
Output

Probe

Compensator

Voltage

and

Frequency,

Table

4-8: Typical

Characteristics—Probe

Description

Characteristic
Voltage

Frequency

5.0V(tow-high) intoaI
1

kHz

Compensator

Output

M~

load

Specifications

F

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I

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C

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S
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identical”

limits

traits are

that

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the

trait “Input

are

performance

described

using

simple

Channels,

requirements.

Number

statementsoffact

of,”

rather

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suchasTwo,

I
I

I

Table

4~10:

Nominal

Traits—Signal

Acquisition

System

I

Name

Bandwidth

‘4

Digitizers,

1

II

Digitized
Input

Input

Selections

Number

Sits,

Number

Channels,
Coupling

of

of

Number

of

Description

20

MHz

and

Two,

identical,

1

S

bits

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identical,

DC,

AC,orGND

FULL

digitized

calledCH1

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ii

I
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Rise

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est

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div, the

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vertically

voltage

levet
as a

sensitivity

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with

25

digitization

change

that

the

8-bit

voltage,aDLisequalto1/25ofa

ranges

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adjusted

canbeset

with 0.5mVresolution.

levels

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A-D

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2

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100

mV/div—995

1

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±5

divisions

2

mV/divto10

TDS

310:7

‘lOS

320:

TDS

350: 1.75

Level

one probe

per

division

can

resolve,

division

times

1—2—5

the

sequence of

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V/div

ns

3.5

ns

ns

coding

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10.24

with

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the

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more

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input scaledtothe

setting.

coarse settings. Between

±1

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±

10

±100

dynamic

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range

volts/division settingofthe channel

example,

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with

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coarse

settings,

and

100

small

used.

the

mv,’

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Tus

310,

TDS

320,

&

TDS 350

Instruction

Manual

4-11

Nominal

Traits

Table

4-11:

Nominal

Traits—Time

Base

I

r

System

Name
Range,

Range,

Range,
Record

tThe

rangeof real-time

in

memory

2Tbe

Waveform

of

a

single

samples
timesample

(WI)Isthe

from

Name

Sample-Rate

1’2

Seconds/Division

Time Base

Delay

Time

Length

rates,

expressedinsamples/second,

to produce a record of time-sequential

Rate

(WR)Isthe

acquisition,

a

rate.

time between

the

single

acquisitionorby

For

all

three

equivalent

waveform

cases,

the

samplesinthe

Table

sample

rate

is

the

equivalent-time sampling at

the

waveform rateIsl/(Waveform

wavetorm

4-12:

Nominal

Description
IDS

310:10Samples/s

TDS

320:10Samples/s

TDS

350:10Samples/sto1

to 200
to 500

MSamples/sina‘I—2--S
MSamples/sina1—2—5

GSamplesis

TDS 310:10ns/divto5s/divina1—2.5—5
TOS

320:5ns/divto5

TDS 350:

2.5

ns/divto5s/divina1—2.5--S

s/divina

1—2.5—5

16.5nsto50seconds
1,000

samples

at

samples

rate ofawaveform

sameasthe

real-time

record.

Traits—Triggering

whichadigitizer

record.

sample rate;

multiple

Interval)

samples

Forawaveform

acquisitions, the

for

signalsatIts

forawaveform

the

waveform

System

waveform

Description

sequence
sequence

ina1—2—5

sequence

sequence

sequence

sequence

inputs

and

stares

the

samples

record

acquiredbyreal-time

createdbyinterpolationofreal-time

rate Is faster

record,

where the

waveform

than

sampling

the

real

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