The answer is, the oscilloscope utilizes a built-in clock recovery system. Clock recovery is actually pretty straightforward. Some signals have an explicit clock signal, and some have an embedded clock. Clock recovery dialog. There are three different ways to utilize the clock recovery system, which all depends on how well you know the bitrate of your signal the width of each bit :. There are a few other settings within the clock recovery menu.
To learn more about these, make sure you check out: the video's at the end of this article. You will see in just a few seconds that the eye diagram has begun to form.
Over time, you will be able to see if there is any jitter or anomalies in your signal. Generally, you will want to let the test run for a longer period of time. The longer you let it run, the more data is collected, and the more jitter, anomalies, or any infrequent events you can see.
Eye diagram with jitter. From here, you can analyze the eye diagram further by using the color grading key. This allows you to visually analyze the frequency of each edge crossing. Mountain Time: Shopping Cart 0 items. Product Menu. Today's Deals Forum Desktop Site. All Categories.
Development Single Board Comp. Contributors: jimblom. Introduction Have you ever found yourself troubleshooting a circuit, needing more information than a simple multimeter can provide? Digilent Analog Discovery 2 Only 5 left! Favorited Favorite 51 Wish List. Favorited Favorite 49 Wish List. Favorited Favorite 3 Wish List. HAMlab - 10W Only 3 left! Favorited Favorite 13 Wish List. Basics of O-Scopes The main purpose of an oscilloscope is to graph an electrical signal as it varies over time.
Oscilloscope Lexicon Learning how to use an oscilloscope means being introduced to an entire lexicon of terms. Key Oscilloscope Specifications Some scopes are better than others. These characteristics help define how well you might expect a scope to perform: Bandwidth -- Oscilloscopes are most commonly used to measure waveforms which have a defined frequency. No scope is perfect though: they all have limits as to how fast they can see a signal change. The bandwidth of a scope specifies the range of frequencies it can reliably measure.
Digital vs. Analog -- As with most everything electronic, o-scopes can either be analog or digital. Analog scopes use an electron beam to directly map the input voltage to a display. Digital scopes incorporate microcontrollers, which sample the input signal with an analog-to-digital converter and map that reading to the display.
Generally analog scopes are older, have a lower bandwidth, and less features, but they may have a faster response and look much cooler. Channel Amount -- Many scopes can read more than one signal at a time, displaying them all on the screen simultaneously.
Each signal read by a scope is fed into a separate channel. Two to four channel scopes are very common. Sampling Rate -- This characteristic is unique to digital scopes, it defines how many times per second a signal is read. For scopes that have more than one channel, this value may decrease if multiple channels are in use.
Rise Time -- The specified rise time of a scope defines the fastest rising pulse it can measure. The rise time of a scope is very closely related to the bandwidth. Maximum Input Voltage -- Every piece of electronics has its limits when it comes to high voltage. Scopes should all be rated with a maximum input voltage.
If your signal exceeds that voltage, there's a good chance the scope will be damaged. Resolution -- The resolution of a scope represents how precisely it can measure the input voltage. This value can change as the vertical scale is adjusted. Vertical Sensitivity -- This value represents the minimum and maximum values of your vertical, voltage scale. This value is listed in volts per div. Time Base -- Time base usually indicates the range of sensitivities on the horizontal, time axis.
This value is listed in seconds per div. Input Impedance -- When signal frequencies get very high, even a small impedance resistance, capacitance, or inductance added to a circuit can affect the signal.
Every oscilloscope will add a certain impedance to a circuit it's reading, called the input impedance. The impact of input impedance is more apparent when measuring very high frequency signals, and the probe you use may have to help compensate for it. Anatomy of An O-Scope While no scopes are created exactly equal, they should all share a few similarities that make them function similarly.
Using an Oscilloscope The infinite variety of signals out there means you'll never operate an oscilloscope the same way twice. Probe Selection and Setup First off, you'll need to select a probe. Connect the Probe and Turn the Scope On Connect your probe to the first channel on your scope, and turn it on.
Be careful where you place your ground clip when probing a non-isolated circuit eg. When probing a circuit that is grounded to mains earth, make sure to connect your ground clip to the side of the circuit connected to mains earth. If the point the ground clip is connected to has a potential voltage difference you will create a direct short and can damage your circuit, your oscilloscope and possibly yourself!
For extra safety when testing mains connected circuits, connect it to power through an isolation transformer. Purchasing an Oscilloscope Now that you've learned all about this handy tool's features and benefits, it's time to put an oscilloscope on your workbench. Our recommendations:. Interested in learning more foundational topics?
Resources and Going Further With the tools discussed in this tutorial, you should be prepared to start scoping signals of your own. While it's specific to that scope, it still provides a nice overview of what similar scopes are capable of, and how they work. Going Further Now that you're a practiced oscilloscop-er, what circuit are you going to be debugging?
Our EAGLE series of tutorials how to use the freely available software to design your own circuit boards. Recreating Classic Electronics Kits -- If you're in search of a circuit to troubleshoot with a scope, why not make your own version of in-1 electronics kit? Learn about these signal types and then scope them with your new skills! Or check out these tutorials using an oscilloscope to inspect a signal. This device allows you to send analog signal from a digital source, like the I2C interface on the Arduino microcontroller.
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The amplitude of the wave is the difference between the height of the peaks of a wave and the wave's equilibrium the value which the wave is oscillating around. In this case I've centered the wave to oscillate around the center horizontal grid line. The distance between this equilibrium line and either the high or low peak of the wave is 2. This makes sense, since I know that in the arduino code my input in this case I set pin 8 to oscillate between 0 and 5V.
This oscillation has a midpoint equilibrium of 2. The frequency of a wave is the number of times per second that a wave repeats its shape. We cannot directly measure the frequency on the oscilloscope, but we can measure a closely related parameter called period; the period of a wave is the amount of time it takes to complete one full cycle.
As indicated in the image above, one cycle is completed in 2 horizontal grid divisions. You may have noticed the AC and DC coupling option on your oscilloscope by now. AC coupling removes the DC component of your signal so that it is oscillating around zero. For many oscilloscopes this is advantageous because it allows you to zoom in tighter on the waveform so you can measure small AC disturbances. Your oscilloscope may also give you the option of coupling to ground.
Switching to ground coupling will give you a flat line that represents the position of 0 volts. Use the vertical position control to line this up with one of the grid lines- this will be your ground marker. Switching over to AC mode will remove the DC component of your signal and show oscillations around the ground marker.
In the images above I used all three coupling modes to measure a pulse-like signal oscillating between 0 and 5V. I first put the ocilloscope in ground coupling mode to line up ground with the center line on the scope. By switching back to DC coupling fig 3 you can see my signal oscillating between V each vertical division represents 2V.
If your oscilloscope has multiple channels, you can look at multiple inputs at the same time. This is especially useful for looking at changes in a signal as it moves through your circuit. Ideally, a wave going through a voltage follower should not change at all. I measured the incoming wave on channel 1 yellow and the output on channel 2 blue. As you can see in fig 1, the waves are approximately on top of each other.
Each division represents 25us, so that's a lag of about 12us. Some other examples of uses for dual channel measurements that come to mind include: measuring the response time of a sensor- compare a pulse signal to the signal out from the sensor measure phase changes analyzing at the effects of a filter. In the introduction I mentioned that usually oscilloscope curves show the relationship between voltage and time.
There are occasions where it is useful to compare the voltage of one signal verses another. This is especially useful for plotting I-V curves for diodes and other components. Figure 2 shows an x-y plot of the two channels depicted in fig 3. Channel 1 yellow in fig 3 is plotted along the x axis and channel 2 blue in fig 3 is plotted along the y axis.
Tip 2 years ago. Another very good introduction to oscilloscopes is provided by two video tutorials created by Graz University of Technology. Question 2 years ago on Introduction.
Is there a way to measure delay of a single waveform. I am trying to measure the latency of an audio device by splitting the signal from the sensor and measuring the direct impulse and then the processed impulse from the device. But the readings I'm getting are all over the place, so I must be doing something wrong.
Thanks for this piece on oscilloscope. Is very informative, well detailed and straight on point. Well done. Question 3 years ago. Can we use an oscilloscope to actually find issues?
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