The oscilloscope is basically a graph-displaying device - it draws a graph of an electrical signal. In most applications the graph shows how signals change over time: the vertical (Y) axis represents voltage and the horizontal (X) axis represents time - You can determine the time and voltage values of a signal.
- You can calculate the frequency of an oscillating signal.
- You can see the "moving parts" of a circuit represented by the signal.
- You can tell if a malfunctioning component is distorting the signal.
- You can find out how much of a signal is direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC).
You can tell how much of the signal is noise and whether the noise is changing with time.
This is a dynamic demonstrator. It is intended to study how the oscilloscope works. Signals from various blocks of the oscilloscope are terminated on different terminals terminated on the front panel of the demonstrator. Since longer lengths of wires are used for terminating the test points, performance of the oscilloscope will be degraded. |
