{"id":3745,"date":"2018-02-24T22:42:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T20:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2020-10-21T19:50:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:50:48","slug":"how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Oscilloscope in Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow the below simple steps in order to use the oscilloscope in dcaclab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Navigate through the list of the devices\/components as shown in image.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3748\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-lab\/where-to-find-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/where-to-find-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"874,186\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;FarhanSheikh&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1519523331&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"where to find oscilloscope in dcaclab\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/where-to-find-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab-300x64.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/where-to-find-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3748 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/where-to-find-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg\" alt=\"where to find oscilloscope in dcaclab\" width=\"874\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/where-to-find-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg 874w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/where-to-find-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/where-to-find-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab-768x163.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/where-to-find-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab-604x129.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Click on the oscilloscope icon, the oscilloscope will then appear in the board below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3747\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-lab\/oscilloscope-in-dcaclab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"347,247\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;FarhanSheikh&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1519523256&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oscilloscope in dcaclab\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/oscilloscope-in-dcaclab-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3747 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg\" alt=\"oscilloscope in dcaclab\" width=\"347\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg 347w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/oscilloscope-in-dcaclab-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Grab the probes to measure the voltage of any point or define the signal at any point of the circuit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-lab\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"731,315\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;FarhanSheikh&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1519522736&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how to use oscilloscope in dcaclab\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab-300x129.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3746 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg\" alt=\"how to use oscilloscope in dcaclab\" width=\"731\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab.jpg 731w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-dcaclab-604x260.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to use Time and Voltage Division in an Oscillator<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/how-to-use-oscilloscope-in-lab\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1282,718\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"using oscillator with different time and voltage division\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division-1024x574.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3751\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division.jpg\" alt=\"using oscillator with different time and voltage division\" width=\"1282\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division.jpg 1282w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcaclab.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/using-oscillator-with-different-time-and-voltage-division-482x270.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the above image shown of an oscilloscope there are two pivots, upper pivot is used to vary the time per division in the x axis and lower pivot is used to vary the voltage per division in the y axis.<\/p>\n<p>You can play with the above circuit in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/en\/experiments\/11875-using-oscilloscope-in-lab\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What Can Oscilloscope Measure<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the Oscilloscope you can define the quantities like amplitude, frequency and other waveform characteristics in a Signal or AC current.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In easy way,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the help of oscilloscope we can measure both the characteristics based on time as well as voltage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Timing characteristics<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The time unit is shown by the x axis in the oscilloscope, with the help of time unit we can define the characteristics such as Frequency and period, Duty cycle and Rise and fall time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Frequency and period<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The frequency of the signal or a current (AC Current) is defined as the number of cycle the waveform completes in one second. The period of the current (AC Current) or a signal is defined as the opposite to the frequency that is the number of second each wave cycle takes. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Duty cycle<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The duty cycle is calculated as the percentage of the signal weather it is positive or negative, The duty cycle is defined in two types, they are positive duty cycle and negative duty cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the help of Duty cycle we can define the ratio of the time period the signal is positive and the signal is negative.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Rise and fall time<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AC voltage or a signal does not instantaneously go 0v to 12v, they rise to the peak voltage instead. The Rise Time is defined as the time duration in which the signal goes from low point to high point, The Fall Time is defines the opposite that is the time duration in which the signal goes from high point to low point. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Voltage characteristics<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The voltage unit is shown by the y axis in the oscilloscope. With the help of Voltage unit we can define the characteristics such as Amplitude, Maximum and minimum voltages and Mean and average voltages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Amplitude<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amplitude is defined as the magnitude of the voltage or a signal. There are many ways to define the amplitude, in one method the difference between high voltage point to low voltage point also known as peak-to-peak amplitude. In another method the distance from high voltage point or low voltage point to 0V.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Maximum and minimum voltages<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the help of Oscilloscope you can very easily define that how high and low does the voltage of your signal gets.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Mean and average voltages<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the help of oscilloscope you can very easily calculate the average or mean voltage of the signal. Also with the help of the oscilloscope you can define the average of the signal\u2019s maximum as well as minimum voltage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do write on the comment below that how did you used the oscilloscope.<\/p>\n<p>Click to see the\u00a0use of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dcaclab.com\/en\/experiments\/11875-using-oscilloscope-in-lab\">oscilloscope in dcaclab<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow the below simple steps in order to use the oscilloscope in dcaclab. 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