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TekScope® Pulse-Width
Triggering
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Often, it is impossible to obtain a stable trigger with
simple edge triggering. The signal in this image consists
of a train of pulses. With edge triggering, a trigger
event can occur on the rising edge of any pulse, and it
is impossible to see what the signal really looks like.
To get a stable trigger, we'd like to always trigger on
the first pulse in the train. This sync pulse is 10
µs wide, so we can use pulse-width triggering.
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Press the Trigger Menu button, then press the right bezel
button to set the trigger type to "Pulse".
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Then, use the middle bezel button to set the polarity to
"Positive".
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Use the ± rocker to set the pulse width to 10
µs.
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Use the fourth bezel button to select "Trigger When =
Width". This will cause a trigger event on any pulse
whose positive width is within 10% of 10 µs. The
tolerance can be set (with the ± rocker) to 5%,
10%, 15%, or 20%.
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Now, the scope has a stable trigger. You can use the delay timebase to zoom in on a
particular part of the signal (e.g., the falling edge of
the third pulse).
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about TekScope features.
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