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==Equipment Types==
==Equipment Types==
*Tektronix TDS 1002 Oscilloscope
*Tektronix TDS 1002 Oscilloscope
*Wavetek Model 180
*Wavetek Model 180 Function Generator


==Setting Up the the Oscilloscope==
==Setting Up the the Oscilloscope==

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Equipment Types

  • Tektronix TDS 1002 Oscilloscope
  • Wavetek Model 180 Function Generator

Setting Up the the Oscilloscope

  • We connected the BNC cable from the Lo output on the function generator to the CH 1 input on the Oscilloscope. The Ch 1 is set for DC coupling, with the volts/division set to coarse. The trigger is rather confusing at this time, but we found that the best setting for viewing a stable sine wave is auto trigger with an edge type. On the function generator, we multiplied the wave by 2 with the large dial, left the freq multiplier on x1 setting. We experimented with the sweep features, but i proved itself to be useless for this lab, so we left it off. The DC offset was left at 0.

Wave Measurements

First we take initial estimates of the amplitude using the boxed grid on the oscilloscope and estimated roughly 280mV. We used the cursor (type: voltage) and the measure function on the oscilloscope to measure the wave amplitude more accurately, the result for both were 284mV.

  • Wave Frequency: 20Hz
  • Wave Peak to Peak Amplitude: 284mV



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