Operating instructions

University of Saskatchewan
Electrical Engineering Laboratory Equipment Manual
has a bandwidth rating – either 60 MHz or 100 MHz. This number refers to the
bandwidth of the analog electronics that precede the A/D.
There is one last important point to be made about the digitizing oscilloscopes.
They all have coaxial connectors (known as BNC connectors); they consist of an inner
conductor and an outer conductor, which is connected to ground internal to the scope.
When you connect a scope to your circuit with a BNC-to-alligator clip cable, remember
that the red clip is the signal connection, while black clip is ground. Wherever that black
clip is connected will be grounded!
In terms of functionality, that’s really all there is to the operation of an
oscilloscope. What is more difficult to remember is where the controls are on all of the
different oscilloscopes, and where to find the specialized functions such as the ―x vs. y‖
display mode. The specifics of each oscilloscope in the lab now follow.
HP 54600A/54601A 100 MHz Digitizing Oscilloscope
 Repetitive Bandwidth – 100 MHz
 20 MSample/s 8 bit A/D
 2 channel (HP 54600A) / 4 channel (HP 54601A) input and display
 Vertical sensitivity range 2 mV/div – 5 V/div
 Horizontal sensitivity range 2 ns/div – 5 sec/div
Voltage
Time
Cursors
Trace
Setup
Measure
Save / Recall
Auto -
scale
Display
Print
Utility
Run
Stop
Auto -
store
Erase
Source
Mode
Slope
Coupling
Main
Delayed
1
2

STORAGE
HORIZONTAL
TRIGGER
VERTICAL
Delay
Level
Holdoff
Time / Div
Volts / Div
Volts / Div
Position
Position
5 V
2 mV
5 V
2 mV
5 s
2 ns
Line
O I
1 X 2 Y
External
Trigger
Z
54600A
OSCILLOSCOPE
100 MHz
2 CHANNEL
HEWLETT
PACKARD
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The HP 54601A, is really just a two channel oscilloscope. The two main
channels are channels 1 and 2, with channels 3 and 4 being auxiliary or reduced
performance inputs. Each input has an input impedance of 1 M in parallel with a