User`s manual

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Oscilloscope Experience Redefined:
Acquisition memory size is an essential oscilloscope
specification because it determines the amount of data
you can capture in a single acquisition. In general, longer
memory is better. However, no memory is always long
enough to capture all the signals you need, especially when
capturing infrequent anomalies, data bursts, or multiple
serial bus packets. Segmented memory acquisition lets
you selectively capture and store important signal activity
without capturing unimportant signal idle time with the time
stamp of each segment relative to the first trigger event.
Segmented memory comes standard in the
4000 X-Series.
Figure 7 shows segmented memory successfully
capturing 1,000 events in 3.27274 seconds. Traditional
memory architecture would require 2.7 Gpts of memory to
accomplish the same result. This memory is not available on
any scope in the market.
Figure 7: Segmented memory efficiently manages the memory
to capture up to 1,000 segments of interest to you, making it an
effective ultra-deep memory oscilloscope that can easily capture
infrequent events and anomalies.
Segmented memory: A smart and efficient way to
capture waveforms
Experience the Speed
Segmented memory works in conjunction with serial
protocol decode. For example, by setting the trigger
condition to “CAN serial bus error,” segmented memory
captures and stores only CAN error packets and stitches
together each segment for easy viewing. You can quickly
compare time tags to discover time intervals between errors.
Segmented memory + serial decode
Figure 8: Segmented memory being used in conjunction with
serial decode resulting in maximum insight into serial bus.