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Appendix 4 Supplemental Technical Information
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Displaying waveforms by their sampled values with adequate resolution of char-
acteristics such as sine wave peaks requires a minimum of about 25 samples
per waveform period.
The measurement frequency limit is determined by the timebase.
Appendix 4.3 Measurement Frequency Limit
One Signal Period
1
2
3
23
24
25
Timebase
Sampling
period
Measurement
limit frequency
100 ms/div
200 ms/div
500 ms/div
1 s/div
2 s/div
5 s/div
10 s/div
30 s/div
1 min/div
2 min/div
5 min/div
1 ms
2 ms
5 ms
10 ms
20 ms
50 ms
100 ms
300 ms
600 ms
1.2 s
3 s
40 Hz
20 Hz
8 Hz
4 Hz
2 Hz
0.8 Hz
0.4 Hz
0.13 Hz
0.067 Hz
0.033 Hz
0.013 Hz
Timebase
Sampling
period
Measurement
limit frequency
5
μs/div
10
μs/div
20
μs/div
50
μs/div
100
μs/div
200
μs/div
500
μs/div
1 ms/div
2 ms/div
5 ms/div
10 ms/div
20 ms/div
50 ms/div
50 ns
100 ns
200 ns
500 ns
1
μs
2
μs
5
μs
10
μs
20
μs
50
μs
100
μs
200
μs
500
μs
800 kHz
400 kHz
200 kHz
80 kHz
40 kHz
20 kHz
8 kHz
4 kHz
2 kHz
800 Hz
400 Hz
200 Hz
80 Hz