DS201 Users Manual

Contents
I Product Intro...2
II General Safety Rules .. 2
III Major Functions ..2
IV Operation Precautions ..3
V General Inspection. 3
VI Functional Inspections.............................................................................................................................. 3
VII Battery Recharging Instruction.3
VIII SD Card Storage Instruction.3
IX Firmware Upgrades .3
X Product Familiarization. 5
1. Interface and Buttons5
2. Screen5
XI Measurement Operation Instruction.6
1. Parameter Area Intro6
2. Measurement Area Intro6
3. Specific Parameters Intro6
Hidden two waveform operation line10
Zero voltage calibration13
XII Application Examples.15
1. Example One: Measure Simple Signal15
2. Example Two: Measure with Cursor16
3. Example Three: Save Waveform Image17
4. Example Four: Acquire Single Signal18
5. Example Five: Compare Waveform Signals18

I Product Intro
DS201 pocket size oscilloscope is a compatible 32bit digital storage oscilloscope. Based on ARM
-M3, its equipped with 320*240 color display, SD card, USB port and recharging function. Its compact,
simple to operate; meets the basic demands of school lab, electric furniture repairmen and electric engineering.

II General Safety Rules

To ensure your safety & avoid any damages to the product/connected devices, please read the following
safety rules carefully. To avoid any possible dangers, please use this product according to the rules.
Use appropriate power cord. Please use dedicated power cord which is certified in the country/region.
Connect/disconnect properly. Do not plug/unplug when the probe(s)/test lead(s) is connected to the
power source. Before you plug/unplug the current probes, please disconnect the power to the circuit-under-test.
Observe all terminal ratings. To avoid fire/electric shock, please dont measure signal with DC100V or
above, or the device might be destroyed. Please read the manual carefully to know the detailed info of related
ratings before connection.
Please do not operate in humid environment.
Please do not operate in inflammable/explosive environment.
Please keep the surface of the product clean and dry.

III Major Functions

Display

2.8 color TFT LCD

display resolution

320240

Display Colors

65K

Virtual Broadband

0-200kHz

Max. Sampling Rate

1Msps 12 bit

Sampling Storage Depth

4096 points

Transverse Sensitivity

1uS/Div~10S/Div(1-2-5 stepping)

Vertical Sensitivity

10mv/Div~10V/Div(x1 probe)
0.1V/Div~100V/Div(x10 probe)

Input Resistance

>500K

Max. Input Voltage

80Vppx1 probe

Coupling Mode

DC

Triggering Mode

AutoNormalSingleNoneScan
frequencycycledutyVppVramVavgDC voltage
Vertical Precise Measurement Cursor
Horizontal Precise Measurement Cursor

Auto Measurement

Rising/Falling Edge Trigger

Triggering Cursor
Triggering Sensitivity Cursor
Hold/Run

Inbuilt Test Signal

10Hz~1MHz(1-2-5 stepping)

Waveform Storage

SD Card

PC Connection Interface

Connection through USB

Recharging Method

Recharging through USB interface

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Dimensions

105mm53mm8mm

IV Operation Precautions
Temperature
Working condition+0 to +500
Non-working condition-20 to +60
Humidity
Working conditionHigh temperature40C - 50C0%-60%RH
Working conditionLow temperature0C - 40C10%-90%RH
Non-working conditionHigh temperature40C- 60C5%-60%RH
Non-working conditionLow temperature0C - 40C5%-90%RH

V General Inspection
When you get a new DS201, its suggested to inspect the product by the following steps:
1Inspect for damage caused by shipping.
If the carton/plastic protection pad is seriously damaged, please keep the package until the product and
accessories pass the inspection electrically and mechanically.
2Inspect the product
Please contact the company if the following problems occur: 1) product surface is damaged, 2) product
doesnt work properly, 3) product does not pass performance test.
If the damage is resulted from shipping, please keep the package and contact the transportation department/
RIGOL distributor who is in charge of this service, for repair or exchange.

VI Functional Inspection
Make a quick functional inspection to ensure the product is working soundly. Please perform following steps:
1 Turn on the power supply, access homepage of the oscilloscope.
2 Connect the oscilloscope with standard signals (e.g. square wave 20KHzVpp=5V), set the switch on
probe tip as 1X, plug oscilloscope probe to the jack.
Check whether the measured signal value is the same as the standard value; it can be calibrated if the
margin is small.

VII Battery Recharging Instruction

When the battery sign shows as
be power on or off while recharging.

, or when the display is dim, please recharge in time. The product can

VIII SD Card Storage Instruction

Insert SD card into the slot before using SD card to store waveform images. This product supports SD Card
storage. (Max. memory: 2G)

IX Firmware Upgrade
To upgrade firmware, please perform following steps:
1. Open web to access www.minidso.com, download the latest applicable firmware to your PC.
2. Simultaneously press of DS201 and turn on power supply, enter DFU firmware upgrade mode.
3. Use USB to connect DS201 to your PC, a removable disk named DFU V3_11_A will appear on your PC.
Copy the hex firmware to the root directory of your disk. After the extension of the firmware changes from
hex to rdy, restart DS201, thus firmware is upgraded.

1.

Copy file from PC to the virtual USB disk

2.

After extension changes from hex to

rdy, its upgraded.

X Product Familiarization
1. Interface & Buttons

Power Switch

Power Switch
Signal Output

Signal Input
Up
Left

SD Card Slot

Right
Down

USB Port

Menu
2. Screen
The screen display is depicted as below:
A

Parameter Area

Measurement
Area

Parameter Area

Display the position of

current waveform

The table below shows the intro of button functions

Button

Function

||

Run/Hold
Choose to save current parameter setting(long press)

Upward selection

Downward selection

left/decreasechange setting parameters

right/increasechange setting parameters

Menu
Choose to save current file(long press)

NOTEThere are corresponding colors for items in Parameter Area and Measurement Area.

XI Measurement Operation Instruction

1. Parameter Area Intro
Menu

Item

Function(Operate: Press | or |)

AUTO/NORM/SINGL/NONE/SCAN

Automation/Normal/Single/Slow
Scan/Instant Scan

10mV-10V1-2-5 stepping

y-axis voltage per grid

1/10

multiple

1uS2S1-2-5 stepping

x-axis voltage per grid

-Inp/Data/-Data/Inp+D/D-Inp/Inp-D

Operation of 2 waveforms (Inp is

current
waveform;
D/Data
is
previously saved waveform)

G
H

Triggering Method: Falling

trigger, Rising edge trigger.
40mV3.9V

edge

Horizontal triggering range

Power supply by battery/ by USB

2. Measurement Area Intro

Item

Function Intro

Yn

Y-axis Function Setting

Xn

X-axis Function Setting

Tr

Triggering Function Setting

Me

Measurement Function Setting

Ex

Waveform Operation Function Setting

Fn

Save and Load Function Setting

Sn

Output Waveform Parameters Setting

Ca

Calibration Setting

3. Specific Parameter Intro

Choose the items in parameter area through + or _. Press M to access parameter setting menu, use +
and _ to choose the parameter item, and then use | and | to change the parameter value of the place
where the cursor blinks.
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1Annotation of Yn parameters

Y Ranges

Y-axis voltage per grid

ProbeAtt

Multiple

FitRange

Auto adjustment

Y Offset

Waveform adjusts up & down within the window

CursorV1

Cursor V1:top limit of visible trigger level

CursorV2

CursorV2:bottom limit of visible trigger level

CursorTp

Hide/ Display Measurement Cursor

2Annotations of Xn Parameters

TimeBase

X-axis voltage per grid

Fit Base

Auto adjustment

ViewPosi

Horizontal movement to view waveform

SmplDpth

Internal storage depth1k6k

CursorT1

Time measurement cursorT1

CursorT2

Time measurement cursorT2

CursorTp

Hide/Display Measurement Cursor

3Annotations of Tr parameters

Choices of Triggering Mode

SyncMode

AUTO/NORM/SINGL/NONE/SCAN
Automation/Normal/Singular/Slow Scan/Instant Scan

TrigMode

Rising edge/falling edge triggering mode

Auto Fit

Auto adjustment

Threshol

Horizontal Triggering Position Level

Sensitiv

Horizontal Triggering Range

CursorTp

Hide/Display Horizontal Triggering Position Level

4Annotations of Me Parameters

Freq

Signal Frequency

Duty

Dutyfactor

Vrms

Voltage Effective Value

Vavg

Average Value of Voltage

Vp-p

Peak-to-Peak Voltage

Vmax

Maximum Voltage

Vmin

Minimum Voltage

5Annotations of Ex Parameters

Ext Refn

2 waveforms operation (Inp is current waveform; D/Data is

previously saved waveform)
-Inp/Data/-Data/Inp+D/D-Inp/Inp-D

Ext Posi

Display current waveform

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Hidden two waveform operation line (purple line)

Set the cursor to the "EX" option, press the "M" pop-up window, select "Ext Refn" option, then
Through "|" or "|" change cursor blink parameter values for the "Off", the two waveform
operation line (purple line)Be hidden, as shown in the figure below.

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6Annotations of Fn Parameters

Save Bmp

Save bmp file (waveform image) to the built-in U disk

Save Dat

Save dat file to the built-in U disk

Save Buf

Save buf file (sampling buffering data) to built-in U disk

Save Csv

Save csv file (export sampling buffering data)to built-in U disk

Load Dat

load Dat

Load Buf

load Buf

7Annotations of Sn Parameters

Out Freq

Signal output frequency

Out Duty

Signal output dutyfactor

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8Annotations of Ca Parameters

Oscilloscope CalibrationPress||

Cal Zero

Calibration without voltage

CalRange

Calibration with voltage

Restore

Master Reset

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Zero voltage calibration: as the chart, "1.0 V" gear, zero line is inaccurate and head for the "PO - 17", needs
to be calibrated.

Line and arrow is not

horizontal.

Error: 17

The calibration Steps:

1. Through "+" or "-"button to move the cursor option" Ca "option, press"M "pop-up" Calibration
"Window.

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2. Press "||" button to enter the calibration options window.

3. Select "Cal Zero" option, by |or"| "change the cursor blink in the parameter value is adjusted for
" PO 0.0 " Zero calibration line, line with the arrow to a level.

4.The calibration after the zero line, we need to save the Settings after calibration. By "+" or"- button to
move the cursor option "Yn" option, long press "||" button, the pop-up."Save ParamTab?"Window,
press the "||" button to save the calibration.

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5.The other gear have zero line position error, the calibration in accordance with the
above method.

XII Application Examples

1. Example One: Measure Simple Signal
Observe one unknown signal in a circuit, quickly measure & display the signals frequency & peak-to-peak value.
Please operate according to following steps:
Connect the channel probe to the detection point of the circuit.
Set the Channel mode as AUTO, adjust the (Horizontal) time calibration and (Vertical) voltage calibration,
make sure the signal displays clearly.
Adjust Threshol horizontal triggering position to make signal display stable.
Use + or - to choose Me items in Measurement Area, then press M, use | or | to choose the
signal parameters that need analysis, e.g. Freq(frequency), Duty(dutyfactor), Vpp(peak-to-peak voltage)etc., the
measured value will be displayed at the lower right corner of the screen, as shown in the image below:

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Measured value

2. Example Two Measure with Cursor

A cursor can be used to measure the time and voltage of the waveform very quickly.
1Measure the cycle of signal source
Please operate according to the following steps:
Use + or - to choose Yn items in Measurement Area.
Press M
Use | or | to choose CursorV1
Use + or _ to adjust the position of CursorV1 to the crest.
Use | or | to choose CursorV2
Use + or _ to adjust the position of CursorV2 to the valley.
And getV=1.00mS i.e. the cycle of signal source. As shown in the image below:

T2
T1
2Measure peak-to-peak value of the signal source.
Please operate according to following steps:
Use + or _ to choose Yn items in Measurement Area
Press M
Use | or | to choose CursorV1
Use + or _ to adjust the position of CursorV1 to the crest
Use | or | to choose CursorV2
Use + or _ to adjust the position of CursorV2 to the valley
And getV=2.08V. i.e. the cycle of signal source, as shown in the image below:

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V1

V2

3. Example ThreeSave waveform image

Sometimes waveform images need to be archived or analyzed on PC platform.
Please operate according to following steps:
Use + or _ to choose the Fn items in Measurement Area, press M, use | or |to choose
Save Bmp, and then use |or | to choose the file name on the lower right corner of the
screen ,e.g.Save000.BMPas shown in the image; and then press|| to save it to the built-in U disk.
Just copy the image to your PC, and you can analyze the waveform image.

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4. Example Four: Acquire Single Signal

Its the superiority and feature of digital oscilloscope to easily aquire non-periodic signals like impulsion and
sentus. To aquire a single signal, you need a priori knowledge of it to set trigger level & trigger edge. E.g. if
impulsion is a TTL PWL logic signal, trig level should be set as 2V, trig edge as rising edge trig. If the signal is
not stable, its suggested to observe in a normal triggering mode to define trig level & trig edge.
Operation steps are as follows
Connect the channel probe to the detection point of the circuit.
Set the triggering: set F as
rising edge trigger Triggering setting: DC Coupling.
Adjust horizontal time level and vertical scale to proper range.
Adjust proper triggering PWL.
Use + or _ to choose Tr items in Measurement Area, press M; use | or | to choose
Syncmodeand then use | or | to choose single touch mode, wait for the signal that match the
triggering condition to show up. If there is one signal reaching the preset PWL, it will be sampled and displayed
on the screen. As shown in the picture.

5. Example Five: Compare waveform signals

Please operate according to following steps:
Input standard signal waveform to the channel, chose Data in EX, and then choose Save Dat 01 to save
the waveform, as shown in the image below.
Input unknown to-be-measured signal to the channel, choose Load Dat01EXData, and then the
to-be-compared waveforms are shown on the screen simultaneously, as shown in the image.

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