Eca 2 Lab 1
Eca 2 Lab 1
LAB # 1
To explain the procedure for generation and display of AC signal using hardware tool
Objectives:
• To explain the procedure for generating the arbitrary waveforms using function generator.
• To explain the basic understanding of viewing a time varying voltage waveform and various control
knobs using digital oscilloscope.
Oscilloscope:
An oscilloscope is a graph displaying device. It is used to visualize time-varying electronic signals on
a screen. The signals are graphed using an analogue circuitry or a digital apparatus.
Analog Oscilloscope:
It works on the functionality of Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). A beam of electrons is made to fall on a
screen where it becomes visible as a bright blue dot. The beam is then moved along a horizontal line
using a sawtooth voltage applied along the horizontal axis. The fast-moving dot gives the appearance
of a blue line. Then the signal to be graphed on the screen is applied vertically so that the beam of
electrons moves in a vertical access accordingly. The result is a plot of the time varying applied signal
on the oscilloscope screen.
Digital Oscilloscope:
As digital oscilloscope works on the functionality of Analog to-Digital (A/D) converter. The applied
input analog signal is sampled at a high rate; the received samples are then plotted on the screen.
Digital Oscilloscopes have some obvious benefits over analog counterparts. The advent in digital
circuitry has made the oscilloscopes cheaper. Moreover, the sampled signal in a digital oscilloscope
can be stored in memory, can be easily modified or transferred to a computer for further analysis. In
this lab we shall conduct all experiments using digital oscilloscopes.
Generating a Signal:
• Turn the power on and press the output key. Press the sine key, if not already active.
• Enter a value of 2 using numeric keypad and then choose units to be kHz. We can also specify time
period instead of frequency if we press the “Freq” soft key and then specify the time period.
• Similarly press the Amplitude soft key to enter amplitude and offset soft key to enter DC offset.
• The units can be changed by pressing first the +/- key and then entering new units.
• Similarly by pressing the square, ramp, pulse etc keys we can generate arbitrary waveforms of
different characteristics.
In Lab Task:
Observation Tables:
Task 1:
CH-1 Voltage status Time Status CH-1 status(after Time Base
Base offset) Status(after offset)
2v/div 200us 2v 200u
Task 2:
Time Period Duty Cycle Duty Cycle On-Time Off-Time Ratio
250u 25% 200us 63us 187us
3 175u
3.5 144u