Rigol DS6104 Administrator Guide

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FastFourierTransformswithRigolOscilloscopes

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FFT(FastFourierTransform)isaprocesswhichconvertsatime‐domain

signalintoitsfrequencydomainequivalent.Commonapplicationsforusage

ofFFTwaveformsare:

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zMeasuringharmoniccontentanddistortioninsystems

zCharacterizingnoiseinDCpowersupplies

zAnalyzingvibration

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Howtoobtainawaveform'sFFT?

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InthisexampleanFFTwillbegeneratedforthe1KHzsquare

waveacquiredonChannel1asseenbelow.Thissignalcanbe

duplicatedonanyRigolscopebyattachingtheprobetothesquare

wavegeneratorportonthefrontoftheinstrument.Onceyoudo

that,pushAUTOthenyouwillseethis:

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Pressthe“MATH”button,amenuwillappearontheside,thenselectFFT

andsetthesourcetoChannel1:

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AFastFourierTransformofthecurrentsignalonChannel1willappearinthe

Purplecolorbelowthesquarewave.

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TheFFTcanbedisplayedfullscreenwiththechannelaswellbyadjusting

theWINDOWsetting.However,youliketoviewittakenoticeofthe

separateVERT/divandHORIZ/divsettingsshowninpurple.Youcanadjust

thesebypushingtheMATHbuttonandthenusingthehorizontaland

verticalscaleknobs.IftheFFTisn’tshownonthescreen,movetheVERTICAL

positionknobuntilyouseethezeropointandthenthesignal.

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TherearetwooptionsforverticalunitsontheFFT:mVrmsand

dBVrms.Whenlookingtoviewsmallsignalsalongwithmuchlargersignals

dBVrmsisbeneficialbecauseitprovidesalogscale.Forthosenotusedto

logarithmicscalinglookatthescreenshotabove.Inthesplitscreenmode

shownthereare8verticaldivisionsdedicatedtotheFFT.Herearethevalues

atthetopofeachdivisiongiventhe200mVrms/divsettingandtheposition

ofthezeromarkerontheleftatthetopofthebottomdivision:

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DivisionsdownfromtopofFFT

screen

Valueattopofthatdivision

0(topofpurpledisplay)1.4Vrms

11.2Vrms

21Vrms

3800mVrms

4600mVrms

5400mVrms

6200mVrms

70mVrms

8(verybottomofthescreen) ‐200(negativenumbersarenotused

byamVrmsscale)

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So,inthismodetheFFThasabout1.4Vrmsoftotalrangecapability.Youcan

changethesensitivity,butifyouwantedtoseea10Vrmsfundamentalanda

10mVrmsharmonicatthesametimeitisn’tpossibleonalinearscale.

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IfyouchangetheunitstodBVrms,herearethevalues:

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Whenthesettingsare20dBVrms/divandthereferenceismovedtoone

divisiondownfromthetopoftheFFTdisplay:

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Divisionsdownfromtop

ofFFTscreen

dBVrmsfromposition

marker

Valueattopofthat

division

0+10dBVrms 3.16Vrms

10dBVrms 1Vrms(attheposition

marker)

2‐10dBVrms .316Vrms

3‐20dBVrms .1Vrms

4‐30dBVrms .0316 Vrms

5‐40dBVrms .01 Vrms

6‐50dBVrms .00316mVrms

7‐60dBVrms .001mVrms

8‐70dBVrms .000316mVrms

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Tounderstandthisfully,theformulatoderivethedBVrmsvalueisasfollows:

dBVrms=20*log(Vrms/VREF)

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whereVREFinthiscaseis1Vrms,soitcanbesimplifiedto:

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dBVrms=20*log(Vrms)

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Consequently,whenlookingataspotonthescreenthatisknowntobeX

dBVrmstheactualVrmsvalueexpressedbysignalatthatlocationis:

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Vrms=10^(X/20)

Forexample,‐20dBVrms=10^‐1=0.1Vrms

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Sointhiscaseevery20dBisafactorof10xthevoltage.Usually,dBisused

intermsofWattsormilliWatts(dBm)inwhichcaseevery10dBisafactorof

10xthepower,butbecauseoftherelationshipbetweenpowerandvoltage

notethat20dBisafactorof10onyourscopesdisplay.

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ThehorizontalunitsperdivisionoftheFFTarealwaysinfrequency.The

abovescreenshotshows1.25KHzperdivision.Inthisdisplay,theleftsideof

thescreenisalwaysatDCor0Hz.Eachdivisiontotherightthenmarksthe

setvalue.Inthiscasethedivisionswouldbe0Hz,1.25KHz,2.5KHz,3.75

KHz,5KHz,andsoon.

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Howtosaveawaveform'sFFT?

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TosaveanFFTtothescopeoraUSBdrive,theFFTmustbesavedasa

referencewave“REF”asinthefollowingprocedure:

Pressthe“REF”button.Whenthesidemenuappears,setthesourcetobe

theFFT.Thenusethe“Save”optioninthemenutosavelocallyorexternally.

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Tosavethewaveform,selectsave.

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TosavetheFFTwaveformtoaUSBdrivepressthe

“Location”buttontheLocationnowswitchesto

“External”asinthefigurebelow:

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Uponselecting“Save”selectthefiletosavethewaveformtoandthenexit

uponcompletion.

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Referencewaveformscanthenberecalledatalatertimetocomparesignals.

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Insummary,whilenotasaccurateasaspectrumanalyzerorwithasmuch

range,theFFTfunctionoftheoscilloscopecanbeusedtoviewthe

frequencydomaininformationforasignal.Withavarietyofcapabilitiesto

changeranges,units,anddisplaymodeaswellassavingandrecalling

waveforms,Rigoloscilloscopescanmakefrequencymeasurementseasily

andquicklyusingtheincludedFFTfunction.

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Formoreinformationorquestionscontactusdirectlyat:

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