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5

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26 Du

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Differential

Am

p

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Dimensions

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5

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ma

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or

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Selects

calibrate

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5

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ready

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use

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receive

d

.



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microvolts/

d

ivision

to

5

volts/division

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16

steps

in

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he unit

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installed

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p

l

u

g-in

com

p

artment

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se

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d

i-

fer

to

t

he oscilloscope

instruction

man

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al

for

information

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cate d

eflection

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10

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of

bot

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on

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operation

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pp

er

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lower

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and

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out

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en

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of

t

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e

5

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with

t

he

plug-in

compartment

track

s,

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10

Χ

co

d

e

dp

robe

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used

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an

d

fully

i

n

sert

t

he 5

Α

26

u

n

til

it

loc

k

s

i

nto place

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re-

move,

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release

latc

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disengage

t

h

e

5

Α

26

from

t

he

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~

oscillosco

p

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aria

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le

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Controls-

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calibrated

continuously

varia

b

le

d

eflection

factors

between

t

he

cali

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rate

d

settings

of

t

he

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N

T

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N

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and

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d

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h

e

d

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to

12

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d

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he

following

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b

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t

h

e

f

u

nction

of

t

h

e

front-

p

anel

controls,

con

n

ectors,

an

d

indicators

.

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efer

to

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ig

.

1-2

for

t

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locatio

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t

h

e

co

n

trols,

con

necto

r

s

and

in

d

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Detaile

d

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p

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Information

.

DIS

PL

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ush

B

utton-Applies

and

removes

logic

levels

to

t

he oscilloscope

system

to

enable

or d

isa

b

le

p

lug-in

operation

.

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is

functional

on

ly

w

hen

p

l

u

g-in

is

op

erate

d

in

one

of

t

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vertical

d

eflectio

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p

l

u

g-in

compartments

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trols-

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p

lay

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uttons-Allows

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t

he

upper b

andwi

d

t

h

limit

to

increase

t

h

e

signal-to-noise

ratio

for

low-frequency

applications

.

Selects

upp

er

ban

dwi

d

t

h

limit

at

eit

h

er

1

mega

h

ertz

(

bu

tton

o

u

t)

or

10

k

ilo

h

ertz

(

bu

tton

in)

.

O

PER

ATI

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G

I

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ST

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Section

1-5

Α

26

ST

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n

ces

t

h

e

in

p

ut

am

p

lifier

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minimum

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s

h

ift

t

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g

h

o

u

t t

h

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d

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factor

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ing

ra

n

ge

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n

g

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uttons

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d

in

selects

cap

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coupling

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to

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ut

connecto

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t

sig

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al

.

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d

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in

put

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resistor

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and

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buttons

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arging of

t

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cou

p

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cap

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to

t

h

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input

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n

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d

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button

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r

measurement

.

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OD

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ush

B

utton

s-Select

c

h

annel to

b

e d

is

played

an

d

illumi

n

ate

t

h

e

p

ro

p

er

d

eflection

factor

setting

(1

Χ

or

10

Χ

)

on

t

he

VO

L

TS/DI

V

switc

h k

no

bsk

irt

.

B

oth buttons

pus

hed

i

n

provides

α

du

al-trace

d

isplay

.

Operating

Instructions-5A26

r

ο

Fig

.

1-

2

.

Front-panel

controls,

connectors,

and

indicators

.

Operating

Instructions-5A26

ι

ι

AC



O

UT

:

DC

(b

utton out)

+

an

d

-

In

p

u

t

Connectors-

BN

C

connectors

for

app

li-

cation of

external

voltage

signals

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Connector

labele

d



GND



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+

indicates

t

h

at

α

p

ositive-going

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cause

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d

eflectio

n

;

connector

la

b

ele

d

-

indicates

t

h

at



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

CH

1

an

d

CH

2

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positive-going

sig

n

al

will

cause

downwar

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eflectio

n

.



(

b

uttons

in)

Con

nectors

inclu

de

co

d

e

d

-

prob

e

input

rings

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