Page 3 - What You’ll Find in This Book
iii What You’ll Find in This Book What You’ll Find in This Book This book gives you a quick introduction to the instrument. It is not intended as a comprehensive guide, but rather as a starting point to start using the instrument quickly. This book is divided into three sections: Chapter 1 provides ...
Page 4 - General Safety Considerations
iv General Safety Considerations General Safety Considerations This product has been designed and tested in accordance with IEC Publica-tion 61010-1, Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and Laboratory Use, and has been supplied in a safe condition. The instruction d...
Page 7 - Contents; Introducing the Instrument
Contents Contents-1 General Safety Considerations iiv 1 Introducing the Instrument The Agilent 83480A, Agilent 54750A—At a Glance 1-2A Quick Tour of the Front Panel 1-4 2 Operating the Instrument Operating the Instrument 2-2Equipment Used in These Exercises 2-3Exercise 1. Installing a Plug-in Module...
Page 9 - Introducing the Instrument
1 Entry devices 1-4 Disk drive 1-4 CAL signal 1-4 Hardkeys 1-5 Display 1-5 Softkeys 1-6 Introducing the Instrument
Page 10 - NOTE
1-2 Introducing the Instrument The Agilent 83480A, Agilent 54750A—At a Glance The Agilent 83480A, Agilent 54750A—At a Glance The Agilent 83480A-series digital communications analyzer or Agilent 54750A-series digitizing oscilloscope are modular, high-performance mainframes that contain digitizers, ti...
Page 12 - A Quick Tour of the Front Panel; Entry devices
1-4 Introducing the Instrument A Quick Tour of the Front Panel A Quick Tour of the Front Panel This section describes how to use the front panel. This information will help you gain the full use of your instrument in the shortest possible time. This sec-tion divides the front panel into the followin...
Page 13 - Hardkeys; Figure 1-1. The front panel of the instrument
1-5 Introducing the Instrument A Quick Tour of the Front Panel Hardkeys The two types of hardkeys are instant action and menu. Clear display and Run are examples of instant action keys because as soon as you press them, the instrument changes operating states. Time base and Trigger are examples of m...
Page 14 - Softkeys
1-6 Introducing the Instrument A Quick Tour of the Front Panel Figure 1-2. The instrument display Softkeys The softkeys are to the right of the display, and instead of placing a label on the softkey itself, the label is actually located on the display next to the soft-key. These labels on the displa...
Page 18 - Figure 1-7. Single choice softkey selection
1-10 Introducing the Instrument A Quick Tour of the Front Panel You change selections by pressing the Hysteresis softkey, which brings up a sec- ond level softkey menu on the display. Then, you use the softkeys, arrow keys, or knob to change selections. To activate that selection, press the Enter so...
Page 19 - Operating the Instrument
2 Equipment Used in These Exercises 2-3 Exercise 1. Installing a Plug-in Module 2-4 Exercise 2. Turning On the Instrument 2-5 Exercise 3. Connecting a Signal 2-6 Exercise 4. Finding the Signal 2-7 Exercise 5. Modifying the Setup 2-8 Exercise 6. Making Measurements on the Signal 2-13 Exercise 7. Usin...
Page 20 - Note
2-2 Operating the Instrument Operating the Instrument Operating the Instrument This chapter contains several exercises that will familiarize you with the oper-ation of the instrument. Exercises 1–3 show how to get the instrument up and running. Exercises 4 and 5 demonstrate the vertical, horizontal,...
Page 21 - Equipment Used in These Exercises
2-3 Operating the Instrument Equipment Used in These Exercises Equipment Used in These Exercises All of the pictures of the display in this book were generated using an Agilent 83480A with an Agilent 83483A, 54751A electrical plug-in module, and the signal from the Agilent 8133A pulse generator. If ...
Page 23 - Exercise 2. Turning On the Instrument; C A U T I O N
2-5 Operating the Instrument Exercise 2. Turning On the Instrument Exercise 2. Turning On the Instrument 1 Set the line-voltage switch on the rear panel to the correct voltage selection for your power source. 2 Connect a power cord from a power source to the rear-panel connector of the mainframe. 3 ...
Page 24 - Exercise 3. Connecting a Signal
2-6 Operating the Instrument Exercise 3. Connecting a Signal Exercise 3. Connecting a Signal C A U T I O N Electrostatic discharge (ESD) on or near input connectors can damage circuits inside the instrument. Repair of damage due to misuse is not covered under warranty. Before connecting any cable to...
Page 25 - Exercise 4. Finding the Signal
2-7 Operating the Instrument Exercise 4. Finding the Signal Exercise 4. Finding the Signal The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate the Autoscale function. The Autoscale function can be used to automatically set up the display for most input signals. To activate the Autoscale function, press A...
Page 26 - Exercise 5. Modifying the Setup; Changing the vertical scale; Selecting Fine mode
2-8 Operating the Instrument Exercise 5. Modifying the Setup Exercise 5. Modifying the Setup The purpose of this exercise is to show you the Channel and Time Base menus. Changing the vertical scale 1 To display the Channel menu and change the vertical scaling, press: Channel (located on the plug-in ...
Page 27 - Using the keypad; Setting the offset
2-9 Operating the Instrument Exercise 5. Modifying the Setup Using the keypad When using the Agilent 83483A, 54751A electrical plug-in module, the knob or arrow key changes the scaling from 50 mV/div to 100 mV/div, in one step. At 50 mV/div the signal is clipped, and at 100 mV/div the signal is not ...
Page 28 - Changing the time base
2-10 Operating the Instrument Exercise 5. Modifying the Setup Figure 2-2. Signal vertical display Changing the time base 5 To display the Time Base menu and change the horizontal scale, press: Time base , Scale Use the knob, arrow keys or keypad to change the scaling so the horizontal width of the p...
Page 30 - Setting the reference
2-12 Operating the Instrument Exercise 5. Modifying the Setup Setting the reference 8 To set the reference to the left or center of the graticule area, press: Reference
Page 31 - Exercise 6. Making Measurements on the Signal; Selecting the manual marker mode; Setting the X, Y source
2-13 Operating the Instrument Exercise 6. Making Measurements on the Signal Exercise 6. Making Measurements on the Signal The purpose of this exercise is to familiarize you with the Marker menu and the automatic measurement features of the instrument. You will begin by using the manual markers to ma...
Page 32 - Positioning the markers
2-14 Operating the Instrument Exercise 6. Making Measurements on the Signal Positioning the markers 4 To position the X1 marker, press: X1 Position Set the X1 marker to the left edge of the pulse. 5 To position the X2 marker, press: X2 Position Set the X2 marker to the right edge of the pulse. 6 To ...
Page 33 - Making an automatic +width measurement; Making an automatic amplitude measurement
2-15 Operating the Instrument Exercise 6. Making Measurements on the Signal Notice the ∆ X and ∆ Y at the bottom of the display. The ∆ X value is the width measurement, and the ∆ Y value is the amplitude measurement. The markers allow you to make custom measurements on signals. Remember, they are no...
Page 34 - Figure 2-5. Signal automatic measurements; Displaying the scale and offset values
2-16 Operating the Instrument Exercise 6. Making Measurements on the Signal Figure 2-5. Signal automatic measurements Displaying the scale and offset values 10 To redisplay the vertical scale and offset values, press: Shift , Clr meas The automatic measurement results are replaced by the vertical sc...
Page 35 - Exercise 7. Using the Help Menu
2-17 Operating the Instrument Exercise 7. Using the Help Menu Exercise 7. Using the Help Menu To display the Help menu, press Help . A screen similar to Figure 2-6 is dis- played. Figure 2-6. The instrument Help menu A three-column index appears on the display. The left column lists the fea-tures of...
Page 37 - In Case of Difficulty
3 If the Mainframe Does Not Operate 3-3 If the Plug-in Does Not Operate 3-4 In Case of Difficulty
Page 39 - If the Mainframe Does Not Operate
3-3 In Case of Difficulty If the Mainframe Does Not Operate If the Mainframe Does Not Operate If the mainframe does not operate, check the following: 1 Is the line fuse good? 2 Does the line socket have power? 3 Is the unit plugged in to the proper ac power source? 4 Is the mainframe turned on? 5 Is...
Page 40 - If the Plug-in Does Not Operate
3-4 In Case of Difficulty If the Plug-in Does Not Operate If the Plug-in Does Not Operate If the plug-in does not operate: 1 Make the following checks: • Is the plug-in module firmly seated in the mainframe slot? • Are the knurled screws at the bottom of the plug-in module finger-tight? • If other e...
Page 43 - Index; Symbols
Index Index-1 Symbols +width key, 2-15 A amplitude, 2-7 measurement, 2-14 scale, 2-10 analog signal, 2-4 automatic measurement, 2-13 , 2-15 Autoscale key, 2-7 , 3-4 B bandwidth, 2-4 Bit Rate softkey, 1-8 C cabinet, cleaning, iiv CAL Signal overview, 1-4 Calibrate softkey, 1-4 Cancel softkey, 1-9 car...
