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LeCroy WaveJet 300A series Getting Started Manual

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    Getting started manual wavejet ® 300a series oscilloscopes.

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    L l e e c c r r o o y y w w a a v v e e j j e e t t 3 3 0 0 0 0 a a s s e e r r i i e e s s o o s s c c i i l l l l o o s s c c o o p p e e s s g g e e t t t t i i n n g g s s t t a a r r t t e e d d m m a a n n u u a a l l a pril , 2009.

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    Lecroy corporation 700 chestnut ridge road chestnut ridge, ny 10977 –6499 tel: (845) 578 6020, fax: (845) 578 5985 internet: www.Lecroy.Com © 2009 by lecroy corporation. All rights reserved. Lecroy, activedso, jittertrack, wavelink, wavepro, wavemaster, wavesurfer, wavejet, and waverunner are regist...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a iii introduction ............................................................................... 7 safety requirements .............................................................. 8 safety symbols and terms .......................................................

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    Wavejet 300a series iv wj-a-gs-e rev a trigger controls .............................................................................................. 29 horizontal controls ......................................................................................... 29 vertical controls ..................

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a v other parameters ........................................................................................... 54 statistics .................................................................................................................. 54 display formats .....

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 7 introduction this brief guide includes important safety and installation information for your wavejet series oscilloscope, along with brief operating procedures to get you started capturing, viewing, and analyzing your waveforms..

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    Wavejet 300a series 8 wj-a-gs-e rev a safety requirements this section contains information and warnings that must be observed to keep the instrument operating in a correct and safe condition. You are required to follow generally accepted safety procedures in addition to the safety precautions speci...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 9 cat i installation (overvoltage) category rating per en 61010-1 safety standard and is applicable for the oscilloscope front panel measuring terminals. Cat i rated terminals must only be connected to source circuits in which measures are taken to limit transi...

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    Wavejet 300a series 10 wj-a-gs-e rev a temporary conductivity caused by condensation must be expected. Protection class 1 refers to a grounded equipment, in which protection against electric shock is achieved by basic insulation and by means of a connection to the protective ground conductor in the ...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 11 power and ground connections the instrument is provided with a grounded cord set containing a molded three-terminal polarized plug and a standard iec320 (type c13) connector for making line voltage and safety ground connection. The ac inlet ground terminal i...

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    Wavejet 300a series 12 wj-a-gs-e rev a abnormal conditions operate the instrument only as intended by the manufacturer. If you suspect the scope ’s protection has been impaired, disconnect the power cord and secure the instrument against any unintended operation. The scope ’s protection is likely to...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 13 when your scope is delivered check that you have everything first, verify that all items on the packing list or invoice copy have been shipped to you. Contact your nearest lecroy customer service center or national distributor if anything is missing or damag...

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    Wavejet 300a series 14 wj-a-gs-e rev a repairs, among other services, are available through special supplemental support agreements. Inquire at your lecroy customer service center or national distributor..

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 15 specifications vertical system bandwidth (-3 db @ 50 ohms): wj354a 500 mhz wj352a wj334a 350 mhz wj332a wj324a 200 mhz wj322a wj314a 100 mhz wj312a input channels: 4 (wj354a/334a/324a/314a); 2 (wj352a/332a/322a/312a) rise time (typical): wj354a 750 ps wj352a...

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    20 pf wj322a wj314a wj312a input coupling: wj354a gnd, dc1mohm, ac1mohm, dc50ohm wj352a wj334a wj332a wj324a gnd, dc1mohm, ac1mohm wj322a wj314a wj312...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 17 sensitivity: wj354a 2 mv/div~10 v/div (1 mohms), 2 mv/div~2 v/div (50 ohms) wj352a wj334a wj332a wj324a 2 mv/div~10 v/div (1 mohms) wj322a wj314a wj312a dc gain accuracy: +/-(1.5 % + 0.5% of full scale) offset range: 2 mv/div~50 mv/div +/-1 v 50.2m v/div~500...

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    Wavejet 300a series 18 wj-a-gs-e rev a standard record length: 500 kpts/ch standard capture time: up to 250 µs at 2 gs/s (wj354a/352a/334a/332a/324a/322a); up to 500 µs at 1 gs/s (wj314a/312a) acquisition processing averaging: up to 256 sweeps peak detect: period of 1 ns trigger system trigger modes...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 19 usb: 1 front panel mounted usb and 1 rear panel mounted usb 1.1 port. Probes 1 pp006a probe per channel (wj354a/352a/334a/332a); 1 pp010 probe per channel (wj324a/322a/314a/312a) scale factors: automatically or manually selected depending on probe used displ...

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    Wavejet 300a series 20 wj-a-gs-e rev a measure tools standard parameters: vertical horizontal other maximum minimum peak-peak rms cycle rms mean cycle mean top base top-base +overshoot -overshoot tr 20-80% tf 80-20% tr 10-90% tf 90-10% frequency period no. Of +pulses no. Of -pulses +pulse width -pul...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 21 environmental: temperature (operating): 10 to 35 °c temperature (storage): -20 to +60°c humidity (operating): 5 to 80% rh (non-condensing) altitude (operating): up to 2000 m certifications: ce en61326:1997 +a1:1998 +a2:2001 +a3:2003 en61010-1:2001 ul 61010-1...

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    Wavejet 300a series 22 wj-a-gs-e rev a declaration of conformity: ec declaration of conformity meets intent of the european council directives 73/23/eec for product safety and 89/336/eec for electromagnetic compatibility. This declaration is based upon compliance of the wavejet oscilloscope to the f...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 23.

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    Wavejet 300a series 24 wj-a-gs-e rev a toxic or hazardous substances and elements part name lead (pb) mercury (hg) cadmium (cd) hexavalent chromium (cr 6+ ) polybrominated biphenyls (pbb) polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbde) pcbas x o x x x x mechanical hardware o o x o o o sheet metal o o x o o o ...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 25 power-up and installation power-up press the power switch at bottom-left of the front of the scope to apply or remove power. Software you can find out the scope's software and hardware configuration as follows: 1. Press the front panel u tilities button. 2. ...

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    Wavejet 300a series 26 wj-a-gs-e rev a updating the system software system software updates are downloaded through the usb memory port in the front of the scope. 1. Insert the usb memory device, containing the software update file in a root directory, into the usb port at the front of the scope. 2. ...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 27 probes lecroy provides a passive probe for each wavejet oscilloscope channel, as follows: pp006a 350 and 500 mhz pp010 100 and 200 mhz probe compensation passive probes must be compensated to flatten overshoot. This is accomplished by means of a trimmer at t...

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    Wavejet 300a series 28 wj-a-gs-e rev a front panel controls front panel buttons and knobs the control buttons of the wavejet series front panel are logically grouped into analog and special function areas. The following table provides an explanation of the front panel push buttons and knobs..

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 29 trigger controls l evel -- selects the trigger threshold level. Press the l evel knob to have the scope find the trigger level automatically. S etup -- displays the trigger setup menu. A uto -- triggers the scope after a time-out, even if the trigger conditi...

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    Wavejet 300a series 30 wj-a-gs-e rev a vertical controls o ffset -- adjusts the vertical offset of each channel individually. V olts /d iv -- adjusts the volts/division setting (vertical gain) of the channel selected. C hannel b uttons -- if the channel is already on, the channel button makes the ch...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 31 special features controls i ntensity /r eplay -- in intensity mode, use this knob to adjust the brightness of your waveforms. The intensity value is displayed at the top of the screen at far right. Pressing the button changes its function to replay (history)...

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    Wavejet 300a series 32 wj-a-gs-e rev a r ef -- enables you to save up to five waveforms in internal scope memory. You can also recall waveforms. S ave /r ecall -- this button enables you to save or recall scope setups and waveforms from internal scope memory or from usb memory. It is also used to re...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 33 c lose -- this button closes menus and pop- up boxes. When menus are more than one layer deep, it closes the top-most menu with each successive press of the button..

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    Wavejet 300a series 34 wj-a-gs-e rev a understanding display information grid area the grid area contains several indicators to help you understand triggering. Indicators are coded to the channel colors (yellow here for channel 1). Trigger delay -- this indicator is located along the top edge of the...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 35 trigger level -- this indicator is located at the right edge of the grid. The value is displayed below the grid. Press the trigger level knob to reset the level to 50%. Zero volts level -- this indicator is located at the left edge of the grid. To change the...

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    Wavejet 300a series 36 wj-a-gs-e rev a bottom status bar the status bar below the grid displays cursor (time and frequency) information and additional trigger setup information. Message line at the very bottom of the scope display is the message line. Prompts and error messages are displayed on this...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 37 turning on traces to turn on a channel trace, simply press the channel button. This action also displays a setup menu for that channel. The setup menu displayed (1/2 or 2/2) will be the one that was displayed when the trace was last turned on. To turn a trac...

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    Wavejet 300a series 38 wj-a-gs-e rev a vertical settings and channel controls choosing coupling to select an input coupling mode, turn on the channel whose coupling you want to change by pressing the appropriate channel button. Select coupling from page 1/2 of the channel menu, then the coupling mod...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 39 inverting waveforms set this item to on to invert the waveform. Adjusting sensitivity activate the channel you want to adjust; there does not need to be a signal applied. Turn the volts per division knob in the vertical group of controls. The volts/div that ...

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    Wavejet 300a series 40 wj-a-gs-e rev a adjusting the waveform's position turn the vertical offset adjust knob in the vertical group of controls. The offset value is displayed in the bottom line of the trace descriptor label..

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 41 sampling modes sampling modes are accessed by pressing the s etup button in the horizontal control group. There are three basic sampling modes: normal -- real-time mode peak detect -- the maximum and minimum values that occur in a zone twice the sampling per...

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    Wavejet 300a series 42 wj-a-gs-e rev a triggering trigger types trigger modes are accessed by pressing the s etup button in the trigger control group of buttons and selecting type from the “trigger” menu: press the type menu button to select edge, pulse width, period, pulse count, or tv triggering. ...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 43 pulse width triggering source lets you choose a channel input or an external input. Select positive or negative polarity. Coupling modes comprise ac, dc, hf reject, and lf reject select pulse width to set “less than” and “greater than” criteria and range lim...

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    Wavejet 300a series 44 wj-a-gs-e rev a period triggering source lets you choose a channel input or an external input. Select positive or negative polarity. Coupling modes comprise ac, dc, hf reject, and lf reject select interval time to set “less than” and “greater than” criteria, and to set a time ...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 45 pulse count triggering source lets you choose a channel input or an external input. Select positive or negative polarity. Coupling modes comprise ac, dc, hf reject, and lf reject select no. Of pulse to set the number of pulses to count before the scope trigg...

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    Wavejet 300a series 46 wj-a-gs-e rev a tv triggering press the type menu button to select a standard: ntsc, pal, or custom. Source lets you choose a channel input or an external input. Select slope to set positive or negative polarity. Select tv setting to set up the tv trigger..

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 47 horizontal trigger setup turn the d elay knob in the horizontal control group to adjust the trigger's horizontal position. The trigger location is shown by a marker at the top of the grid and the time value is given in the status bar above the grid: post-tri...

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    Wavejet 300a series 48 wj-a-gs-e rev a the trigger level is indicated by a “t” to the right of the grid. The value is given below the grid a “t” with an underscore, as shown here, indicates a negative voltage level. A “t” with a superscore (overbar) indicates a positive voltage level. To set up an e...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 49 4. If you want to set a holdoff time, use the a djust knob to set a value. Push the a djust knob to toggle between fine and coarse adjustment. To set a holdoff time of zero seconds, turn the knob fully counterclockwise until off is displayed in the “holdoff”...

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    Wavejet 300a series 50 wj-a-gs-e rev a waveform measurements measuring with cursors cursors are important tools that aid you in measuring signal values. Cursors are boundary markers that you can move across the grid. Use cursors to make fast, accurate measurements and to eliminate guesswork. Cursor ...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 51 amplitude cursor values are displayed in the bottom line of the trace label for each channel: note that the value depends on the time/div setting shown in the top line of each trace label. Cursor placement use the a djust knob to move cursors horizontally an...

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    Wavejet 300a series 52 wj-a-gs-e rev a parameter measurements waveform analysis typically begins with the measurement of parameters. Parameter measurement tools determine a wide range of waveform properties. Use them to automatically calculate many attributes of your waveform, like rise time, rms vo...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 53 top-base -- measures the difference between upper and lower levels in two- level signals. Differs from pkpk in that noise, overshoot, undershoot, and ringing do not affect the measurement. +overshoot -- amount of overshoot following a rising edge specified a...

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    Wavejet 300a series 54 wj-a-gs-e rev a other parameters integral -- computes area of waveform between cursors relative to zero level. Values greater than zero contribute positively to the area; values less than zero negatively. Skew -- measures from the 50% crossing of the first edge of a channel to...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 55 display formats display setup the display menu is accessed by pressing the d isplay button on the front panel. Display types comprise yt (voltage versus time), xy, and xy triggered. Select points if you want to see actual sample points only. Select lines if ...

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    Wavejet 300a series 56 wj-a-gs-e rev a display types this is volts versus time, or dbm versus frequency for the fft function. Asynchronous xy mode. Inputs must be connected to channel 1 and channel 2. When this mode is selected auto is indicated as the trigger mode and the timebase control cannot be...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 57 the zoom factor is displayed above the grid: the zoom magnification factor is the ratio of the timebase of the zoom trace to that of the input waveform. Zoom delay represents the portion of the input waveform being zoomed. As you turn the horizontal delay kn...

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    Wavejet 300a series 58 wj-a-gs-e rev a save and recall saving and recalling scope settings you can save scope settings to internal memory or usb memory. The “save/recall” menu is accessed by pressing the s ave /r ecall front panel button. Five memory locations available. Setup files named with curre...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 59 saving and recalling waveforms reference waveforms can be saved in internal memory (five locations) or in usb memory (limited by memory capacity of usb device). When you save a waveform, the setup is saved also. You can display up to five reference waveforms...

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    Wavejet 300a series 60 wj-a-gs-e rev a waveform math standard math functions comprise addition, subtraction, multiplication, and fft. The “math” menu is accessed by pressing the m ath front panel button in the vertical control group. Source can be any channel, but not another math trace. Select math...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 61 utilities print screen device allows you to choose an output device, such as usb or printer. When printer is selected the paper size and background choices are available. Selectable file formats are .Tif, .Bmp, and .Png. Background lets you select a black or...

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    Wavejet 300a series 62 wj-a-gs-e rev a configuration -- page 1/2 language selects a ui local language. No reboot is required to accept a change in language. Select date & time to set the current time and to determine the clock mode at the bottom of the screen: real time clock (rtc) or trigger time s...

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 63 configuration -- page 2/2 beep enabled gives audible confirmation of button presses and knob rotations. Panel lock disables all front panel buttons and knobs until unlock is selected from this menu, which remains continuously displayed. Use the front panel a...

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    Wavejet 300a series 64 wj-a-gs-e rev a calibration calibrations can be set to occur automatically. Autocalibration occurs three minutes after power-up and whenever there is a change in ambient temperature of 5 °c. Select self calibration to perform a manual calibration..

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    Getting started manual wj-a-gs-e rev a 65 status & update the status selection displays a pop-up box showing system status, including serial number and software revision. Press c lose to close the pop-up box. Update is used to load firmware updates from usb memory. § § §.

  • Page 67: Thank You For Purchasing

    Thank you for purchasing a wavejet oscilloscope..