Software customization to provide digital oscilloscope with enhanced period measurement features

Author

D´Elia, Maria Grazia ; Liguori, C. ; Pietrosanto, Antonio

Author_Institution

DIIIE, Salerno Univ., Fisciano, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

245

Abstract

The paper tackles the problem of signal period measurements by means of oscilloscopes. At first the performance of two last generation scopes implementing a zero-crossing algorithm is evaluated. Then, after a brief resume of alternative measurement techniques, a solution to enhance the period measurement capability of scopes is proposed and implemented in the Lecroy WaveMaster 8120A software. Finally, the results of tests carried out on different signal waveforms are reported and analyzed.

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; digital instrumentation; frequency measurement; measurement uncertainty; oscilloscopes; signal processing; Lecroy WaveMaster 8120A; digital instruments; digital oscilloscope; digital signal processing; generation scopes; period measurement; signal period measurements; signal waveforms; software customization; uncertainty evaluation; zero-crossing algorithm; Digital signal processing; Frequency measurement; IEEE members; Instruments; Manufacturing; Measurement uncertainty; Oscilloscopes; Signal processing algorithms; Signal sampling; Software measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2004. IMTC 04. Proceedings of the 21st IEEE

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8248-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2004.1351037

Filename

1351037