Timebase Settings

The timebase settings are adjusted by clicking on the rotary switch in the Timebase Panel. There are 14 possible settings ranging from 2 ms/division (fastest) to 50 ms/division (slowest). Please note, at the lower speed settings there will be a noticeable delay between clicking on the "Run" button and the trace appearing on the oscilloscope screen. This is because the sampling (conversion) rate is low and it takes more time to capture a buffers worth of data.

   


The button for OverSample will become checked for timebase settings of 20ms or less when triggering on channel A or channel B. Oversampling is disabled for Auto trigger.

When oversampling is active, the display will only show the trace for the channel that is being used as the trigger source. Oversampling can be turned off by clicking the OverSample control.

The timebase setting changes the sampling rate of the oscilloscope. The sampling rate is displayed on the bottom right of the oscilloscope panel shown below.