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Category: Knowledge Base DS2000 Series
How long will the DS2000A Capture a Signal
To determine how long an oscilloscope will capture a signal when it is operated in single trigger mode is determined by taking the instrument’s memory depth and dividing it by the instrument’s sample rate. The memory depth can be changed within the instrument’s acquire menu and then the sample rate can be changed by adjusting the horizontal scaling. The table below lists the different memory depth and sample rate combinations that are possible on the DS2000A series and lists the length of time the instrument is able of capturing with each possible combination.
Note that the length of time listed is in seconds and this is for one channel.Memory Depth Sample Rate 14000 140000 1400000 14000000 56000000 1000 14 140 1400 14000 56000 2000 7 70 700 7000 28000 5000 2.8 28 280 2800 11200 10000 1.4 14 140 140 5600 20000 0.7 7 70 700 2800 50000 0.28 2.8 28 280 1120 100000 0.14 1.4 14 140 560 200000 0.07 0.7 7 70 28 500000 0.028 0.28 2.8 28 112 1000000 0.014 0.14 1.4 14 56 2000000 0.007 0.07 0.7 7 28 5000000 0.0028 0.028 0.28 2.8 11.2 10000000 0.0014 0.014 0.14 1.4 5.6 20000000 0.0007 0.007 0.07 0.7 2.8 50000000 0.00028 0.0028 0.028 0.28 1.12 100000000 0.00014 0.0014 0.014 0.14 0.56 200000000 0.00007 0.0007 0.007 0.07 0.28 500000000 0.000028 0.00028 0.0028 0.028 0.112 1000000000 0.000014 0.00014 0.0014 0.014 0.056 2000000000 0.000007 0.00007 0.0007 0.007 0.028 
Option license activation process for the DS1000Z, DS2000/A, DS4000, and DS6000 Oscilloscopes
The Rigol DS1000Z, DS2000, DS4000, and DS6000 series of oscilloscopes have a number of options available that can be added later. This includes serial decoding, memory expansion, and triggering options.
1. Contact your RIGOL sales representative or RIGOL technical support to order the corresponding options. You can view the options currently installed on the oscilloscope or activate the newly bought option serial number through the options menu on the instrument.
2. Press Utility > Down Arrow > Options > Installed to view the options currently installed on the oscilloscope.
3. Press Setup to enter the serial number activation menu.
4. Editor: press this softkey to turn on the serial number input interface.
5. Use the multi-function knob to select the characters on the virtual keyboard and press down the knob to input the character.Inverted color printing with the Rigol DS2000/A, DS4000, and DS6000 Oscilloscopes
The DS series of oscilloscopes can save display images directly to an external USB memory device using the Quick Print feature.
This can be extremely helpful in documenting the input waveforms as well as the instrument settings and any measurements that may be active on the display.
There are a number of print settings that can change the wave generation combining uncompromised performance with unprecedented value.
1. To access the print menu, press UTILITY > Down Arrow > Print
2. The Print Utility page 1 has Color Palette menu selection. Color will use the standard colors used on the physical display for the saved images and Greyscale will use only grey colors for the saved image.
3. The Print Utility page 2 has Invert menu selection. ON will invert every color. OFF will use the standard color selection.
4. Use the Quick Print button to quickly save display images to the external USB drive:
Here are examples of the different settings:
Palette = Color, Invert = OFF
Palette = Grey Scale, Invert = OFF
Palette = Color, Invert = ON
Palette = Grey Scale, Invert = ONProbe Compensation
In Order to insure system signal fidelity it is critical that probes be compensated to the instrument, Over or under compensated probes can cause distortions of your measurements and bad results.
Probe Basics
Making connection to your device under test is critical to accurate measurements. Learn the basics parts of the probing system and what they do.
Measure Delay and Phase Offset
Quickly determine the delay and phase between multiple channels using standard delay and phase measurements helps to identify system interactions and timing problems.
Making your first measurement
Provides and overview on how to quickly and easily start making measurements on your oscilloscope.
Introduction to Triggering
Overview of what triggering is, why it is important, and some key terminology associated with it.
Creating Arbitrary Waves from Scope Captures
How to easily capture a problematic signal and reproduce it for debugging purposes.
Controlling your instrument over the LAN with UltraScope
Seamlessly connect, control and monitor your scope via ethernet using the RIGOL UltraScope utility. Perfect for remote control, monitoring, and distributed environments.
Bandwidth
A basic concept in determining what scope you need is understanding the key performance characteristic of an oscilloscope, bandwidth. Selecting proper bandwidth insures reliable and accurate measurements.