MCT 2232 INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENTS

ASSIGNMENT 2 - OSCILLOSCOPE
Group Content (15) Timing (5) Skills TOTAL (30) Subtopics covered
reflected by
theory (10)
1 - Suhail Theoretical
0830031 0816305 background -
0839391 0915853 cathode ray tube,
0916807 0916537 electron beam, X-
0919369 0910631 plates, X-axis

2 - Syazwan Oscilloscope
0833993 0835585 Controls -
0834765 0830323 Screen, On/off
0836629 0831047 switch, X-Y control,
0837361 0836837 TV-separation,
TIME / DIV
3 - Zuhair Oscilloscope
0829339 0828253 Controls -
0824469 0820163 Trigger Controls,
0827015 0824751 Intensity and Focus,
0831743 X-POS

4 - Asha Oscilloscope
0814076 0830460 Controls -
0819008 0827268 X-MAG, CAL
0828116 0825312 Outputs, Component
0918384 0912874 Tester, Y-POS I and
0838670 Y-POS II, Invert, CH I
and CH II Inputs
5 - Aliaa Oscilloscope
0831718 0830568 Controls -
0838252 0833176 VOLTS / DIV,
0830958 0833262 DC/AC/GND Slide
0838546 0835768 Switches, Trace
0832248 0835318 Selection Switches

6 - Alaa Setting up
0837717 0639409 Oscilloscope –
0728867 0829231 Refer to Appendix 1,
0824795 0829687 Part A
 7 - Arif Rashdan Setting up
0815969 0834907 Oscilloscope –
0834697 0837889 Refer to Appendix 1,
0830565 Part B

8 - Izwan Oscilloscope
0913737 0914333 calibration – Refer
0914757 0911529 to Appendix 2
0912919 0831569
0911653 0839629
0910419

9 - Salah Waveform Viewing

10 - Amjad Waveform Viewing

Part A
1. Take an oscilloscope and an oscilloscope probe.

2. Before you switch the oscilloscope on, check that all the controls are in their ’normal’ positions.
For the Hameg HM 203-6, this means that:
• all push button switches are in the OUT position
• all slide switches are in the UP position
• all rotating controls are CENTRED
• the central TIME/DIV and VOLTS/DIV and the HOLD OFF controls are in the calibrated, or CAL position3

3. Set both VOLTS/DIV controls to 1 V/DIV and the TIME/DIV control to 2 s/DIV, its slowest setting

4. Switch ON, red button, top center. The green LED illuminates and, after a few moments, you should
see a small bright spot, or trace, moving fairly slowly across the screen.

5. Find the Y-POS 1 control.

Part B
1. Now investigate the INTENSITY and FOCUS controls

2. The TIME/DIV control determines the horizontal scale of the graph which appears on the oscilloscope
screen. With 10 squares across the screen and the spot moving at 0.2 s/DIV, how long does it take for
the spot to cross the screen? The answer is 0.2 x 10 = 2 s. Count seconds. Does the spot take 2 seconds
to cross the screen? Now rotate the TIME/DIV control clockwise

3. The VOLTS/DIV controls determine the vertical scale of the graph drawn on the oscilloscope screen.
Check that VOLTS/DIV 1 is set at 1 V/DIV and that the adjacent controls are set correctly. When the
crocodile clip from the red wire is clipped to the lower metal terminal, a 2 V square wave is connected to
the input of CH 1. Adjust VOLTS/DIV and TIME/DIV until you obtain a clear picture of the 2 V signal

4. Check on the effect of Y-POS 1 and X-POS

Appendix 2

Calibration means you adjust and set the voltage and time controls so that the oscilloscope reads the
amplitude and frequency of any signal correctly. To do this keep BNC-lead connected to the calibration
output 2V terminal of the oscilloscope.
• Set the DC/AC/GND slide switch to GND position. Adjust the trace (which is a horizontal straight line)
vertically and horizontally so that the line appears in the center of the screen.
• Put the DC/AC/GND slide switch to DC position. Set the VOLTS/DIV knob to 1V. Adjust the calibration
knob so that the amplitude of the waveform equals two major divisions on the Y-axis on the oscilloscope
screen. In doing so, you have calibrated the voltage knob.

• Now set the TIME/DIV knob to 10ms. Adjust the time calibration knob so that one cycle of the
waveform spans through exactly two major divisions in the time axis. If the waveform is not stable,
make it stable using the trigger controls. In doing so, you have now calibrated the time axis of the
oscilloscope.

Appendix 3
Function (waveform) generators produce different waveforms like square wave, triangular wave and
sine wave, and we can use an oscilloscope to view the waveform and measure the signal frequency.
Connect the function generator output to CH 1 of the oscilloscope using a BNC-BNC lead.

1. The diagram shows the appearance of a Thandar TG101 function generator. The function generator,
or signal generator in the lab may look different but is likely to have similar controls. The Thandar TG101
has push button controls for On/Off switching and for selecting either sine, square, or triangular wave
shapes. Most often the 600Ω output is used.

2. Switch on the function generator and adjust the output level to produce a visible signal on the
oscilloscope screen. Adjust TIME/DIV and VOLTS/DIV to obtain a clear display and investigate the effects
of pressing the waveform shape buttons. The rotating FREQUENCY control and the RANGE switch are
used together to determine the frequency of the output signal. With the settings shown in the diagram
above, the output frequency will be 1 kHz.

3. Experiment with these controls to produce other frequencies of output signal, such as 10 Hz, or
15 kHz. Whatever frequency and amplitude of signal you select, you should be able to change the
oscilloscope settings to give a clear V/t graph of the signal on the oscilloscope screen.

4. Set the TIME/DIV knob of the oscilloscope to 1ms and VOLTS/DIV knob to 0.5V.

5. Set the signal generator frequency to 1kHz, output level to 0dB and signal amplitude to 1V.

6. Measure the signal voltage using an ac voltmeter (or multimeter).

7. Calculate the signal frequency from the oscilloscope. To do this, position the waveform by the X-
position control knob and place the positive zero crossing edge of the waveform aligned with a major Y-
axis grid. Determine the distance between two adjacent positive zero crossings. Calculate frequency by f
= 1/distance .