{"id":239690,"date":"2022-09-26T08:48:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T06:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/?page_id=239690"},"modified":"2022-10-05T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T17:15:00","slug":"oscilloscope","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/stem\/oscilloscope\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscilloscope"},"content":{"rendered":"    <m-final-content-header >\n            <c-breadcrumb label-text=\"Breadcrumb\" slot=\"breadcrumbs\" type='2' align='left' wrap='wrapped wrapped' aria-label='You came from STEM'>\n                        <ol>\n\n                                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/\" title=\"Ferrovial\">Ferrovial<\/a><\/li>\n                                                                        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/stem\/\" title=\"STEM\">STEM<\/a><\/li>\n                                    \n                <\/ol>\n\n                <\/c-breadcrumb>\n    \n        <div slot=\"header\">\n            <h1>\n                What is an oscilloscope?            <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/m-final-content-header>\n\n    \n\n\n<m-wysiwig class=\"wp-block-components-wysiwyg\"><div slot=\"maincontent\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": [{\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\n    \"name\": \"What is an oscilloscope?\",\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n      \"text\": \"The term oscilloscope is the name for the electronic measuring instrument to display electrical signals at a certain time. 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It also has three regulating controls on the input signal to measure it and display it on the equipment screen:\n\n<ul>\n<li>X-axis regulating control<\/li>\n<li>Y-axis regulating control<\/li>\n<li>Trigger adjustment control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\"\n    }\n  },{\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\n    \"name\": \"What types of oscilloscopes are there?\",\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n      \"text\": \"Based on their visual displays, they are classified as:\n<ol>\n<li>Analog<\/li>\n<li>Digital<\/li>\n<\/ol>\"\n    }\n  },{\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\n    \"name\": \"What are the uses of an oscilloscope?\",\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n      \"text\": \"In addition to finding the amplitude of a voltage and its frequency, an oscilloscope can capture and differentiate the different alternating currents from the main one. In addition, it makes it possible to identify failures present in a signal.\n\nAn oscilloscope is commonly used in the field of electronics, but it can also be used to measure different phenomena that change over time, such as:\n\n<ul>\n<li>The strength of a sound.<\/li>\n<li>Vibrations.<\/li>\n<li>The electrical activity of nerves.<\/li>\n<li>Breath rhythm or blood pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\"\n    }\n  }]\n}\n<\/script>\n<p>The term <em>oscilloscope <\/em>is the name for the <strong>electronic measuring instrument to display electrical signals<\/strong> at a certain time. These signals are shown in graphs where an electron beam passes through a coordinate axis on a phosphor screen. Amplitude is shown on the vertical axis, and time is shown on the horizontal axis<strong>. <\/strong>The image resulting from the measurement is known as an <strong>oscillogram.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are an oscilloscope&#8217;s measurement criteria?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Every oscilloscope has <strong>commutators<\/strong> that make it easier to adjust the <strong>voltage and time range<\/strong>. It also has three regulating controls on the input signal to measure it and display it on the equipment screen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>X-axis regulating control:<\/strong> the horizontal axis for measuring time, either in microseconds, milliseconds, or seconds.<\/li><li><strong>Y-axis regulating control:<\/strong> the vertical axis for measuring the voltage of the input signal, either in volts, millivolts, microvolts, etc.<\/li><li><strong>Trigger adjustment control:<\/strong> for synchronizing the waves that repeat periodically.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What types of oscilloscopes are there?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although their working premise is similar, there are differences between the two types of oscilloscopes. Based on their visual displays, they are classified as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Analog: <\/strong>these have a cathode ray tube display, several vertical channels, one horizontal channel, a time-keeping base, and a trigger system. The voltage it measures is generated through a circuit whose frequency can be adjusted over a wide range of values, allowing it to be adapted to the frequency of the signal being measured.<br> While analog oscilloscopes have a CRT (cathode ray tube) display, digital types include much sharper, more powerful LED displays. <br>They work for simple tasks without difficulty, but this type of oscilloscope has a lower bandwidth. This is why it&#8217;s an increasingly obsolete instrument that&#8217;s being displaced by digital ones.<\/li><li><strong>Digital: <\/strong>this type stands out thanks to how easy it is to use; it can digitally display, decode, and save the input signal. This function is the product of the assignment of a binary code to the analog input signal, so the instrument has to have an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Once the data is stored in the memory, the apparatus can perform the signal calculations.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the uses of an oscilloscope?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to finding the amplitude of a voltage and its frequency, an oscilloscope can <strong>capture and differentiate the different alternating currents <\/strong>from the main one. 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