Transcription of The Oscilloscope and the Function Generator
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TheOscilloscope andtheFunctionGenerator:Someintroductory exercisesforstudents in theadvancedlabsIntroductionSomany of theexperiments in theadvancedlabsmake useof oscilloscopes andfunctiongeneratorsthatit is speci ablevoltageappliedover a speci abletime,such as a \sinewave" or \trianglewave" controlotherapparatusto,forexample,varya magnetic eld(superconductivity andNMRexperiments)senda radioactive sourceback andforth(M ossbauere ectexperiment),or actas a timingsignal, ,\clock"(phase-sensitive detectionexperiment). oscilloscopes area type ofsignalanalyzer|theyshow theexperimentera pictureof thesignal,usuallyin theformof a learntheamplitude,frequency, andoverallshape of thesignalwhich may dependonthephysicsbeingexploredin themdateback to thebeginningsof electronicengineering,andtheirmoderndesc endants areoftendigitallybased,multifunctiondevi cescostingthousandsof exercisesis intendedto getyoustartedonsomeof thebasicsof operating'scopesandgenerators.
e ect experiment), or act as a timing signal, i.e., \clock" (phase-sensitive detection experiment). Oscilloscopes are a type of signal analyzer|they show the experimenter a picture of the signal, usually in the form of a voltage versus time graph. The user can then study this picture to learn
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