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,butit takes a good dealof experienceto learnhow to operatethemwell andtakefulladvantageof ,whethertheoldanalogtype or thenewer digitaltype, have a fewcommo
provide a speci ablevoltage applied over a speci abletime, suchas a \sine wave" or\triangle wave" signal. These signals are used to control other apparatus to, for example, vary a magnetic eld (superconductivity and NMR experiments) send a radioactive source back and forth (M ossbauer e ect experiment), or act as a timing signal, i.e., \clock ...
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