Hantek DSO-3004 USB Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL DSO 3004 USB Series V1 0 0...

Page 2: ...Input Connector 26 Chapter 3 Oscilloscope Functions 28 3 1 Setup the Oscilloscope 29 3 2 Set Vertical System 30 3 3 Setup Horizontal System 36 3 4 Set Trigger System 37 3 5 Save Load 42 3 6 Utility Fu...

Page 3: ...under test Disconnect the probe input and the probe reference lead from the circuit under test before disconnecting the probe from the measurement device Observe All Terminal Ratings To avoid fire or...

Page 4: ...for production test research and design and all of the applications involving analog circuits test and troubleshooting as well as education and training In addition to the list of general features on...

Page 5: ...ments Operating System Window XP Vista Win7 8 10 Processor Upwards of 1 00G processor Memory 256M byte Disk Space 500M disk free space Screen resolution 800 x 600 Recommended Configuration Operating S...

Page 6: ...the oscilloscope 1 While in Windows insert the installation CD into the CD ROM drive 2 The installation should start up automatically Otherwise in Windows Explorer switch to the CD ROM drive and run...

Page 7: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 7 5 Check the setup information Click Next to start copying of files 6 This Status dialog is displayed during copying of files...

Page 8: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 8 7 Updating Your System Configuration 8 The installation is complete...

Page 9: ...oscope USER S MANUAL 9 1 3 Install Driver 1 Connect the A Type Plug of USB cable to your PC S USB port 2 Connect the other A Type Plug of USB cable to the device s USB port 3 New hardware is found 4 C...

Page 10: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 10 5 Click right mouse and select Update Driver Software 6 Select Browse my computer for driver software...

Page 11: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 11 7 Select the right driver path click Next 8 Click Install this driver software anyway...

Page 12: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 12 9 Installing driver software 10 xxxx USB has been successfully installed...

Page 13: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 13 11 After the device driver is installed correctly the device manager is shown as follows...

Page 14: ...of use AUTOSET Built in Fast Fourier Transform function FFT 20 Automatic measurements Automatic cursor tracking measurements Waveform storage record and replay dynamic waveforms User selectable fast o...

Page 15: ...e there is any mechanical damage or defect or the instrument does not operate properly or fails performance tests please notify the franchiser Probe Compensation Perform this function to match the cha...

Page 16: ...to adjust the trimmer capacitor of the probe for the fattest square wave being displayed on the oscilloscope 2 Repeat if necessary WARNNING To avoid electric shock while using the probe be sure the pe...

Page 17: ...nput a signal to a channel of the oscilloscope The oscilloscope is equipped with two channels plus external trigger Please input signal in the following steps 1 Set the attenuation switch on the probe...

Page 18: ...um measurement accuracy You can run the routine at any time but you should always run the routine if the ambient temperature changes by 5v or more For accurate calibration power on the oscilloscope an...

Page 19: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 19 Chapter 2 Operating Basics The User s Interface The Menu System The Vertical System The Horizontal System The Trigger System Input Connectors...

Page 20: ...tings can be found in the main menu 2 The Toolbar 3 Displays the trigger information Displays the edge trigger slope source and level 4 The Horizontal Panel The user can change Time Div format in the...

Page 21: ...forms If there is no marker the channel is not displayed 13 Marker shows horizontal trigger position 14 Trigger status indicates the following AUTO The oscilloscope is in auto mode and is acquiring wa...

Page 22: ...Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 22 3 Setup Setup setting 4 Display Change wave display type 5 Cursor Set Cursor measure type 6 Measure Set measurement parameters 7 Acquire Run Stop or other operation setti...

Page 23: ...scilloscope USER S MANUAL 23 9 Vehicle 10 Window Window setting 11 Help Turn on help file 1 3 The Vertical System Click Setup Vertical The following figure shows the vertical Setup window It shows the...

Page 24: ...lect channel User can select the channel by clicking the Combo box 3 VOLTS DIV Set the selected channel voltage range 4 Coupling Set the selected channel to DC AC 5 Probe Set the Select one according...

Page 25: ...Horizontal The following figure shows the Horizontal System window It shows the horizontal parameters settings 1 Time DIV leads the setting of the time base parameters 2 Format leads the setting of t...

Page 26: ...2 Trigger Sweep Selects the trigger sweep mode to AUTO NORMAL or SINGLE 3 Trigger Source Selects the trigger source to CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 4 Trigger Slope Selects the edge trigger slope to Positive or Ne...

Page 27: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 27 GND A ground terminal USB PORT Connect the USB cable to this port CAL Probe compensation output...

Page 28: ...Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 28 Chapter 3 Oscilloscope Functions Set Oscilloscope Set Vertical System Set Horizontal System Set Trigger System Save Load Utility Function Measure Signal Zoom In Out Wave...

Page 29: ...ck the Acquire Autoset button The oscilloscope will change the current settings to display this signal Save Setup The oscilloscope software saves the current setup before you close the oscilloscope so...

Page 30: ...ON Off Turn on off the channel Volt DIV Select the channel voltage div Coupling Select the channel coupling Probe Select the channel probe attenuation Invert Turn on off the invert function Change Vo...

Page 31: ...be Attenuation Setting Select the attenuation factor for the probe To check the probe attenuation setting toggle the probe menu to match the attenuation factor of the probe This setting remains in eff...

Page 32: ...t DIV Set the resolution of the math channel Probe Set the math channel probe attenuation Invert Turn on off the invert function The mathematic functions include addition subtract multiply and FFT for...

Page 33: ...multiplication and FFT function to operate and analyze the waveform Select the operate type in the Operate menu Select source A and B Then adjust the vertical scale and offset to view the math channe...

Page 34: ...s the displayed waveform 180 degrees with respect to the ground level When the oscilloscope is triggered on the inverted signal the trigger is also inverted Click Invert in MATH The following picture...

Page 35: ...ave Save the current reference waveform to your computer as rfc format Save Reference Save the current reference waveform to your computer as rfc format You can change the vertical scale of a waveform...

Page 36: ...3 Setup Horizontal System Change Time Div The Time Div Selects the horizontal Time DIV scale factor for the main or the window time base The Horizontal Panel Click the blue knob can change Time Div I...

Page 37: ...he toolbar to set Trigger 1 Set Trigger Edge Trigger The trigger determines when the oscilloscope starts to acquire data and display a wave form When a trigger is set up properly it can convert unstab...

Page 38: ...cope uses as a trigger The source can be any signal connected to a channel BNC CH1 Select CH1 as trigger signal CH2 Select CH2 as trigger signal CH3 Select CH2 as trigger signal CH4 Select CH2 as trig...

Page 39: ...efined by the Source When and Set Pulse Width options Sweep Auto Normal Single Auto Acquire waveform even no trigger occurred Normal Acquire waveform when trigger occurred Single Acquire waveform when...

Page 40: ...stop Source CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 Select the input source as the trigger signal Sync All Lines Line Number Odd Field Even Field All Fields Choose a proper video sync When selecting Line Number for the Sync...

Page 41: ...ss Pulse width less than selecting pulse condition Equal Pulse width equal to selecting pulse condition Pulse Width The Pulse Width adjust range is 10ns 10s When the condition is met it will trigger a...

Page 42: ...ries Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 42 The user can turn on HF Rejection to eliminate trigger higher frequency 20M above 3 5 Save Load Save Click File in main menu to save waveform setups and scre...

Page 43: ...he instrument that had saved 3 6 Utility Function 3 6 1 Record The following picture shows the Record Interface The dialog box of record is shown on the lower right corner of the screen This function...

Page 44: ...l play back data from the first file data 0 drf to the last file If you want to read an arbitrary file please delete the data drf and then play back Note Before starting a new recording change the pat...

Page 45: ...tput If it was checked the Pass Fail will stop when output Mask Setting Vertical Set the vertical limit range Horizontal Set the horizontal limit range Create button Click this button to create Pass F...

Page 46: ...orm number Pass It shows the pass waveform number Total It shows the l total Pass Fail waveform number Operation Click Start button to start the Pass Fail test Click Stop button to stop the Pass Fail...

Page 47: ...displays the CH1 and CH2 waveforms and removes all other waveforms The oscilloscope set up for normal operation when it is shipped from the factory and can be recalled at anytime by user The Factory...

Page 48: ...he user can set the source to CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 and MATH When you use cursors be sure to set the Source to the waveform on the display that you want to measure 2 Type There are four types of cursors ava...

Page 49: ...ndow The Cross measure result displays on status bar 2 Trace The Trace cursors appear as vertical lines on the display and measure the waveform amplitude at the point the waveform crosses the cursor T...

Page 50: ...cal lines on the display and measure the vertical parameters The Vertical cursor display window The Vertical cursor measure result display on status bar 4 Horizontal The Horizontal cursors appear as h...

Page 51: ...ntal cursor measure result display on status bar 3 7 2 Measure Menu Click Measure in main menu The oscilloscope provides 20 parametric auto measurements 12 voltage and 8 time measurements 1 Source The...

Page 52: ...tistical minimum level Measured over the entire waveform Middle Voltage of the 50 level from base to top RMS The Root Mean Square voltage over the entire waveform Amplitude Amp Base Top Measured over...

Page 53: ...0 Measured of the first waveform Pulse Width Measured of the first positive pulse in the waveform The time between the 50 amplitude points Pulse Width Measured of the first negative pulse in the wavef...

Page 54: ...r can select Maximum 8 measure options to measure 3 8 The Display System 3 8 1 Display Type Click Type in Display menu The following figure shows the type parameters setting If the Vectors type mode i...

Page 55: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 55 If the Dots type mode is selected the waveform will be displayed as following figure 3 8 2 Display Grid Click Display in main menu...

Page 56: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 56 The grid shows The grid not shows 3 8 3 Intensity...

Page 57: ...and Drag Waveforms The software will stop updating waveform after the user clicked Stop button The user can change the waveform display by adjusting the scale and position When you change the scale t...

Page 58: ...e mouse button on display screen to zoom in out the waveform Also the user can change Time Div in Horizontal menu or in Horizontal panel to zoom in out the waveform Drag The user can modify the wavefo...

Page 59: ...al Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 59 3 10 Interpolation At the time base 40ns div or faster user can use the 3 different interpolation mode to get waveforms of different smoothness The Step Interpolation...

Page 60: ...default interpolation mode is Sin x x Acquisition When you acquire a signal the oscilloscope converts it into a digital form and displays a waveform The acquisition mode defines how the signal is digi...

Page 61: ...plays the resulting waveform You can use this mode to reduce random noise Peak Detect In this acquisition mode the oscilloscope finds the maximum and the minimum in every sampling interval and use the...

Page 62: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 62 click the Print button to print the report The Print report...

Page 63: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 63 Chapter 4 Application Example Simple Measurement Capturing a Single Shot Signal The Application of the X Y Taking Cursor Measurement...

Page 64: ...us automatically Also you can adjust the controls to meet your measurement to optimize the waveform display To measure the frequency and Vpp you can do these steps as follows 1 Click the Measure Horiz...

Page 65: ...pears on the display representing the data points that the oscilloscope obtained with one acquisition This function helps to capture the signal occurrence easily such as the noise with large amplitude...

Page 66: ...ws a typical example 7 Apply the Ellipse Method to observe the phase difference between the two channels Signal in X Y Format Instruction of the Ellipse Method Sin A B or C D where phase shift in degr...

Page 67: ...ick Cursor Type select Vertical 3 Push left mouse button and the vertical lines appear 4 Drag the mouse button to the point you want to measure 5 Release the left mouse button the frequency difference...

Page 68: ...button the voltage difference will be shown at the status bar Measure the Amplitude Read the details showing in the status bar Trace the Amplitude of a fixed position on X axis in a Waveform Do these...

Page 69: ...O 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 69 Trace the Amplitude Read the details showing in the status bar Note Click Cursor Type select Cross you can measure time and amplitude at one tim...

Page 70: ...DSO 3004 USB Series Digital Oscilloscope USER S MANUAL 70 Chapter 5 Appendix Appendix A Specifications Appendix B General Maintenance...

Page 71: ...CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 Mode Edge Pulse Video Alternative X Y mode X Axis Input CH1 Y Axis Input CH2 Phrase Shift Max 3 degree Cursors and Measurement Voltage Measurement Vpp Vamp Vmax Vmin Vtop Vmid Vbase V...

Page 72: ...vision AUTOSET Yes 30Hz Interface USB 2 0 Power Source Dual port USB Volume 175 x 105 x 30 mm Weight 1Kg Appendix B Accessories A USB line used to connect external devices with USB interface like a pr...

Page 73: ...ents To avoid damages to the surface of the device or probes not use any abrasive or chemical cleaning agents Cleaning Inspect the device and probes as often as operating conditions require Make sure...