TriggerSystem

Thetriggersectionisdevotedtostabilizingandfocusingtheoscilloscope.Thetriggertellsthescopewhat
partsofthesignaltotriggeronandstartmeasuring.Ifyourwaveformisperiodic,thetriggercanbe
manipulatedtokeepthedisplaystaticandunflinching.Apoorlytriggeredwavewillproduceseizureinducing
sweepingwaveslikethis:

Thetriggersectionofascopeisusuallycomprisedofalevelknobandasetofbuttonstoselectthesourceand
typeofthetrigger.Thelevelknobcanbetwistedtosetatriggertoaspecificvoltagepoint.

Aseriesofbuttonsandscreenmenusmakeuptherestofthetriggersystem.Theirmainpurposeistoselect
thetriggersourceandmode.Thereareavarietyoftriggertypes,whichmanipulatehowthetriggeris
activated:
Anedgetriggeristhemostbasicformofthetrigger.Itwillkeytheoscilloscopetostartmeasuringwhen
thesignalvoltagepassesacertainlevel.Anedgetriggercanbesettocatchonarisingorfallingedge(or
both).
Apulsetriggertellsthescopetokeyinonaspecifiedpulseofvoltage.Youcanspecifythedurationand
directionofthepulse.Forexample,itcanbeatinyblipof0V>5V>0V,oritcanbeasecondslongdip
from5Vto0V,backto5V.
Aslopetriggercanbesettotriggerthescopeonapositiveornegativeslopeoveraspecifiedamountof