Oscilloscope Basic Usage

Press power button in to turn the scope on.

Connect probes by inserting into one of the four inputs and twisting clockwise until it clicks.

An oscilloscope measure voltage across two points.

Connect this part to the signal you want to measure.

Connect this part to ground.

Each probe's ground is connected together so be careful not to create a short circuit when probing multiples parts of the circuit.

If you need a ground to connect your circuit to, the oscilloscope has a built in ground located under the monitor.

Pull back the plastic cover of the probe to reveal a metal hook. Hook this around what you want to measure.

You can also pull the plastic cover off to reveal a sharp point which can be inserted into the breadboard.

Make sure you connect the black probe to ground.

Press the numbered buttons to show/hide the four inputs on the screen.

Your signal may not be very clear initially. Most of the time pressing the auto-scale button will scale the signal so that it appears on the screen nicely.

You can also adjust the scale manually.

Vertical Scale - Clicking the knob will toggle between fine and rough tuning.

Horizontal Scale - Clicking the knob will toggle between fine and rough tuning.

Vertical Offset - Clicking the knob will re-center the waveform.

Horizontal Offset - Clicking the knob will re-center the waveform.

Some scale information is located at the top of the screen, above the signal.

Vertical Scale.

Horizontal Scale.

Horizontal Offset.

You can simultaneously measure up to four signals at a time.

All signals have separate controls for vertical scaling and vertical offset, so that you can adjust them to be easier to read.

Vertical scaling can be different for each signal.

Horizontal Scaling and Horizontal Offset will be applied to all signals.