Parade, Overlay, Sweep – Tektronix 1740A/1750A User Manual

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Functional Overview

1740A/1750A Series Waveform/Vector Monitor User Manual

3-4

Inputs

A1, A2, A3

,

and

B1, B2, B3

are designed to be used as

three-wire inputs for component signals.

A123 / B123

Selecting

A123

provides a side-by-side display of the

CH-A1,

CH-A2,

and

CH-A3

inputs (

B123

displays the

CH-B1, CH-B2,

and

CH-B3

inputs). This is designed for monitoring component

signals.

Parade

Selecting

PARADE

displays the input channels last selected

for

PARADE

,

allowing a custom configuration of inputs. In

PARADE

mode, the

LINE/FIELD

button offers only two choices:

one line and one field. Up to four channels can be displayed
side-by-side; additional channels are overlaid.

Overlay

OVERLAY

superimposes the selected input signals. The

LINE/

FIELD

button remains a four-way toggle, providing one line,

two line, one field, and two field displays.

Sweep

Sweep buttons are used to select the waveform sweep rate.

LINE/FIELD

toggles through four sweep rate selections: one

line, two line, one field, and two field. In

PARADE

mode, the

LINE/FIELD

button becomes a two-way switch, toggling be-

tween line and field.

The sweep rate is displayed in the upper right corner of the
CRT (for field-rate sweeps, 1F or 2F is displayed).

The

MAG

button is used with

LINE/FIELD

to provide horizontal

magnification of each rate as follows:

H One line magnified = 200 ns/division
H Two line magnified = 1 µs/division
H One field or two field magnified = approximately

X20 magnification.

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