Magnifying the fft spectrum, Measuring an fft spectrum using cursors – B&K Precision 2552-2559 - Manual User Manual

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spectrum.

Hanning

Hamming

Better frequency, poorer

magnitude accuracy than

Rectangular. Hamming has

slightly better frequency

resolution than Hanning.

Sine, periodic, and

narrow-band random

noise. Asymmetric

transients or bursts.

Blackman

Best magnitude, worst

frequency resolution.

Single frequency

waveforms, to find

higher order

harmonics.

Magnifying the FFT Spectrum

You can magnify and use cursors to take measurements on the FFT

spectrum. The oscilloscope includes an “FFT Zoom” option to magnify

horizontally, press this option button to select “1X”, “2X”, “5X” or “10X”.

Moreover, you also can turn the “Universal” knob to magnify FFT

waveform horizontally in a 1-2-5 step. To magnify vertically, turn the

“Volts/div” knob.

Measuring an FFT Spectrum Using Cursors

You can take two measurements on FFT spectrums: magnitude (in dB) and

frequency (in Hz). Magnitude is referenced to 0 dB, where 0 dB equals 1

Vrms. You can use the cursors to take measurements at any zoom factor.

Use horizontal cursors to measure amplitude and vertical cursors to

measure frequency.

If you input a sine signal to channel 1, follow these steps:

1. Measure FFT Amplitude

1. Input a sine signal to channel 1, and press the “AUTO”

button.

2. Press the “MATH” button to enter the “MATH” menu.

3. Press the “Operation” option button to select “FFT”.

4. Press the “Source” option button to select “CH1”.

5. Press CH1 button to display CH1 menu.

6. Turn the “Time/div” knob to adjust sampling rate (at least

double bigger than frequency of input signal).

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