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Creating a square wave – Teledyne LeCroy WaveStation Waveform Generator Operators Manual User Manual

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922700-00 Rev A

Creating a Square Wave

When first pressing this waveform button on the

Front Panel

, the

WaveStation shows the Square Operation menu and corresponding
Display and Detail dialogs.

Press adjacent Operation buttons and use the Digital Input Front Panel
Controls
to make specific adjustment/selection parameter choices. For
more information on getting to this point, see Navigating Interfaces,
Adjusting Parameters, and Making Selections (on page 11).

NOTE: Square Operation menu selections and parameters include
Frequency/Period, Amplitude/HLevel, Offset/LLevel, Phase, and Duty Cycle. The
parameters for Frequency/Period, Amplitude/HLevel, Offset/LLevel, Phase are
carried out the same way as done when Creating a Sine Wave.

With the Square waveform and the Duty (Duty Cycle) operation button
pressed, a Square waveform is shown on the Waveform Display and Duty
Cycle
is shown on the Waveform Detail dialog.

Duty Cycle is entered as the percentage of the High Level taking up the
whole period.

% of High Level

Frequency

20 to 80%

< 10 MHz

40 to 60%

From 10 MHz to 20 MHz

50%

> 20 MHz

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

Press an adjacent Operation button to select a desired Unit (unit

interval) for your entry.

Provide your desired Duty Cycle amount using the Digital Input Front

Panel Controls.