Hickman Ian. Digital storage oscilloscopes

Newnes, 1997. — 152 p.Digital storage oscilloscopes first appeared around a quarter of a century ago. At that stage their performance was limited, not even approaching that of the analog (cathode ray tube) storage oscilloscopes of the day in many respects, such as bandwidth, in particular. Nevertheless, they offered certain facilities not available in the earlier analog storage oscilloscopes, principally pre-trigger storage, permitting the user to capture part of a waveform which preceded a trigger event. Since those early days, development has been continuous and intensive, with the result that digital storage oscilloscopes have long since completely supplanted analog storage oscilloscopes and have indeed reached a degree of sophistication and performance which enable them to rival the most advanced real time oscilloscopes.
This being so, the time seemed right for a book dealing solely with digital storage oscilloscopes, and this work is the result. It may be seen as a companion volume to Oscilloscopes: How to Use Them, How They Work, 4th Edition 1955, ISBN 0-7506-2282-2, by the same author, which deals with oscilloscopes and waveform recorders of all sorts. But being devoted exclusively to digital storage oscilloscopes, it is able to cover the ground in more detail than the book just mentioned, and also to cover more recent models of digital storage oscilloscope which had not yet been released when the earlier book appeared. For such is the bewildering speed of development in oscillography, as in electronics generally, that any book on the subject is bound to be partially out of date by the time it appears in print. Nevertheless, the basic principles of the digital storage oscilloscope remain the same, and the user will gain a great deal of knowledge about, and insight into the workings of, these versatile instruments from this book.Digital storage oscilloscope fundamentals.
Digital storage oscilloscope modes of operation.
Input circuitry.
Digitising.
Triggering.
Signal processing.
Displays and display technology.
Digital sampling oscilloscopes.
Accessories for use with digital storage oscilloscopes.
Using digital storage oscilloscopes.Appendix.