Fundamental Problem Solving Using a Modern Oscilloscope
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Join Keysight engineers for a skill-building deep dive into modern oscilloscope problem solving. Designed for engineers familiar with basic scope operation, this course focuses on advanced skills for high-speed signal measurement, real-time debugging using trigger strategies and mask testing, protocol-level analysis, and signal integrity validation with tools like eye diagrams. Learn to leverage EXR-series oscilloscope capabilities through practical demonstrations and lab-ready workflows. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped to diagnose issues with precision, validate digital designs, and optimize signal quality across complex embedded systems.

Learn:

  • Effective triggering, masking, and error detection.
  • Eye diagram analysis and sampling fidelity evaluation.
  • Protocol decode, digital compliance, and power integrity optimization.

This course is ideal for compliance validation and digital debug engineers, as well as anyone seeking a deeper understanding of oscilloscope-based measurement and debug workflows.

Lessons
Lesson 1 - Oscilloscope Triggering Fundamentals

Lesson 1 - Oscilloscope Triggering Fundamentals

Introduces the basic concepts of oscilloscope triggering, such as edge, pulse, and pattern triggering. It also covers advanced triggering techniques, such as runt, glitch, and runt-glitch triggering.
Basic Oscilloscope Fundamentals

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Basic Oscilloscope Fundamentals

Acquire skills in the art of oscilloscope basics and their practical applications. Learn the essentials of using oscilloscopes for precise signal analysis and testing.
Lesson 2 - Measurements, Auto-Masking and Error Finding Techniques

Lesson 2 - Measurements, Auto-Masking and Error Finding Techniques

Teaches you how to make basic and advanced measurements with an oscilloscope, such as voltage, frequency, and rise time. It also covers auto-masking and error-finding techniques, which can help you identify problems in your circuit.
Evaluating Oscilloscope Bandwidths

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Evaluating Oscilloscope Bandwidths

How much bandwidth does your oscilloscope really need? Learn how to choose the correct bandwidth oscilloscope for your application.
Lesson 3 - Triggers, Measurements, Eye Plots

Lesson 3 - Triggers, Measurements, Eye Plots

Build on the concepts from the previous lessons by showing you how to use triggers and measurements to create eye plots.
Oscilloscope Sample Rates versus Sampling Fidelity

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Oscilloscope Sample Rates versus Sampling Fidelity

Higher sample rate scopes are not always better. Learn more about Nyquist’s sampling and how to evaluate scope sample rates vs. signal fidelity for accurate results.
Infiniium EXR and MXR-Series Oscilloscopes

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Infiniium EXR and MXR-Series Oscilloscopes

Troubleshooting and testing designs can be time-consuming on your oscilloscope if you do not know what you are looking for. Keysight's Fault Hunter feature automatically determines which sections of the signal are anomalies.
Jitter Analysis

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Jitter Analysis

Learn how Infiniium Series Oscilloscopes give various display formats to view jitter measurements from horizontal waveform histograms to jitter spectrum waveforms.
Lesson 4 - Protocol Layer and Compliance Testing

Lesson 4 - Protocol Layer and Compliance Testing

Cover some of the more advanced features of oscilloscopes, such as protocol layer analysis, compliance testing, and power measurements. It also shows you some of the "cool" features that are available on some oscilloscopes, such as video streaming and remote control.
Infiniium EXR-Series Oscilloscope

Product Fact Sheets

Infiniium EXR-Series Oscilloscope

Get to know the Infiniium EXR-Series oscilloscope’s industry-first technology, speed, accuracy, and integrated toolset that make it a powerful contender in the 500 MHz to 6 GHz oscilloscope market.
Lesson 5 - The EXR-Series Oscilloscope's Specifications

Lesson 5 - The EXR-Series Oscilloscope's Specifications

An overview of the specifications of the EXR-Series oscilloscopes, showing you how to work with the oscilloscope remotely or offline.
Lesson 6 - Conclusion

Lesson 6 - Conclusion

Thank you for watching. We hope you learned all you need to know about EXR-Series oscilloscopes.
Quickly Characterize Embedded Serial Buses

Solution Briefs

Quickly Characterize Embedded Serial Buses

Keysight’s Embedded Serial Bus Characterization Solution enables engineers to quickly and easily perform serial protocol analysis on the most common embedded serial buses. The mixed-signal oscilloscope provides a time-interleaved protocol lister display that time-correlates multiple analog and digital serial buses. Trigger, decode, and perform advanced analysis on embedded protocols with the included embedded analysis software.
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How to Analyze PCB Signal Integrity

How to Analyze PCB Signal Integrity

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