Triggering oscilloscopes (con't)

• Normal trigger mode

  • Scope triggers continuously

• Pretriggering and delay

  • You tell the scope when to take data relative to the trigger

• Single-shot acquisition

  • You tell the scope to trigger once and stop

• Trigger icons help you

  • Trigger-position icon: Shows the trigger location in the waveform
  • Trigger-level icon: Shows the trigger voltage level on the waveform
  • Waveform-record icon: Shows the trigger location in the record

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