Agilent Technologies 53152A, 53150A, 53151A manual Resolution Setting Example

Chapter 2 Operating Your Frequency Counter

Setting the Resolution and Measurement Rate

	Resolution Setting Example
	For the following example, use the 10 MHz output from the reference
	timebase as the input to Channel 1.
	1 Press the Resol key to enter the resolution-setting mode.
GPIB	The current resolution setting is displayed (the current value and the
Resol
	indicator between the arrow keys are flashing to indicate that you can use
Enter	the up- and down-arrow keys to change the setting).

2Press the up-arrow or down-arrow key to decrease or increase the resolution.

You can press these keys as many times as necessary to locate the setting you want to use. The available resolution settings are 1 Hz (the default setting), 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 KHz, 10 KHz, 100 KHz, and 1 MHz.

3Press the Enter key to activate your setting and exit the resolution-setting mode.

The setting you chose is now in effect. The number of digits displayed for the measurement is adjusted accordingly; you can observe the affect on measurement speed by monitoring the flash rate of the Gate indicator.

NOTE	The measurement resolution has a direct effect on the amount of time the
	Counter requires to complete a measurement. Measurements made at the
	Counter’s maximum resolution setting (1 Hz) are noticeably slower than
	at lower resolutions. This is especially noticeable when the Counter is set
	to average a number of measurements.

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