Triggering
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Triggering Concepts

Triggers determine when the instrument stops acquiring and displays a wave-
form. They help create meaningful waveforms from unstable jumbles or blank
screens. (See Figure 3--21.) The instrument has simple edge triggers as well as a
variety of advanced triggers you can use.
Triggered waveform Untriggered waveforms
Figure 3- 21: Triggered versus untriggered displays