Tektronix VX4101A Measuring Rise Time

Using the Counter
VX4101A MultiPaq Instrument User Manual 2–29
Measuring Rise Time
In this procedure, you will make a rise time measurement using a 10 ns aperture
time.
1. Select the Counter:
INST:SEL COUNTER
2. Set input 1 coupling to DC:
INPut:COUPling DC
3. Set input 1 impedance to 50 W:
INPut:IMPedance 50
4. Sets the aperture to 10 nanoseconds:
SENSe:RTIMe:APER 1e-8
or
SENSe:RISE:TIME:APER 1e-8
5. Configure the Counter to read signal Rise Time:
SENSe:FUNCtion "RTIMe"
or
SENSe:FUNCtion "RISE:TIME"
6. Initiate the configuration and take the measurement:
INIT
7. Retrieve the measured data:
FETCh?
Programming Example