Connecting an Oscilloscope to Wires

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Connecting an Oscilloscope to Wires

To connect an oscilloscope to wires:

1.Click on one of the four terminals and drag the cursor to a target wire. A new electrical wire will appear and will be auto-routed from the oscilloscope's terminal to the position of the cursor as you move the mouse.

2.Release the left mouse button over a target wire to finish off the connection or press the ESC key to cancel.

NOTE: The colors of the red and blue wires were set by clicking on each of the wires is turn, and clicking on a color button in the Color Bar. The colors of the oscilloscope's traces reflect the color of the associated wires.

An Oscilloscope Connected to Two Wires and a Ground

An Oscilloscope Connected to Two Wires and a Ground

You must connect the GND terminal clip3364 to a circuit ground otherwise the signal traces will not display.

Connect any of the terminals A, B, C or D to schematic wires (nodes) to monitor the signal on those wires.

Turning the Oscilloscope On/Off

clip3365 Turn the Power on to start the simulation.

Setting the Trace Color

The color of each track is taken from the line color of the connected schematic wires (node).

Setting the Time-Scale

Drag the slider shown below  to the left or to the right to increase or decrease the time-span of the signal being monitored

Drag to Set the Time-Scale

Drag to Set the Time-Scale

Voltage and Time Values

Voltage and Time Values

Showing/Hiding the Grid

Check the clip3367 checkbox in the oscilloscope's properties panel to show the grid. Uncheck it, to hide the grid.