{"id":22967,"date":"2017-12-27T10:18:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T18:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=22967"},"modified":"2021-06-10T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T23:08:35","slug":"the-openscope-mz-workbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/the-openscope-mz-workbook\/","title":{"rendered":"The OpenScope MZ Workbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Previously we announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/the-openscope-mz-makerspace-workshop\/\">posted slides for the OpenScope MZ workshop,<\/a>\u00a0which is designed to be used as a workshop for introducing users to portable USB oscilloscopes and created around the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/shop\/openscope-mz-open-source-all-in-one-instrumentation\/\">OpenScope MZ.\u00a0<\/a>We also announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/the-openscope-mz-workshop-training\/\">video training designed to accompany it<\/a>. Today we&#8217;ll be talking about another resource for getting started with the OpenScope MZ, the OpenScope MZ workbook!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Workbook-cover-kickstarter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23312\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Workbook-cover-kickstarter-541x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Workbook-cover-kickstarter-541x600.png 541w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Workbook-cover-kickstarter-768x852.png 768w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Workbook-cover-kickstarter-800x888.png 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Workbook-cover-kickstarter.png 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This workbook is designed to give users that are unfamiliar with the OpenScope MZ (or oscilloscopes and other instrumentation) a first touch with all of the tools on the OpenScope.<\/p>\n<p>It starts with an introduction to what instrumentation is, and why you need it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/intro-to-instrumentation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23315\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/intro-to-instrumentation-600x502.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/intro-to-instrumentation-600x502.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/intro-to-instrumentation.png 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then it takes a more detailed look at what specific tools are and in what scenarios they would be used.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/electronics-tool-table.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23314\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/electronics-tool-table-600x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/electronics-tool-table-600x551.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/electronics-tool-table.png 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next an overview of the OpenScope and the tools it contains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/What-is-the-OpenSCope-USB-Oscilloscope.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23317\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/What-is-the-OpenSCope-USB-Oscilloscope-600x583.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/What-is-the-OpenSCope-USB-Oscilloscope-600x583.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/What-is-the-OpenSCope-USB-Oscilloscope.png 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then of course going through the setup of the OpenScope and taking a first measurement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/taking-a-first-measurement-on-the-Oscilloscope.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23316\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/taking-a-first-measurement-on-the-Oscilloscope-600x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/taking-a-first-measurement-on-the-Oscilloscope-600x578.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/taking-a-first-measurement-on-the-Oscilloscope.png 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next section is the hands on exercises. These are designed to give you a taste of what the analog circuits world is like, but with a heavy emphasis on setting up the circuits, viewing the results, and playing with the tools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/An-exercise-about-triggers-on-an-RC-circuit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23313\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/An-exercise-about-triggers-on-an-RC-circuit-436x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/An-exercise-about-triggers-on-an-RC-circuit-436x600.png 436w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/An-exercise-about-triggers-on-an-RC-circuit.png 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want more of a focus on the theory of analog circuits, each of these exercises corresponds with a chapter in <a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/reference\/learn\/courses\/real-analog\/start\">Real Analog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To download and view the workbook, check it out on the<a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/reference\/instrumentation\/openscope-mz\/start\"> OpenScope Resource center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-22967 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='22967' data-nonce='5286a1c13f' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-22967 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-22967 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='22967' data-nonce='5286a1c13f' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-22967 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-22967 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peek at the Openscope MZ workbook with this brief overview!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":23312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4312,4326],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[4466],"class_list":["post-22967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academia","category-usb-scopes-analyzers-generators","category-teaching-training"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Workbook-cover-kickstarter.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":4466,"user_id":18,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kaitlyn","display_name":"Kaitlyn Franz","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9276021eaa44781ce19f364cfca46ada25e1500769cf4803a095a5bae83c912a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":"","9":"","10":""}],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22967"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=22967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}