Using the Spectrum Analyzer

1.1

Plug in your <test & measurement device>, then start WaveForms and make sure your device is connected.

If no device is connected to the host computer when WaveForms launches, the Device Manager will launch automatically.

Make sure that the device is plugged in and turned on, at which point it will appear in the Device Manager's device list (1.). Click on the device in the list (“DEMO” devices are also listed, which allow the user to use WaveForms and create projects without a physical device) to select it, then click the Select button (2.) to close the Device Manager.

Note: The Device Manager can be reopened by clicking on the “Connected Device” button in the bottom right corner of the screen (3.), or by selecting “Device Manager” from the “Settings” menu at the top of the screen.

1.2

Once the Welcome page loads, in the Instrument Panel at the left side of the window, click on the Spectrum button to open the Spectrum instrument.

1.3

Once the Spectrum instrument opens, the window contains

2.1 Hardware Setup

In order to measure a signal with the Spectrum instrument, there must first be a signal to measure. To this end, step 2.1 of this guide describes setting up a simple loopback circuit that connects the <test & measurement device>'s Waveform Generator and Oscilloscope pins.

Connect the <test & measurement device>'s scope channel 1 pin (orange wire) to the device's wavegen channel 1 output pin (yellow wire). For devices that use differential input channels, such as the Analog Discovery Studio with MTE cables, make sure to connect the scope channel 1 negative pin (orange wire with white stripes) to the ground pin associated with wavegen channel 1 (black wire).

image: MTE cable loopback???