35 / 84
Fig. 1: Suitable for all applications – as a two-channel instrument
with integrated multimeter for field use or with four input channels
for analyzing electronic circuits. Source: Rohde & Schwarz
Fig. 2: To ensure the user's safety, measuring instruments need to be
certified for the respective measuring environment. The R&S Scope
Rider offers maximum safety and flexibility during measurements,
with a certification of up to 600 V in a CAT IV environment and up to
1000 V in a CAT III environment. Source: Rohde & Schwarz
Detect sporadic network
interruptions
A common problem in electrical
installations are loose contacts,
which leads to sporadic interruptions
in the power supplies. These
interruptions can be triggered by
mechanical vibrations and be so
brief that they are not noticeable
for normal electrical loads, but
nonetheless interfere with the
functioning of sensitive electronic
equipment.
The various trigger functions of
the R&S Scope Rider allow it to
specifically detect and analyze root
causes. Short interruptions of the
power supply, for example, can be
detected easily and effectively with
the pulse width trigger.
Measurements on drives
and power electronics
A common application is monitoring
and maintaining electrical drives
and power electronics or electrical
equipment in general. Thanks to the
automatic measurement functions,
power parameters such as apparent,
active and reactive power and even
the power factor can be directly and
simply measured. The integrated
data logger allows the user to
automatically record the configured
measurements for up to 23 days
and analyze long term trends simply
by switching to the logger mode.
Analysis of serial
protocols made easy
The trigger and decode functions of
the Rohde & Schwarz Scope Rider
help users analyze serial protocols to
check the communications between
individual electronic modules.
These functions can be used to
analyze digital communications and
to specifically trigger on specific
data packets. Users can determine
whether UART, CAN or LIN control
commands sent are received and
processed correctly by the tested
module. The ability to load symbolic
labels into the device and select
the desired control commands via
text labels makes it even easier
to work with the instrument. The
New-Tech Magazine Europe l 35