
19-6 Electrical Variables
e digital oscilloscope or digital storage oscilloscope (DSO) diers from its analog counterpart in
that the input signal is converted to digital data and therefore it can be managed by an embedded micro-
processor
. e wa
veform
da
ta
ca
n
ha
ve
co
rrection
fa
ctors
ap
plied
to re
move
er
rors
in th
e
sc
ope’s
ac
qui-
sition
sy
stem
an
d
ca
n
th
en
be sto
red,
me
asured,
an
d/or
di
splayed
. a
t
th
e
in
put
sig
nal
is co
nverted
fr
om
an
alog
to di
gital
an
d
ma
nipulations
ar
e
pe
rformed
on it by a mi
croprocessor
re
sults
in pe
ople
no
t
ha
ving
a go
od
me
ntal
mo
del
of th
e
di
gital
os
cilloscope’s
op
eration
. i
s
wo
uld
no
t
be a pr
oblem
ex
cept
for the fac