How to use a Spectrum Analyzer | Operating & Using a Spectrum Analyser

This video provides the key essentials about how to use a spectrum analyser: controls, operation, techniques, examples . . . and some top hints & tips from industry experts.

The video provides an excellent introduction to the spectrum analyzer. It looks at what it is and why it is different to an oscilloscope – looking at signals in the frequency domain rather than the time domain.

Basic settings and controls on the spectrum analyzer are described along with their function: gain, RF attenuator, centre frequency, bandwidth. The way in which these may be used is detailed along with showing how they affect the visible output on the spectrum analyzer.

Examples of an amplitude modulated signal along with much more complex waveforms are used.

Some more advanced functions on the spectrum analyzer are shown including markers and present function: phase noise and spectral masks that make some complicated measurements much easier to use on the analyzer. Using a spectrum analyzer to measure harmonics and other spurious emissions is also covered.

Finally some top practical hints and tips from industry experts are given.

This video gives an essential guide to the use of a spectrum analyser. It shows how to use the analyser for common and more advanced measurements.


More details about how to use a spectrum analyser and what the controls do can be found here: electronics-notes.com/articles/test-methods/spe…

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