Rise time measurements

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jane
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Rise time measurements

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I'm doing rise time measurements using an external generator. Square wave is 2kHz, 10Vpp.

80/20% measurement tells me 400ns but 90/10% says 153us (!)
Adding cursors to the graph indicates 680ns for the 90/10%.

Why is the 90/10% measurement so far out?

PicoScope® 6 - PC Oscilloscope software version: 6.6.18.8
Model: PicoScope 4262
Driver Version: 1.1.0.211
Firmware Version: 1.0.5.0 / 1.0.11.0
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Re: Rise time measurements

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We are currently looking at the Picoscope 6 measurements as there may be a few inaccuracies with these.
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Re: Rise time measurements

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I am seeing the same issue, is there any updates on this issue ?

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Re: Rise time measurements

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HI I have investigated this myself and there is a problem with the 10- 90% calculations for rise and fall time. The software engineers are aware of it and we will be looking at fixing this.

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