Oscilloscope pulse frequency

oscilloscope

Oscilloscope screen

I'm measuring pulses from a device with a constant frequency. The oscilloscope's usual frequency indicator shows 600 Hz. But when I use "Measure" button and then Type is set to Frequency, then that indicator shows around 300 Hz.

Then I measure it with a DAQ board and analyze it with MATLAB and I find again 300 Hz.

Whats going on here? Does oscilloscope's generic frequency indicator (at the right bottom corner in mine) interpret edge rise and fall as one signal? Why would it read double?

Best Answer

You see the horizontal arrow on the right vertical edge of the scope picture - it is quite close to the bottom edge of the waveform - it's called the trigger position and you can move it up and down from the trigger menu - try repositioning it and see what happens: -

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I suspect on your scope there are two methods of calculating the frequency - one is based on the trigger threshold and the other is based on some other mechanism.