Multimeter & Oscilloscopes

Basic Concepts

Duty Cycle The duty cycle is the cycle or working time of an actuator activated by a pulsed current and corresponds to the percentage of the cycle in which there is a potential difference at the actuator. Frequency This is the number of cycles in a specific time. It is measured in hertz (Hz). A hertz corresponds to a signal in which there is one cycle per second.

Cycle A cycle is a complete signal, which is repeated periodically in time.

Period The period is the duration of the complete cycle.