Compare CRO and DSO. State the formula for phase measurement using CRO with necessary diagram.

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CRO
DSO
Directly reads analog voltage and displays it on screen.
It reads the analog voltage and converts it into digital form before being displayed on the screen.
Do not require ADC, microprocessor and acquisition memory
Requires ADC, microprocessor and acquisition memory
Can only analyze signal in real time as there is no storage memory available.
Can analyze signal in real time as well as can analyze previously acquired large samples of data with facility of storage available. 
Can not analyze high frequency sharp rise time transients
Can analyze high frequency transients due to advanced DSP algorithms available and ported on microprocessor which can operate on stored samples of input voltage.


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