Scope Tab

Scope

Displays shots of data samples in time and frequency domain (FFT) representation.

Signal Input

Signal Output 1

Selects the source for the scope input.

Signal Output 2

Signal Input 1

Signal Input 2

Run/Stop

Runs the scope/FFT continuously.

Mode

Time Domain

Switches between time and frequency domain display.

Freq Domain (FFT)

Sampling Rate

6.4 kSa/s to 210 MSa/s

Defines the sampling rate of the scope. The numeric values are rounded for display purposes. The exact values are equal to the base sampling rate divided by 2^n, where n is an integer.

Sampling Rate

Defines the sampling rate of the scope. The numeric values are rounded for display purposes. The exact values are equal to the base sampling rate divided by 2^n, where n is an integer. Warning: Due to the lack of sample averaging feature, reduced sampling rates can cause aliasing and thus artifacts in the signal spectrum. Currently, the Scope tool only supports sample decimation, but in the future it will also offer sample averaging.

Average Filter

Enable Exponential Moving Average (EMA) filter that is applied when the average of several scope shots is computed and displayed. Depending on the mode, the source data for averaging is either the Time or the Freq FFT trace.

Off

Averaging is turned off.

On

Consecutive scope shots are averaged with an exponential weight.

Averages

integer value

The number of shots required to reach 63% settling. Twice the number of shots yields 86% settling.

Averages

integer value

The number of shots to average on the device before returning the data.

Reset

Resets the averaging filter.

Signal

Selects the trigger source signal.

Off

Switches the scope off.

Continuous

A new waveform is acquired and displayed after the hold off time. The trigger source is ignored.

Signal Inputs 1/2

A new waveform is acquired and displayed when the respective Signal Input is matching the trigger condition.

Signal Outputs 1/2

A new waveform is acquired and displayed when the respective Signal Output is matching the trigger condition.

Oscillators 1-8

A new waveform is acquired and displayed when the respective Oscillator is matching the trigger condition.

DIO 0/1

A new waveform is acquired and displayed when the respective DIO signal is matching the trigger condition.

Level (%)

numeric percentage value (negative values permitted)

Defines the trigger level relative to signal full scale.

Trigger

grey/green/yellow

When flashing, indicates that new scope shots are being captured and displayed in the plot area. The Trigger must not necessarily be enabled for this indicator to flash. A disabled trigger is equivalent to continuous acquisition. Scope shots with data loss are indicated by yellow. Such an invalid scope shot is not processed.

Slope

Rising edge trigger

Select the signal edge that should activate the trigger.

Falling edge trigger

Holdoff (s)

numeric value

Defines the time before the trigger is rearmed after a recording event.

Plot Type

Select the plot type.

None

No plot displayed.

2D

Display defined number of grid rows as one 2D plot.

Row

Display only the trace of index defined in the Active Row field.

2D + Row

Display 2D and row plots.

Active Row

integer value

Set the row index to be displayed in the Row plot.

Track Active Row

ON / OFF

If enabled, the active row marker will track with the last recorded row. The active row control field is read-only if enabled.

Palette

Viridis

Select the colormap for the current plot.

Inferno

Balance

Turbo

Grey

Solar

Colorscale

ON / OFF

Enable/disable the colorscale bar display in the 2D plot.

Mapping

Mapping of colorscale.

Lin

Enable linear mapping.

Log

Enable logarithmic mapping.

dB

Enable logarithmic mapping in dB.

Scaling

Full Scale/Manual/Auto

Scaling of colorscale.

Clamp To Color

ON / OFF

When enabled, grid values that are outside of defined Min or Max region are painted with Min or Max color equivalents. When disabled, Grid values that are outside of defined Min or Max values are left transparent.

Start

numeric value

Lower limit of colorscale.

Only visible for manual scaling.

Stop

numeric value

Upper limit of colorscale.

Only visible for manual scaling.

BW Limit

ON / OFF

Select between scope sample decimation and averaging. Averaging avoids aliasing but may conceal single-sample peaks.

FFT Window

Rectangular

Several different FFT windows to choose from. Each window function results in a different trade-off between amplitude accuracy and spectral leakage. Please check the literature to find the window function that best suits your needs.

Hann

Hamming

Blackman Harris

Flat Top

Exponential (ring-down)

Cosine (ring-down)

Cosine squared (ring-down)

Resolution (Hz)

mHz to Hz

Spectral resolution defined by the reciprocal acquisition time (sample rate, number of samples recorded).

Absolute Frequency

ON / OFF

Shifts x-axis labeling to show the absolute frequency in the center as opposed to 0 Hz, when turned off.

Spectral Density

ON / OFF

Calculate and show the spectral density. If power is enabled the power spectral density value is calculated. The spectral density is used to analyze noise.

Power

ON / OFF

Calculate and show the power value. To extract power spectral density (PSD) this button should be enabled together with Spectral Density.

Persistence

ON / OFF

Keeps previous scope shots in the display.

The color scheme visualizes the number of occurrences at certain positions in time and amplitude by a multi-color scheme.

Rate

Streaming rate of the scope channels. The streaming rate can be adjusted independent from the scope sampling rate. The maximum rate depends on the interface used for transfer. Note: scope streaming requires the DIG option.

History

History

Each entry in the list corresponds to a single trace in the history. The number of traces displayed in the plot is limited to 20. Use the toggle buttons to hide or show individual traces. Use the color picker to change the color of a trace in the plot. Double click on a list entry to edit its name.

Length

integer value

Maximum number of records in the history. The number of entries displayed in the list is limited to the 100 most recent ones.

Clear All

Remove all records from the history list.

Clear

Remove selected records from the history list.

Load file

Load data from a file into the history. Loading does not change the data type and range displayed in the plot, this has to be adapted manually if data is not shown.

Name

Enter a name which is used as a folder name to save the history into. An additional three digit counter is added to the folder name to identify consecutive saves into the same folder name.

Auto Save

Activate autosaving. When activated, any measurements already in the history are saved. Each subsequent measurement is then also saved. The autosave directory is identified by the text "autosave" in the name, e.g. "sweep_autosave_001". If autosave is active during continuous running of the module, each successive measurement is saved to the same directory. For single shot operation, a new directory is created containing all measurements in the history. Depending on the file format, the measurements are either appended to the same file, or saved in individual files. For HDF5 and ZView formats, measurements are appended to the same file. For MATLAB and SXM formats, each measurement is saved in a separate file.

File Format

Select the file format in which to save the data.

Save

Save the traces in the history to a file accessible in the File Manager tab. The file contains the signals in the Vertical Axis Groups of the Control sub-tab. The data that is saved depends on the selection from the pull-down list. Save All: All traces are saved. Save Sel: The selected traces are saved.