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PicoScope 3425 PC Oscilloscope
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3.2.5
Oversampling
When the oscilloscope is operating at sampling rates less than the maximum, it is
possible to oversample. Oversampling is taking more than one measurement during
a time interval and returning an average. If the signal contains a small amount of
noise, this technique can increase the effective
of the
oscilloscope by the amount given by the equation below:
Increase in resolution (bits) = log (oversample) / log (4)
Applicability
Available in
only
3.2.6
Scaling
The PicoScope 3425 PC Oscilloscope has a resolution of 12 bits, but the oscilloscope
driver normalises all readings to 16 bits. This enables it to take advantage of noise
reduction from
, when this is enabled. The following table shows the
relationship between the reading from the driver and the voltage of the signal.
Constant
Reading Voltage
PS3000_LOST_DATA
-32 768
Indicates a buffer overrun in
mode.
PS3000_MIN_VALUE
-32 767
Negative full scale
0
0
Zero volts
PS3000_MAX_VALUE
32 767
Positive full scale
3.2.7
Combining oscilloscopes
It is possible to collect data using up to four
PicoScope 3000 Series PC Oscilloscopes
at the same time. Each oscilloscope must be connected to a separate USB port. If
a USB hub is used it must be a powered hub. The
function
returns a handle to an oscilloscope. All the other functions require this handle for
oscilloscope identification. For example, to collect data from two oscilloscopes at the
same time:
handle1 = ps3000_open_unit()
handle2 = ps3000_open_unit()
ps3000_set_channel(handle1)
... set up unit 1
ps3000_run_block(handle1)
ps3000_set_channel(handle2)
... set up unit 2
ps3000_run_block(handle2)
ready = FALSE
while not ready
ready = ps3000_ready(handle1)
ready &= ps3000_ready(handle2)
ps3000_get_values(handle1)
ps3000_get_values(handle2)
Note: It is not possible to synchronise the collection of data between oscilloscopes
that are being used in combination.
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