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Connecting to MSO5000 by Tektronix in Python

Instrument Card

With the MSO/DPO5000 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope Series, you can analyze up to 20 analog and digital signals with a single instrument to quickly find and diagnose problems in complex designs. Bandwidths up to 2 GHz and sample rates up to 10 GS/s ensure you have the performance you need to see fast-changing signal details. To capture long windows of signal activity while maintaining fine timing resolution, the MSO/DPO5000 Series offers a deep record length of up to 12.5 M points standard on all channels and an optional record length of up to 250 M points on two channels.

MSO5000

Device Specification: here

Manufacturer card: TEKTRONIX

TEKTRONIX

Tektronix, Inc., historically widely known as Tek, is an American company best known for manufacturing test and measurement devices such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and video and mobile test protocol equipment.

  • Headquarters: USA
  • Yearly Revenue (millions, USD): 5800
  • Vendor Website: here

Demo: Measure signal width and phase with a Tektronix oscilloscope

Connect to the MSO5000 in Python

OSCILLOSCOPES > TEKTRONIX

PROTOCOLS > SCPI

Here is an example Python script that uses Qcodes to connect to a MSO5000 Oscilloscope:

import qcodes as qc
from qcodes.instrument_drivers.tektronix.Tektronix_DPO7000 import TektronixDPO7000xx


# Connect to the oscilloscope
oscilloscope = TektronixDPO7000xx("oscilloscope", "TCPIP0::192.168.1.1::INSTR")


# Print the available channels
print(oscilloscope.channel.names)


# Set the time per division for channel 1
oscilloscope.channel1.scale(0.1)  # Set to 0.1 seconds per division


# Acquire a waveform from channel 1
waveform = oscilloscope.channel1.waveform()


# Plot the waveform
waveform.plot()


# Disconnect from the oscilloscope
oscilloscope.close()

This script connects to the oscilloscope using the IP address “192.168.1.1” and creates an instance of the TektronixDPO7000xx driver. It then prints the names of the available channels, sets the time per division for channel 1 to 0.1 seconds, acquires a waveform from channel 1, and plots the waveform. Finally, it closes the connection to the oscilloscope.