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Connecting to TDS500 Series by Tektronix in Python

Instrument Card

TDS500 Series

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 TDS500 Series in Python

OSCILLOSCOPES > TEKTRONIX

PROTOCOLS > SCPI

To connect to a TDS500 Series Oscilloscope using Instrumentkit, you can use the following Python script:

from instrumentkit import tektronix


# Connect to the oscilloscope
tek = tektronix.TekTDS5xx.open_tcpip('192.168.0.2', 8888)


# Access the channels and read waveform data
channel1 = tek.channel[0]
x, y = channel1.read_waveform()


# Print the waveform data
print("X values:", x)
print("Y values:", y)


# Disconnect from the oscilloscope
tek.close()

This script connects to the oscilloscope at IP address ‘192.168.0.2’ and port 8888 using the open_tcpip method of the TekTDS5xx class. It then accesses the first channel of the oscilloscope using tek.channel[0] and reads the waveform data using the read_waveform method. Finally, it prints the X and Y values of the waveform and closes the connection to the oscilloscope using the close method.