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Connecting to TDS510A by Tektronix in Python

Instrument Card

The TDS510A Digital Oscilloscope is a full-featured, cost-effective, versatile oscilloscope which meets the measurement requirements for general-purpose research and design. Its industry-preferred graphical user interface makes it easy to learn and efficient to use. The TDS510A advanced trigger capability allows the user to trigger and view signals in a wide variety of simple as well as complex design and analysis settings. With four channels, 50 K points per channel record length, and powerful waveform acquisition modes, the TDS510A can satisfy most complex design, debug, and analysis requirements.

TDS510A

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 TDS510A in Python

OSCILLOSCOPES > TEKTRONIX

PROTOCOLS > SCPI

from instrumentkit import tektronix


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


# Access the channels
channel1 = tek.channel[0]
channel2 = tek.channel[1]


# Set the scale of channel 1 to 1V
channel1.scale = 1.0


# Set the scale of channel 2 to 500mV
channel2.scale = 0.5


# Read the waveform from channel 1
x1, y1 = channel1.read_waveform()


# Read the waveform from channel 2
x2, y2 = channel2.read_waveform()


# Print the first 10 points of the waveform from channel 1
print(x1[:10])
print(y1[:10])


# Print the first 10 points of the waveform from channel 2
print(x2[:10])
print(y2[:10])


# Disconnect from the oscilloscope
tek.close()