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IPicoScope 4000 Series (A API) Programmer's Guide

Contents

....................................................................................................................................11 Welcome

....................................................................................................................................22 Introduction

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1 Software licence conditions

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2 Trademarks

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3 Company details

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4 System requirements

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5 Installation instructions

....................................................................................................................................53 Programming with the PicoScope 4000 Series (A API)

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1 Driver

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2 Voltage ranges

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3 Channel selection

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4 Triggering

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5 Downsampling

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6 Sampling modes

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1 Block mode

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2 Rapid block mode

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3 Streaming mode

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4 Retrieving stored data

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7 Timebases

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8 Combining several oscilloscopes

....................................................................................................................................184 API functions

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1 ps4000aBlockReady

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2 ps4000aChangePowerSource

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3 ps4000aCurrentPowerSource

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4 ps4000aCloseUnit

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5 ps4000aDataReady

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6 ps4000aEnumerateUnits

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7 ps4000aFlashLed

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8 ps4000aGetAnalogueOffset

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9 ps4000aGetChannelInformation

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10 ps4000aGetMaxDownSampleRatio

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11 ps4000aGetMaxSegments

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12 ps4000aGetNoOfCaptures

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13 ps4000aGetNoOfProcessedCaptures

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14 ps4000aGetStreamingLatestValues

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15 ps4000aGetTimebase

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16 ps4000aGetTimebase2

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17 ps4000aGetTriggerTimeOffset

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18 ps4000aGetTriggerTimeOffset64

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19 ps4000aGetUnitInfo