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IPicoScope 4000 Series 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

.....................................................................................................................................43 Product information

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1 System requirements

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2 Installation instructions

.....................................................................................................................................64 Programming with the PicoScope 4000 Series

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1 Driver

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2 System requirements

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3 Voltage ranges

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4 Channel selection

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5 Triggering

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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 ETS (Equivalent Time Sampling)

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4 Streaming mode

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5 Retrieving stored data

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7 Oversampling

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8 Timebases

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9 Combining several oscilloscopes

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10 API functions

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1 ps4000BlockReady

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2 ps4000CloseUnit

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3 ps4000DataReady

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4 ps4000EnumerateUnits

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5 ps4000FlashLed

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6 ps4000GetChannelInformation

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7 ps4000GetMaxDownSampleRatio

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8 ps4000GetStreamingLatestValues

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9 ps4000GetTimebase

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10 ps4000GetTimebase2

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11 ps4000GetTriggerChannelTimeOffset

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12 ps4000GetTriggerChannelTimeOffset64

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13 ps4000GetTriggerTimeOffset

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14 ps4000GetTriggerTimeOffset64

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15 ps4000GetUnitInfo

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16 ps4000GetValues

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17 ps4000GetValuesAsync

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18 ps4000GetValuesBulk

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19 ps4000GetValuesTriggerChannelTimeOffsetBulk

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20 ps4000GetValuesTriggerChannelTimeOffsetBulk64

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21 ps4000GetValuesTriggerTimeOffsetBulk