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PicoScope and oscilloscope primer32

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Buffer Navigator

The PicoScope waveform buffer can hold up to 10,000 waveforms, subject to the

amount of available memory in the oscilloscope. The Buffer Navigator helps you to

scroll through the buffer quickly to find the waveform you want.

To begin, click the Buffer Navigator button in the Buffer Navigation toolbar.

This opens the Buffer Navigator window:

Click on any one of the visible waveforms to bring it to the front of the navigator for

closer inspection, or use the controls:

Buffers to show

If any of the channels has a mask applied, then you can select

the channel from this list. The Buffer Navigator will then show

only the waveforms that failed the mask test on that channel.

Start:

Scroll to waveform number 1.

Backward:

Scroll to the next waveform on the left.

Zoom in:

Change the scale of the waveforms in the Buffer Navigator

view. There are three zoom levels:

Large: default view. One waveform fills the height of the

window.

Medium: a medium-sized waveform above a row of small

waveforms.

Small: a grid of small waveforms. Click on the top or bottom

row of images to scroll the grid up or down.

Zoom out:

Forward:

Scroll to the next waveform on the right.

End:

Scroll to the last waveform in the buffer. (The number of

waveforms depends on the Tools > Preferences > General>

Maximum Waveforms setting and on the type of scope

connected.)

Click anywhere on the main PicoScope window to close the Buffer Navigator window.