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Python package for interacting with laboratory equipment over various buses.
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How to capture live running traces from MSO7104B oscilloscope with the help of MATLAB without any delay? #401

Closed imgb27 closed 1 year ago

imgb27 commented 1 year ago

I need to capture live running traces from oscilloscope without any delay and store it in MATLAB. Without the presence of any reference signal, i need to capture the whole traces from it's start till it's end. I tried various codes but still it fails. Can you please guide me in sorting out this issue?

trappitsch commented 1 year ago

Not excatly sure what the issue is / what you would like to exactly do from the title alone, some description would be useful. However, a brief search of MSO7104B shows me that this is a Keysight instrument, might have been a former Agilent instrument, which doesn't seem to be a part of ik...

imgb27 commented 1 year ago

Sir, I'm using MSO7104B Agilent Oscilloscope for capturing traces. I'm using MATLAB for storing traces. Connection is established between both the devices with VISA interface. Now, i want to capture the continuous running live traces from the oscilloscope and store it in MATLAB for further analysis. Can you guide me in sorting out this issue?

trappitsch commented 1 year ago

Well, I can't really give you any detailed ideas since (1) instrumentkit does not have that instrument in the database and (2) it's a python and not a Matlab driver (although, there seems to be some way to do python drivers in Matlab).

I guess you'll need to read the necessary matlab documentation on how to communicate and then read the programmers manual for the instrument in order to know what to send / receive. Programmers guide seems to be here. Hope this helps.

imgb27 commented 1 year ago

Thanks for replying mate. But anyways the issue is still on.

scasagrande commented 1 year ago

Not much we can do here 🤷‍♂️