Overview

This package can be used to record data from a Tektronix scope.

Installation

To install PyTektronixScope, download the package, navigate to the directory in which you downloaded the repository, and run the command:

pip install .

You can also directly move the PyTektronixScope directory to a location that Python can import from.

This package has been tested with pyvisa.

Usage

Typical usage :

from PyTektronixScope import TektronixScope

scope = TektronixScope(instrument_resource_name) X, Y = scope.read_data_one_channel('CH2', t0=0, DeltaT=1E-6, x_axis_out=True)

where instrument_resource_name is the resource name of your device. You can get the resource name of all connected devices using the following:

import pyvisa
rm = pyvisa.ResourceManager()
print(rm.list_resources())

If only one supported oscilloscope is connected, you can simplify use:

scope = TektronixScope()

The detection algorithm only covers a small selection [1] of all supported Tektronix oscilloscopes.

You can also pass any object that implements a write and query method.

[1]	Currently, the automatic detection works with TDS2004B, TDS2024B, DPO2024, DPO2024B and DPO4104.

Version history

Main changes:

• 0.1 Initial relase
• 0.2 Update to new version of visa
• 0.3 Introduce automatic device detection