PicoScope 4000 Series PC Oscilloscopes Programmer's Guide ps4000pg.en r7 Copyright © 2008-2012 Pico Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. PicoScope 4000 Series Programmer's Guide I Contents 1 Welcome ....................................................................................................................................1 2 Introduction....................................................................................................................................2 1 Software licence conditions........................................................................................................................................2 2 Trademarks ........................................................................................................................................2 3 Company details ........................................................................................................................................3 3 Product information....................................................................................................................................4 1 System requirements........................................................................................................................................4 2 Installation instructions........................................................................................................................................5 4 Programming....................................................................................................................................6 with the PicoScope 4000 Series 1 Driver ........................................................................................................................................6 2 System requirements........................................................................................................................................6 3 Voltage ranges ........................................................................................................................................7 4 Channel selection ........................................................................................................................................7 5 Triggering ........................................................................................................................................7 6 Sampling modes ........................................................................................................................................8 1 Block mode ......................................................................................................................................................................8 2 Rapid block mode......................................................................................................................................................................10 3 ETS (Equivalent......................................................................................................................................................................14 Time Sampling) 4 Streaming mode......................................................................................................................................................................15 5 Retrieving stored......................................................................................................................................................................16 data 7 Oversampling ........................................................................................................................................16 8 Timebases ........................................................................................................................................17 9 Combining several oscilloscopes........................................................................................................................................18 10 API functions ........................................................................................................................................19 1 ps4000BlockReady......................................................................................................................................................................20 2 ps4000CloseUnit......................................................................................................................................................................21 3 ps4000DataReady......................................................................................................................................................................22 4 ps4000EnumerateUnits......................................................................................................................................................................23 5 ps4000FlashLed......................................................................................................................................................................24 6 ps4000GetChannelInformation......................................................................................................................................................................25 7 ps4000GetMaxDownSampleRatio......................................................................................................................................................................26 8 ps4000GetStreamingLatestValues......................................................................................................................................................................27 9 ps4000GetTimebase......................................................................................................................................................................28 10 ps4000GetTimebase2......................................................................................................................................................................29 11 ps4000GetTriggerChannelTimeOffset......................................................................................................................................................................30 12 ps4000GetTriggerChannelTimeOffset64......................................................................................................................................................................31 13 ps4000GetTriggerTimeOffset......................................................................................................................................................................32 14 ps4000GetTriggerTimeOffset64......................................................................................................................................................................33 15 ps4000GetUnitInfo......................................................................................................................................................................34 16 ps4000GetValues......................................................................................................................................................................35 17 ps4000GetValuesAsync......................................................................................................................................................................36 18 ps4000GetValuesBulk......................................................................................................................................................................37 19 ps4000GetValuesTriggerChannelTimeOffsetBulk......................................................................................................................................................................38 20 ps4000GetValuesTriggerChannelTimeOffsetBulk64......................................................................................................................................................................39 21 ps4000GetValuesTriggerTimeOffsetBulk......................................................................................................................................................................40 Copyright © 2008-2012 Pico Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. ps4000pg.en r7 II Contents 22 ps4000GetValuesTriggerTimeOffsetBulk64......................................................................................................................................................................41 23 ps4000HoldOff......................................................................................................................................................................42 24 ps4000IsLedFlashing......................................................................................................................................................................43 25 ps4000IsReady......................................................................................................................................................................44 26 ps4000IsTriggerOrPulseWidthQualifierEnabled......................................................................................................................................................................45 27 ps4000MemorySegments......................................................................................................................................................................46 28 ps4000NoOfStreamingValues......................................................................................................................................................................47