Hi,
I have MSO9404A oscilloscope, performing a frequency measurement on channel 1, i want to use this measurement in a formula "fx" is it possible ?
From what I see I can only use the functions on the channels not on the measurements.
Thanks for any help.
Thanks Al,
I do not have "EZJit jitter package", and I would not buy it, I do not need it.
I thought I could use the value of a measure to apply a simple formula and thus get the value that I would otherwise have to calculate manually.
These oscilloscopes are beautiful and make the most unthinkable measures and are lost in the simplest way, it seems almost impossible.
I want measure the frequency between two stable pulses and multiply this frequency value with a constant, nothing more, but I do not find the way.
Other simpler ideas?
debugasm
You are not looking for a measurement, which the scope can easily provide, you are looking for data manipulation, which is not part of what scopes can usually provide without additional outside processing.
The simplest solution is to write a program or script, in C, C++, C#, MATLAB, or Python. There are free versions of the C-based languages available from Microsoft, for personal use. MATLAB is, of course, not free, but Python is, These are all used by people every day to do the kind of data manipulation that you are asking for. Any, or all, of them could be installed on the scope. If you've never written a program for the scope before, then look at Command Expert, a free package from Keysight that will help you create the necessary code. BenchVue, another Keysight solution, might help, too.
BTW, I don't know what version of SW you have on your scope, but you should ALWAYS have the latest. It is available for free from here: Application Software for Oscilloscopes | Keysight (formerly Agilent’s Electronic Measurement)
Al
Thanks algoss for your advice, I think the only solution will be to write me an external program.
The software installed is always the latest version, I will try to download the tool that you have recommended me.
Thanks.
Formulas are for manipulating waveform data, not measurement results. There is a way to convert some measurements into a waveform, though.
If you would like to see how the frequency changes over time, then you can change the frequency values to a waveform by a two-step process:
- Right-click on the 'Frequency Measurement' and select 'Measure All Edges'
- Add a function called 'Measurement Trend', selecting your frequency measurement. You may need to have purchased the EZJit jitter package. If everything works, you should get a picture like this. The upper trace is a sine wave with some sinusoidal and random modulation added. The lower trace is the frequency measurement of each cycle in the upper trace, charted as a value.
Is this what you were looking for?
Al