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by butterw » Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:06 pm
I am considering the purchase of a Picoscope 4424 and need some information about the time delay between measurements on 2 or 4 channels :
How simultaneous is the sampling on the different channels (for instance at 200KSa/s sampling rate) ?
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by Erik » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:31 am
If you are using one out of A and B and/or one out of C and D the samples should be simultaneously. On the two channel product they are always simultaneously sampled.
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by butterw » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:34 pm
thanks.
Could you provide an answer for the 4 channel use case ?
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by Erik » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:42 pm
They will be out by half a sample period on the highest sampling rate when using 4 channels. The highest sampling rate is 20 MS/s when using 4 channels, this makes the period 50 ns. The samples on channel B and D will be out 25 ns compared to channel A and C. This is true even for the lower sampling rates, at 200 kS/s there will still only be 25 ns difference.
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