Test and Measurement Forum

Hi,
I need the absolute time between a serial of triggered captures. Timestamp for each capture, time or tick count e.g. for the x-axis will be fine.
Is that possible with PicoScope 6?

Sorry for bad english,
peter

hi omnium

Picoscope 6 has a range of measurement options built in you can set to display automatically or you can
use 2 adjustable rulers to measure between specific points. You can also capture the signal and measure it
or do it in "real time"

If you don't have the software - download it and it will let you use a demo mode even if you don't have
a scope yet. This will let you see what it can do. It even lets you choose the device to demo.
Look under the measurements drop down - it's clearly labled.

If you're still not sure some more info on exactly what you need will help.

Hi,
thank you for the answer..

johnw wrote:..If you're still not sure some more info on exactly what you need will help.

I have "PicoScope® 6 - PC-Oszilloskop-Software version: 6.5.78.5" with Pico DrDAQ and need the absolute time/timestamp for some (random)triggered events which are captured with Picoscope. The events are triggered to reduce data. So I get a file for each recorded event. To analyse the data I need at least one timestamp for each file...the resolution of the timestamp should be ~100µs...eg 'h:min:sec:ms:µs'.

Thank you for your attention,
peter

Hi,

If you view properties in PicoScope each waveform has a date and time stamp. The timestamp is the actual time eg 14:03:46 so reports to the nearest second.

As we get this time from the PC, I am not sure it would be possible to report to the nearest 100uS as the resolution from the real time clock inside some PCs is 1 second.

If the software has saved multiple waveforms within one second there is no way of knowing the time within that second, but the filename will show the order they occured.

Regards
Alan

Hi,

alan wrote:If you view properties in PicoScope each waveform has a date and time stamp. The timestamp is the actual time eg 14:03:46 so reports to the nearest second.

yes, but I need a better resolution..

As we get this time from the PC, I am not sure it would be possible to report to the nearest 100uS as the resolution from the real time clock inside some PCs is 1 second.

..so I have to code something by myself..I will give Labview a try..real time tick counter should be availiable...

Thank you for the answer,
peter