I would like to study video signals (PAL and NTSC) with my scope 3205.
I've been doing it with a old Tektronix that has a "video trigger mode" and that automatically locks to Field 1 and Field 2 of a PAL / NTSC signal and lets me specify the trigger delay in ms.
Is there any simple way for me to simulate this behaviour in PicoScope?
Could you add this to the "wish list" of development?
We do not have a video trigger function in our software however you can use a normal trigger. You need to set it so that it occurs in a place where the trace only crosses once in a cycle, this way it will not flicker between points.
But, a video trigger is much more than a simple trigger in "a place where the trace only crosses once in a cycle", because of the video signal characteristics.
Can I expect Pico to improve PicoScope in this matter or is this a feature completely out of question?
We are always looking to improve our software and add new features. At present I am not aware of any plans to implement such a feature however this does not mean that we will not in the future.
This is exactly what I was looking for. I'm using 5203.
I sometimes also use Tek TDS3052 which has "video triggers", that can automatically lock on to various types of video signals: NTSC, PAL, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p etc.
I was wondering whether these kinds of video signal triggers have now been added to the latest version of PicoScope? If not, are there any plans to do so any time soon? If not, please take this as a feature request from your customer.
It is possible to "save" triggers? I'd like to set a trigger for a particular type of signal - let's say some complex trigger for NTSC video signal - and then every time I want to lock on to NTSC signal, I'll just load the trigger from a file on harddrive. Is such a feature available in PicoScope?
I'll try and see what I can get from the advanced triggers. But please do take note of the requirements that I've listed in this post as suggestions/feature requests in future versions of PicoScope.
I agree with chicola as I also have a Picoscope in the 3000 series. (3206)
I also lack possibilities for showing video signals.
Especially I would like to grab video lines.
As mentioned by Kapil, other scopes like TDS3xxx have these triggers.
Are there any plans for the 3000 to be able to use these kinds of triggers?