Question about function ps2000_run_streaming_ns parameters

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Question about function ps2000_run_streaming_ns parameters

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What's the difference between the overview_buffer_size and max_samples parameters? In the programmer's guide https://www.picotech.com/download/manua ... -guide.pdf they are both described as software buffers (which differs from the scope's own internal hardware buffer) as allocated by the driver for the scope. So do I need to make sure that these number match exactly, when writing my program? Does one take precedence over the other?

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overview_buffer_size is the size of the buffer that is used continuously to pass data from the driver to your application whilst the streaming is still running.
max_samples defines the size of the buffer that will be held by the driver and can be retrieved after the collection has been stopped, but before the collection is restarted or scope closed.
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