Connecting to TDS520/TDS540 by Tektronix in Python

Instrument Card

Device Specification: here

Manufacturer card: TEKTRONIX

Tektronix, Inc., historically widely known as Tek, is an American company best known for manufacturing test and measurement devices such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and video and mobile test protocol equipment.

• Headquarters: USA
• Yearly Revenue (millions, USD): 5800
• Vendor Website: here

Demo: Measure signal width and phase with a Tektronix oscilloscope

Connect to the TDS520/TDS540 in Python

Read our guide for turning Python scripts into Flojoy nodes.

Flojoy

OSCILLOSCOPES > TEKTRONIX

📟 ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS MDO3XXX

Extract waveform measurements from an MDO3xxx oscilloscope.

📟 CONNECTION MDO3XXX

Connect Flojoy to a MDO3XXX oscilloscope.

📟 EXTRACT TRACE MDO3XXX

Extract a trace from an MDO3xxx oscilloscope.

📟 MEASUREMENTS MDO3XXX

Extract waveform measurements from an MDO3XXX oscilloscope.

📟 MEASURE PHASE MDO3XXX

Measure the phase between two channels on an MDO3XXX oscilloscope.

📟 TERMINATION MDO3XXX

The TERMINATION_MDO3XXX block sets the termination ohms (or queries it).

📟 TRIGGER CHANNEL MDO3XXX

Set the triggering channel of a MDO3XXX oscilloscope (or query it).

📟 TRIGGER LEVEL MDO3XXX

Set the trigger voltage of a MDO3XXX oscilloscope (or queries it).

📟 TRIGGER SETTINGS MDO3XXX

Sets advanced trigger settings for an MDO3XXX oscilloscope.

📟 AFG MSO2X

Set the MSO2XX Function Generator settings.

📟 CHANNEL DISPLAY MSO2X

Set the MSO2XX channels on (1) or off (0).

📟 CONNECT MSO2X

Open a VISA connection to an MSO2X Tektronix oscilloscope.

📟 DECODE I2C MSO2X

Creates a bus decode for decoding I2C.

📟 DIGITAL CHANNELS MSO2X

Set the digital MSO2XX channels on (1) or off (0).

📟 EDGE TRIGGER MSO2X

Set the MSO2XX edge trigger settings.

📟 HORIZONTAL POSITION MSO2X

Set the MSO2X oscilloscope horizontal position or delay.

📟 HORIZONTAL SCALE MSO2X

Set the MSO2X oscilloscope viewport.

📟 I2C TRIGGER MSO2X

Set the MSO2XX I2C trigger settings.

📟 MEASUREMENT MSO2X

Measure one of the waveforms for the MSO2X.

📟 PROBE ATTENUATION MSO2X

Set the MSO2XX probe attenuation for specific channel.

📟 QUERY CURVE MSO2X

Returns the curve query on a MSO2X oscilloscope, in voltage vs time.

📟 SCREENSHOT MSO2X

Save a screenshot from a Tektronix MSO oscilloscope.

📟 SETUP FILE MSO2X

Saves or recalls a instrument setup file (.set).

📟 SINGLE TRIGGER MSO2X

Sets the scope into single trigger mode.

📟 VERTICAL POSITION MSO2X

Set the MSO2XX oscilloscope vertical offset for the specified channel.

📟 VERTICAL SCALE MSO2X

Set the MSO2XX oscilloscope viewport.

PROTOCOLS > SCPI

📄 IDN

Query a device's identity through the universal *IDN? SCPI command.

📄 MEASURE VOLTAGE

Query an instrument's measured output voltage, such as a DMM or power supply.

📄 SCPI WRITE

Write a SCPI command to a connected bench-top instrument and return the result.

InstrumentKit

To connect to a TDS520/TDS540 Oscilloscope using Instrumentkit, you can use the following Python script:

from instrumentkit import tektronix

# Connect to the oscilloscope
tek = tektronix.TekTDS5xx.open_tcpip('192.168.0.2', 8888)

# Access the channels and read waveform data
channel1 = tek.channel[0]
x, y = channel1.read_waveform()

# Print the waveform data
print("X values:", x)
print("Y values:", y)

# Disconnect from the oscilloscope
tek.close()

This script connects to the oscilloscope at IP address ‘192.168.0.2’ and port 8888. It then accesses the first channel of the oscilloscope and reads the waveform data. Finally, it prints the X and Y values of the waveform.