tektronixosc 0.2.0

Interface for Tektronix Oscilloscopes.

Tektronix Oscilloscope

Interface for Tektronix Oscilloscopes.

Features

• Basic support for model TBS1072C

• Basic support for model TBS2012B

Installation

To install the Tektronix Oscilloscope Interface, run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install tektronixosc

Note that usage in Windows will require the NI-VISA driver.

For the TDS2012B the USB rear port has to be configured as “Computer”.

Usage

To use Tektronix Oscilloscope in a project:

from tektronixosc import Oscilloscope

osc = Oscilloscope()
# Get signal data from first channel
data = osc.channels[0].get_signal()

Thanks

Many thanks to the Measurement Engineering Group, since this project is a fork of their project keysightosc.

Changelog

This project follows the guidelines of Keep a changelog and adheres to Semantic versioning.

0.2.0 - 2025-02-28

Added

• Added support for the Tektronix TDS2012B oscilloscope.

Changed

• Many functions have been reworked to differentiate between the devices.

• Capitalized strings are now written in lower case to be consistent with the other oscilloscope libraries.

• The Bidict class has been added in order to define the command strings for both devices.

0.1.1 - 2023-10-07

Added

• Functions to get and set the horizontal scale, record length and presample time.

• Functions to get and set the sample rate (calculated from the horizontal scale).

• Functions to get and set the presample ratio (calculated from the presample time).

Changed

• Changed visa command in x_increment function.

• _data_stop variable is now set to the record length in the constructor.

• Changed url in setup.py to github project website.

0.1.0 - 2023-08-01

Added

• Files from keysightosc library.

• Some functions described in the tektronix visa command guide.

Changed

• Updated all keysightosc functions to work with tektronix devices.