Features & Benefits
- Provides Instrument Control
for the MSO/DPO4000, MSO/DPO3000, MSO/DPO2000, TDS3000C, TDS2000B,
and TDS1000B Series Oscilloscopes, AFG3000 Series Arbitrary/Function
Generators, and DMM4000 Series Multimeters
- Quickly Start
Measuring with an Intuitive Drag-and-Drop Interface that Does Not
Require Any Programming
- Measurement Trending
- Data
Logging
- Advanced Analysis and Documentation Capabilities
- Quickly and Easily Import Simulated Results and Compare against
Actual Measured Results Live on the Screen
- Automatic Frequency
Sweeping
- Limit Testing
- Connect and Control Multiple
Instruments from within One Software Environment
Increase
Your Productivity with the Industry’s Most Seamless Instrument-to-PC
Connectivity Solution
Configuring test instruments to connect
with PC-based software is often a difficult and frustrating challenge.
That's why Tektronix and National Instruments have partnered together
to create the Tektronix Edition of National Instruments LabVIEW SignalExpress™
– interactive measurement and analysis software designed for design
and test engineers who need to quickly acquire, analyze, and document
measurements without the added complication of programming.
USB Plug-and-Play
Industry's first true
USB plug-and-play connectivity for oscilloscopes.
With USB plug-and-play support, NI LabVIEW SignalExpress TE
immediately detects and configures Tektronix instruments when connected
to a PC*1, providing a live view of the data acquisition
and immediate control of the instrument.
Import and Compare
Integrate measurements with simulated results from popular design
software tools such as PSpice, SPICE, and Multisim. This enables quick
and easy importing and comparing of simulated results – saving time
and improving design accuracy.
Capture and Document
Quickly capture and document measurements by simply dragging-and-dropping
acquired data and waveform captures directly into Microsoft Excel,
Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and WordPad. Or annotate waveforms and
measurements in the interactive project documentation tool.
Advanced Analysis
NI LabVIEW SignalExpress TE contains more
than 200 different measurement, processing, analysis, and reporting
capabilities that can be applied to data being acquired from Tektronix
instruments.
Measurement Trending - Automated measurements
from the oscilloscope or multimeter are graphed over time to provide
a simple indication of trends in the measurement parameters.
Data Logging - Waveform data and measurements can be automatically
logged to the PC’s disk drive for unattended and long-term monitoring
applications.
Automated Measurements
Take advantage
of several major time-saving features, including automated measurement
sweeping and limit testing. These features provide relief from a traditionally
manual and time-intensive process.
Connect and Control
Remove the guesswork when connecting the test instrument to a
PC by connecting and controlling multiple instruments from one software
environment, all within a single drag-and-drop user interface.
SIGEXPTE
The LE version of NI LabVIEW SignalExpress
TE comes standard with the MSO/DPO4000, MSO/DPO3000, MSO/DPO2000,
TDS3000C, TDS2000B, and TDS1000B Series oscilloscopes, and the DMM4000
Series multimeters. SIGEXPTE adds extended analysis capabilities.
*1 Compatible with the MSO/DPO4000, MSO/DPO3000, MSO/DPO2000,
TDS2000B, and TDS1000B Series oscilloscopes and the AFG3000 Series
Arbitrary/Function Generator. Requires Microsoft Windows XP/2K or
newer operating system.
NI LabVIEW SignalExpress TE Features
- LE Version and SIGEXPTE Version
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Features
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LE Version
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SIGEXPTE Version
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Instrument Control*2 (Horz Vert Trig Pos)
|
X
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X
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Customizable Graphs and Interactive Cursors
|
X
|
X
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Tektronix Instrument Support through USB
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MSO/DPO4000
MSO/DPO3000
MSO/DPO2000
TDS2000B
TDS1000B
AFG3000
DMM4050
DMM4040
DMM4020
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Tektronix Instrument Support through Ethernet
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MSO/DPO4000
MSO/DPO3000
MSO/DPO2000
TDS3000B
TDS3000C
AFG3000
DMM4050
DMM4040
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Tektronix Instrument Support through GPIB
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DMM4050, DMM4040
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TDS3000/TDS3000B/TDS3000C Series with TDS3GV module
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TDS2000/TDS1000 Series with TDS2CMA module
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MSO/DPO4000, MSO/DPO3000, MSO/DPO2000, TDS2000B,
TDS1000B, and AFG3000 Series with TEK-USB-488 adapter
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Generic IVI Support for Hundreds of Common Benchtop Instruments
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X
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X
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pSpice, SPICE File Conversion from EDA Tools
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–
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X
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Save Signals to File
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X
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X
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Basic Logging to Disk
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X
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X
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Advanced Data Logging (including alarms and events)
|
–
|
X
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Drag and Drop Data into Microsoft Excel and Word
|
X
|
X
|
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Interactive Reporting
|
–
|
X
|
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Measurement Trending
|
X
|
X
|
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Advanced Analysis
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–
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Amplitude and Level
Timing and Transition
Histograms
Power Spectrum
Frequency Response
Distortion
Tone Extraction
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|
Signal Processing
|
–
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Software Filtering
Scalar/Waveform Math
Analog/Digital
Conversion
Windowing
Scaling and Conversion
|
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Automated Sweeping and Limit Testing
|
–
|
X
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NI LabVIEW Integration
|
–
|
X
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*2 Controls only analog channels on MSO4000,
MSO3000, MSO2000.
