Export the Oscilloscope Data
This procedure exports the trace data into a CSV file.
- Navigate to the Soft Oscilloscope.
- Start the data collection.
- Wait for the probe data to save to be collected.
- Stop the data collection.
- Click the Export... button.
- Select the location where to save the CSV file.
- Click the Save button.
Click to see tips for waiting for all channels to be recording before capturing Scope data.
Channels start recording a few cycles after the previous channel, based on resources.
- To see all channels at the same time, wait until data is being sent from all channels.
- If you start the capture at the first cycle the exported data does not line up.
- The Scope Output Aligned to Show Actual Results table shows aligned data of the channels from starting the program.
- Notice how it takes several cycles for the data to be captured.
- The Actual Output to CSV File table shows how data appears in a CSV file.
- Notice how the time columns do not match to the Scope Output Aligned to Show Actual Results table.
- Waiting for all channels to be recording eliminates this.
Scope Output Aligned to Show Actual Results
|
Time |
Channel 1 |
Time |
Channel 2 |
Time |
Channel 3 |
Time |
Channel 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 |
499.9996 |
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1 |
499.9996 |
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2 |
499.9996 |
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|
3 |
499.9996 |
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|
4 |
499.9996 |
4 |
-31.543 |
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5 |
499.9996 |
5 |
-31.843 |
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6 |
499.9996 |
6 |
-32.1411 |
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|
7 |
499.9996 |
7 |
-32.4428 |
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|
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|
8 |
499.9996 |
8 |
-32.7429 |
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|
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|
9 |
499.9996 |
9 |
-33.0429 |
9 |
-534.543 |
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|
10 |
499.9996 |
10 |
-33.343 |
10 |
-531.843 |
|
|
|
11 |
499.9996 |
11 |
-33.6431 |
11 |
-535.143 |
|
|
|
12 |
499.9996 |
12 |
-33.9428 |
12 |
-535.443 |
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|
|
13 |
499.9996 |
13 |
-34.2428 |
13 |
-535.742 |
|
|
|
14 |
499.9996 |
14 |
-34.5429 |
14 |
-536.043 |
|
|
|
15 |
499.9996 |
15 |
-34.843 |
15 |
-536.343 |
15 |
-459.028 |
|
16 |
499.9996 |
16 |
-35.143 |
16 |
-536.643 |
16 |
-458.728 |
|
17 |
499.9996 |
17 |
-35.4431 |
17 |
-536.943 |
17 |
-458.428 |
|
18 |
499.9996 |
18 |
-35.7428 |
18 |
-537.242 |
18 |
-458.128 |
|
19 |
499.9996 |
19 |
-36.0429 |
19 |
-537.542 |
19 |
-457.829 |
Actual Output to CSV File
This is for Scope data captured from the start.
The CSV data can be imported into Microsoft Excel.
|
Time |
Channel 1 |
Time |
Channel 2 |
Time |
Channel 3 |
Time |
Channel 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 |
499.9996 |
4 |
-31.543 |
9 |
-534.543 |
15 |
-459.028 |
|
1 |
499.9996 |
5 |
-31.843 |
10 |
-531.843 |
16 |
-458.728 |
|
2 |
499.9996 |
6 |
-32.1411 |
11 |
-535.143 |
17 |
-458.428 |
|
3 |
499.9996 |
7 |
-32.4428 |
12 |
-535.443 |
18 |
-458.128 |
|
4 |
499.9996 |
8 |
-32.7429 |
13 |
-535.742 |
19 |
-457.829 |
|
5 |
499.9996 |
9 |
-33.0429 |
14 |
-536.043 |
20 |
-459.028 |
|
6 |
499.9996 |
10 |
-33.343 |
15 |
-536.343 |
21 |
-458.728 |
|
7 |
499.9996 |
11 |
-33.6431 |
16 |
-536.643 |
22 |
-458.428 |
|
8 |
499.9996 |
12 |
-33.9428 |
17 |
-536.943 |
23 |
-458.128 |
|
9 |
499.9996 |
13 |
-34.2428 |
18 |
-537.242 |
24 |
-457.829 |
|
10 |
499.9996 |
14 |
-34.5429 |
19 |
-537.542 |
25 |
-459.028 |
|
11 |
499.9996 |
15 |
-34.843 |
20 |
-535.742 |
26 |
-458.728 |
|
12 |
499.9996 |
16 |
-35.143 |
21 |
-536.043 |
27 |
-458.428 |
|
13 |
499.9996 |
17 |
-35.4431 |
22 |
-536.343 |
28 |
-458.128 |
|
14 |
499.9996 |
18 |
-35.7428 |
23 |
-536.643 |
29 |
-457.829 |
|
15 |
499.9996 |
19 |
-36.0429 |
24 |
-536.943 |
30 |
-459.028 |
|
16 |
499.9996 |
20 |
-35.143 |
25 |
-537.242 |
31 |
-458.728 |
|
17 |
499.9996 |
21 |
-35.4431 |
26 |
-537.542 |
32 |
-458.428 |
|
18 |
499.9996 |
22 |
-35.7428 |
27 |
-536.943 |
33 |
-458.128 |
|
19 |
499.9996 |
23 |
-36.0429 |
28 |
-537.242 |
34 |
-457.829 |
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The Export operation is possible even when acquisition of samples is in progress.
When this happens, the latest exported data are the data collected when the CSV file is defined.
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The acquisition of samples is limited to 200 sec when the cycle time is set to 1000 µs (respectively 50 s with 500 µs, and 25 s with 250 µs).
CSV File Format
- Each channel takes 2 columns: one for the time and the other for the value.
- This allows exporting channels with different time bases.
- See 5. Time Base area.
- The List separator and the Decimal symbol are hard-coded (they do not bind to the regional settings).
- List separator is a comma (,).
- Decimal symbol is a dot (.).
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If the regional settings are different, you must specify explicitly those two characters in Microsoft Excel to correctly import the CSV file.
