#Alternative to xscope windows

THe main window becomes the ''control knobs'' and the linked tracking graph the display. However, if one wants to scan down a trace that is updating, then the second window is needed. Although a bit dissapointed at first, as I become more familiar with the unit I am becoming happier and happier with my choice.Īs you say, once captured, one can zoom around and analyse w/o the tracing graph. We will look at a button for that!Īs I use the Cleverscope more, I am getting better at manipulating the screen to capture the information I desire. I agree that we could hide the information area - though you are the first to suggest it.

#Alternative to xscope windows

The reason we have several windows (none other than the scope graph have to be used) is that we have many users who have multiple display screens, and while doing development they just stash the windows over to one side of one of the screens, and have the development environment running center stage.Ī single window would be, in my view, a whole lot more clumsy than multiple windows, each with independant control - as they are now. These could be set by knobs as you say, but users I speak to liked the intuitive way the Tek TDS scopes worked. The scope works just like a TDS Tek scope - the scope graph sets the pre/post trigger view, including delay (you can have a positive delay on the trigger of upto 42 secs), and as you say - sets the gain and offset. The underlying 10ns sample rate will not change. After having captured it, you can zoom in/out on either graph as you desire. All you see with the scope graph is a view of it. First once you capture something (and say you have 2 frames, and the scope width is less than 20msec) the sample rate is fixed - usually at 10ns per sample. I am having a bit of difficulty understanding your requirement. It would also be nice to get rid of the basic signal information (again, perhaps a dockable window that can slide out of the way until you need it). Of course, then the auto adjust of sample rate, offset and gain would need to be exposed as knobs for the user to adjust. They should be dockable and you should be able to have multiple instances on the screen each with their own ''zoom''. Actually, now that I think about it, there really should be just two windows: Scope and digital. Or, if the tracking graph could ''dock'' under (or over) the scope graph. Then the window, zoomed, could slew back & forth. I am thinking in terms of a classic delaying analog scope: The acquisition unit would sample & retain pre or post trigger samples per the setup. For example: having the ability to zoom into the main graph without changing the sample rate would eliminate the need for a tracking graph. I would like to see alternate methods of viewing the data: having all those windows really clutters up the desktop.