Getting The Most Out Of Your Oscilloscope: WaveScan and XDEV Custom Parameters

Figure 1: Using WaveScan to search
for rare glitch events

In earlier posts about how to maximize your oscilloscope's utility, we've discussed how to properly capture a waveform, making measurements, and extracting more meaningful information from those measurements that might be readily apparent. Now we'll look at how to correlate anomalous behavior from a waveform with other waveforms we may have captured.

Filtering Signals with MATLAB

Figure 1: A 2-pole, 1-MHz Butterworth low-pass filter
applied to an acquired waveform

Touted by its maker as "the language of technical computing," The MathWorks' MATLAB is a veritable Swiss Army knife for engineers, scientists, and perhaps anyone involved in technical endeavors. MATLAB serves a myriad of applications in programming, data analysis, application development, modeling and simulation, and... wait for it... instrument control!