National Instruments Introduces SignalExpress Tektronix Edition

By DE Editors

National Instruments(Austin, TX) has announced NI SignalExpress Tektronix Edition, aninteractive PC-based measurement program for design and test engineers.The software is designed for fast acquisition, analysis, anddocumentation of measurements on the benchtop without programming.Through USB plug-and-play control, SignalExpress Tektronix Editionfeatures seamless connectivity to the new Tektronix (Richardson, TX)  DPO4000 series oscilloscopes and AFG3000 series waveform generators.

Engineers have traditionally relied on manually transferring data frombenchtop instruments to computers using floppy disks and USB memorydevices for offline analysis and reporting. With SignalExpressTektronix Edition, they can connect standalone instruments to PCs andinstantly control, measure, and document. With USB plug-and-playconnectivity, the software immediately detects the Tektronix DPO4000oscilloscope and Tektronix AFG3000 waveform generator, allowingengineers to configure the instrument communication while accessing alive view of the captured waveform data and generated signals with onemouse click. In addition, they can use the intuitive, drag-and-dropconfiguration environment to significantly increase their measurementproductivity by performing more of these tasks.

“Thousands of Tektronix oscilloscope users control their instrumentswith National Instruments LabVIEW,” said Craig Overhage, Tektronixsenior vice president, Instruments Business. “SignalExpress TektronixEdition can help engineers maximize the full potential of the newTektronix DPO4000, which is designed to meet the most pressing needs ofembedded systems design engineers.”

With SignalExpress Tektronix Edition, engineers can access more than200 measurement, processing, analysis, and reporting capabilities toapply to live data acquired from the most common Tektronixoscilloscopes and signal sources via USB, GPIB, and Ethernet/LAN.SignalExpress offers these advanced analysis and reporting capabilitiesas well as automated sweeping and limit testing features to relieveengineers from these traditionally manual and tedious processes.

The SignalExpress Tektronix Edition Base version ships as part of thestandard configuration with the Tektronix DPO4000 Series oscilloscopes.Engineers can upgrade to the Professional version for advanced signalprocessing, analysis, documentation, and connectivity to more than 300common standalone and modular benchtop instruments. For moreinformation, visit ni.com.

Sources: Press materials received from the company.