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RetrOscilloscope 2000, a retro look for PicoScope (R) 2000 series compact USB oscilloscopes.

by: Member
‎02-20-2025 10:53 AM
Last Edited by: Member leemkuny ‎02-21-2025 10:56 AM

Products and Environment

This section reflects the products and operating system used to create the example.

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    Hardware

  • Oscilloscope Device

    Operating System

  • Windows

    Programming Language

  • LabVIEW G

Code and Documents

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Description

 

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RetrOscilloscope 2000 builds on the Pico Technology LabVIEW SDK, presenting a retro style GUI for the PicoScope 2000 series compact USB oscilloscopes. This project was completed as an exercise in LabVIEW programming using two parallel state machines, one for control and one for execution. The control state machine communicates with the front panel controls and indicators (with exception of waveform display) while the execution state machine communicates with the physical oscilloscope hardware through the SDK and displays waveforms on the waveform display.

Requirements:
PicoScope (R) 2000 Series USB oscilloscope (e.g. model 2204A)
PC running Windows 10 or compatible
LabVIEW 2024 (Community Edition) or compatible
PicoSDK for PicoScope 2000 series from https://www.picotech.com/downloads
picosdk-ni-labview-examples from https://github.com/picotech
picosdk-ni-labview-shared from https://github.com/picotech

How to Use

Please see detailed instruction in the RetrOscilloscope 2000 Manual in documents folder.

Additional Information

This beta version application is intended for evaluation by other users of PicoScope ® 2000 Series compact USB oscilloscopes, specifically the following models (2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2204A & 2205A). It is not designed to work with other model numbers. I’m particularly interested in getting feedback on how it works with models other than 2204A which is the only model tested to date.

Related Links

https://www.picotech.com/oscilloscope/2000/picoscope-2000-overview
https://www.picotech.com/downloads
https://github.com/picotech

Example code from the Example Code Exchange in the NI Community is licensed with the MIT license.

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leemkuny
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‎02-20-2025 11:03 AM
‎02-20-2025 11:03 AM

I'm looking for people to beta test this code. If you have a PicoScope 2204A or 2205A or similar please give it a go. Hope you find it useful or at least entertaining.

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