Tektronix Edition of NI LabVIEW SignalExpress™

Features & Benefits

• Provides Instrument Control for the DPO/DSA70000, MSO70000, DPO7000, MSO/DPO5000, MDO4000, MSO/DPO4000, MSO/DPO3000, MSO/DPO2000, TDS3000, TDS2000, TPS2000, and TDS1000 Series Oscilloscopes, AFG3000 Series Arbitrary/Function Generators, DMM4000 Series Multimeters, PWS4000 Series Power Supplies, and FCA/MCA3000 Series Timer/Counters
• Quickly Start Measuring with an Intuitive Drag-and-Drop Interface that Does Not Require Any Programming
• Measurement Trending
• Data Logging
• Advanced Analysis and Documentation Capabilities
• Quickly and Easily Import Simulated Results and Compare Against Actual Measured Results Live on the Screen
• Automatic Frequency Sweeping
• Limit Testing
• Connect and Control Multiple Instruments from within One Software Environment

Increase Your Productivity with the Industry’s Most Seamless Instrument-to-PC Connectivity Solution

Configuring test instruments to connect with PC-based software is often a difficult and frustrating challenge. That's why Tektronix and National Instruments have partnered together to create the Tektronix Edition of National Instruments LabVIEW SignalExpress™ – interactive measurement and analysis software designed for design and test engineers who need to quickly acquire, analyze, and document measurements without the added complication of programming.

USB Plug-and-Play

Industry's first true USB plug-and-play connectivity for oscilloscopes and bench instruments.

With USB plug-and-play support, NI LabVIEW SignalExpress TE immediately detects and configures Tektronix instruments when connected to a PC*¹, providing a live view of the data acquisition and immediate control of the instrument.

Import and Compare

Integrate measurements with simulated results from popular design software tools such as PSpice, SPICE, and Multisim. This enables quick and easy importing and comparing of simulated results – saving time and improving design accuracy.

Capture and Document

Quickly capture and document measurements by simply dragging and dropping acquired data and waveform captures directly into Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and WordPad. Or annotate waveforms and measurements in the interactive project documentation tool.

Advanced Analysis

NI LabVIEW SignalExpress TE contains more than 200 different measurement, processing, analysis, and reporting capabilities that can be applied to data being acquired from Tektronix instruments.

Measurement Trending - Automated measurements from the oscilloscope or multimeter are graphed over time to provide a simple indication of trends in the measurement parameters.

Data Logging - Waveform data and measurements can be automatically logged to the PC’s disk drive for unattended and long-term monitoring applications.

Automated Measurements

Take advantage of several major time-saving features, including automated measurement sweeping and limit testing. These features provide relief from a traditionally manual and time-intensive process.

Connect and Control

Remove the guesswork when connecting the test instrument to a PC by connecting and controlling multiple instruments from one software environment, all within a single drag-and-drop user interface.

SIGEXPTE

The LE version of NI LabVIEW SignalExpress TE comes standard with the DPO7000C, MSO/DPO5000, MDO4000, MSO/DPO4000B, MSO/DPO3000, MSO/DPO2000, TDS3000C, TDS2000C, TPS2000B, and TDS1000B Series oscilloscopes, the DMM4000 Series multimeters, AFG3000 Series arbitrary/function generators, PWS4000 Series power supplies, and FCA/MCA Series timer/counters. SIGEXPTE adds extended analysis capabilities.

*¹ Compatible with the DPO/DSA70000, MSO70000, DPO7000/C, MSO/DPO5000, MDO4000, MSO/DPO4000/B, MSO/DPO3000, MSO/DPO2000, TDS2000B/C, and TDS1000B Series oscilloscopes, the AFG3000 Series arbitrary/function generators, PWS4000 Series power supplies, and FCA/MCA Series timer/counters. Requires Microsoft Windows XP/2K or Vista operating system.

NI LabVIEW SignalExpress TE Features – LE Version and SIGEXPTE Version

Features	LE Version	SIGEXPTE Version
Instrument Control*2 (Horz Vert Trig Pos)	X	X
Customizable Graphs and Interactive Cursors	X	X
Tektronix Instrument Support through USB	MSO/DPO5000 MDO4000 MSO/DPO4000/B MSO/DPO3000 MSO/DPO2000 TDS2000B/C TPS2000B (with RS-232 to USB adapter cable) TDS1000B AFG3000 DMM4000 PWS4000 FCA3000 MCA3000
Tektronix Instrument Support through Ethernet	DPO70000 DSA70000 MSO70000 DPO7000/C MSO/DPO5000 MDO4000 MSO/DPO4000/B MSO/DPO3000 MSO/DPO2000 TDS3000B/C AFG3000
Tektronix Instrument Support through GPIB	DPO/DSA/MSO70000, DPO7000/C Series DMM4050, DMM4040
	FCA/MCA3000 Series
	TDS3000B/C Series with TDS3GV module
	TDS2000/1000 Series with TDS2CMA module
	MSO/DPO5000, MDO4000, MSO/DPO4000/B, MSO/DPO3000, MSO/DPO2000, TDS2000B/C, TDS1000B, PWS4000, and AFG3000 Series with TEK-USB-488 adapter
Generic IVI Support for Hundreds of Common Benchtop Instruments	X	X
pSpice, SPICE File Conversion from EDA Tools	—	X
Save Signals to File	X	X
Basic Logging to Disk	X	X
Advanced Data Logging (including alarms and events)	—	X
Drag and Drop Data into Microsoft Excel and Word	X	X
Interactive Reporting	—	X
Measurement Trending	X	X
Advanced Analysis	—	Amplitude and Level Timing and Transition Histograms Power Spectrum Frequency Response Distortion Tone Extraction
Signal Processing	—	Software Filtering Scalar/Waveform Math Analog/Digital Conversion Windowing Scaling and Conversion
Automated Sweeping and Limit Testing	—	X
NI LabVIEW Integration	—	X

*² Controls only analog channels on MSO70000, MSO5000, MDO4000, MSO4000, MSO3000, MSO2000 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes.