Connectivity
Connectivity
With the fast USB and GPIB bus transfer speeds of your FCA3000, FCA3100, and MCA3000 Series bench instrument, you
can easily capture, save, and analyze measurement results by using the special Tektronix edition of National Instruments
LabVIEW SignalExpress™ software. Every instrument ships with a free copy of the Tektronix version of SignalExpress for
basic instrument control, data logging and analysis. An optional Full Edition offers over 200 built-in functions that provide
additional signal processing, advanced analysis, sweeping, limit testing and user-defined step capabilities.
SignalExpress connects the entire range of Tektronix bench instruments to let you access the feature-rich tools of each
instrument from one intuitive software interface. A single interface lets you automate complex measurements requiring
multiple instruments, time correlate data from multiple instruments, log data for an extended period of time, and easily
capture and analyze your results, all from your PC.
An optional TimeView™ Modulation Domain Analysis PC software application (TVA3000) allows for instrument remote
control and the analysis and display of measurement results in a choice of graphs. You can analyze practically any type of
dynamic variation of time or frequency, including modulation, jitter, wander, sweep linearity, frequency agile communication,
wireless LANs, Bluetooth frequency hopping, VCO frequency response and much more. For example, you can display
results as raw data, as a statistical histogram, as a waveform graph (as if you were using an oscilloscope), or as an F FT
spectrum graph. TimeView also lets you analyze modulation parameters such as modulation depth or frequency modulation
index. You can download a 30-day trial version of TimeView from the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com).
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