Examples of why to use FMT_WORD instead of Default FMT_BYTE

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A software tool to use an HP545xx Digital Scope for Data Acquisition

Bharbour • 07/15/2022 at 16:41•0 Comments

The HP54542 defaults to using BYTE format for transferring data. Unless you are transferring crazy numbers of data sets or need them really fast, using the WORD format results in much cleaner data. Here are two plots of similar events, one captured as BYTE data and the second captured as WORD data.

A small signal with a DC offset captured as BYTE data

A Similar Small Signal with a DC Offset, captured as WORD data. — A similar small signal with a DC sffset, captured as WORD data.

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