lecroyparser

leCroyParser.py parses binary files as written by LeCroy scopes.

leCroyParser.py is derived from the matlab program ReadLeCroyBinaryWaveform.m, available at <https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26375-readlecroybinarywaveform-m>, Original version (c)2001 Hochschule fr Technik+Architektur Luzern Fachstelle Elektronik 6048 Horw, Switzerland Slightly modified by Alan Blankman, LeCroy Corporation, 2006

Further elements for the code were taken from pylecroy, written by Steve Bian

A useful resource for modifications is the LeCroy Remote Control Manual available at <http://cdn.teledynelecroy.com/files/manuals/dda-rcm-e10.pdf>

Lecroyparser has been tested with Python 2.7 and Python 3.6, 3.8

Installation

lecroyparser is available at pip. It may be installed with

>>> pip install lecroyparser

or with

>>> easy_install lecroyparser

Usage

To import a single trace, instantiate a ScopeData object by passing it a path, i.e.

>>> import lecroyparser
>>> path = "/home/benno/Dropbox/RESEARCH/bullet/experiments/scopeTraces/201804/C1180421_typicalShot00000.trc"
>>> data = lecroyparser.ScopeData(path)

The x and y data are stored as numpy arrays in data.x and data.y

Alternatively, to parse several channels set the optional keyword argument parseAll to True, i.e.

>>> data = lecroyparser.ScopeData(path, parseAll = True)

This will parse all files in the specified folder with a matching filename. I.e., if the provided path is as above, then the files

C2180421_typicalShot00000.trc
C3180421_typicalShot00000.trc
C4180421_typicalShot00000.trc

will pe parsed as well.

Next to reading files, it is possible to read a binary buffer/string directly. For this, supply the data argument instead of file:

>>> import lecroyparser
>>> path = "/home/benno/Dropbox/RESEARCH/bullet/experiments/scopeTraces/201804/C1180421_typicalShot00000.trc"
>>> contents = open(path, 'rb').read()
>>> data = lecroyparser.ScopeData(data=contents)

This is especially useful when reading data directly from oscilloscope using python-vx11 or similar software.

Additionally, it is possible to limit the number of samples in the output array, by overwriting the sparse keyword:

>>> data = lecroyparser.ScopeData(path, parseAll = True, sparse = 1000)

will limit the samples in the x and y dimensions to 1000.

Information about the file can be obtained by calling print(data)

>>> print(data)

Le Croy Scope Data
Path: /Users/...
Endianness: <
Instrument: LECROYHDO4104
Instrunemt Number: 19359
Template Name: LECROY\_2\_3
Channel: Channel 4
Vertical Coupling: DC1M
Bandwidth Limit: on
Record Type: single\_sweep
Processing: No Processing &gt;&gt;&gt; TimeBase: 200 ms/div
TriggerTime: 2018-04-21 11:50:45.76

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Benno Meier, Jeroen van Oorschot

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