BIN (.bin)
The BIN (.bin) format is a binary format that contains headers and data. Because the data is in binary format, the size of the file is approximately 5 times smaller than the XY Values formats.
If more than one source is on, you can save all displayed sources to a file. The only exception is functions that are using FFTs or versus operators.
The size of a BIN (.bin) format file is limited by the 32-bit integer File Size (in bytes) field. The maximum number of points in saved waveforms are correspondingly affected by the file size limit.
When saving waveform data with the BIN type selected, you have these additional options:
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You can choose to save All Data or just the On-Screen Data.
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You can choose to Save All Waveforms instead of just the selected signal. Some post-processing programs require multiple waveforms in one BIN (.bin) format file.
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You can select Linearly Interpolate to enforce equal spacing of waveform data points. In cases where data is missing for sample locations, linear interpolation is used to fill-in the missing data values. File types that include Y data only and X origin and X increment values (instead of X data for each waveform point) have equally spaced waveform data points by definition.