FlexDCA Ecosystem

FlexDCA is the sampling oscilloscope Graphical User Interface (GUI) which is documented by this help system. FlexDCA supports the connections shown in the following picture:

FlexDCA provides a rich measurement system with the following benefits:

• Common base code for N1000A, 86100D, DCA-M extented modules, and N1010A application for the PC which ensures that the measurement algorithms are identical.
• N1010A FlexDCA applicaton which runs on a PC:
• Uses same GUI and help system as the DCA-X instruments.
• Use offline with simulated modules with waveforms.
• Can make a Flex-on-Flex connection to a DCA-X via the LAN. N1010A controls the DCA-X while displaying DCA-X's live waveforms on the PC.
• Ability to connect to and process waveforms from a Keysight UXR-series oscilloscope when FlexDCA is running in FlexRT.
• Install a large selection of modules into DCA-X mainframes.
• Connect to and control extended hardware such as:
• DCA-M modules
• UXR-Series Oscilloscopes for FlexRT
• Keysight Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWG)
• Optical Switches (Keysight and others)
• Remote programs can control any of the FlexDCA applications with little or no modification. Refer to the Programmers' Guide.
• Change measurement mode with the click of a button:
• Oscilloscope mode (single-values waveforms)
• Eye/Mask mode (multi-valued waveforms)
• Jitter mode (jitter and interference)
• TDR/TDT
• Example Python scripts are available in the FlexDCA Programmer's Guide. Instruction videos are available on YouTube.