Connecting to ATS9373-12 bit, 4 GS/s by Alazartech in Python

Instrument Card

ATS9373 is a 12-bit waveform digitizer board that can sample one analog input at rates up to 4 GS/s or two inputs at 2 GS/s.

Device Specification: here

Manufacturer card: ALAZARTECH

Alazar Technologies Inc. (AlazarTech) was founded in 2003 with the goal of serving the test and measurement market, in general, and the embedded waveform digitizer (OEM) market segment, in particular, by providing highly differentiated, high performance instrumentation products at affordable prices.

• Headquarters: CANADA - QC
• Yearly Revenue (millions, USD): 4
• Vendor Website: here

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Connect to the ATS9373-12 bit, 4 GS/s in Python

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PROTOCOLS > SCPI

📄 IDN

Query a device's identity through the universal *IDN? SCPI command.

📄 MEASURE VOLTAGE

Query an instrument's measured output voltage, such as a DMM or power supply.

📄 SCPI WRITE

Write a SCPI command to a connected bench-top instrument and return the result.

QCodes

Here is a Python script that uses Qcodes to connect to an ATS9373-12 bit, 4 GS/s DAQ board:

from qcodes.instrument_drivers.AlazarTech.ATS import AlazarTech_ATS
from qcodes.instrument_drivers.AlazarTech.ATS9373 import AlazarTechATS9373

# Connect to the ATS9373 board
ats = AlazarTechATS9373('ats', dll_path='C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\ATSApi.dll')

# Print the board ID
print(ats.get_idn())

# Set the clock source to INTERNAL_CLOCK
ats.clock_source('INTERNAL_CLOCK')

# Set the sample rate to 4 GS/s
ats.sample_rate(4_000_000_000)

# Set other parameters as needed

# Perform data acquisition
data = ats.acquire()

# Process the acquired data as needed

# Disconnect from the board
ats.close()

Note that you need to have the ATSApi.dll file in the specified path for the script to work.