Little Python helper function to read .trc binary files from LeCroy Oscilloscopes. Tested on Python3.
Just copy the readTrc.py file in your python path.
import readTrc
fName = "./C1_00000.trc"
datX, datY, m = readTrc.readTrc( fName )Note that in the above example m is a dictionary which contains the metadata.
For example:
{'ACQ_DURATION': 0.0,
'ACQ_VERT_OFFSET': 0.0,
'BANDWIDTH_LIMIT': 'off',
'FIRST_POINT': 0,
'FIRST_VALID_PNT': 0,
'FIXED_VERT_GAIN': '50_mV/div',
'HORIZ_INTERVAL': 1.6666699270695418e-11,
'HORIZ_OFFSET': -0.000100000004229008,
'HORIZ_UNCERTAINTY': 9.999999960041972e-13,
'HORUNIT': 'S',
'INSTRUMENT_NAME': 'LECROYSDA18000',
'INSTRUMENT_NUMBER': 15238,
'LAST_VALID_PNT': 12000001,
'MAX_VALUE': 22914.0,
'MIN_VALUE': -23170.0,
'NOMINAL_BITS': 8,
'NOM_SUBARRAY_COUNT': 1,
'PAIR_OFFSET': 0,
'PIXEL_OFFSET': -0.0001,
'PNTS_PER_SCREEN': 12000000,
'POINTS_PER_PAIR': 0,
'PROBE_ATT': 1.0,
'PROCESSING_DONE': 'no_processing',
'RECORD_TYPE': 'single_sweep',
'RIS_SWEEPS': 1,
'SEGMENT_INDEX': 0,
'SPARSING_FACTOR': 1,
'SUBARRAY_COUNT': 1,
'SWEEPS_PER_ACQ': 1,
'TIMEBASE': '20_us/div',
'TRACE_LABEL': '',
'TRIGGER_TIME': datetime.datetime(2015, 9, 10, 17, 5, 19, 127343),
'USER_TEXT': '',
'VERTICAL_GAIN': 8.631759556010365e-06,
'VERTICAL_OFFSET': 0.0,
'VERTICAL_VERNIER': 1.0,
'VERTUNIT': 'V',
'VERT_COUPLING': 'DC_50_Ohms',
'WAVE_ARRAY_COUNT': 12000002,
'WAVE_SOURCE': 0}
See here for more details.