Patent ID: 6539318
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G01R,G05B,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
An oscilloscope apparatus for processing waveform data using a streaming architecture, comprising:a waveform source for supplying said waveform data; a plurality of processing objects for sequentially processing portions of said waveform data, comprising at least: a processing memory for storing portions of said waveform during processing and accessible by each of said plurality of processing objects; a first processing object for retrieving a portion of said waveform data from said waveform source in response to a request by a second processing object, processing said portion of said waveform data and storing the processed portion in a memory location designated as corresponding to the requested portion; and said second processing object requesting said portion of said waveform data from said first processing object and retrieving the portion processed by said first processing object from said memory location in response to a request by an outlet means, further processing the processed portion, and storing the processed portion back in said memory location; and said outlet means requesting said portion of said waveform data from said second processing object and retrieving the portion processed by said second processing object from said memory location said outlet means requesting further portions of said waveform data from said second processing object after retrieving the processed portion of said waveform data from said memory location until the entire waveform data has been requested and processed.