Programming the 2000 Series Oscilloscopes
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PicoScope 2000 Series Programmer's Guide
2.7 Oversampling
When the oscilloscope is operating at sampling rates less than the maximum, it is possible to
oversample. Oversampling is taking more than one measurement during a time interval and
returning an average. If the signal contains a small amount of noise, this technique can
increase the effective vertical resolution of the oscilloscope by the amount given by the
equation below:
Increase in resolution (bits) = (log oversample) / (log 4)
Available in block mode only.