Current oscilloscopes usually have a fixed grid size with a fixed number of divisions. There are commonly 8 divisions for voltage scale and 10 divisions for horizontal scale. IkaScope features Dynamic Grid which allows pinch and zoom on touch screen like on your phone.
At Ikalogic we care about ergonomy, this is why we designed a new way to move and zoom through a capture, enabling modern gestures such as pinch and zoom on touch screens, or zoom in/out with the mouse wheel.
Unlike most of the DSO (Digital Storage Oscilloscope), IkaScope grid is fixed with the signal. This means that a move on the grid results in a move on the signal too. You can drag the signal with a mouse or with your fingers (on a touch screen). The voltage origin is always 0V and the time origin is always the trigger instant.
The following animation shows a zoom-in from 1V/div to 500mV/div with a random today’s DSO (not IkaScope).
The following IkaScope app capture shows the same action on the same signal as above. Depending on your platform, you can also use the mousewheel to zoom in and out as well as choosing a timebase or voltabase by clicking on the buttons at the bottom of the screen.
The grid has only canonical divisions (1V/div, 2/div…) but the division size is not fixed. This enables smooth transitions from one zoom level to the ther, and even allows you to set a custom zoom level.
After a measurement was taken, the blind zone which was not recorded by the oscilloscope appears as hatched lines as you can see below.
