Exporting Data from Scope to

Excel
Save DSO Data

After you have made measurements

using the Velleman scope, you can save
the data as a .txt file using the option
File/Save DSO Data.

A pop-up window will open to allow you

to name the text file and save it in a
folder that you specify. The default
folder is My Documents/My PCSGU250.
 Open the .txt file in Excel
• Launch Excel.
• Open the .txt file using File/Open.
– Since the file is not in the expected Excel format,
you have to specify how the data will be read into
Excel.
Formating .txt File
Select Delimited, which
should be the default when
the first pop-up window
opens. Then click Next.
 The Delimiters selected
must include Tab, but
can also include Space
if you want to have the
TIME STEP data in
separate columns.

Click Finish as there is nothing in the third pop-up window that must be changed.
Scaling Required: Time

To determine the time to print on the x-axis:

Look at TIME STEP: for the number of points

that are equal to a time increment.

In this example, 125 = 1ms. This means that the

time for each point in the column under N
should be divided by 125 and then multiplied by
1ms to determine the time at which each
voltage data point was taken.
Scaling Required: Ground
You have to subtract the value
listed for GND (177 for CH1 and
97 for CH2 in this example) from
the values listed below CH1 and
CH2 to removed a DC offset in the
DSO data to establish where
ground (0 V) is in the data sets.
Scaling Required: Absolute Voltage
To determine the voltage associated
with each data point for Channel 1 and
Channel 2:

Look at the numbers next to CH1: and

CH2: above the GND row.

In this example, 1V is equivalent to 32

for both CH1 and CH2 (which is not
always the case). This means that that
the value of the points in the columns
CH1 and CH2 should be divided by 32
and then multiplied by 1V to finally
obtain the voltage measured by the
oscilloscope on Channels 1 and 2 as a
function of time.
After performing the calculations, you will have the voltage measurements as
a function of time for Channel 1 and 2. You can use this data to complete your
lab reports rather than read data using the cursors with the scope program.

Seconds Volts Volts