Base Capabilities
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Base Capabilities
Base capabilities are the functions and attributes of an instrument class that are common to most of the instruments in that class. A class driver should cover 95% of the instruments in a particular class. For a specific driver to be compliant with a class, it must implement all the base capabilities.
For example, the base capabilities of the oscilloscope class have functions and attributes that configure an edge-triggered acquisition, initiate an acquisition, and return the acquired waveform. For more information about the base capabilities for a particular class, refer to: