Knowledge

Learn how to choose a PC with sufficient CPU performance for optimal data streaming and analysis with Time Tagger.

Learn how to troubleshoot and verify the USB connection between your Time Tagger and PC.

Learn how to resolve common issues with automatic license acquisition for Time Tagger software.

Learn how to fix the two most common Python import errors when using Time Tagger, caused by a missing PYTHONPATH entry or an incompatible NumPy version.

Learn how to program Time Tagger from NI LabVIEW using .NET nodes, including where to find examples and a walkthrough screencast.

Learn how to use Time Tagger on macOS via a Windows virtual machine or remote control with TimeTaggerRPC.

Learn how to integrate accessories like cables, splitters, attenuators, and inverters to send and shape signals in your experiment.

Learn what signal types, voltage ranges, and pulse shapes your Time Tagger can detect, including trigger levels and minimum amplitude requirements.

Learn how to compensate for delays between channels depending on the signal type.

Learn how to connect the Time Tagger X to an external FPGA using its QSFP+ interface for high-speed signal output.

Learn how the Time Tagger distinguishes rising and falling edges of a pulse and how each is represented in your data.

Learn why Time Tagger timestamps are relative rather than absolute, and how to align them to UTC using the ReferenceClock and a 1PPS signal.

Learn how to measure the average count rate over an infinite or a precisely defined duration using a Time Tagger.

Learn how to choose the right time-histogram measurement type, bin width and number of bins for your experiment.

Learn how to export raw data and analysis results, and how to save plots, using the Time Tagger API and Time Tagger Lab.

Learn how our API lets multiple measurements share the same channel simultaneously, and how to use SynchronizedMeasurements to compare them on identical data.

Learn how long a Time Tagger measurement can run before its timestamps roll over, and what happens when they do.

Learn why Time Tagger software only works with Swabian Instruments hardware and not third-party time-tagging devices.

Learn the maximum data transfer rates of each Time Tagger model over USB, the 10 GbE link, an external FPGA link, and TimeTaggerNetwork.

Learn how different CPUs impact the maximum USB transfer rate achievable with a Time Tagger Ultra or Time Tagger X.

Learn how slow data processing, not just a high incoming tag rate, can cause overflow and a low measured count rate.

Learn how to use USB extenders, hubs, and docking stations with Time Taggers without degrading the transfer performance