def acquire_fake_data(number_of_points=<NUM_LIT:1000>):
<EOL>t = _n.linspace(<NUM_LIT:0>,<NUM_LIT:10>,number_of_points)<EOL>return(t, [_n.cos(t)*(<NUM_LIT:1.0>+<NUM_LIT>*_n.random.random(number_of_points)),<EOL>_n.sin(t      +<NUM_LIT:0.5>*_n.random.random(number_of_points))])<EOL>
This function generates some fake data and returns two channels of data
in the form

time_array, [channel1, channel2]