USBscope50 - 1Gsps/75MHz USB Modular Oscilloscope Stick

USBscope50 marks
a new era in ultra portable modular instrumentation for the PC or notebook. Using a USB1.1 or USB2.0 port on the host computer, USBscope50 offers the best of all worlds for converting your PC into a powerful diagnostic tool: tiny size, low power, low cost, modularity and high performance.

 
Scope Software + User Guide + Screen Shot + SDK + FAQs

Very Important => The Input is galvanically isolated from USB port to 300V Cat II

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Comes with Windows USBScope50
software for 98SE/2000/XP

LabVIEW + Agilent VEE support available
free of charge !

A single USBscope50 can be operated as a one-channel scope, or can be stacked with other USBscope50s to make a multi-channel solution.

In this configuration, each module shares its phase and trigger status with the other modules in the stack ensuring tight channel-to-channel matching and concurrent triggering, plus each module retains a dedicated USB connection to the host ensuring independent configurability.

USBscope50 is small enough to be carried in a shirt pocket or laptop bag and yet retains features normally reserved for scopes 10 times its size. It uses standard BNC type scope probes, and is powered directly from the host port. It can be directly plugged into a host USB port or can be connected via a standard male-to-female USB cable. In multi-channel mode, this cabled operation is required and typically an external USB Hub would be used to provide the extra USB ports.

The USB MicroHub is designed to make it easy to connect multiple USB devices via a single USB port, and is ideal for use with the USB test and measurement family. Connecting multiple scopes, function generators and pulse generators together is made simple with this clever little unit.

The MicroHub2 has connections for 2 USB measurement tools, and the MicroHub4 for 4, and both use only one host USB port. Elan's test and measurement products can be interconnected to allow them to operate in synchronised mode, or left non-connected for distinct operation.

Please click here if you are also interested in a tiny, fully featured, stackable USB function generator called USBwave12 !

Technical Features

USB Interface

Comes with Windows USBScope50 software for 98SE/2000/XP
Demo Software + User Guide + Screen Shot + SDK + FAQs

50Msps 8-bit single shot

1Gsps equivalent time sampling (repetitive input waveforms)

DC-75MHz analogue bandwidth

1Meg || 15pF input impedance

30V/3V/0.3V input ranges with x1 probe.
300V/30V/3V with x10 probe

AC or DC coupling

Programmable input offset

Programmable trigger threshold and edge modes

Input is galvanically isolated from USB port to 300V Cat II

3000 point sample depth with pre and post trigger

200mA host power consumption, with support for suspend

Probe compensation output signal

Stackable or use stand-alone

Body is approx. 75mm x 31mm x 17.5mm

USBscope50 Software Development Kit

To support customers who wish to write their own software for the USBscope50, a Software Development Kit is available.

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Using the SDK will allow the scope to be embedded in a user’s application or will allow creation of drivers for 3rd party instrumentation software.

The SDK comprises a Dynamic Link Library for Windows 32, supporting Win98/Me/2K/XP, together with full documentation for each of the function calls, header files for C/C++ and Visual Basic as well as working example code for Visual Basic 6 and Visual C 6. The VB6 demos offer working GUI implementations and even include a full source code release of the USBscope50 application software as shipped with the scope product. This will give developers a significant time-to-market advantage, as they will be able to see the techniques and methods used to create the standard software.

USB:  The Universal Serial Bus

USB is a standard for connectivity;  most new computers have several USB ports and almost every peripheral device you can imagine is available with a USB interface.  New operating systems recognise USB devices automatically making USB very simple for the user.

USB Devices include : printers, scanners, mice, joysticks and other gaming accessories, digital cameras, webcams, modems, speakers, microphones, telephones, networking devices and storage/memory.  Up to 127 devices can be connected, although you'd need a few hubs to obtain that many ports on most computers. You can even connect devices up to 5 meters away from the host.

USB has been with us for a long time, but the USB2 specification has expanded the variety of applications that USB can support. This specification was developed by a group called the USB 2.0 Promoter Group (Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, NEC and Philips), and was released in April 2000. USB 2.0 is approximately 40 times as fast as USB 1.1, offering speeds of 480 Mb/s.