Re: USB-scopes, anyone?

["Steven M. Hartman" <hartmansm@ornl.gov>]

Benjamin Franksen wrote:

> Has anyone already done something like that? If yes, which
> manufacturers/devices are you using? Has anyone experience with programming
> USB? Could the protocol be reverse engineered?
We looked into using USB to interface some Tek scopes which were 
already on hand (these are normal, but low-end scopes with front 
panel, etc). The implementation was on linux with a usbtmc kernel 
module, plus asyn, steamdevice, sscan, etc.
But we determined that the USB interface (at least on these 
scopes) was too slow to be of much use. This plus the difficulty 
of short cable lengths for USB led us to decide this wasn't worth 
pursuing.
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Steven Hartman
hartmansm@ornl.gov