<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>New Functionality for Older Equipment: Adding USB and SCPI Programmability</title><link>/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/new-functionality-for-older-equipment-adding-usb-and-scpi-programmability</link><description>Table of Contents

 Introduction 
 What’s the Problem being Solved? 
 What’s Inside? 
 Solution Overview 
 Circuit Diagram 
 Building It 
 Software 
 Testing It 
 Summary 


Introduction
This blog post shows how I went about adding programmability to</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: New Functionality for Older Equipment: Adding USB and SCPI Programmability</title><link>https://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/new-functionality-for-older-equipment-adding-usb-and-scpi-programmability</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 19:41:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:18911d73-b08d-444e-a5b4-0abbae8e09df</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Very cool way to update an old power supply.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27949&amp;AppID=13&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: New Functionality for Older Equipment: Adding USB and SCPI Programmability</title><link>https://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/new-functionality-for-older-equipment-adding-usb-and-scpi-programmability</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 18:43:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:18911d73-b08d-444e-a5b4-0abbae8e09df</guid><dc:creator>genebren</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Awesome project! Well done.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27949&amp;AppID=13&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: New Functionality for Older Equipment: Adding USB and SCPI Programmability</title><link>https://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/new-functionality-for-older-equipment-adding-usb-and-scpi-programmability</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 08:23:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:18911d73-b08d-444e-a5b4-0abbae8e09df</guid><dc:creator>Jan Cumps</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Lovely!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I didn&amp;#39;t want to now modify the module and add inverters!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Good that this could be solved in the Pico serial settings. &lt;br /&gt;Another option could have been to wire the optocoupler LEDS with Anode to&amp;nbsp;V+ and Cathode to signal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27949&amp;AppID=13&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>