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  • Do you want to create your own Pico SCPI device, based on PST.. Pico SCPI USBTMC labLib (and labTool)?

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    How to: start your own Pico SCPI project, based on Pico SCPI USBTMC labLib? You can start from the example source:  PST.. Have you worked with the Pico SCPI labTool? and adapt it to your needs. Git and GitHub will help you to get...
    • 10 Nov 2023
  • Probing Signals: Sensepeek PCBite Hands-Free Probes!

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Table of Contents Introduction What’s the Problem? A Possible Solution What’s Supplied? Using the Probes Storing the Probes Summary Introduction After trying to DIY a probe setup for tiny QFN parts (see here:  Probing Signal...
    • 10 Nov 2023
  • Yet Another C210 Compatible Soldering Iron: KSGER C210 Portable

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Table of Contents Introduction Background Look and Feel Display, User Interface, and Menu Settings Power Source Grounding Performance Reliability Summary Introduction In the quest to find a decent low-cost soldering iron, I’ve examined quit...
    • 2 Nov 2023
  • A New C210 Tip Soldering Iron: Meet the E210!

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Table of Contents Introduction First Impressions and Ergonomics User Interface Iron Stand Power Source Performance Grounding Summary Other blogs with related content:   USB-C Soldering Iron Quick Review: Sequre S60   USB-C S...
    • 30 Oct 2023
  • Probing Signals: Snooping an I2C Bus on a Tiny Surface-Mount QFN Part

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Table of Contents Introduction What’s the Problem? What’s a Solution? Summary Introduction I had a nice "Sensirion SHT31 Smart Gadget"  temperature and humidity board, which unfortunately had no connections broken out for the k...
    • 29 Oct 2023
  • PST.. Release 7.1 for the Pico SCPI labTool firmware: what's new?

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico.In this post: new functionality available in the Release 7.1. What's new? Release 7 firmware ...
    • 27 Oct 2023
  • Soldering Tiny Temperature Sensors

    shabaz
    shabaz
    I've been experimenting with temperature sensors, and really liked Sensirion products, since they are pretty accurate and reasonably low cost, and have a sensible board-level interface, I2C. However, they are quite small! The good thing, is that they...
    • 24 Oct 2023
  • PSL.. Pico SCPI USBTMC labLib makes it easier to write your own PST.. Pico SCPI labTool

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico. To make it easier to create several specialised lab instruments, the project is now spl...
    • 22 Oct 2023
  • PST.. Release 5 for the Pico SCPI labTool firmware (experimental functionality release): what's new?

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico.  In this post: new functionality available in the Release 5. What's new? This release a...
    • 15 Oct 2023
  • PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 7: Test Service Request from Instrument to LabVIEW flow

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico. It would be nice if the PST could supports device dependent SCPI registers. They can be used...
    • 15 Oct 2023
  • PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 6: Service Request from Instrument to LabVIEW flow

    PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 6: Service Request from Instrument to LabVIEW flow

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico. It would be nice if the PST could supports device dependent SCPI registers. They can be used...
    • 14 Oct 2023
  • Simpson Model 260 Series 5 Repair

    fmilburn
    fmilburn
    I was at my mother's house last week and stumbled across several valuable items (?) and brought them back home. Simpson 260 Series 5 VOM Simpson 10mA analog panel meter new in box Minerva Stop Watch Two inexpensive plastic slide ...
    • 7 Oct 2023
  • understand TinyUSB USBTMC protocols

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    In this post, I attempt to understand the flows that the USBTMC class driver follows for: standard SCPI query / response standard SCPI command only *STB? status byte requests service requests triggers For each scenario, I'll try to figure...
    • 4 Oct 2023
  • PST.. Release 4 for the Pico SCPI labTool firmware (experimental functionality release): what's new?

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico. In this post: new functionality available in the Release 4. What's new? This release adds ex...
    • 30 Sep 2023
  • PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 5: Propagation to IEEE488.2 SCPI Registers Test

    PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 5: Propagation to IEEE488.2 SCPI Registers Test

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico. It would be nice if the PST could supports device dependent SCPI registers. They can be used...
    • 22 Sep 2023
  • PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 4: let TinyUSB USBTMC code use SCPI-LIB's Status Byte register

    PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 4: let TinyUSB USBTMC code use SCPI-LIB's Status Byte register

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico. It would be nice if the PST could supports device dependent SCPI registers. They can be used...
    • 22 Sep 2023
  • PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 3: Instrument Specific Registers Test

    PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 3: Instrument Specific Registers Test

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico. It would be nice if the PST could supports device dependent SCPI registers. They can be used...
    • 22 Sep 2023
  • PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 2: design the registers

    PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 2: design the registers

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico. It would be nice if the PST could supports device dependent SCPI registers. They can be used...
    • 17 Sep 2023
  • PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 1: investigate

    PST.. Experimental event / trigger support for Pico SCPI labTool - 1: investigate

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico. It would be nice if the PST could supports device dependent SCPI registers. They can be used...
    • 12 Sep 2023
  • PST.. Release 3 for the Pico SCPI labTool firmware: what's new?

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico.In this post: new functionality available in the Release 3. What's new? Release 3 adds these ...
    • 12 Sep 2023
  • Ideas on Building a Shielded Test Enclosure

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Introduction When measuring low-noise circuits, it can become necessary to shield the circuit boards! Otherwise, nearby electric fields or electromagnetic radiation could affect the measurements. A cheap way that many engineers use is to repurpose a...
    • 8 Sep 2023
  • PST.. develop a firmware change for the Pico SCPI labTool - unique USB enumeration ID

    PST.. develop a firmware change for the Pico SCPI labTool - unique USB enumeration ID

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
     scottiebabe suggested a change to the PST firmware: use the Pico unique ID in the USB enumeration string. Have you thought about how to id more than one pico tool? Let's do that! The TinyUSB USBTMC example was the...
    • 27 Aug 2023
  • MXO 4 New Feature: Log Frequency Axis Spectrum Analysis!

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Table of Contents Introduction What is it? What does it look like? EMC Pre-Compliance Testing Noise Measurements Notch Filter Band Pass Filter Summary Introduction Due to customer requests, the MXO 4 now supports a fully log-log spectrum output...
    • 11 Aug 2023
  • PST.. Program the Pico SCPI labTool?

    PST.. Program the Pico SCPI labTool?

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    The Pico SCPI labTool (PST) allows you to connect your PC to equipment to control and monitor all sorts of things. It runs on a Raspberry Pico.In this post: functionality, and how to use SCPI or LabVIEW to program the device. Capab...
    • 6 Aug 2023
  • PST.. Have you worked with the Pico SCPI labTool?

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Table of Contents Introduction How Does it Work? What is Needed? Setting up the PC Download a SCPI Library Create a replica of Pico SCPI labTool in your own GitHub Repository Download the Pico SCPI labTool Project to your PC Building...
    • 5 Aug 2023
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