Linux Software Turns PCs into Oscilloscopes

March 3, 2014. Saelig Co. Inc. has announced the availability of Linux-based software for PicoScope PC-based oscilloscopes. PicoScope 6 For Linux is an application that allows a PC to be connected to a PicoScope USB adapter to produce a high-powered oscilloscope, FFT spectrum analyzer, and data-acquisition device. With built-in buffering in the PicoScope adapter, the PC's display is updated frequently and smoothly even when set on long time-bases. Previously only available as Windows-based software, PicoScope 6 For Linux includes a range of standard oscilloscope features such as  waveform display, spectrum display, interactive zoom, sophisticated triggering, automatic measurements, and signal-generator control. Waveforms can be captured for off-line analysis or sharing with other users; they can be exported in text, CSV, and Mathworks MATLAB 4 formats.

The new PicoScope 6 For Linuxsoftware is packaged for easy installation on the following distributions:

  • Debian 7.0 (wheezy) i386/amd64,
  • Ubuntu 12.xx/13.xx i386/amd64, and
  • Other Debian-based distributions with mono-runtime ≥ 2.10.8.1.

PicoScope 6 For Linux is available free from Pico Technology at www.picotech.com/linux.html.

All Pico products are available with a 5-year warranty starting from Saelig, Pico Technology's U.S. technical distributor.

www.saelig.com

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