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14 July 2010
ACCES I/O Products Releases 20 New PCI Express RS-232/422/485 Serial Communication Cards
ACCES I/O Products, Inc., is pleased to announce the release of a new family of PCI Express serial communication cards featuring both DB9 and RJ45 connectivityÂthe PCIe-COM family. These PCI Express cards feature a selection of 8, 4, or 2-ports of software selectable RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 serial protocols. The cards feature a x1 lane PCI Express connector which can be used in any available x1, x2, x4, x8, x12, or x16 PCI Express expansion slot. The PCIe-COM product line has been designed for use in retail, hospitality, automation, gaming, and defense industries along with applications such as point of sale systems and kiosk design. More .....
4 June 2010
The new PicoScope 4226 and 4227 represent the sixth generation of high-resolution oscilloscopes from Pico Technology. Powered from the USB port and including a built-in arbitrary waveform generator, these scopes contain everything you need to make accurate high-speed measurements. Just plug one into a laptop or desktop computer, run the software supplied, and get to work.
The latest PicoScope 4000 Series oscilloscopes have two 12-bit input channels with a bandwidth of 50 MHz or 100 MHz, allowing them to capture detailed waveforms for production testing, scientific analysis, and electronic design and debugging. The third input is a dedicated external trigger. The fourth connector is the output of the signal generator, which allows you to load an arbitrary test signal, draw your own waveform using the graphical editor, or use one of the six preset waveforms.
The PicoScope 4227 can sample at rates up to 250 MS/s, and the PicoScope 4226 up to 125 MS/s. Both models have a deep 32 megasample buffer memory that enables the maximum sampling rate to be used even on slow timebases. The buffer can hold up to 10,000 waveforms, which are displayed in a pop-up navigator window for easy access.
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A fully enabled version of the PicoScope oscilloscope software is included in the price. PicoScope for Windows offers a wide range of advanced functions such as mask limit testing, alarms, serial data decoding, programmable low-pass filtering, math channels, reference waveforms, Digital Color and Analog Persistence display modes and XY mode. The advanced trigger types include pulse width, window, interval, dropout, and runt pulse.
The PicoScope 4226 and 4227 are on sale now, priced at only $1,100 and $1,400 including probes and a carrying case. You receive all of the features listed above, unlimited free software updates downloaded from our website, and free technical support. You also get a free 5-year parts-and-labor warranty against manufacturing faults. More....
15 March 2010
Pico Technology Releases New 12 GHz TDR/TDT Sampling Oscilloscope
The PicoScope 9211A TDR/TDT Sampling Oscilloscope is a new instrument specially designed for time-domain reflectometry (TDR) and time-domain transmissometry (TDT). It provides a low-cost method of analysing cables, connectors, circuit boards and IC packages.
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The PicoScope 9211A works by stimulating the device under test using its two independently programmable, 100-ps rise-time step generators. It then uses its 12 GHz sampling inputs to build up a picture from a sequence of reflected or transmitted pulses. The results can be displayed as volts, ohms or reflection coefficient against time or distance.
As well as TDR/TDT analysis, the PicoScope 9211A can also be used for mask limit testing of a wide range of communications standards including Ethernet, InfiniBand 2.5G and 5.0G, XAUI, ITU G.703, ANSI T1/102, RapidIO 1.25G and 3.125G, G.984.2, PCI Express 2.5G and 3.0G, and Serial ATA 1.5G and 3.0G. Over 150 industry-standard masks are included. The instrument has three trigger inputs-a DC to 1 GHz direct trigger, a 1 to 10 GHz prescaled trigger and a 12.3 Mbps to 2.7 Gbps clock-recovery trigger-as well as a 10 Gbps software pattern sync trigger for averaging eye diagrams.
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Unlike traditional, bulky bench-top instruments that contain a PC and a display, the PicoScope 9211A takes very little space on your workbench. If you're working at a customer's premises, the only extra equipment you need to carry is a laptop and a mains adapter. The analyser connects to any Windows XP or Vista computer with a USB 2.0 port, and an Ethernet port is provided for remote operation over a network. There are no extra software modules to buy: all the software you need is included in the initial cost.
The PicoScope 9211A is on sale now, priced at only £7,495. The price includes all necessary calibrated cables, filters, power splitters and adaptors.
April 2010
New PicoScope beta with mask alarms and I2C decoding
Thanks to all of you who replied to last month's survey on serial data formats, we have a new beta release of PicoScope 6 with I2C decoding. This is in addition to CAN bus decoding, which appeared in R6.3.4. Here is a full list of the new features in PicoScope R6.4.10 beta:
- I2C decoding - feed in clock and data signals and let PicoScope show the data in tabular and graphical formats. You can also search for specified packet contents.
- Automatic device reconnection - you can unplug your USB scope and plug it back in again, and PicoScope 6 will continue where it left off. You can even plug in a different scope.
- Alarms - now you don't need to watch PicoScope while it's running a mask limit test, as it can be programmed to sound an alarm, save a file or even execute a command whenever the input signal goes out of specification.
- Mask fail filter in Navigator - if you have collected a large number of mask limit test results in the waveform buffer, you can now tell the Navigator to show only those waveforms that failed the test.
- Bitstream in AWG Editor - the arbitrary-waveform editor has a new button to generate a binary bitstream with the data that you specify. This is a handy feature for testing digital logic circuits.
There are also a number of bug fixes that you can read about in the Release Notes.
Download PicoScope R6.4.10 beta, free of charge
September 2009
PCIe-COM232 Series - These high performance PCI Express (PCIe) RS-232 serial communication cards from ACCES are now shipping. Choose from four or eight ports in a low profile MD1 form factor with 128-byte FIFO, 15kV ESD protection/isolation, and speeds up to 921.6K. The bandwidth of PCI Express (PCIe) is more than double that of PCI in a x1 slot, and most motherboards are now being manufactured with PCI Express expansion slots.
August 2009
Interested in wireless I/O? How about wireless I/O with NO software or PC connection required? Check out our new WWP-IIRO-8 which features a pair of intelligent 16-channel digital I/O units that communicate directly with each other. Each unit contains 8 electromechanical relays and 8 optically isolated digital inputs. When an isolated input is toggled on one of the units it will cause the corresponding relay to switch on the other unit. That's it, an easy low-cost alternative to costly signal wire installations useful in a wide variety of applications.
July 2009
Linux Drivers
Linux drivers for PicoScope 2000, 3000 and 5000 Series USB Oscilloscopes
At Pico we were one of the first test and measurement companies to provide Linux drivers. We hope that these new drivers for the PicoScope 2000, 3000 and 5000 Series of USB Oscilloscopes demonstrates our continued commitment to the Linux platform.
These drivers have been extensively tested on Fedora 8, Ubuntu 8.04 and openSUSE 10.3.
Please note that the drivers for the PicoScope 5000 Series do not currently support ETS mode.
May 2009
The PicoLog 1000 Series multichannel voltage data loggers include everything needed for immediate use and are complemented by a full suite of software including the PicoLog data logging package, the PicoScope oscilloscope package and an SDK for writing user programs. PicoLog 1000
Mar 2009
MSR Electronics, manufacturers of the MSR-145 Data Logger announce the ability to Log Light Levels using the new Light sensor for the MSR145 datalogger. With the new light sensor, the brightness of a room can be constantly monitored – an ideal means to control costs and energy consumption! Using the light sensor to monitor the quality of delicate goods also makes sense. More information...
Jan 2009:
Pico release the much awaited 4000 series. The PicoScope 4000 Series builds on the success of the PicoScope 3224 and the 3424 by adding twice the bandwidth of the existing range plus a massive 32MS memory buffer up from 512KS. Other significant improvements have been applied to the 4000 Series input range which now covers 12 ranges from ±50mV to ±100V.
Accurate 12 bit resolution inputs
20 MHz bandwidth
2 or 4-channel models available
32 Msample memory
Fast 80 MS/s sample rate
1% vertical accuracy
USB 2.0 connection and power
PicoScope 6 software for XP SP2 and Vista included
API compatible with LabVIEW, C, VB, Excel, Delphi.
More information at this link!
April 2008:
Interworld appointed distributor for all Acces I/O boards, cards and modules. Acces I/O supplies an extensive range of analog input, analog output, digital, serial communication, and isolated I/O boards and solutions. ACCES also offers complete systems, integration services and enclosures with a quick turn around on custom projects, including software. Their products are designed for use with PC/104, PCI, Low Profile PCI, EBX, EPIC, USB, Ethernet, and ISA buses as well as distributed and wireless I/O. Details at this link - Acces I/O
March 2008:
Pico announces a new line of ultra compact oscilloscopes. See the details at this link.
January 2008:
MSR Switzerland appoint Interworld as their North American Distributor for their entire line of high quality data loggers, these loggers allow the recording of Temperature, Humidity, pressure, 3 Axis acceleration as well as DC inputs. Details at this link.
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