Frequent readers of Test Cafe know why modular instruments tend to be faster than their box brethren in automated test applications. It has nothing to do with their form factors. It has rarely to do ...

MATLAB 2019a functions for easy, data acquisition from the Siglent SDS1202X-E oscilloscope via USB or Ethernet. It also works with other models from the SDS1XXXX-series and SDS2XXX-series (see ...

In this second of an occasional series on editorials from Personal Engineering & Instrumentation News, I look at the instrumentation programming language known as Standard Commands for Programmable ...

October 26, 2011. Agilent Technologies Inc. has released a new PC software tool that provides access to instrument commands for electronic test. The software, Agilent Command Expert, enables fast and ...

La Center, WA. Signal Hound, a developer of RF test and measurement equipment, has announced the addition of SCPI compatibility for its spectrum analyzers via its Spike software. Spike provides ...

On my bench, I have several devices connected by GPIB (IEEE488) behind a National Instruments GPIB/ENET adapter. I also have a Tek scope that implements a SCPI interface through a TCP/IP socket. I ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a new idea of parsing SCPI command with structure arrays and files, which is based on analyzing SCPI command format and parsing process. The application of structure ...

Go wireless with RS-232! With an Espressif ESP32 module, you can give wings to a serial interface. In addition to its serial link communication capability, this handy adapter enables SCPI-equipped ...

Abstract: The multimeter is a commonly used instrument by engineers, it is inseparable from engineers, and their good helper. When working, the instrument is often different; the operating system and ...