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Doc Pete
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Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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Location: California, USA
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 Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject: Simultaneous use of PicoLog and PicoScope |
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I have been using an ADC212-100 and PicoScope with an Endevco uniaxial piezoelectric accelerometer and charge amplifier/signal conditioner for some time now, and am delighted with the performance, portability, etc. I now want to upgrade to a triaxial setup, but of course, the converter supports only two channels, and I am considering purchasing a second ADC212-100. As I understand, only one instance of PicoScope can run on one computer. I also understand that PicoLog must run in real time mode (sample @ 1 ms) if more than one channel is active. I need to sample at least 10 kHz, which would require burst mode.
My question is: Can one instance of PicoScope (2 channels) and one instance of PicoLog (1 channel in burst mode) run simultaneously on a single (sufficiently fast) computer, while servicing two ADC212's?
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Sarah
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:21 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for your post.
I do not think it would be possible to run 2 ADC-212s at the same time with different software as they are still using the same driver and I don't think this allows you to run more than one unit at a time.
If they were different units then it could work as they would be using different drivers, however the ADC-212s would both need to use the adc20032.dll driver at the same time and I do not think this is possible.
Hope this helps
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Doc Pete
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject: Simultaneous use of two converters |
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| Sarah wrote: | Hi
Thank you for your post.
I do not think it would be possible to run 2 ADC-212s at the same time with different software as they are still using the same driver and I don't think this allows you to run more than one unit at a time.
If they were different units then it could work as they would be using different drivers, however the ADC-212s would both need to use the adc20032.dll driver at the same time and I do not think this is possible.
Hope this helps
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Hi
Thank you for the very prompt reply. This is encouraging. Could you please tell me which converters would use a different driver, so that I could choose one and possibly implement this scheme? The ADC-212 is clearly overkill for my application, and a somewhat slower sampling rate would work.
By the way, if I use an appropriately different second converter, am I still prevented from running two instances of PicoScope?
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Sarah
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for your post.
The ADC-200, ADC-212 and ADC-216 scopes all use the adc20032.dll driver, therefore you would need a second scope which isn't any of these. For example our PS3204 which is part of the PS3000 range.
If you are looking specifically for an oscilloscope then I would definately recommend the PS3000 range with an ADC2xx scope. However if believe a data logger would be enough then you might like to consider the ADC-11.
With two different scopes you still could not have two instances of Picoscope, however you could run Picoscope and Picolog at the same time.
Hope this helps
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Road & Track
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Joined: 09 Sep 2005
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| Sarah wrote: | | With two different scopes you still could not have two instances of Picoscope, however you could run Picoscope and Picolog at the same time. |
Hi,
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I am interested in doing this.
I want to run (simultaneously on the same PC) PicoLog with a USB ADC-11 data logger, and PicoScope with a 3424 scope in order that I may log a high speed pulse at the same time as several slow changing channels. Is this possible?
The Australian sales agent thought not, but perhaps you can clarify. |
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Sarah
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:52 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for your post.
It would be possible in Real Time Continuous Mode. This mode enables you to use multiple loggers but will not sample faster than 1 per millisecond. Is this fast enough? If you wish to go faster then you can only use one unit at a time.
Hope this helps
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Road & Track
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Joined: 09 Sep 2005
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply. For the slow channels 1 per millisecond is more than enough. However the fast channel needs to be at least 10 per millsecond.
Can I run this fast channel to PicoScope at this sort of rate while running the slower channels to PicoLog? |
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Michael
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Joined: 07 Jul 2005
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Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Hello,
You can run the 3223 in PicoScope and the ADC11 in PicoLog at the same time.
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Michael |
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