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mr.goose
Newbie
Joined: 17 Jan 2008
Posts: 1
Location: UK
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 Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: Linux software for PicoScope 5000 |
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I read this forum with considerable interest. I have been very tempted by the PicoScope 5000. But we went 100% Linux back in May 2007 following a very unsuccessful trial of M$ Vista. (http://opensourcecommunity.org/2007/10/15/vista-woes-may-lead-us-better-things if anyone is interested)
Whilst I will probably attempt installing PicoScope software under WINE (well Codeweavers CrossoverLinux to be more precise), I feel very uncomfortable about purchasing an expensive bit of kit such as the Picoscope, if it lacks native Linux software.
Linux has a very strong following within the scientific and engineering communities. It seems rather astonishing that a product such as the PicoScope 5000, which is aimed at exactly the same communities, does not support Linux.
Just my "2p worth". Best wishes, Garf. |
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maxcelpc
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Joined: 06 Mar 2008
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Like so many of your respondents to this question, I too have migrated to Linux (Ubuntu) for sound technical reasons.
I have tried running the sample program under Linux and it freezes after entering the port number, why doesn't it timeout if it cannot find an ADC attached?
Having asked the question, why is there no 'official' statement as to whether the company intends to accommodate Linux users or not? I find it amazing that this question has been alive since 2005, with no response from the company. So much for customer support! |
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Dom
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Joined: 21 May 2008
Posts: 1
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Working in Windows environment is a pain!
I really love Picoscopes. Give us good scope drivers and API and we will create rocking good applications!
It seems that the API is quite lean and straightforward. Keep it simple and reliable.
Think about the power of a scope in an embedded application that draws sources from an open source signal processing software. Picoscopes could replace those A/D-cards in cases where reliability and bandwidth is the key. |
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picojohn
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Jun 2007
Posts: 361
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Hello Dom et al.,
Linux drivers are now available for all of our current products, and may be downloaded from our website (http://www.picotech.com/software.html).
Regards
John |
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lindi
Newbie
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Posts: 1
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: is source code for 3224 SDK also available? |
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With PicoScope 3224 the test program PS3000con crashes here with
"Floating point exception (core dumped)"
I'd like to fix this so I went to look for the source code. The software development kit (R1.0.0) for the device contains a C file PS3000.c but it starts with
"#include <windows.h>"
so it clearly can't be compiled on non-Windows systems without modications. Are the real source codes that were used to compile /usr/local/lib/libps3000.so available somewhere? |
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picojohn
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Jun 2007
Posts: 361
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hello Lindi,
Our Linux expert advises that the problem does not lie in our driver, and suggests that you may wish to try updating your gcc and glib.
Regards
John |
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