Will the new TAKE TABBIES scope work with labview?

[Gary@mercmarine]

Tektronix has a new series of inexpensive O'scopes, starting with the TBS1022 at only $520.

Anyone got one yet? Can't find drivers on the NI or TEK web sites and TEK dos not mention Labview in its literature.

Will it work with the TDS1000 drivers? or can I just make my own using SCPI commands?

I would like to order one today because I am on vacation the rest of the week, I would like use it on a simple ATE to read the freq. and duty cycle of a waveform coming from a UUT. .

It has a USB port and should work, but the low price has me concerned that it has been crippled in someway.

Gary

[GerdW]

Hi Gary,

maybe you should read the scope's manual before buying it? The manual is availabe from TEK, but you have to create a login at their website...

In the manual you will (hopefully) find all information needed to answer you question (like USB port usage, does it provide a virtual COM port, used protocol, ...)!

[Gary@mercmarine]

Downloaded the user manual, no mention of LabView at all, but the Programmer  manual lists both the TBS and TDS as using the same commands.

I just called TEK tech support, they do not have drivers yet but said it will work with the TDS drivers but may required some tweaking.

I am going to order one, I will post a quick review.

"TAKE TABBIES" in subject was "TEK TBS1000" Spell Check must of changed it.

Thanks

[billko]

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Gary@mercmarine wrote:

Downloaded the user manual, no mention of LabView at all, but the Programmer  manual lists both the TBS and TDS as using the same commands.

I just called TEK tech support, they do not have drivers yet but said it will work with the TDS drivers but may required some tweaking.

I am going to order one, I will post a quick review.

"TAKE TABBIES" in subject was "TEK TBS1000" Spell Check must of changed it.

Thanks

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I hardly ever use factory-supplied drivers mainly because they have to guess what I need from them, and they're usualy wrong.  😉

I would suggest reading the programming section and see if you can send a simple query and receive a response, most likely using LabVIEW VISA commands.  If you can do this, you've proven that you can send and receive.  After that, the hardest thing to do is figure out what you want to do with the scope.  🙂