XScopes Manual

• 1. General Overview
  • 1.1 Xprotolab & Xminilab Pin Description
  • 1.2 Xprotolab Portable and Xminilab Portable Overview
    • 1.2.1 Input Coupling Switch
    • 1.2.2 Curve Tracer Switch
    • 1.2.3 MENU / Power button
    • 1.2.4 USB Port / Device Charging
  • 1.3 Specifications
  • 1.4 Dimensions
  • 1.5 Absolute Maximum Ratings
  • 1.6 Factory Setup
  • 1.7 Quick Start Guide
  • 1.8 User Interface
  • 1.9 Saving the settings
• 2. Mixed Signal Oscilloscope
  • 2.1 Horizontal Settings
    • 2.1.1 Time Base
    • 2.1.2 Technical Details
    • 2.1.3 Explore Wave
    • 2.1.4 Auto Setup
  • 2.2 Vertical Settings
    • 2.2.1 Disable Channel
    • 2.2.2 Channel Gain
    • 2.2.3 Channel Position
    • 2.2.4 Channel Invert
    • 2.2.5 Channel Math
  • 2.3 Trigger Settings
    • 2.3.1 Trigger Types
    • 2.3.2 Trigger Modes
    • 2.3.3 Trigger Hold
    • 2.3.4 Post Trigger
    • 2.3.5 Trigger Source
  • 2.4 Device Modes
    • 2.4.1 Oscilloscope Mode
    • 2.4.1.1 Roll Mode
    • 2.4.1.2 Elastic Traces
    • 2.4.1.3 XY Mode
    • 2.4.2 Meter Mode
    • 2.4.2.1 Frequency Measurements
    • 2.4.2.2 Pulse Counter
    • 2.4.3 Spectrum Analyzer
    • 2.4.3.1 IQ FFT Mode
    • 2.4.3.2 Logarithm display
    • 2.4.3.3 FFT Windows
  • 2.5 Cursors
    • 2.5.1 Vertical Cursors
    • 2.5.2 Horizontal Cursors
    • 2.5.3 Automatic Cursors
    • 2.5.4 Track Horizontal Cursors
    • 2.5.5 Reference Waveform
    • 2.5.6 Cursors in XY Mode
  • 2.6 Display Settings
    • 2.6.1 Persistent Display
    • 2.6.2 Line / Pixel Display
    • 2.6.3 Show scope settings
    • 2.6.4 Grid Type
    • 2.6.5 Flip Display
    • 2.6.6 Invert Display
• 3. Logic Analyzer and Protocol Sniffer
  • 3.1 Input Selection
  • 3.2 Channel Position
  • 3.3 Invert Channel
  • 3.4 Thick Logic ‘0’
  • 3.5 Parallel Decoding
  • 3.6 Serial Decoding
  • 3.7 Protocol Sniffer
  • 3.8 Sniffers Modes
  • 3.9 I2C Sniffer
  • 3.10 UART Sniffer
  • 3.11 SPI Sniffer
• 4. Arbitrary Waveform Generator
  • 4.1 Predefined Waveforms
  • 4.2 Parameter Sweep
    • 4.2.1 Sweep Modes
  • 4.3 Technical Details
• 5. PC Interface
  • 5.1 Connecting the device
  • 5.1 Controlling the device
  • 5.2 Custom AWG Waveform
  • 5.3 Saving Waveforms and Screenshots
• 6. Interface Protocol
  • 6.1 Interface settings
  • 6.2 Control Data
    • 6.2.1 Bitfield variables
  • 6.3 Vendor ID and Product ID
  • 6.4 Command Set
    • 6.4.1 Auto Send
    • 6.4.2 METER measurement data
• 7. BMP Screen Capture
  • 7.1 To send a BMP screen capture to a PC:
  • 7.2 To send a BMP screen capture to Linux:
• 8. XScope’s Examples
  • 8.1 Resistor Voltage Divider
  • 8.2 Measurement of an RC time constant
  • 8.3 Half Wave Rectifier with Smoothing Capacitor
  • 8.4 BJT Amplifier
  • 8.5 Component V/I Curves
  • 8.6 Frequency Plots
• 9. Firmware Updating
  • 9.1 Firmware upgrade using an external programmer
    • 9.1.1 Tools required
    • 9.1.2 Instructions to install the tools
    • 9.1.3 Instructions to update the firmware
  • 9.2 Firmware upgrade using the bootloader
    • 9.2.1 Tools required
    • 9.2.2 Activating the bootloader
    • 9.2.1 Firmware update in Windows: FLIP
    • 9.2.2 Firmware upgrade in Linux: AVRDude
• 10. Frequently Asked Questions
• 11. Troubleshooting
• 12. XScope Design
  • 12.1 System Architecture
  • 12.2 Schematics