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This page provides information about high frequency digital oscilloscopes and oscilloscope connectivity to a regular PC.

High Frequency/ High Sampling Rate Oscilloscope Manufacturers:

Go	Tektronix
Go	Agilent
Go	Lecroy

The following oscilloscopes have inbuilt VXIP&P-VISA support. These oscilloscopes can be interfaced to JitLab without any additional hardware or software.

You can install JitLab directly on the oscilloscope. Or you can install JitLab on an IBM compatible PC and connect to the oscilloscope using LAN.

Tektronix

TDS1000, TDS2000, TDS3000B, TDS5000, TDS6000, TDS7000 or TDS7000B Series Digital Oscilloscopes
CSA7000 Series Communications Signal Analyzer

Agilent

54853A - 2.5 GHz, 32 MB Max, 20 GSa/s
54854A - 4 GHz, 32 MB Max, 20 GSa/s
54855A - 6 GHz, 32 MB Max, 20 GSa/s

Solutions for oscilloscopes not having VXIP&P-VISA support, but having a GPIB interface.

Agilent LAN/GPIB gateway card - E5810A
Tektronix GPIB-LAN Adaptor AD007:
The AD007 adaptor allows GPIB devices to talk or listen to networked computers and peripherals through a 10Base-T Ethernet connection. It also supports Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) interface and can be used to interface to VISA compliant software.
National Instruments GPIB card for PC

Go GPIB and Instrument Control Page

Go GPIB Hardware

Go VISA Software

VXI Plug & Play Systems Alliance

Go	VXIplug&play Systems Alliance Home Page
Go	About VXIP&P Alliance
Go	VXIP&P Specifications

To learn more about VXIP&P-VISA, check the following articles

Go	VXIplug&play Technology Introduction	- By Ron Wolfe, National Instruments
Go	Implementing The VISA Specification	- By CSWL

Links to Oscilloscope Articles

Oscilloscopes step on the gas - By Michael Schnecker

As telecom data rates increase, the capabilities of high-speed digital oscilloscopes improve to keep pace with testing requirements.

Keeping up with light - By Neil Savage

Oscilloscopes get faster to handle optical input.