The BitScope Blog

The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) is a System on Module (SoM) containing processor, memory, eMMC Flash and supporting power circuitry. It is designed for deeply embedded applications.

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BitScope's latest Blade more than doubles the power of its predecessor, adding a full function control plane and active cooling system to turn the latest Raspberry Pi 4B, with its 64-bit kernel r...

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Raspberry Pi 4 is a game changer in industrial and commercial applications. With three times the processing power, four times the graphics performance, full speed USB3, Gigbit Ethernet and up to ...

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Tom Owad turns his iMac into a powerful test and measurement workstation with BitScope Mini and a small 3D printed bracket he designed for the BitScope Mixed Signal Probe adapter. We're very impr...

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We review the new Raspberry Pi 3+ for use in industrial applications. We think it's a real winner! A faster core, wireless and wired network speeds up to 3 times faster and the real kicker, Power...

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Lots people are asking why build such a massive cluster of Raspberry Pi. With this new website, we hope to answer that question. We'll also have news about cluster availability for sale, soon.

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BitScope Blade and Raspberry Pi combine to create an affordable testbed for supercomputing system-software developers.

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BitScope Blade is the premier solution for building compute clusters with Raspberry Pi. Come and visit us at The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and A...

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Farnell element14 recently interviewed our CEO, Bruce Tulloch, about all things BitScope, Blade and Raspberry Pi in the world on IoT, industrial automation and computing. Read on to learn how Bit...

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"Raspberry Pi Zero goes wireless completing the picture first sketched just over a year ago with the original Pi Zero. This new model adds the missing link; wireless connectivity. We like it!"

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Learn how to assemble and get started using BitScope Blade with Raspberry Pi straight away. This guide explains what's in the box, how to assemble Blade and what power, mounting and expansion opt...

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Not even a near record breaking heatwave can stop BitScope Blade hosted Raspberry Pi servers as we discovered by accident when our trust old Dells came to an ignominious end but the 32 BitScope B...

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BitScope Blade Reloaded is our latest computing infrastructure platform for Raspberry Pi. Use it to build small stand-alone servers, routers and workstations up to full sized compute clusters, pr...

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The team at MAAS created an entertaining interactive exhibit at the PowerHouse Museum using BitScope, Blade Uno and Raspberry Pi to explain how a Theremin works. The exhibit demonstrated the bene...

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Blade Reloaded is our latest infrastructure platform for Raspberry Pi, available now via element14. It extends the original with more I/O, power and mounting options and enables you to build reli...

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We were delighted to present BitScope Micro, Mini, BitScope Blade and our full range new accessories at the recent Sydney Mini Maker Faire at the MAAS Powerhouse Museum. We had a lot of fun and w...

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Bruce presented Raspberry Pi Cluster computing using BitScope Blade at the Sydney Linux User Group Meetup hosted at Google in Sydney last night. He explained what BitScope Blade is, where it came...

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Raspberry Pi is a great component for building all sorts of low cost servers. With the recent launch of Raspberry Pi 3 it's now even better, especially when used in IoT and industrial application...

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Bruce unboxed and reviewed a brand new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B in his hotel room in London prior to attending and demonstrating BitScope Blade at the official product launch last Monday. He mounte...

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Raspberry Pi 3 brings 64 bit quad core power and built-in WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity to BitScope Blade based industrial computing solutions ! We demonstrated these solutions at the launch of...

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Create scalable test & measurement and low cost sensing and control solutions. Build affordable compute clusters, private clouds and render farms. Package and deploy Raspberry Pi in science labs ...

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We bootstrapped the brand new Raspberry Pi Display - with a twist - we wall mounted it and powered it from from a 12V battery using our forthcoming BitScope Blade DuoPi. It's the best low cost mi...

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See BitScope's Raspberry Pi Blade Server solutions and new projects and products from Ozberry and Pimoroni at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire this weekend! We've also got educational and prototyping ...

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Come and meet Carrie Anne Philbin from Raspberry Pi's Picademy and Nicky Ringland from Grok Learning to see the latest developments in teaching and learning practice for STEM education with hosts...

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Come and see our new Raspberry Pi based BitScope Blade, Quattro Pi and BitScope Server solutions at the Hannover Maker Faire this weekend! If you're into physical and cluster computing with Raspb...

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This is the initial (beta) release of BitScope DSO 2.9 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Raspberry Pi. It's in active development and it fixes many previously reported bugs. Grab a copy now and let us ...

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We're often asked what's required to get started with BitScope, so we've posted this blog to answer the question. Whether it's Windows, Mac, Linux or Raspberry Pi, we've got you covered. You'll b...

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Since launching BitScope Micro with element14 we now have many more customers like you! So, we've launched this new Trello based support system. We aim to serve you even better this way. Let us k...

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We're pleased to announce Tom Thumb (MP02A), an in-line mixed signal BNC adapter for BitScope Micro. It offers compact access to all the analog and logic channels in a tiny plug-in adapter. It's ...

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We've always sold BitScope direct online but in light of the popularity of BitScope Micro we've expanded the list of resellers stocking this model and its accessories. We'll be adding more of our...

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Raspberry Pi is probably the world's most popular credit card sized ARM computer. BitScope works very well with it but we're often asked if other ARM computers can be used. The answer is yes if t...

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation have pulled yet another rabbit out of the hat! The new Raspberry Pi 2 is identical to old model except for a Quad Core ARMv7 CPU, 1GB RAM and bigger L1/L2 cache. It's ...

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Karl-Ludwig Butte from BUTTE Verlag will present at the British Educational Training and Technology Show (BETT) to explain how Raspberry Pi and BitScope Micro can be used for education in the fie...

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Our friends over at Farnell element 14 UK are offering BitScope Micro with a free mixed signal BNC adapter! This is a limited time offer for Christmas New Year. It's shipped from their UK warehou...

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BitScope offers two connection standards, an small IDC-10 based Diagnostic Port on BitScope Micro or the larger IDC-26 Smart Port on other models. Here we compare them, explain what they can do a...

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We're pleased to announce BitScope Micro Port 01 (MP01), a Universal Mixed Signal Oscilloscope Probe Adapter for BitScope Micro. MP01 provides configurable access to BitScope Micro's Oscilloscope...

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Hands on demonstrations of BitScope Micro with Raspberry Pi now happening at the Farnell element14 stand at electronica 2014! You will find Farnell element14 in Hall A5 at Stand 558 with product ...

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Karl-Ludwig Butte from BUTTE Verlag has written a highly accessible series for MagPi magazine about how to get the best from BitScope and Raspberry Pi when making electronic measurements. Part 3 ...

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Sit back and relax with our new video tutorial for BitScope Micro and Raspberry Pi. It starts with the unboxing of a brand new BitScope Micro from Farnell element14 and explains all you need to k...

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Come along and see BitScope Micro in action with Raspberry Pi at the Farnell element14 stand at electronica 2014! You will find Farnell element14 in Hall A5 at Stand 558 where they will be demons...

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BitScope Designs hosted a webinar with the element14 Community recently to introduce BitScope Micro for Raspberry Pi. Bruce Tulloch explained how BitScope Micro works and what it can do. He also ...

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BitScope Designs will host a webinar with the element14 Community today to introduce BitScope Micro for Raspberry Pi. Bruce Tulloch and Norman Jackson will explain how BitScope Micro works and wh...

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element14 has partnered with BitScope Designs to manufacture and distribute BitScope Micro, a full feature dual channel digital oscilloscope for Raspberry Pi. Priced at $ 149, BitScope Micro is a...

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BitScope Micro uses a compact IDC-10 multi-function test interface. It's custom designed for test, measurement & data acquisition applications with embedded systems including Raspberry Pi. Here w...

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August's MagPi is out now! It includes Karl-Ludwig's latest installment on BitScope Micro, a great wrap on the new Raspberry Pi Model B+ and the exciting new hardware on top (aka HAT) specificati...

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One Raspberry Pi B+ can power up to four BitScopes! Using BitScope Micro or BS10 you can capture 8 high speed analog channels, 32 logic channels and generate 4 waveform and clock signals configur...

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We're pleased to welcome BUTTE Verlag, a publishing company with titles in STEM education, as a resale and publishing partner for BitScope with a new book of projects for Raspberry Pi planned for...

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BitScope Micro is now available from Pimoroni in the UK. They offer free shipping and next business day delivery for customers in the UK and will also ship elsewhere in the EU!

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The BitScope Logic User Guide is now available for online browsing and a PDF copy may be downloading for printing.

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Since releasing BitScope Micro many people have asked us how it compares to BitScope 10. These two models are physically quite different but they're similar in other ways so we've posted this art...

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We're very pleased to announce BitScope Micro our full feature Mixed Signal Scope in a Probe for Raspberry Pi. It's our smallest, most cost effective BitScope yet, the latest Raspberry Pi Oscillo...

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We presented a learn by doing BitScope Workshop at OzBerryPi on Sunday covering topics in test, measurement, data acquisition, debugging, education and programming where among other things we dem...

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We've published the updated API and programming guide for the BitScope Library, Version 2. You can read it online or download a hyperlinked PDF copy for printing.

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While optimizing our software for Raspberry Pi we developed a cross-platform diagnostic tool called BitScope Display. We use it to compare display performance across supported platforms. Raspberr...

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We have always offered discounts for volume and group purchase but, by popular demand from clubs, schools and universities we've now made these discounts available directly. Just visit the online...

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Accompanying the BitScope DSO V2.6 production release we've started migrating to a new documentation publication system. Our aim is to make documentation available in a continuous and accessible ...

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The beta program is complete and the next BitScope DSO Production release is now available! We've squeezed some significant performance gains from this version, especially for Raspberry Pi, but a...

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BitScope Server is now available for Raspberry Pi! With it you can build low cost high performance remote access network connected test, measurement and data acquisition systems. BitScope Server ...

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We have long supported direct network access for remote data acquisition and diagnostic work with our network BitScope models. Now we've replicated this functionality for all BitScopes models wit...

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Project based interactive learning in STEM fields with computer programming as the facilitating platform. Focused on problem solving activities which can manifest as low cost electronics projects...

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Project based learning using low cost electronics and computer programming is a focus for BitScope Ed. The Powerhouse Museum's Thinkspace Digital Learning Centre and Thinker1 provide very good ex...

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If you are a teacher, student, maker or just interested in future directions for school education come on over to our stand and have a chat. We'll post news of the event afterwards if you cannot ...

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The BitScope Programming Library allows anyone to program USB or Network BitScopes. Version 2.0 of the library is now in beta release. The library comes with source code examples in C/C++, Python...

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Last month we introduced the Breadboard One Mixed Signal circuit. Here we explain the operation of its main digital component, a 4 bit up/down counter, and how you can observe and understand its ...

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There is nothing you need to install or configure to use a BitScope with almost any Linux system. Normally it "just works" but if you cannot connect here's how to debug USB and get up and running...

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Apple released Mavericks last week so we've been working to ensure our software remains compatible. First cab off the rank is BitScope DSO 2.7 build DG17C which runs Mavericks and it works very w...

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We have always supported remote access and device sharing with network BitScope models such as BS325 and BS445 and we've had an older model (BS300N) quietly running 24x7 for some years in the R&D...

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BitScope DSO uses a gesture based user interface we call Act On Touch. It makes using a mouse, track-pad or touch-screen with BitScope easy. Simply click, drag or select to adjust almost any DSO ...

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We were asked whether USB BitScope models like BitScope 10 or 120 could be used remotely and shared via a network in the same way our native network models are often used. We knew it was possible...

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This BitScope 325 was returned to us because the shipping container it was in was crushed by a fork-lift truck. It survived!

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We joined some other speakers and saw demonstrations of some amazing projects and ideas based on Raspberry Pi and Arduino as part of the OzBerryPi Sunday Meetup yesterday. Bruce spoke about the h...

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BitScope typically displays up to 4 analog waveforms (and 8 digital waveforms) at once, depending on the model. Offsets allow them all to be conveniently viewed on one display but there's a lot m...

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We designed Breadboard One as the first BitScope Ed project because it is a very simple mixed signal circuit which explains key elements of mixed signal systems. Almost all modern electronic syst...

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Differential measurements can be very important but it is usually not possible to make such measurements using standard oscilloscope inputs. We decided a better solution was needed, one that leve...

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All BitScopes have a Smart POD Interface for connecting analog and digital signals. It also provides power, ground and control for connected circuits making it very handy for prototyping. Read on...

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We often get asked about designing and debugging analog and digital electronics and systems built around Rasberry Pi or Arduino. We've launched BitScope Ed to address these questions and develop ...

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Back in the day, all oscilloscopes were analog and the update rate was quite high because the waveform appeared on the display only briefly requiring a high refresh rate for it to appear "permane...

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Most oscilloscopes have single ended inputs. This means all channels measure voltages relative to a shared reference point which is almost always ground. This imposes some constraints on what can...

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Many people have asked how to install BitScope software on a new Raspberry Pi and Raspbian now has an official image (released by the Raspberry Pi Foundation) so we thought we'd install everythin...

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Following the huge response to BitScope Raspberry Pi and the very positive feedback we've received about the recent website upgrade, we decided to create this Blog.

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Another common question is can I use the Raspberry Pi for data acquisition on its own? The short answer is yes, but for digital signals only and only at relatively slow speeds. If you're serious ...

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The most frequently asked question since we announced Raspberry Pi support is what software can I use? Here we provide the answer.

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BitScope high speed mixed signal test, measurement and data acquisition is now a reality on Raspberry Pi.

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