USBcount50
50MHz USB pen-style Frequency/Period Counter
USBcount50 is a PC based frequency counter designed for maximum flexibility, ease of use and economy. It is an invaluable tool during design and debug of digital circuits and can be used to quickly to verify generated frequencies, pulse widths and duty cycles.
USBcount50 combines very small form factor with high performance normally associated with much larger bench type products. Power for the Frequency Counter is provided via the USB interface connector. The input is galvanically isolated from the USB bus / PC ground meaning that signals from unit under test do not need to be referenced to the ground of the PC.
USBcount50 is small enough to be carried in a shirt pocket or laptop bag but uses a standard BNC connector.
Software
Elan offers drivers and application software for all of the test and measurement products, but also makes the source code available freely under the GNU licence.
Technical Features
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USB Interface |
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Comes with Windows USBcount50 software for 98SE/2K/XP/VISTA |
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Measures frequencies up to 50MHz using internal reference periods of 0.1s, 1s or 10s. 100MHz count rates also possible if input signal amplitude is sufficient to trigger input threshold |
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Measures periods from 10ns to over 268s using internal reference clocks of 100MHz, 10MHz or 1MHz. Using period mode allows reciprocal measurements for frequencies down to 4mHz. |
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28-Bit internal counter gives huge 268 million : 1 dynamic range...almost no need to ever change range ! |
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Input supply programmable to from 1.5 to 5.0V in 256 steps supporting most popular logic interface standards. Input is over-voltage protected to 30V |
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1Meg // 20pF input impedance |
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Input is galvanically isolated from USB port to 300V Cat II |
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| Up to 4 units can be snapped together and share common clock |
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Same form factor as the Elan USBscope50 Digital Oscilloscope. |
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Can be snapped together with a USBscope50 to form part of a suite of instruments |
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Body is approx. 75mm x 31mm x 17.5mm |
More Information
Download the UsersGuide,
or contact us with a particular query.
Users Guides are in PDF format which can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader
Software
Download the USBScope50 software to try out the demo mode; If you install and run the software with no USBcount units plugged in, the software will automatically swich on Demo Mode so that you can test it's features.
USBcount50 - tiny, fully featured, stackable frequency/period counter
