Software

A wide range of code drivers are available from Dataquest Solutions for the Spectrum instrumentation boards.

Supported operating systems

Windows
For all M2i hardware; 32 bit 2000/XP and 64 bit XP / Vista / Windows 7.
*Older Windows and DOS operating systems we still supported (DOS, 3.1, 95 / 98 / Me, NT), but only for the older Mi series boards.

Linux
All 32/64 bit distributions are also catered for including distributions Fedora Suse, Debian and Redhat. As there are such wide variety of distributions we can by agreement provide the source code for you to compile with.

The driver is available for several operating systems and programmed in the same way for all operating systems. For this reason a change in the operating system may be made without any changes in the source code.

Drivers for text programmers

Included with all Spectrum data acquisition, generation and digital I/O boards at no extra cost. These drivers provide a set of functions (commands) to simplify manipulation of registers on the board so controlling the different functionality and setting up of data flow between board and PC using custom commands, avoiding the hassle of directly manipulating board registers.

Due to the simple driver application protocol interface (API) several programming languages are supported. a user can write his own programs using any programming language that can access the API. The drivers have been built up for the following:-

Microsoft Visual C++ Microsoft Visual Basic, Inprise (Borland) C++, Delphi, Linux Gnu C/C++, MATLAB script.

Also .NET integration for C#, J# and VB.NET

Examples are provided on each driver CD supplied with the hardware. These provide immediate access to many board functions and can be used as the basis for your own application.

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Drivers for graphical programmers

The graphical programming interface has become a popular way of quickly creating applications for real time visualisation and processing of signals. With this in mind Dataquest Solutions can provide a wide range of drivers for the Spectrum series of boards. Supported programming interfaces are:-

LabView, DASYlab, Agilent VEE and LabWindows/CVI

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Spectrum's rapid development data acquisition and analysis software

SBench have been specifically designed to operate with Spectrum hardware. Installation is easy and all drivers load automatically, no programming is required to access all the functions on the installed hardware, display and log the results. All options are accessed via pull-down menus and settings simply typed in text boxes. Now with the release of SBench6, GByte data set handling is possible with extensive visualisation and processing, providing the user with an simple yet powerful method to undertake ultra high-speed signal capture.

SBENCH 5.x

A versatile visualisation and analysis function program provided with Spectrum boards - free of charge! This means that even if you have decided to go along the text or graphical programming route, this software with its rapid test and analysis makes it an ideal partner for quickly obtaining results and testing your system.

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SBENCH 6.x

New SBench (version 6) now available! - completely updated, easy to use, yet sophisticated data acquisition software package, specifically designed to get the best performance from Spectrum instrumentation cards. Currently for use with the M3i and M2i signal capture range, with support for digital I/O and wavefrom generators following towards the end of 2009. Available in three levels, "Base" (free), "Pro" (option) and "Multi" (option), the latter being for multiple card systems.

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MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / Me / XP / 7, LabWindows/CVI and Excel are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation

Lab view and DASYlab is a trademark of the National Instruments Corporation

MATLAB is a trademark of the National Instruments Corporation

VEE is a trademark for the Agilent.

FlexPro is a registered trademark of Weisang&Co.