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[[Image:Jack.jpg|thumb|A typical Chinch to jack adapter]]
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The [[Analog Thing]] is a pure analog device, there is no microcontroller or other advanced digital logic involved. Nevertheless, there are interesting cases when to combine the [[Analog Thing]] with software.
== Softscopes ==
 
What follows is a curated list of '''Software oscilloscopes'''. The idea is always that you can connect your [[Analog Thing]]
 
to your [[Soundcard]] input with a simple Chinch-to-jack adapter, such as depicted in the right. This allows to connect to
 
the 3,5mm phone connector (''Klinke'') which is still present in many Notebooks, Tablets, Smartphones, also for many
 
system-on-chips such as the [[Raspberry Pi]]. If your system does no more have such an input, there may be cheap adapters to USB
 
(they are usually called ''USB soundcard'').
 
  
Note that a single chinch socket has to pins: One for ground, one for the signal. This puts it on equal footing with a BNC
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== Applications for making use of The Analog Thing ==
connector or a ''mono'' phone connector. The adapter shown on the right joins two outputs together to a ''stereo'' sound signal.
 
  
=== Web based oscilloscopes ===
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* [[Software Oscilloscopes|Software emulated Oscilloscope]] in order to display data
You can use https://anabrid.dev/webosci/ from any web modern browser. It will ask you for recording permission from your
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* [[Data aquisition]] techniques for [[Arduino]]s or [[Teensy]]s
sound card. Make sure you connect to the proper input and ''not'' to your webcam microphone, for instance.
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''Known limitations'': Older versions of Safari, Firefox and Chrome do not support the relevant Web standards. In such
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== Advanced applications with The Analog Thing ==
a case, you should try out some other attempt.
 
  
Screenshot:
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* [[Hybrid Computing]]
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* [[Simulation|Analog computer simulation]]
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[[File:Webscope Screenshot.png|500px]]
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[[Category:Software]]
 
 
=== Native software oscilloscope for Linux: Xoscope ===
 
 
 
Xoscope is an advanced software oscilloscope for the Linux desktop, suitable for both
 
notbooks but also for running on the Raspberry Pi (Audio input). We have a detailed
 
[[Xoscope|Installation guide for Xoscope on Linux]].
 
 
 
''Known limitations'': Cannot display xy-plots.
 
 
 
Screenshot:
 
 
 
[[File:Xoscope_Screenshot.png|500px]]
 

Latest revision as of 00:00, 24 July 2021

The Analog Thing is a pure analog device, there is no microcontroller or other advanced digital logic involved. Nevertheless, there are interesting cases when to combine the Analog Thing with software.

Applications for making use of The Analog Thing

Advanced applications with The Analog Thing