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The USBee ZX Digital Test Pod combines state of the art design with easy to use PC software to give you a complete digital test bench in a small and affordable package. Connecting to your PC, the USBee ZX Digital Test Pod uses the power and speed of the USB 2.0 High-Speed bus to capture and control information from your own hardware designs.

The USBee ZX is a complete digital test bench in one compact and easy to use pod. Combined with the free, yet powerful, Windows® 2000 and XP software the USBee ZX is a deep buffer depth Logic Analyzer and Signal Generator. You can also build your own tools using the USBee ZX Tool Builder software and Visual Basic or Visual C++.

Also on the USBee ZX is a Frequency Counter, Asynchronous Serial Controller and Monitor, I2C Bus Controller, Frequency Generator, Pulse Counter and I2C bus Analyzer (included in the Logic Analyzer module).

USBee ZX takes advantage of already existing PC resources. The USBee ZX pod streams data over the High-Speed USB bus only to and from the PC, allowing the PC to perform all of the triggering and data storing. This makes possible an affordable USBee ZX, while pushing the sample storage capabilities orders of magnitudes beyond that of traditional dedicated logic analyzers or signal generators. The USBee ZX Digital Test Pod can utilize available PC memory as the sample buffer, allowing selectable sample depths from one to many hundreds of millions of samples.

Perfect for your BASIC Stamp® and PIC® system debugging!

The USBee ZX Digital Test Pod can capture and generate samples up to a maximum of 24 million samples per second depending on the PC configuration. The USBee ZX Auto-Calibration feature automatically reduces the sample rate to ensure accurate and reliable timing, even on systems with slower processor and USB bus speeds. The USBee ZX Digital Test Pod perfectly merged features and functions to provide exactly the performance needed for hardware and microprocessor designs such as BASIC Stamp and PIC systems to ensure an affordable and compact unit.

The USBee ZX Digital Test Pod does not need an external power supply.  The USB bus supplies the power to the pod, so your PC will be supplying the power.  The Pod does, however, require a self powered hub (not bus powered) if a hub is used between the PC and Pod.

Each USBee ZX Digital Test Pod package includes

• USBee ZX Universal Serial Bus Pod
• Set of 14 multicolored test leads and high performance miniature test clips
• Getting Started Guide
• USB Cable (A to Mini-B)
• USBee ZX Digital Test Pod CD-ROM

ZX Logic Analyzer
Capture millions of digital samples of the 8 signals at up to 24Msps (*) and display them on your PC.  Includes an I2C Bus Decoder.

ZX Signal Generator
Draw  millions of digital samples per waveform and generate them at up to 24Msps. (*)

USBee ZX Toolbuilder Sourcecode
Write your own Visual Basic or C++ tools that control the USBee ZX.  Includes full Logic Analyzer and Signal Generator functionality.

ZX Remote Controller
Toggle the state of a USBee ZX digital signal with the push of a button

ZX Data Logger
Log the state of the USBee ZX signals over time at 1/4s  to 300s per sample

ZX I2C bus Controller
Create I2C scripts including detailed start, stop and ack positioning.  Save trace data to a file for further processing.

ZX Frequency Counter
Measure the frequency of a USBee signal (0 to 12MHz)

ZX PWM Controller
Control 8 independent PWM signals using scroll bars

ZX Frequency Generator
Generate a number of standard frequencies using the 8 signal lines.

ZX Pulse Counter
Count edges of digital pulses that occur on each of the 8 signal inputs

(*) Maximum sample rate depends on your PC hardware CPU speed and USB 2.0 bus utilization.  For the fastest possible sample rates, follow  these simple steps:

• disconnect all other USB devices not needed from the PC
• Do not run other applications while capturing or generating samples.
• Use a USB2.0 High Speed enabled port