2-Channel PC Based Oscilloscope

Project Members:-
Arun Sharma
Annu Karir
Anjali Garg
Apurv Agarwal

Project Guide:- Mr. Vipul Bhatnagar

What is an Oscilloscope?
Oscilloscope is an Electronics test instrument used for
the purpose of analyzing the constantly varying
voltage waveforms.
What is a PC-Based Oscilloscope?
A PC-Based Oscilloscope is just like the conventional
oscilloscope, but it uses a PC to display the output
waveforms.
Why we need a PC-Based
Oscilloscope?
Data Acquisition method is inexpensive
as compared to the Conventional
Oscilloscope.
PC’s are common today.
Portable in size.
Signals can be stored and processed later.
No need of additional power supply for
PCB.
Steps Involved in the Development
of the Project?
Some Important Components (IC’S)
used in Designing Hardware?
PIC18F2550 microcontroller
MCP6S91Programmable Gain Amplifier
LF353 Dual Operational Amplifier
ICL7660 Switched-Capacitor Voltage
Converter
4MHz Crystal Oscillator
USB Socket for PCB
 Circuit for this Project Microcontroller

Voltage Shifting
Amplifier

Input
Channels
PCB Layout of the Circuit:-
Short Description on
PIC18F2550 Microcontroller?
 32Kbyte of Flash
Memory.
 2Kbyte of RAM.
 256 byte of EEPROM.
 USB 2.0 Compliant
Microcontroller.
 Support Speed from
1.5Mb/s to 12Mb/s.
Short Description of Other
Components Used
MCP6S91

 Programmable Gain Amplifier from Microchip

Technology.
 Used to drive A/D Converter & Analog input of PIC
Microcontroller.
 It can provide gain from 1:1 to 32:1.
 It is cheap and easy to use.
 These amplifier’s accept only positive signals that’s why
a voltage shifting amplifier LF353 are used at each
channel.
LF353
 This IC has two operational amplifiers.
 Op-Amp A is used as “Voltage Shifting
Amplifier”.
 Op-Amp B is used as “Voltage Followers”.

Features of LF353:-

 JFET Operational Amplifier.

 Input-Offset is Internally Compensated.
 Wide Bandwidth.
 Low Input Bias and Offset Current.
ICL7660

 It is a Switched-Capacitor Voltage Converter.

 It can invert, double, divide and multiply the +ve i/p
signal.

In our project this IC is just use to provide symmetrical

negative supply to PIN-4 of LF353.
Software Used in this Project?
“Express PCB” Software for designing
PCB layout.
MPLAB IDE along with MPLAB C18 is
used for programming the
Microcontroller.
The Final Graphical User Interface will
be designed in any of the following
programming languages:
MATLAB/Visual Studio/Visual Basic.
 Further Steps Involved:-
Step1- Designing PCB, and mounting Components on it.
Step2- Interfacing Hardware with PC.
Step3- Development of GUI.
Step4- Testing and Debugging of Project.
Limitations of this Oscilloscope?
It can effectively process the signals up to
10kHz.
Input Signals applied must be in the range
of -16V to +16V.

These points must be followed while

operating the device.
Thank You!

Any Query???