7/27/2016 USBTypeCportsandPicoScopeoscilloscopes WillmyPicooscilloscopeordata loggerworkwithaUSBTypeCport Yes YoucanuseanyPicooscilloscopeordataloggerwithaUSBTypeCport.ConnectitusingthePico blueUSBcablesuppliedwiththeoscilloscope,inconjunctionwithaPicoTA285USBTypeCtoStandardA (female)adaptor(/accessories/miscellaneous/usbtypecadaptor). PicoScopeconnectedtoUSBTypeCusingaTA285adaptor 7/27/2016 USBTypeCportsandPicoScopeoscilloscopes PicoScope2208BconnectedtoUSBTypeC Notalladaptorsandcablesarebornequal Duringourtesting,weobservedthatmanufacturersofcablesandadaptorsareincorrectlyshortingthecable shieldtotheGroundforPowerReturnlineatbothendstoensurelineresistanceiskeptlowandthe3A currentratingisachievable.Thispresentsourinstrumentswithchallenges.ShortingthescreenandGround forPowerReturnatbothendswillcreateasmallpotential(duetocurrentflowdownthecable)betweenthe groundofthePCportandthescopeBNC.Thismeansmeasuringsomethingthatisrelatedtotheport groundmayshowavoltageoffset.Thatswhy,hereatPicoTechnology,wehavetestedandspecifiedan adaptorforusewithourPicoScopestoensureitsqualityismaintainableandmeasurementintegrityis preserved.ThisisalsowhyyouMUSTusethesuppliedPicoblueUSBcablewhichisNOTshortedscreento groundatbothends. USBCommunicationprotocolimprovements WhenthethelatestversionoftheUSBcommunicationstandard,USB3.1,arrivedquietlyin2013, supersedingUSB3.0,itwasmoreofarebrandingexercisetoopenthedoortofuturevariationsincluding multilanedatalines.USB3.0ispracticallyequivalenttoUSB3.1Gen1,bothhavingamaximumthroughput of5Gb/s,knownasSuperSpeed(SS).AfasterUSB3.1Gen2isalsonowavailablewithdoublethedata rateof10Gb/s,knownasSuperSpeedPlus(SS+). RoomforimprovementwithUSBconnectorsandcables WhileUSB3.0/3.1definedthemuchneededimprovementstothedatatransferratesoftheUSBstandard,it thenbecamenecessarytoreconsiderthephysicalattributesoftheconnectorsandpowerdelivery.Existing andlegacyUSBconnectionsfromthehosttoUSBdeviceareavailableinabewilderingarrayofendtoend plugcombinationsincludingStandardAandBconnectors,MiniAandB,MicroAandB,andmostrecently TypeC.AllareavailableforUSB2.0andUSB3.1communicationstandards,althoughnotallsupport SuperSpeed(SS)andSuperSpeedPlus(SS+)communications.