Windows
Status
We intend to fully support all major operating systems in sigrok, including Windows. However, we're not quite there, yet. Various portability issues need to be addressed still. The tables below list the current Windows status of the various hardware drivers.
Supported
| Logic analyzer | Windows status |
|---|---|
| ASIX SIGMA/SIGMA2 | Should work fine using libftdi + libusb-0.1-win32 (not runtime-tested yet, though). |
| ChronoVu LA8 | Works fine using libftdi + libusb-0.1-win32. |
| Demo driver | Works fine. |
| IKALOGIC ScanaPLUS | Works fine using libftdi + libusb-0.1-win32. |
| ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C(16032) | Works fine using libusb-1.0. |
| ZEROPLUS LAP-16128U | Should works fine using libusb-1.0 (not runtime-tested yet, though). |
Work in progress
| Logic analyzer | Windows status |
|---|---|
| ARMFLY Mini-Logic | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Braintechnology USB Interface V2.x | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Braintechnology USB-LPS | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| CWAV USBee SX | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Dangerous Prototypes Buspirate | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| EE Electronics ESLA100 | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| IKALOGIC Scanalogic-2 | HID-based, we need to use HIDAPI. |
| Lcsoft Mini Board | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Logic Shrimp | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| MCU123 Saleae Logic clone | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| MCU123 USBee AX Pro clone | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Openbench Logic Sniffer | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| Robomotic BugLogic 3 | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Robomotic MiniLogic | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Saleae Logic | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Link Instruments MSO-19 | Doesn't compile due to libudev dependency. TODO: Make libudev optional. |
| Mixed-signal oscilloscope | Windows status |
| ARMFLY AX-Pro | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| EE Electronics ESLA201A | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| XZL_Studio AX | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Oscilloscope | Windows status |
| Fluke ScopeMeter 199B | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| Hantek DSO-2090 | Various issues need to be sorted out1. |
| Rigol DS1052E | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| Rigol DS1102E | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| Multimeter | Windows status |
| All serial port based DMMs | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| All uni-t-dmm based DMMs | HID-based, we need to use HIDAPI. |
| All victor-dmm based DMMs | HID-based, we need to use HIDAPI. |
| Sound level meter | Windows status |
| CEM DT-8852 | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| Colead SL-5868P | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| Kecheng KC-330B | Untested. libusb-1.0 based, might work. |
| Tondaj SL-814 | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| Thermometer | Windows status |
| Lascar Electronics EL-USB-2 | Untested. libusb-1.0 based, might work. |
| MIC 98581 | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| MIC 98583 | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| UNI-T UT325 | HID-based, we need to use HIDAPI. |
| Voltcraft K204 | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| Hygrometer | Windows status |
| Lascar Electronics EL-USB-2 | Untested. libusb-1.0 based, might work. |
| MIC 98583 | Serial port portability fixes required (partially implemented, but unfinished). |
| Datalogger | Windows status |
| Lascar Electronics EL-USB-CO | Untested. libusb-1.0 based, might work. |
1 There are various problems with the current sigrok and libusb-1.0 code on Windows that need to be fixed. Among other things, running poll()/select() on FDs is not possible on Windows, neither does libusb_get_pollfds() work, and renumeration of Cypress FX2(LP) based devices has issues that need to be investigated.
Self-extracting installers
Work in progress. We don't provide pre-built installers for sigrok-cli and PulseView right now, but will do so in the near future, when a few issues have been sorted out.
Drivers
In order to use libsigrok (via a sigrok frontend) on Windows, you need to install the proper driver for the respective device. The driver shipped with the vendor software is not going to work in almost all cases.
You can use the latest zadig utility (from the libwdi project) on Windows to install the respective driver. There are two zadig versions, one for Windows XP, and another one for all other supported Windows versions.
Devices where libsigrok uses libftdi will need the libusb-win32 driver, devices where libsigrok uses libusb-1.0 will need the WinUSB driver.
Building from source
See Windows/Building.