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\end{tabularx}

\section{Batronix}

A driver for Batronix Magnova oscilloscope is available in the codebase.
It has been developped, with the help of Batronix team, according to official SCPI documentation for Magnova oscilloscope
(Magnova® SCPI Manual - Version 1.5). This driver has been developed and tested on a Magnova BMO350 running firmware version 1.7.1.

Here are the known limitations of this driver (that should be fixed with further Magnova firmware updates):
\begin{itemize}

\item For now, Magnova's SCPI implementation does not support digital signal acquisition.

\item Selecting specific Arbitrary waveform from function generator is not possible with current Magnova SCPI implementation.

\item Time Scale / Memory Depth / Sample Rate synchronization only work if the scope is in "Extended Capture" mode (Acquire menu).

\end{itemize}

\begin{tabularx}{16cm}{lllX}
\thickhline
\textbf{Device Family} & \textbf{Driver} & \textbf{Transport} & \textbf{Notes} \\
\thickhline
Magnova BMO & Batronix & lan & Connection path: <IP>:5025 \\
\thickhline
\end{tabularx}

\subsubsection{Typical Performance (Magnova BMO350, LAN)}

\begin{tabularx}{16cm}{llX}
\thickhline
\textbf{Channels} & \textbf{Memory depth} & \textbf{WFM/s}\\
\thickhline
1 & 20K & 9.9 \\
\thinhline
2 & 10K & 6.6 \\
\thinhline
4 & 12.5K & 3.99 \\
\thinhline
1 & 100K & 9.7 \\
\thinhline
4 & 125K & 3.97 \\
\thinhline
1 & 5M & 4.5 \\
\thinhline
4 & 5M & 1.26 \\
\thickhline
\end{tabularx}

These figures were obtained from a Magnova BMO350 running firmware version 1.7.1.

\section{Digilent}

Digilent oscilloscopes using the WaveForms SDK are all supported using the ``digilent" driver in libscopehal. This
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