Supports standard mode (100 kbps) and fast (400 kbps) Transaction Queuing for Maximum Throughput
Fully Linux and Windows Compatible
Royalty-Free API
Low Cost
Detailed technical information about the Cheetah SPI Host Adapter can be found in the Datasheet.
High-Speed USB 2.0
The Cheetah adapter is a bus-powered, High-Speed USB 2.0 device. This provides two major benefits. As a high speed device, all the data captured by the Cheetah adapter are transferred to the test computer at 480 Mbps. As a bus-powered device, the Cheetah adapter does not require a power adapter. This makes the Cheetah adapter the ideal tool for engineers in the field. Just plug it into a High-Speed USB 2.0 port on your laptop and you are ready to go.
Cheetah GUI Software
The Cheetah GUI Software is a graphical application that provides an easy way to get developers up and running quickly. The Cheetah GUI software eliminates the need to write custom software to control your Cheetah adapter and is FREE!
Full access to all Cheetah SPI Host Adapter functionality
Logging of all transactions in and out of the adapter
Windows and Linux compatible
Rosetta Language Bindings - Development API
Develop custom solutions in C/C++, C#, VB, .NET, and Python
Clean API is well-documented and easy to integrate
Fully Windows and Linux compatible
Royalty-free API can be used without licensing fees
No extra development kit to buy, you can download it before you even buy a Cheetah SPI Host Adapter
The Cheetah SPI Host Adapter was engineered from the very beginning to be a cross-platform device. The software and utilities for the Cheetah Adapter function on Windows and Linux so that you can develop software for your preferred platform.
Windows The software is supported on Windows 2000 (SP4 or later), Windows XP (SP2 or later, 32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit).
Linux The software has been designed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 with kernel 2.6. Customers have reported successful operation with SuSE and Ubuntu distributions. Please be aware that there may be significant differences and idiosyncracies in the way that different distributions of Linux operate. As such, Total Phase may not be able to support your particular distribution of Linux. Support will be offered on a case-by-case basis.
Mac OS X The software is supported on Intel versions of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard.
64-bit Support The software will run on 64-bit Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems as a 32-bit application.
Cheetah SPI Host Adapter unit
6 foot USB A->B cable
Software CD:
Windows USB Drivers
Linux USB Hot Plug Configuration files
Aardvark Control Center Software
Aardvark LabVIEW Driver
Rosetta Language Bindings: C/C++, Python, Visual Basic
