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Collection · 12 entries · updated 29 Oct 2026

Give your agent a scope

MCP servers and builds in which an agent sets up a bench instrument and reads back what it measured, instead of guessing from the code. Start with the Analog Discovery 2 walkthrough to see how a server is put together, then pick a server for the scope, analyzer or supply you own. The last 4 entries show agents checking their own work with measurements. Entries marked Claimed have not shown a capture yet.

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  1. 8 mo ago

    1 of 12A step-by-step walkthrough of wrapping an instrument SDK as MCP tools. Read it for the warning about returning too many samples in one call, which applies to every server below.

    GuideBB-0004resources.altium.com

    Building an MCP server for the Analog Discovery 2

    Ari Mahpour shows how he wrapped Digilent's WaveForms SDK in a FastMCP server to control an Analog Discovery 2 from an IDE. The article's figures show MCP tool calls capturing a waveform and generating a signal. A 3.3 V sine request came out at 6.6 V peak-to-peak, and he saves large captures to files rather than returning them.

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  2. 4 mo ago

    2 of 12A Rigol DS1000Z server that checks each request before it reaches the scope and returns measurements or screenshots. The README shows an agent-configured four-channel capture, and it can diff edges against an RTL simulation.

    ToolBB-0100github.comCurator pick3 starsPython

    oscilloscope-mcp: an agent sets up a Rigol DS1104Z and checks hardware against RTL simulation

    oscilloscope-mcp connects Claude Code, Cursor or a custom agent to a Rigol DS1000Z oscilloscope over LAN SCPI. A profile lists the series' 15 trigger types and about 95 parameters, and the server checks requests against it before sending. A compare tool diffs captured edges against an RTL simulation. The README shows an agent-configured four-channel capture on a DS1104Z.

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  3. 5 mo ago

    3 of 12High-level tools instead of raw SCPI, for a Tektronix scope and an HP GPIB bench. The repo publishes a lamp I-V sweep that Claude took through the servers.

    ToolBB-0053github.comCurator pick0 starsPython

    mcp-strumentazione: Claude drives a Tektronix scope and an HP GPIB bench over MCP

    mcp-strumentazione connects Claude to a Tektronix TBS2204B oscilloscope over LXI and to an HP GPIB bench through 2 MCP servers. The bench server drives a 6632A supply, 6060B electronic load, 5334B counter and 3457A meter. The README includes measurements Claude took through them, among them a mains waveform and a lamp I-V sweep.

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  4. 4 mo ago

    4 of 12Its tools flag clipping, missed triggers and poor timebases, and the agent then fixes its setup and captures again. The author describes tests on a DS1054Z but shows no captures.

    ToolBB-0099github.com0 starsPython

    mcp-hardware-tools: Claude judges its own scope captures and fixes the setup

    mcp-hardware-tools connects Claude to a Rigol DS1054Z oscilloscope and decodes SPI, I2C and UART from raw waveforms. Each capture comes back with clipping and trigger-status flags, and the agent adjusts the setup and captures again. The author reports bench tests against known signals from a JDS6600 generator and a Pico 2, and no use yet on an unknown fault.

    Claimed

  5. 8 mo ago

    5 of 12If you own a Saleae Logic 8 or Logic Pro, this uses the Logic 2 automation API to capture and export. Logic 2 must be running with its scripting socket on. We have not seen captures.

    ToolBB-0005github.com0 starsPython

    Logic Analyzer AI MCP: Saleae Logic 2 for Claude

    Logic Analyzer AI MCP connects Claude and other MCP clients to a Saleae logic analyzer through the Logic 2 automation API. Its 11 tools configure a Logic 8 or Logic Pro, run captures, add protocol decoders and export the data as CSV. Logic 2 must be running with its scripting socket enabled. The README shows no captures.

    Claimed

  6. 8 mo ago

    6 of 12A ready-made server for the Analog Discovery 2/3 and Digital Discovery: scope, logic analyzer, waveform generator and SPI. Read the walkthrough above for what such a server does inside. We have not seen it run.

    ToolBB-0007github.com3 starsPython

    Digilent WaveForms MCP server for Analog Discovery

    dwf-mcp-server exposes Digilent WaveForms devices such as the Analog Discovery 2 and 3 to an agent as MCP tools, built on the dwfpy bindings. Tools cover the oscilloscope, logic analyzer, waveform generator, power supply, GPIO and SPI. It ships as a Docker image without Digilent's proprietary runtime, which users add in a derived image. The README shows no hardware runs.

    Claimed

  7. 5 mo ago

    7 of 12Keysight's first-party server: 18 tools over VISA, with every SCPI command previewed in plain language for an engineer to approve. Version 0.1 for Windows, and a mock mode works without hardware.

    NewsBB-0032helpfiles.keysight.com

    Keysight releases an MCP server for instrument control with engineer approval

    Keysight has released version 0.1 of its MCP Server for Instrument Control as a Windows executable. The release notes list 18 tools that discover VISA instruments, resolve SCPI commands from each instrument's definition file and run them. An engineer approves a plain-language preview of every command before it reaches hardware. Sessions are logged, and a simulation mode needs no instruments.

    Claimed

  8. 16 d ago

    8 of 12Read this before you connect an agent to a power supply. Limits come from a file a person signs off, and a small function refuses anything outside them. The demo runs on simulated instruments.

    ToolBB-0241github.com0 starsPython

    bench-mcp: SCPI instrument control for agents behind interlocks they cannot override

    bench-mcp exposes SCPI power supplies, multimeters and oscilloscopes to an agent through 10 MCP tools, with no tool that sends raw SCPI. Voltage and current limits come from a file a person signs off, read once at start-up and enforced by a pure function before every command. The README says it has run only against simulated instruments.

    Claimed

  9. 5 mo ago

    9 of 12For meters with no interface at all: the agent reads a multimeter through a webcam, and only while a red window shows the camera is on. The demo shows it reading 4.96 V from a meter.

    ToolBB-0043github.comCurator pick6 starsPython

    camclave captures single still frames from a webcam for Claude Code or Codex, and only while a red on-screen window shows the camera is on. The agent can read a multimeter, check whether an LED is lit or watch a 3D print's first layer. Stopping the session deletes the captures. The 17-second demo shows the agent reading 4.96 V DC.

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  10. 5 mo ago

    10 of 12A two-minute vendor demo: Claude Code triggers a logic capture on a board with three FPGAs and reads firmware trace beside RGMII, USB and SCSI traffic.

    ToolBB-0036youtube.comCurator pick

    Active-Pro MCP server: Claude Code analyzes a three-FPGA boot capture

    Active Firmware Tools connected Claude Code to its Active-Pro logic analyzer and firmware debugger through an MCP server over TCP. In the two-minute video the agent triggers a capture on a custom board with three FPGAs running RISC-V soft cores. It reads firmware trace output alongside RGMII, USB enumeration and SCSI traffic and checks it for errors.

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  11. 6 mo ago

    11 of 12Claude Code simulates an RC filter, programs a microcontroller and compares the LeCroy traces with the simulation. Note the author's warning: the agent cannot see the bench, so give it the pinout.

    BuildBB-0010lucasgerads.comBuild of the week

    Claude Code checks a SPICE simulation against a LeCroy scope on a real circuit

    Lucas Gerads connected Claude Code to his LeCroy oscilloscope through lecroy-mcp and to ngspice through spicelib-mcp. In the post's 12-minute video, Claude simulates an RC low-pass filter, programs an ATtiny1614 to drive it and compares the scope traces with the simulation. Gerads warns that Claude cannot see the bench and needs an explicit pinout.

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  12. 2 mo ago

    12 of 12One prompt takes Claude Code from filter coefficients to a programmed Cmod S7. It then sweeps 1, 5 and 15 kHz through scope and generator MCP servers to confirm the cutoff.

    BuildBB-0157youtube.comBuild of the week

    Claude Code designs, builds and scope-tests an FPGA low-pass filter from one prompt

    In an Octopart video, one prompt sends Claude Code through a digital low-pass filter on a Digilent Cmod S7 FPGA board. It writes and simulates the filter, then programs the board over JTAG. Through MCP servers for an Analog Discovery 2 and a Rigol scope, it sweeps test tones at 1, 5 and 15 kHz against the 10 kHz cutoff.

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