PicoScope 5000A/B series oscilloscope (pico_mcp.scope.Scope) — device market

Install

Three ways to run this device. Each one serves its fake backend: no instrument, no simulator install and no upstream checkout.

OpenAI4S (one command)

shell

openai4s lab add labs/schimmilab__pico-mcp

Installs the device into the OpenAI4S Lab on its fake backend and starts it. First time? See setup below.

Or, in the workbench, open the Lab tab → Market → Install.

Standalone MHS endpoint

shell

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PKU-YuanGroup/OpenMHS.git && cd OpenMHS
PYTHONPATH=MHS/sdk/src python3 -m mhs serve labs/schimmilab__pico-mcp --port 7400
# in a second terminal, from the same directory:
PYTHONPATH=MHS/sdk/src python3 -m mhs describe --endpoint http://127.0.0.1:7400

Serves the device as an MHS endpoint on port 7400 from an OpenMHS clone (Python 3.10 or later, standard library only); describe prints what it offers.

Any MCP host (Claude Desktop, Cursor, …)

mcp configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pico-mcp": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "mhs",
        "serve",
        "labs/schimmilab__pico-mcp",
        "--mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PYTHONPATH": "/path/to/OpenMHS/MHS/sdk/src"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add this server to the host's MCP configuration and replace /path/to/OpenMHS with the path of your OpenMHS clone. The host starts the server and talks to it on stdin and stdout.

What it does

Measures

connected
variant
serial
resolution_bits
max_adc

Adjusts

channel_a_enabled
channel_a_coupling
channel_a_range_v
channel_b_enabled
channel_b_coupling
channel_b_range_v
channel_c_enabled
channel_c_coupling
channel_c_range_v
channel_d_enabled
channel_d_coupling
channel_d_range_v

Actions

set_signal_generator: Configure the built-in signal generator (AWG) through ps5000aSetSigGenBuiltInV2
stop_signal_generator: Turn the built-in signal generator off (DC at 0 V); the safe state, no input
capture_block: Capture one block on all enabled channels and return the scalar measurements

Names as the driver declares them. Units, limits and the safety declaration are in the package's REFERENCE.md.

First-time setup

The OpenAI4S workbench with the OpenMHS lab, from a source checkout:

shell

# OpenAI4S workbench with the OpenMHS lab (source checkout)
git clone --recursive https://github.com/PKU-YuanGroup/OpenAI4S.git
cd OpenAI4S && ./setup.sh && source .venv/bin/activate
openai4s lab add labs/schimmilab__pico-mcp
openai4s serve        # open the Lab tab

The standalone endpoint and the MCP server need only an OpenMHS clone and Python 3.10 or later. More in the market's getting-started guide and on the OpenAI4S host page.

Source and evidence

Upstream: schimmilab/pico-mcp
Pinned commit: 08fd81ee1c1e
Licence: MIT
Stars: 1
Evidence: contract_checked on the fake backend
Backends: fake, hardware

The driver package MHS/drivers/labs/schimmilab__pico-mcp wraps the upstream code at the pinned commit. Its REFERENCE.md documents the full contract: every value, action, unit, limit and the safety declaration.