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15.2.2. PC Specifications
The external PC controls the measurement hardware, runs the system front-end and stores the measurement
data. Any kind of PC, e.g. desktop, lunchbox, 19” rack industry standard PC with an USB 3.1 Gen 1 interface
can be used.
Table 1: Requirements of a PC or laptop that is used as end device for the spotWave device. The end device runs the
data acquisition and the measurement data is stored to its disk drive.
PC Requirements
OS
Windows 10
CPU
minimum: dual core processor CPU, 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64), > 2GHz,
recommended is a quad core CPU.
RAM
minimum of 2 Gigabyte (GB), recommended is 4 GB for 32 bit OS or more in
case of 64 bit OS
HDD
NTFS format, 1 GB free disk space for program installation, depending on your
test data much more disk space will be needed.
USB
Free USB port
