Binho Pulsar
The wide-protocol USB host adapter — six digital buses on dedicated pins, USB 2.0 High Speed link to the host PC, in a machined-aluminum enclosure.
The Binho Pulsar USB Host Adapter allows one to interface a PC directly to hardware circuits. Featuring a USB 2.0 High Speed 480 Mbps link to the host, the Pulsar offers an unmatched value proposition in the test tool market. The Pulsar features a modern USB Type-C port, 5× RGB LEDs for visual status indication, and a variety of DUT-facing connections all in a compact, robust machined-aluminum enclosure including integrated mounting holes.
The host adapter is able to communicate on many digital buses: I2C, SPI, UART, RS-485, 1-Wire, and CAN-FD. All of these protocols are implemented on their own dedicated pins and can be operated simultaneously. A bank of 6× dedicated digital GPIO pins can be assigned to other related or unrelated purposes such as GPIO, interrupts, resets, chip selects, etc, as well as operating as digital PWM outputs.
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Every bus that matters.
Pulsar puts six digital buses on dedicated pins — I2C, SPI, UART, RS-485, 1-Wire, and CAN-FD — paired with a USB 2.0 High Speed link to your host PC.
// usb link
USB 2.0 High Speed.
USB Type-C connection to your host PC at 480 Mbps — fast enough for high-throughput data streaming and bulk transfers.
// six buses
Every digital bus.
I2C, SPI, UART, RS-485, 1-Wire, and CAN-FD — every protocol your bench needs in a single tool.
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Run them in parallel.
Each protocol has its own dedicated pins, so all six buses can operate simultaneously alongside 6 GPIO.
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Power your DUT.
Provides downstream power to your device under test, programmable from 1.2 V to 3.3 V — no separate supply needed.
// multi-protocol
One tool. Every protocol.
Run I2C, SPI, UART, RS-485, 1-Wire, and CAN-FD simultaneously — on dedicated pins, with a bank of GPIO for everything else.
SPI
- SPI Controller
- All 4 SPI modes
- Up to 4× chip-select signals
- Configurable MSB / LSB
- SPI Peripheral (coming soon)
- 1.2 V to 3.3 V
I2C
- I2C Controller
- 7-bit addressing, clock stretching
- Configurable pull-up resistors
- 10-bit addressing (coming soon)
- I2C Peripheral (coming soon)
- 1.2 V to 3.3 V
UART
- 115200 max baud
- Hardware flow control
- 1.2 V to 3.3 V
RS-485
- −7 V to +12 V common-mode input
- Half-duplex
CAN-FD
- Up to 5 Mbps data rate
- Optimized for use in 12 V systems
- (coming soon)
1-Wire
- Standard and Overdrive speeds
- 3.3 V and 5 V operation
- (coming soon)
GPIO
- 6× digital I/O pins
- Configurable as interrupts
- PWM support (coming soon)
- 1.2 V to 3.3 V
// hardware
Made for real work.
Machined-aluminum enclosure. Silent, fanless design. Five RGB status LEDs and integrated mounting holes — not a plastic dongle on a USB cable.
// enclosure
Machined aluminum.
CNC-machined enclosure that feels and reads like a tool — not a plastic dongle.
// status
5× RGB status LEDs.
Live protocol activity, power rails, and bus state — visible across the bench.
// mounting
Integrated mounting.
Screw it into your fixture or rack. Two mounting holes with hardware included.
// silent
Silent. Fanless.
Zero moving parts. Drops into noise-sensitive labs and anechoic test chambers.
// software
From point-and-click to production.
Open the GUI for exploratory testing. Reach for Python when you need automation. Drop the SDK into your test stack when you're shipping product.
// gui
Mission Control.
Cross-platform desktop app for click-driven transactions, bus monitoring, and quick experiments.
Learn about Mission Control// python
Python SDK.
Full-featured Python library. Includes Jupyter notebook examples for real-time data streaming from connected devices.
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C / C++ / C# SDKs.
Direct device access for embedding Pulsar into your own software stacks and automated test frameworks.
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Target use-cases.
Device driver development
Firmware development & verification
Proof-of-concept development
Automated HW / FW testing
FLASH & EEPROM programming
// what's included
Everything to get started.
Pulsar ships with every cable, adapter, and mounting accessory you need to drop it onto your bench — all in a custom protective carry case.
1× Binho Pulsar USB Host Adapter
Differential Port Kit
- 1× 4-pin JST PH cable with female headers
- 1× 4-pin JST PH cable with male headers
Dedicated I2C Port Kit
- 1× 4-pin JST SH (Qwiic-compatible) to 4-pin JST SH cable
- 1× 4-pin JST SH (Qwiic-compatible) cable with male headers
- 1× 4-pin JST SH (Qwiic-compatible) cable with female headers
Multifunction Port Breakout Kit
- 1× 30-conductor IDC ribbon cable
- 1× ribbon cable to 2.54 mm pitch header breakout board
USB Kit
- 1× USB Type-C to Type-A cable
- 1× USB Type-A to Type-C adapter
Mounting Kit
- 2× mounting screws
- 2× washers
1× Custom protective zippered carry case
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