Legacy Interface-Sensor Compatibility Chart
Our older interfaces can still work well for basic data collection, provided you have the right software and sensors. This sensor compatibility chart list shows which new sensors work with legacy interfaces, and what adapter is needed.
For compatibility information with current interface offerings, please see our probes section.
| Interfaces | ||||
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| Sensor | Original CBL | Serial Box Interface | Universal Lab Interface | MPLI |
| Accelerometers | ||||
| Low-g Accelerometer | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| 25-g Accelerometer | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| 3-Axis Accelerometer | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Barometer | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Blood Pressure Sensor | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Charge Sensor | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| CO2 Gas Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Colorimeter | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Conductivity Probe | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Current Probe | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Differential Voltage Probe | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Digital Control Unit | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Dissolved Oxygen Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Vernier Drop Counter | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Sensor | Original CBL | Serial Box Interface | Universal Lab Interface | MPLI |
| Dual-Range Force Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| EKG Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Electrode Amplifier | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Flow Rate Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Force Plate | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Vernier Mini GC | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED |
| Gas Pressure Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Global Positioning System Sensors (GPS) | ||||
| Vernier GPS Sensor | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Garmin Venture HC | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED |
| Hand Dynamometer | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Hand-Grip Heart Rate Monitor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Instrumentation Amplifier | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Ion-Selective Electrodes | ||||
| Calcium Ion-Selective Electrode | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Chloride Ion-Selective Electrode | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Ammonium Ion-Selective Electrode | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Nitrate Ion-Selective Electrode | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Sensor | Original CBL | Serial Box Interface | Universal Lab Interface | MPLI |
| Light Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Magnetic Field Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Microphone | Yes | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Motion Detectors | ||||
| Go!Motion | Requres MDC-BTD adapter | incompatible | Requres ULI-MDC adapter | Requres M-MDC adapter |
| Motion Detector | Requres MDC-BTD adapter | incompatible | Requres ULI-MDC adapter | Requres MD-M adapter |
| CBR 2 | Requres MDC-BTD adapter | incompatible | Requres ULI-MDC adapter | Requres M-MDC adapter |
| O2 Gas Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| ORP Sensor | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Power Amplifier | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| pH Sensors | ||||
| pH Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Tris-Compatible Flat pH Sensor | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED |
| Vernier Photogate | Requres PG-DG adapter | incompatible | Requres PG-DG adapter | incompatible |
| Digital Radiation Monitor | Requres CBL-P adapter | incompatible | Requres ADP adapter | incompatible |
| Relative Humidity Sensor | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Respiration Monitor Belt | Yes, Requires Gas Pressure Sensor | |||
| Rotary Motion Sensor | incompatible | incompatible | Yes | incompatible |
| Sensor | Original CBL | Serial Box Interface | Universal Lab Interface | MPLI |
| Salinity Sensor | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Soil Moisture Sensor | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Sound Level Meter | incompatible | Requres SLMCB-DIN adapter | Requres SLMCB-DIN adapter | Requres SLMCB-DIN adapter |
| Spirometer | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Spectrometers | ||||
| SpectroVis Plus | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED |
| Vernier Spectrometer | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Red Tide VIS-NIR Spectrometer | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Red Tide UV-VIS Spectrometer | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Red Tide Emissions Spectrometer | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Temperature Probes | ||||
| Stainless Steel Temperature Probe | Yes | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Go!Temp | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Vernier EasyTemp® | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Vernier Infrared Thermometer | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | incompatible |
| Surface Temperature Sensor | Yes | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Extra Long Temperature Probe | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Thermocouple | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Wide-Range Temperature Probe | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible | incompatible |
| Turbidity Sensor | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| UV Sensors | ||||
| UVA Sensor | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| UVB Sensor | incompatible | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Voltage Probe | Yes | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter | Requres BTA-DIN adapter |
| Watts Up Pro | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED | UNDEFINED |
NOTE: All Vernier Software products are designed for educational use only. Our equipment is not designed or recommended for research or any apparatus involved with any industrial or commercial process such as life support, patient diagnosis, control of a manufacturing process, or industrial testing of any kind. More information.
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