PC scope
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Anyone can has and experience with scopes on the PC (laptop in my
case)? I am looking for something that is compact and powerful enough
for most electronic circuitry. I found a few from electronics
supplier like DigiKey and Jameco etc, but hope you can provide some
guidelines as to how to select a good one.
Al Najjar
case)? I am looking for something that is compact and powerful enough
for most electronic circuitry. I found a few from electronics
supplier like DigiKey and Jameco etc, but hope you can provide some
guidelines as to how to select a good one.
Al Najjar
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> Anyone can has and experience with scopes on the PC (laptop in my
> case)? I am looking for something that is compact and powerful enough
> for most electronic circuitry. I found a few from electronics
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> guidelines as to how to select a good one.
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I like it. I wouldn't use it as my main scope, but for a storage scope it
works very well.
My biggest single complaint about it is the front end rolls off at 14 or 15
MHz. The scope samples at 32MHz (64MHz on repetitive signals). Next biggest
complaint: no external triggering.
However, it is inexpensive and works quite well. It also includes a spectrum
analyzer and it works pretty well as an ordinary scope (measurement cursors,
triggering on either channels, etc.) as long as you don't mind it topping
out at 15MHz (remember, the top figure is for sine waves - square waves will
be much lower).
You can download their software at www.velleman.be and try it with fake
signals. It does a nice job of exporting the screen shots (see
http://www.al-williams.com/awce/pakif.htm for some examples).
The "transient recorder" is really a strip chart and doesn't go very fast
(because they have to accurately time on the PC).
They have a new 50MHz sampling scope about to go on the market and I'm
hoping they'll send me a review unit :-)
There are others out there, but this is the one I know about. I still use my
Tektronix scope when I don't want to take pictures or store things, but I
could see myself using the Velleman.
Al Williams
AWC
* Connect a PS/2 keyboard to your next Stamp project
http://www.al-williams.com/awce/pak6.htm
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> Anyone can has and experience with scopes on the PC (laptop in my
> case)? I am looking for something that is compact and powerful enough
> for most electronic circuitry. I found a few from electronics
> supplier like DigiKey and Jameco etc, but hope you can provide some
> guidelines as to how to select a good one.
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http://www.tiepie.nl/index.html
the HS801: the first 100 Mega samples per second measuring instrument
DC-50 MHz, 8 bits
we are using it for 5 years end works well.
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>Anyone can has and experience with scopes on the PC (laptop in my
>case)? I am looking for something that is compact and powerful enough
>for most electronic circuitry. I found a few from electronics
>supplier like DigiKey and Jameco etc, but hope you can provide some
>guidelines as to how to select a good one.
>
>
>Al Najjar
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>case)? I am looking for something that is compact and powerful enough
I have a DSO-2100 from Link Instruments that works just fine.
http://www.linkinstruments.com/oscilloscope21.htm
Jay