Oscilloscope alternatives

[David Cutter]

For many applications a scope is somewhat limited and a scope-adaptor for your laptop / pc offers much more, for a lot less money, size, weight.   These range from simple to of course expensive.  I could start the list of products with Pico Scope, but there are now so many and they are very small, eg built into a 9 pin D plug.  A cheap old laptop, better still palm top will suffice for your workbench.  And you can record the results for later examination.

This is a simplification, but modern scopes seem to be just specially adapted pcs.

David
G3UNA
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[Tom McCulloch]

Hi David,
  Could you give us a few specifics on where to find a low cost scope utilizing a PC (or even better an OS based Palm).

Thanks
Tom
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From: "David Cutter" <[hidden email]>

> For many applications a scope is somewhat limited and a scope-adaptor for your
> laptop / pc offers much more, for a lot less money, size, weight.   These range
> from simple to of course expensive.  I could start the list of products with
> Pico Scope, but there are now so many and they are very small, eg built into a 9
> pin D plug.  A cheap old laptop, better still palm top will suffice for your
> workbench.  And you can record the results for later examination.
>
> This is a simplification, but modern scopes seem to be just specially adapted
> pcs.
>
> David
> G3UNA
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[David Cutter]

Here is one site you might find of interest:
http://www.picotech.com/oscilloscope-specifications-us.html

They don't charge for software, you can download it straight from their site
whether or not you buy from them.  There should be a demo version, but I
haven't looked.  I will probably use something like this to monitor my house
temperatures when I start fiddling with floor heating.

Have a look on this site at a range of data loggers  http://rswww.com then
"loggers" into the search box.
Some charge extra for software, but the loggers are cheap.

It used to be just parallel port connections, but that's mostly upgraded to
USB these days.

Have fun

David
G3UNA



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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Oscilloscope alternatives

> Hi David,
>  Could you give us a few specifics on where to find a low cost scope
> utilizing a PC (or even better an OS based Palm).
>
> Thanks
> Tom
> WB2QDG
> K2 1103
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "David Cutter" <[hidden email]>
>> For many applications a scope is somewhat limited and a scope-adaptor for
>> your
>> laptop / pc offers much more, for a lot less money, size, weight.   These
>> range
>> from simple to of course expensive.  I could start the list of products
>> with
>> Pico Scope, but there are now so many and they are very small, eg built
>> into a 9
>> pin D plug.  A cheap old laptop, better still palm top will suffice for
>> your
>> workbench.  And you can record the results for later examination.
>>
>> This is a simplification, but modern scopes seem to be just specially
>> adapted
>> pcs.
>>
>> David
>> G3UNA
>> _______________________________________________
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>
>

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