A good digital oscilloscope?
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From: DA on 9 Dec 2009 11:45 DA had written this in response to http://www.electrondepot.com/electrodesign/Re-A-good-digital-oscilloscope-442352-.htm : JW wrote: > I'll sell you a Tektronix 500MHz 1GSa/S TDS540 for $800 + shipping. :) Thanks, JW! It sure seems to be a mighty machine. Well, that's the problem with older scopes: it will take up a large portion of my bench and I'm trying to avoid that. I guess, I'm still after an almost flat (though much less capable) digital scope with an LCD screen. ------------------------------------- /_/ ((@v@)) ():::() VV-VV ##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via http://www.electrondepot.com/ Electronics Enthusiasts' Community of the Net Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - sci.electronics.design - 360680 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------##
From: Michael A. Terrell on 9 Dec 2009 15:20 Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:43:10 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > > >Fred Bartoli wrote: > [auto-snip] > >> > >> Hmmm, better not having tinnitus :-))) > >> > > > >That's one of the difficulties I have to deal with. The left ear has > >that, courtesy of a mishap while in the army ... phssst ... ouieeeeee > >... *KABLAM* :-( > > Mine is left ear also... courtesy of hearing aid design, and > overpowering my ear while testing a compressor scheme by whacking the > bench with a hammer ;-) I thought that you knew better than to 'Whack Off'? -- Offworld checks no longer accepted!
From: Fred Bartoli on 9 Dec 2009 15:19 Jim Thompson a �crit : > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:43:10 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> Fred Bartoli wrote: > [auto-snip] >>> Hmmm, better not having tinnitus :-))) >>> >> That's one of the difficulties I have to deal with. The left ear has >> that, courtesy of a mishap while in the army ... phssst ... ouieeeeee >> ... *KABLAM* :-( > > Mine is left ear also... courtesy of hearing aid design, and > overpowering my ear while testing a compressor scheme by whacking the > bench with a hammer ;-) > http://dilbert.com/fast/2003-07-02/ -- Thanks, Fred.
From: Jim Thompson on 9 Dec 2009 17:40 On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:19:35 +0100, Fred Bartoli <" "> wrote: >Jim Thompson a �crit : >> On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:43:10 -0800, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> Fred Bartoli wrote: >> [auto-snip] >>>> Hmmm, better not having tinnitus :-))) >>>> >>> That's one of the difficulties I have to deal with. The left ear has >>> that, courtesy of a mishap while in the army ... phssst ... ouieeeeee >>> ... *KABLAM* :-( >> >> Mine is left ear also... courtesy of hearing aid design, and >> overpowering my ear while testing a compressor scheme by whacking the >> bench with a hammer ;-) >> > >http://dilbert.com/fast/2003-07-02/ Yep. Like that ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Help save the environment! Please dispose of socialism properly!
From: Jamie on 9 Dec 2009 19:58
Joerg wrote: > krw wrote: > >> On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:36:53 -0500, Spehro Pefhany >> <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:28:27 -0800, John Larkin >>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:21:43 -0600, "Tim Williams" >>>> <tmoranwms(a)charter.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> "Jamie" <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote in >>>>> message news:oFhTm.36236$kY2.31856(a)newsfe01.iad... >>>>> >>>>>> My Tek 485 serves me well. I do have a small assortment of digital >>>>>> scopes for portable use to gather basic data and road trip testing >>>>>> how ever, I find that my 485 still gives me nice results at the >>>>>> bench as long as I don't need live digital storage. >>>>>> It's the only scope I have that I can take full advantage of my >>>>>> active >>>>>> Fet probes when I need them. >>>>> >>>>> 486 is on my Wish List. And 2465. Yessss, my preciousss.... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Tim >>>> >>>> I love our TPS2024. 200 MHz, and all four channels and the trigger >>>> input are fully floating. Wanna clip the probe ground lead onto the >>>> source of a fet that's flailing 400 volts off ground? No problem. >>>> >>>> John >>> >>> Shame about that antediluvian CF card slot that can't write to even a >>> 2G card. 8-( >> >> >> Beats waiting 3 minutes to write to floppy. >> > > > But wouldn't you think a scope of this day and age would come with a USB > stick slot? I mean, it's been years now ... > > Mine did :-) > And to add to that, my recently acquired DDS function generator (Rigal DG1022) does have a USB host on it. Hell, even their low end Rigal scope has a USB host on it..(DS1052E) http://www.tequipment.net/RigolDS1052E.html Check those out.. Makes a greate xmas gift for that starter ;-) |