PC oscilloscope advice needed quickly !

[gizzmo]

Hi all:

My Gould DSO display has crapped out, unlikely I can fix or get fixed locally. My design work has stalled because my scope is shot, so I need a new scope soon. I'm thinking about the bitscope BS310U at $500US. I like the portability aspect, and I'm now a bit leary of buying used on ebay, my Gould only lasted me 1.5 yrs., but it served me faithfully.

I'm asking for any feedback from you PC oscilloscope users out there. Are they just flakey toys or are they serious instruments ? If you like what you have, please mention it to me, or if you own a lemon, I'd also like to know !!

Much thanks,
gizzmo

 

[CMOS]

Bitscope natively uses Serial Port (RS232 using PIC16F628) Communication, which is then converted either to USB or ethernet, depending on model you choose. So screen refresh rate would be a rather low.

I would suggest to go for a pure USB version, something like these

http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/usb/usbscope50.php (Good Features and Small Size and low cost)
http://www.grantronics.com.au/cleverscope/cleverscope.html