oscilloscope price
Hello!
I wouldn't recommend a PC based scope.
- It looks cheaper than a regular scope, but you have to take the PC into
account.
- If you are using a PC, and want to look at the signals while using the debugger,
then you need at least another screen, one for the socope, one for the
debugger. Therefore at least a more expensive graphic card and an extra screen.
- Even if you have 2 screens, the mouse will point to one application only,
so you cannot tune the scope while going step by step for example.
- A Graphical user inteface (GUI), no matter how good it is, will never replace
real buttons.
I bought a PC scope once. Bitscope, or something like this. The quality is not
up to the price. The cheapest one is about 500 USD. For almost the same price
you can have a brand new digital scope (a real one). Look .
I have seen these scopes on a trade fair. Of course, it's not like a Tektro, but
it's very good for the price.
The only case where a PC scope makes sense is when you go for technical
support out of your lab. But even in this case, you can use a real scope, it's
also light and easy to transport.
If you really want a PC scope and nothing else, the best I know is
which can be combined up to 6 channels with 3 devices using the same
synchro. Sorry, the page is in japanese.
The good thing about this one is that the sampling is at 5G Sample / s for
a frequency of 200 MHz.
So they don't brag about the frequency as bitscope does.
And on top of that, it looks like a real product, not like a do-it-yourself kit.
Dora.
jit_singh_tara said:
Friends i am thinking of buying an oscilloscope .... please suggest me with some idea ......
My requirement is:
1. embedded designing ,troubleshooting,
2. i2c spi waveform check.....
3.some analog waveform check....etc....
Please suggest me with the idea wether to buy oscilloscope like tektronix or to buy pc based oscilloscope ....suggest some model also...