Question about digital PC based oscilloscopes
Gregary Boyles, Thu Mar 26 2015, 01:22PMAre any of these any good? E.G. The Hantek ones you see on ebay?
I saw one guy on youtube unbox one and he was saying that there was poor synchronization between the device and Windows.
Re: Question about digital PC based oscilloscopes
Alex Yuan, Thu Mar 26 2015, 03:03PM
It depends on what you need it for.
Dave from the EEVBlog has done a review on many scopes, including the Hantek scope I believe.
Yes, the scope will work but it does not compare to a 'real' bench oscilloscope. You can find very good analog cathode ray oscilloscopes on eBay for $50 to $100. Or if you have a little more money I know Loneoceans highly recommends the Rigol 1000 series, specifically the 1074z
But in the end, if the scope fills all of your needs then it's a good scope.
Alex Yuan, Thu Mar 26 2015, 03:03PM
It depends on what you need it for.
Dave from the EEVBlog has done a review on many scopes, including the Hantek scope I believe.
Yes, the scope will work but it does not compare to a 'real' bench oscilloscope. You can find very good analog cathode ray oscilloscopes on eBay for $50 to $100. Or if you have a little more money I know Loneoceans highly recommends the Rigol 1000 series, specifically the 1074z
But in the end, if the scope fills all of your needs then it's a good scope.
Re: Question about digital PC based oscilloscopes
Gregary Boyles, Thu Mar 26 2015, 03:21PM
Are the scope probes interchangeable on different makes of analog scopes?
E.G. Can you use a tetronix probe in a trio etc?
Gregary Boyles, Thu Mar 26 2015, 03:21PM
Are the scope probes interchangeable on different makes of analog scopes?
E.G. Can you use a tetronix probe in a trio etc?
Re: Question about digital PC based oscilloscopes
hen918, Thu Mar 26 2015, 06:05PM
Yes, usually they use a standard BNC connector.
hen918, Thu Mar 26 2015, 06:05PM
Gregary Boyles wrote ...
Are the scope probes interchangeable on different makes of analog scopes?
E.G. Can you use a tetronix probe in a trio etc?
Are the scope probes interchangeable on different makes of analog scopes?
E.G. Can you use a tetronix probe in a trio etc?
Yes, usually they use a standard BNC connector.
Re: Question about digital PC based oscilloscopes
Gregary Boyles, Sun Apr 05 2015, 03:59PM
I ended up getting a hold of a free analog oscilloscope to muck about with for a while.
The young fellow at the local Jaycar mentioned that he got hold of one from his school Deakin University.
So I asked at Latrobe University if there were any old school devices that they were disposing of.
And I got an email from a lecturer that he had on old one that he could not bring himself to bin and was waiting for some one like me.
It is an OS-25A. It has valves inside but it still seems work even though I have been using a crappy home made probe.
I have not been able to find a manual for the exact model so I have no clue what band width it is.
Does any one know? And can anyone point me in the direction of a manual for the device.
Gregary Boyles, Sun Apr 05 2015, 03:59PM
I ended up getting a hold of a free analog oscilloscope to muck about with for a while.
The young fellow at the local Jaycar mentioned that he got hold of one from his school Deakin University.
So I asked at Latrobe University if there were any old school devices that they were disposing of.
And I got an email from a lecturer that he had on old one that he could not bring himself to bin and was waiting for some one like me.
It is an OS-25A. It has valves inside but it still seems work even though I have been using a crappy home made probe.
I have not been able to find a manual for the exact model so I have no clue what band width it is.
Does any one know? And can anyone point me in the direction of a manual for the device.
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