[TriEmbed] Considering USB O-Scope - looking for advice

[Scott Hall]

I'll see if I can hunt up the article in Nuts&Volts Magazine that compared
and reviewed a number of USB scopes and post their conclusion here.

Also Elektor Magazine did a review of a number of standalone scopes most of
which allowed you to capture oscillograms using your laptop, and can use
your laptop as a supplemental storage device making them storage scopes.

- sgh

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 1:07 PM, Brian via TriEmbed <triembed at triembed.org>
wrote:

> Looks like the AD-2 is a good entry-level scope, but I'm not sure it meets
> your "better than 'hobby-grade'" requirement, judging from the comments on
> the page you linked.
>
> I have a PicoScope 3405D that I adore.  At $1500, it may be outside your
> price range, but the 2000 series is much more affordable and I would expect
> it to be just as high quality, if not as feature-rich, for less of a cash
> outlay.
>
> PicoScope software, though not open-source, runs on Linux, and they
> publish an SDK to the driver for folks who want to write their own software.
>
> Note: As far as I can tell, most Pico hardware does not work on ARM
> platforms, as Pico Tech have yet to devote any resources to building the
> drivers on that platform.  So, sadly, no Raspberry Pi or Chromebook
> front-ends yet.
>
> Another note: As you probably know, a scope is only as good as its
> probes.  Be prepared to drop some decent cash on good probes if you want to
> measure signals much past the audio range.
>
> -Brian
>
>
> On 04/23/2018 12:24 PM, Robert Henry via TriEmbed wrote:
>
>> Just something to analyze input signals from sensors, PWM waves, looking
>> for transients, etc...
>>
>> My criteria:
>> - good value for money
>> - better than "hobby grade" but far from "industrial strength"
>> - relatively easy to use
>>
>>
>> I came across this one which seems to be well received.  What do folks
>> think?
>>
>> https://store.digilentinc.com/analog-discovery-2-pro-bundle/
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Rob
>>
>>
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Scott G. Hall
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