NEW PRODUCT – 1 GS/s Digital Storage Oscilloscope + Extras. The ultimate debugging tool for electronics, this oscilloscope will turn you into a “Circuit Whisperer”. You will be able to peer into the workings of your circuits to better understand them. Difficult problems will suddenly become trivial. We tried many beginner oscilloscopes and found this one to be a perfect balance of price and function: it’s perfect as a ‘first scope’ or as a hacker-space resource to share. To learn about how to use oscilloscopes, we suggest reading Tektronix’s great “XYZs of Oscilloscopes” and the other great Tek documents that cover everything you need to know!
One of the cool things about this scope is that people have ‘hacked’ it to do awesome stuff like play Pong! There are many other “hacks” too, we picked this scope because if it’s hack-a-bility!
Bonus extras! we include an awesome sew/iron-on embroidered “Oscilloscope Skill Badge” and vinyl sticker!
- 1 Giga-sample per second Analog/Digital Converter – 1000 MSa/s real-time sample rate for one channel or 500 MS/s for two channels gives you the most detail even at high frequency signals
- 50 MHz software bandwidth (you can view up to 50 MHz digital/analog signals clearly)
- 5.7″ Full color LCD display
- Digital storage with 16 Kpoints memory depth, 1Mpoints for long memory
- Trigger via Edge, Pulse Width, Video, Slope, Alternate, Pattern and Duration
- 20 types of wave parameter measurements built in: Vmax, Vmin, Vpp, Vtop, Vbase, Vamplitude, Vaverage, Vrms, Overshoot, Preshoot, Period, Freq, Rise time, Fall time, + Width, – Width, + Duty, – Duty, Delay falling, Delay Rising, Phase falling, Phase Rising
- Auto trigger/display is great for beginners
- Math and FFT functions
- Comes with two 100MHz probes with color tabs and adjustment tool
- Plug in a USB key and save waveforms as a CSV or bitmap. Also lets you save your setup in case you have a testing jig you want to recreate
- Isolated Pass/Fail output BNC
- External trigger in
- RS-232 and USB B connector for remote control via a computer using NI VISA, LabVIEW, Visual Basic or Visual C (examples included on CD)
- Ultrascope software for PC control
- Powers via a standard computer power cable, 100-240VAC
- Lightweight, 2.5 kg makes it easy to carry around wherever you need it!
Comes with:
- 2 x 100MHz 10x/1x probes
- USB Cable
- CD-ROM with datasheets, manuals and software
- Bonus! Oscilloscope sew on patch and vinyl sticker
Good choice LadyAda I have the same exact scope and updated it to 100MHZ and pong:) Great scope! Ez to follow tutorial on Dave’s site http://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=553.msg81913#msg81913
I was just going to ask you guys if you were going to start carrying an Oscope. I’ve long been considering going with a digital scope because the newer cheap ones offer sampling built-in. For the moment, I’m sticking with my father’s old Tek 465, but as I get a little more advanced, I’m coming to you guys for my scope needs.
I purchased one of these myself a while back, and have absolutely no hesitation recommending them to anyone who really starts to have a serious interest in electronics and embedded devices. You might not need a scope every day, but when you do need one you’ll be glad you have it in your tools cupboard.
It’s not a trivial investment if you’re a hobbiest, but this particular model is at least a smart one.
My friend approved and gave it a thumbs up:
http://forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?p=17929#17929