Stan said: Spectrum Lab, Spectran, etc. are also free and on a windows PC will show the frequency spectrum to the frequency limits of the soundcard.
Yes, I use Spectrum Lab already but trying to make a bench scope out of it is more trouble than it is worth. Magnus said: Can you lock up a computer at the lab-bench? Do you have the screen-space to get all your data up alongside the scope? As I think about it, the answer to both those questions is probably no. Thanks! On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Magnus Danielson < [email protected]> wrote: > On 10/31/2010 02:35 PM, William H. Fite wrote: > >> 'morning, folks, >> >> I was just on a verge of purchasing a Tek TDS1012 scope when a friend >> suggested that I could save a chunk of change by buying a BitScope. >> Although >> I've been aware of PC scopes, I never really looked into them. The specs >> look pretty good (the fact that I was looking at an entry-level Tek will >> give you some idea of my needs). >> >> Anyone have any experience with BitScope or other of the low-end PC >> scopes? >> > > Earlier experience with PC based boards is that their life-span is limited > due to software and hardware support reasons. Not all software has survived > from Win95 for instance. How many computers still have ISA-bus? You run into > all kinds of configuration hazzle rather than measuring things. > > So my personal experience is that it isn't as good as a free-standing box, > ready-to-go. > > However, looking at BitScope they have a number of things done differently > which counteracts my comment. They have support for various Windows AND > various Linuxes. They also have the source-code, so you can recompile it. > With some effort it can be maintained, but without reverse-engineering it. > Also, the hardware interface is USB which seems to be a fairly long-term > interface. It looks like it will be around another 10 years at least. > > For many uses, I would still prefer the old oscilloscope interface if I > have one oscilloscope (I have several, ranging from 70thies up to the > 90thies) but do value the possibility to interact with the scope in various > ways and more direct means to control it isn't a bad feature. > > So my advice is that you need to figure out how you want to work, what will > be the best way of working. Can you lock up a computer at the lab-bench? Do > you have the screen-space to get all your data up alongside the scope? > > I would end up with both... eventually. > > Cheers, > Magnus > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
