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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list >> >> To post message: [email protected] >> List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed. >> org >> TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org >> To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto: >> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list > > To post message: [email protected] > List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org > TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org > To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto: > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe > > -- Scott G. Hall Raleigh, NC, USA [email protected]
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