[Elecraft] Oscilloscope alternatives

[David Cutter]

Here is one site you might find of interest:
http://www.picotech.com/oscilloscope-specifications-us.html

They don't charge for software, you can download it straight from their site 
whether or not you buy from them.  There should be a demo version, but I 
haven't looked.  I will probably use something like this to monitor my house 
temperatures when I start fiddling with floor heating.

Have a look on this site at a range of data loggers  http://rswww.com then 
"loggers" into the search box.
Some charge extra for software, but the loggers are cheap.

It used to be just parallel port connections, but that's mostly upgraded to 
USB these days.

Have fun

David
G3UNA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <thom2 at att.net>
To: "David Cutter" <d.cutter at ntlworld.com>; "Elecraft" 
<elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Oscilloscope alternatives


> Hi David,
>  Could you give us a few specifics on where to find a low cost scope 
> utilizing a PC (or even better an OS based Palm).
>
> Thanks
> Tom
> WB2QDG
> K2 1103
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "David Cutter" <d.cutter at ntlworld.com>
>> For many applications a scope is somewhat limited and a scope-adaptor for 
>> your
>> laptop / pc offers much more, for a lot less money, size, weight.   These 
>> range
>> from simple to of course expensive.  I could start the list of products 
>> with
>> Pico Scope, but there are now so many and they are very small, eg built 
>> into a 9
>> pin D plug.  A cheap old laptop, better still palm top will suffice for 
>> your
>> workbench.  And you can record the results for later examination.
>>
>> This is a simplification, but modern scopes seem to be just specially 
>> adapted
>> pcs.
>>
>> David
>> G3UNA
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