[Ham-Mac] usb oscilloscopes + osx

Chris Smolinski csmolinski at blackcatsystems.com
Mon Feb 27 18:28:31 EST 2006


FWIW, It's a standalone USB interfaced board, not a PCI card. The 
sampling rate is 1 kHz, resolution is 12 bits. Not really a 
replacement for a real scope.

>Have you looked at the Perfectly Scientific product?  See:
>
>http://www.perfsci.com/hardware.htm
>
>This is a $150 PCI slot board that provides analog I/O, and mates 
>with (free) software. One of the functions of the software is to 
>provide an "oscilliscope-like" plot of the data.  The web site says, 
>" This panel ("Scope") gives you a pseudo-oscilloscope display of 
>one or more A/D channels. The default setting is to use the data 
>collected in the Capture pane. Click Refresh to trigger a new data 
>acquisition sequence."
>
>I have never tried this product, but it appears from the product 
>literature to be worthy of consideration.
>
>Lew Phelps, K6LMP
>
>
>On Feb 27, 2006, at 1:07 PM, brett wrote:
>
>>I'm in the market for a new oscilloscope. I've searched around 
>>quite a bit but have yet to find any of the usb variants that will 
>>work with osx. While I appreciate the several software-only based 
>>solutions I've seen (signalscope, etc), I'm really looking for a 
>>complete solution to replace a full benchtop scope.
>>
>>Have any of you had better luck than I've had in locating a suitable unit?
>>
>>73,
>>Brett KG6THM
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