Hi folks,
I'm thinking about shelling out for a USB scope with data capture capabilities. I'm not an EE by trade - just a hobby, so my needs are not necessarily what everyone else's here might be.
I've looked at a few:
PicoScope -
Most of them provide both an oscilloscope (I have a dual trace already, so good-but not a big selling point), and a logic analyzer.
Some of them have function generators with standard waveforms or arbitrary waveform output via DSP.
Finally, some of them have a spectrum analyzer, which seems like a handy thing to have.
The last one in the list seems to be the least expensive, but I worry about the quality of the software, and this thing becoming a brick when the mfr decides to stop supporting it (a few of my other PC- interfaced instruments have gone that way).
so... I figured I'd ask if you experienced folks out there had advice on a good basic USB data scope.
Here's a few more details:
I don't know what my needs will be in terms of frequency on the scope or the logic analyzer / data recorder, but I don't think I'll need anything like 200MHz any time soon. I'm still puttering around with Atmel microcontrollers.
I don't do any RF stuff, and don't plan to roll-my-own any time soon.
I mostly do low-voltage stuff. TTL, DC motor control, reading sensors, etc.
Hope that narrows things down a bit.
Thanks in advanced.
-Mr. INTJ San Diego
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