Should I buy a cheap oscilloscope?
- Dr Tony Balls
- Diode Debunker
Instead of hunting and trying my luck on a used scope I just bout a new Owon digital one for like $299. I'm happy with it and it saves a lot of bench space.
- robinbowes
- Breadboard Brother
That sounds interesting, can you give me a link to one or two please?DrNomis wrote:The new Digital USB Oscilloscopes are cool, you can save pictures of what you see on the screen to your computer's hard drive, so they're worth considering...
Edit: Found this: http://www.bestoscilloscope.com/virtual ... -2090.html
Looks just the job, it it's any good?
R.
- DrNomis
- Old Solderhand
Information
- Posts: 6807
- Joined: 16 Jul 2009, 04:56
- my favorite amplifier: Self-Built Valve Amp Head :)
- Completed builds: Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face,Tone Bender Professional Mk 3,Tone Bender 3-Knob,Baja BK Butler Tube Driver,Baja Real Tube Overdrive,Roger Mayer Octavia,EH Soul Preacher,Tech 21 XXL Distortion,MFOS Weird Sound Generator.
- Location: Darwin,Northern Territory Australia
- Has thanked: 98 times
- Been thanked: 279 times
http://www.jaycar.com.au/robinbowes wrote:That sounds interesting, can you give me a link to one or two please?DrNomis wrote:The new Digital USB Oscilloscopes are cool, you can save pictures of what you see on the screen to your computer's hard drive, so they're worth considering...
R.
They stock the QC1920 10Mhz Single Trace Cathode Ray Oscilloscope which retails for $149.00 Australian, and the QC1922 20Mhz Dual Trace Cathode Ray Oscilloscope which retails for $399.00 Australian.
They used to stock the QC-1930 PoScope 2Ch USB Oscilloscope ($299.00 Australian) according to my 2008 Catalog.
What sort of budget/price range do you have?, or are looking for..
Genius is not all about 99% perspiration, and 1% inspiration - sometimes the solution is staring you right in the face.-Frequencycentral.
- robinbowes
- Breadboard Brother
Thanks - will checkout Jaycar.
I was hoping to keep it under £100, if possible.
Did you see the link I added to my previous reply?
R.
I was hoping to keep it under £100, if possible.
Did you see the link I added to my previous reply?
R.
- DrNomis
- Old Solderhand
Information
- Posts: 6807
- Joined: 16 Jul 2009, 04:56
- my favorite amplifier: Self-Built Valve Amp Head :)
- Completed builds: Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face,Tone Bender Professional Mk 3,Tone Bender 3-Knob,Baja BK Butler Tube Driver,Baja Real Tube Overdrive,Roger Mayer Octavia,EH Soul Preacher,Tech 21 XXL Distortion,MFOS Weird Sound Generator.
- Location: Darwin,Northern Territory Australia
- Has thanked: 98 times
- Been thanked: 279 times
robinbowes wrote:Thanks - will checkout Jaycar.
I was hoping to keep it under £100, if possible.
Did you see the link I added to my previous reply?
R.
Just checked the link out now, the one pictured is very similar to the one in my 2008 Jaycar Catalog, it says it has a bandwidth of 40Mhz which is absolutely fine for audio work, if you can afford it then I think it should suit your needs, I'd buy one too, these devices usually offer more than just the Oscilloscope function, things like a Spectrum Analyzer, which is handy for checking the response of filters...
Genius is not all about 99% perspiration, and 1% inspiration - sometimes the solution is staring you right in the face.-Frequencycentral.
- Dr Tony Balls
- Diode Debunker
One thing to be thinking about is the maximum voltage that a scope can take. Do you build tube amps? Will you ever get that itch and want to scope it? If so you'll want a scope that can handle those voltages.
- robinbowes
- Breadboard Brother
Hrm, I never thought of that.
I've actually just bought a Hantek DSO-2100; not sure what max. voltage is, but I suspect it will be ~35V like the DSO-2090.
Damn! Ah well...
R.
I've actually just bought a Hantek DSO-2100; not sure what max. voltage is, but I suspect it will be ~35V like the DSO-2090.
Damn! Ah well...
R.
- robinbowes
- Breadboard Brother
So, I got the Hantek (Actually a Voltcraft DSO-2100USB). I did a quick test on an old Dell Pentium III laptop I have running Windows XP. Seems to work OK, but is a little slow. Might be better on a more modern machine.
I *would* like to use it with potentially higher voltages in valve amps. Can I get special probes that will enable me to do that? It came with two probes that do x1 and 10x; I guess that means that I can do a maximum of 350v with the 10x (input voltage is 35v max).
Any thoughts?
R.
I *would* like to use it with potentially higher voltages in valve amps. Can I get special probes that will enable me to do that? It came with two probes that do x1 and 10x; I guess that means that I can do a maximum of 350v with the 10x (input voltage is 35v max).
Any thoughts?
R.
- DrNomis
- Old Solderhand
Information
- Posts: 6807
- Joined: 16 Jul 2009, 04:56
- my favorite amplifier: Self-Built Valve Amp Head :)
- Completed builds: Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face,Tone Bender Professional Mk 3,Tone Bender 3-Knob,Baja BK Butler Tube Driver,Baja Real Tube Overdrive,Roger Mayer Octavia,EH Soul Preacher,Tech 21 XXL Distortion,MFOS Weird Sound Generator.
- Location: Darwin,Northern Territory Australia
- Has thanked: 98 times
- Been thanked: 279 times
robinbowes wrote:So, I got the Hantek (Actually a Voltcraft DSO-2100USB). I did a quick test on an old Dell Pentium III laptop I have running Windows XP. Seems to work OK, but is a little slow. Might be better on a more modern machine.
I *would* like to use it with potentially higher voltages in valve amps. Can I get special probes that will enable me to do that? It came with two probes that do x1 and 10x; I guess that means that I can do a maximum of 350v with the 10x (input voltage is 35v max).
Any thoughts?
R.
You may be able to get a X100 probe from somewhere....
Genius is not all about 99% perspiration, and 1% inspiration - sometimes the solution is staring you right in the face.-Frequencycentral.
- robinbowes
- Breadboard Brother
Hmm, I found this:
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/displayProduc ... ku=1532989
But that's nearly as much as I paid for the scope!
R.
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/displayProduc ... ku=1532989
But that's nearly as much as I paid for the scope!
R.
- DrNomis
- Old Solderhand
Information
- Posts: 6807
- Joined: 16 Jul 2009, 04:56
- my favorite amplifier: Self-Built Valve Amp Head :)
- Completed builds: Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face,Tone Bender Professional Mk 3,Tone Bender 3-Knob,Baja BK Butler Tube Driver,Baja Real Tube Overdrive,Roger Mayer Octavia,EH Soul Preacher,Tech 21 XXL Distortion,MFOS Weird Sound Generator.
- Location: Darwin,Northern Territory Australia
- Has thanked: 98 times
- Been thanked: 279 times
That probe should do the job fine, I think my probes were about $60.00 when I bought them.....
Genius is not all about 99% perspiration, and 1% inspiration - sometimes the solution is staring you right in the face.-Frequencycentral.