Chris Wilson Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I have a couple of "normal" oscilloscopes for automotive use, but I am always fearful of taking them racing as they are delicate and need the generator or a converter running to power them up. I was going to buy a Picoscope software and hardware package, which is geared to automotive usage, but they seem very costly, and as far as I can tell you gain only the software specialisation that will "set up" the scope for rading say O2 sensor outputs, rather than doing it manually. I saw a Dataman PC based scope on Ebay and set what I thought was a reasonable bid, and have just found I have won it. It is a bit late to ask, but what do any of you electronic experts think of the spec, which is linked to via the ad itself? I will probably only use it on automotive stuff, so the 150 Mhz is a bit OTT, but otherwise?? I am more in need of a better laptop than ever now, as I am unsure if mine has USB2 ports, I fear they are USB1. How do I tell? Can I get a PCMCIA card or whatever they are called to update it in the short term, to USB2? Thanks. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160447513887&autorefresh=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Ryans your man for this as he has a nifty USB scope which works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Ian C has a Pico-something that I talked him into buying when we were trying to diagnose something on his car. As far as I know he's never used it. I know it only has 0-5V inputs but I made up a simple interface card to convert them to 0-12v. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absz Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I use a picoscope 4 channel 4423 very user freindly, its the sampling rate of the scope that is more important than any additional features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrosixfour Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Who forgot to close the club house door properly? Look, theres feckin geeks everywhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallshinyant Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 you still looking for a laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 you still looking for a laptop? Yes, must have a true serial port, USB2 and preferably a big screen. Would ideally like a Toughbook, but they are too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallshinyant Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 i got a couple kicking around at home, i will pm you the specs this afternoon when im home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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