Non-USB CRO from OZ

[fritz]

Has anyone tried this out ?
At $535 I can't see any advantage over a $600 Rigol DS1052E.

http://www.elektor.com/news/this-is-not-a-usb-oscilloscope.1297368.lynkx?utm_source=UK&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

"Screenscope from Australia based Diamond Systems looks
deceptively like a USB type scope but it is stand alone.
It drives a monitor and mouse directly. No computer is required."

 

[Phil Allison]

"fritz"

Has anyone tried this out ?
At $535 I can't see any advantage over a $600 Rigol DS1052E.

** Huh - paid only A$407 inc everything for mine....

http://www.elektor.com/news/this-is-not-a-usb-oscilloscope.1297368.lynkx?utm_source=UK&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

** Silicon Chip published a "review" on this in January:

See the link at the top of this page:

http://www.screenscopetraces.com/

Beware it is a high res, colour PDF image file - so it is HUGE !!

Would not touch it with a 20 ft pole myself.




...... Phil

 

[fritz]

"Phil Allison" <phil_a@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:hoia7q$ren$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...

"fritz"

Has anyone tried this out ?
At $535 I can't see any advantage over a $600 Rigol DS1052E.

** Huh - paid only A$407 inc everything for mine....

$600 was a ballpark figure from one of David's 2009 eevblogs,
he mentioned $580. Obviously prices have dropped since, I should've checked.
Makes the Screenscope look even more overpriced, though.

BTW Where did you get your DS1052E from ?
Was it with GST ?

http://www.elektor.com/news/this-is-not-a-usb-oscilloscope.1297368.lynkx?utm_source=UK&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news


** Silicon Chip published a "review" on this in January:

See the link at the top of this page:

http://www.screenscopetraces.com/

Beware it is a high res, colour PDF image file - so it is HUGE !!

Would not touch it with a 20 ft pole myself.



..... Phil

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2010-03-26, fritz <yaputya@microsoft.com> wrote:

Has anyone tried this out ?
At $535 I can't see any advantage over a $600 Rigol DS1052E.

http://www.elektor.com/news/this-is-not-a-usb-oscilloscope.1297368.lynkx?utm_source=UK&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

"Screenscope from Australia based Diamond Systems looks
deceptively like a USB type scope but it is stand alone.
It drives a monitor and mouse directly. No computer is required."

sounds more like a DSO than a CRO.


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[David L. Jones]

fritz wrote:

"Phil Allison" <phil_a@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:hoia7q$ren$1@news-01.bur.connect.com.au...

"fritz"

Has anyone tried this out ?
At $535 I can't see any advantage over a $600 Rigol DS1052E.

** Huh - paid only A$407 inc everything for mine....

$600 was a ballpark figure from one of David's 2009 eevblogs,
he mentioned $580. Obviously prices have dropped since, I should've
checked. Makes the Screenscope look even more overpriced, though.

BTW Where did you get your DS1052E from ?
Was it with GST ?

Like everyone else, I'm sure Phil got his direct from China.

There were countless sellers on ebay with those sorts of prices a few months
back, unfortunately someone (Rigol themselves if you believe the rumors)
complained to ebay and ebay pulled all listings for the scope below a
certain price point.
So you can no longer get cheap Rigol's on ebay like you used to, unless you
bypass ebay with the seller direct.
There are also countless sellers at even cheaper prices through various
chinese ebay-like sites if you are game.
See a thread some time back on the subject.

Many have since flocked to Dealextreme:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30573

Dave.

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[fritz]

"Jasen Betts" <jasen@xnet.co.nz> wrote in message
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On 2010-03-26, fritz <yaputya@microsoft.com> wrote:
Has anyone tried this out ?
At $535 I can't see any advantage over a $600 Rigol DS1052E.

http://www.elektor.com/news/this-is-not-a-usb-oscilloscope.1297368.lynkx?utm_source=UK&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

"Screenscope from Australia based Diamond Systems looks
deceptively like a USB type scope but it is stand alone.
It drives a monitor and mouse directly. No computer is required."

sounds more like a DSO than a CRO.

Yeah, yeah.
When I started in electronics all oscilloscopes were CROs and the name
stuck.