Velleman HPS40 scope ???

[Harshana]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of buying this scope. Has anyone in this group bought
this? What do U all think of it?

I'm a hobbyist, working with simple analog ccts and ATMEL AVR
sereis uCs.

Had anyone had any problem working only with a single channel? I really

prefer to have two, but I can't go for a APS230 - too expensive

Anyone has any idea on other similar products less than $300?


http://www.velleman.be/common/productlist.aspx?lan=1&id=344545


Please comment,
Harshana

 

[Tim Shoppa]

Scopemeters are usually very
difficult to use as a bench instrument
(too many options for too few buttons).

Despite our shared hatred of the user interface, there are some things
that scopemeters are really good at that analog scopes don't do well at
all. Using them as data loggers to monitor min/max voltages over a
glacial (by analog scope standard) timeframe (minutes, hours, days) is
an example. This is really more of a "chart recorder" mode than a
"oscilliscope" mode. On some of the fluke scopemeters the triggering
is flexible enough that they can serve as impromptu protocol analyzers,
looking for a glitch in a communication channel.

Tim.

 

[Rich Grise]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:25:19 -0800, Harshana wrote:

Hi all,

I'm thinking of buying this scope. Has anyone in this group bought
this? What do U all think of it?

I'm a hobbyist, working with simple analog ccts and ATMEL AVR
sereis uCs.

Had anyone had any problem working only with a single channel? I really

prefer to have two, but I can't go for a APS230 - too expensive

Anyone has any idea on other similar products less than $300?

This URL is 308 chars long, so it'll be kind of dedious to unwrap,
but it's fairly specific bay search:

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Just FYI, I searched on "oscilloscope", subject only, exclude "manual"
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Good Luck!
Rich