Hi thermionic,
I didn't have the polaroid adapter for any of my scopes, they were very expensive. So I just used my Nikon FT2. Did the trick. Depending on the lighting and brightness (you had to keep that as low as you reasonably could to get a sharp trace), you'd fiddle with the aperture and exposure. I used 400 ASA B&W, but we're talking in the 1980's. As soon as reasonable digital camera's came out I switched to those. Instant gratification.
Hi EC8010,
Those linear Hewlett Packard switches could also come apart. They weren't too difficult to repair.
I didn't have the polaroid adapter for any of my scopes, they were very expensive. So I just used my Nikon FT2. Did the trick. Depending on the lighting and brightness (you had to keep that as low as you reasonably could to get a sharp trace), you'd fiddle with the aperture and exposure. I used 400 ASA B&W, but we're talking in the 1980's. As soon as reasonable digital camera's came out I switched to those. Instant gratification.
Hi EC8010,
Those linear Hewlett Packard switches could also come apart. They weren't too difficult to repair.
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Lots of oscilloscopes on eBay when I looked last summer. The cooler bit would be a storage scope, to examine clipping, but surely more $$$. Maybe not so much these days, looking at some of the posts.
You would be much further ahead with a standard analogue oscilloscope, and some kind of digital oscilloscope over a storage scope.
You could always get an analogue scope now and add a storage adaptor such as DSA511 or DSA524 at a later date.
Here's a link for one:
Link
Once you've got the storage adaptor, you can save up and get a plotter.
(tongue firmly in cheek - I mention these items out of academic interest before you all start taking me seriously...)
Here's a link for one:
Link
Once you've got the storage adaptor, you can save up and get a plotter.
(tongue firmly in cheek - I mention these items out of academic interest before you all start taking me seriously...)
Heh! I caught our sysadmin playing Solitaire on the $150k Agilent E5052 phase noise analyzer at one point. That was pretty funny.
Tom
Tom
I have very positive experiences with Picotech and what they call their PC oscilloscopes.
Their huge range goes from 10MHz to 30GHz and from 8 to 16 bits.
https://www.picotech.com/products/oscilloscope
When only wanting to measure distortion in whatever form or accurately measure frequency response, you better use a sound processor in combination with Arta, REW or any other high res software on your PC.
Hans
Their huge range goes from 10MHz to 30GHz and from 8 to 16 bits.
https://www.picotech.com/products/oscilloscope
When only wanting to measure distortion in whatever form or accurately measure frequency response, you better use a sound processor in combination with Arta, REW or any other high res software on your PC.
Hans
The E5052 ran the full version of Windoze, hence, Solitare was included. I forget which version. XP or 2000, I think. Either way, once the MicroSoft support ended, it was promptly unplugged from the computer network.
I still remember my first manager grumbling that he'd come in one morning to find that one of the fancy (and expensive!) oscilloscopes had a virus. Yeah. Maybe basing the UI on Windoze wasn't the hottest idea.
Tom
Not only that... they took forever to boot!
I do wonder what they're running now? Linux? I expect that vxWorks and the like would be quite pricey for a scope.
I do wonder what they're running now? Linux? I expect that vxWorks and the like would be quite pricey for a scope.
Linux is the newer base for an OS in test equipment.
Sorry, but machine code ran, it didn't come down with sniffles. What the problem is, is it requires more brain cells to program, but they can build on previous versions. "We'll fix it in the field" is the worst idea to ever hit industry!
Sorry, but machine code ran, it didn't come down with sniffles. What the problem is, is it requires more brain cells to program, but they can build on previous versions. "We'll fix it in the field" is the worst idea to ever hit industry!
Fix it in the field.
I used to work R&D at an instrumentation company.
The VP of R&D got paid for the number of units shipped... the VP of Quality got paid by how many units they handled in the repair bay.
Go figure.
So, the numbers were tallied at the end of the quarter. So, towards the end of the quarter, the R&D VP would ship everything out the door, to waiting shipping containers in the parking lot.
There they sat until the quarter ended.
Then they brought them in and aligned in the metrology lab, which fell under the Quality VP.
They both made boatloads of money...
The company went out of business...
I used to work R&D at an instrumentation company.
The VP of R&D got paid for the number of units shipped... the VP of Quality got paid by how many units they handled in the repair bay.
Go figure.
So, the numbers were tallied at the end of the quarter. So, towards the end of the quarter, the R&D VP would ship everything out the door, to waiting shipping containers in the parking lot.
There they sat until the quarter ended.
Then they brought them in and aligned in the metrology lab, which fell under the Quality VP.
They both made boatloads of money...
The company went out of business...
That reminds me of a classic industrial/organizational psychology paper titled, "The Folly of Rewarding A While Expecting B".
I'm pretty sure my DSOX1102 and now also my lab power supply (EDU36311A) run a form of Linux. I never thought I'd see the day where a lab power supply requires a 7" screen(!) Now if I could only get it to show the hockey game...
Tom
My ancient Tek TDS3032 runs on Linux, and at 25 years old, is still good (now I've replaced the NVRAM). Worn out a few floppy disks, mind. My R&S RTO1012 runs on Windoze XP; I dare not plug anything to it, and frankly, I don't like it much, but it had a far better FFT than similarly-priced Teks of the time. Never liked HP, but that's just me.