nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: Got a new toy . . . |
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I've been the pleased and successful user of Tektronix's
low cost but very capable TDS series 'scopes for a number of
years. My TDS210 has flown thousands of miles connected to a
battery/inverter pack on the floor. The inverter also powered
a bubble-jet printer that takes screen dumps from the scope
and puts them on paper. Later scanning allowed me to share
'scope traces with folks in a variety of venues.
http://www.aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Curves/4_bounce500Knocap1.gif
http://www.aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Curves/95_GMC_Safari_1.gif
I just retired my TDS210 by selling it to a customer as a
startup 'scope and purchased a new TDS2012 for the same
money that the TDS210 cost me 5 or 6 years ago. The 2012
is 100Mhz vs. 60 and a color screen. Instead of a printer
output port, it features a USB thumb drive socket on the
front that dumps the screen to a .jpg image . . .
http://www.aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Curves/TDS2012_Sample.jpg
at the same time, it writes the data to a .cvs file that
can be imported by a variety of applications including
Excel. Once in tabular form, one can do a variety of
additional analyses on the numbers or plot it like . . .
http://www.aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Curves/TDS2012_Sample.pdf
I love this business. As long as it remains a free
market, we'll be able to look to more capability for
less $time$ tomorrow. Thought some of you 'scope drivers
out there would like to know about this product:
http://www.tek.com/site/ps/3G-19558/pdfs/3GW_19558.pdf
Lots of bang for the buck!
Bob . . .
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( "Problems are the price of progress. )
( Don't bring me anything but trouble. )
( Good news weakens me." )
( -Charles F. Kettering- )
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