USB and pocked sized digital oscilloscopes

[buildafriend]

Are USB / digital pocket sized oscilloscopes generally usable for analog audio circuit designers / techs? Are they good enough? They seem very affordable (around 150USD to 400USD). If they are not good enough for us then what cheap oscilloscopes are there that are currently available in the new or used market that get the job done?

[Pablo1234]

Yes they are more than good enough for Audio and some Digital. I have a Stingray and it can look at up too 400kHz. Also if you are interested in learning Microprocessors the Parallax Propscope is a Propeller MicroController 32 bit 8 core (no interrupts but no Multiply/Divide without writing some code to do binary math).

[buildafriend]

Yes they are more than good enough for Audio and some Digital. I have a Stingray and it can look at up too 400kHz. Also if you are interested in learning Microprocessors the Parallax Propscope is a Propeller MicroController 32 bit 8 core (no interrupts but no Multiply/Divide without writing some code to do binary math).

Thanks

[waltk]

I've been looking at pocket-sized scopes as well.  There are a pile of them on Ebay for as little as $70-$80 (the ARM-based DSOs with open source software).

Another option is to pick up a used full-size scope.  I got one for ~$100.  It's just a little tricky making sure you're not buying one with problems.

[potul]

I bought this one, simple and cheap. Enough for most of my needs.

http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/digital-storage-oscilloscope-with-panels-p-514.html?cPath=174

[earthtonesaudio]

I just ordered this earlier today!  Lead time is 4 weeks but I'll definitely post a review once I've had a chance to use it.
http://gabotronics.com/development-boards/xmega-xprotolab.htm

[Paul Marossy]

I just ordered this earlier today!  Lead time is 4 weeks but I'll definitely post a review once I've had a chance to use it.
http://gabotronics.com/development-boards/xmega-xprotolab.htm

Wow, that is tiny! 

[azrael]

I just ordered this earlier today!  Lead time is 4 weeks but I'll definitely post a review once I've had a chance to use it.
http://gabotronics.com/development-boards/xmega-xprotolab.htm

I've been thinking about getting that one! Let use know how it is, for sure.

[potul]

wow, great little gadget!

[earthtonesaudio]

I just ordered this earlier today!  Lead time is 4 weeks but I'll definitely post a review once I've had a chance to use it.
http://gabotronics.com/development-boards/xmega-xprotolab.htm

Received it yesterday, have not had a chance to try it out, but I have to say that, in person, it seems even smaller!  Could possibly fit in a 1590A... 

[teletroy]

that's nuts!


Did it come with probes?

[bean]

Check out the DSO Nano
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/micro-digital-storage-oscilloscopedso-nano-p-512.html

[RedHouse]

I just bought a Nano v2, ...just for fun.

[Perrow]

I just ordered this earlier today!  Lead time is 4 weeks but I'll definitely post a review once I've had a chance to use it.
http://gabotronics.com/development-boards/xmega-xprotolab.htm

Received it yesterday, have not had a chance to try it out, but I have to say that, in person, it seems even smaller!  Could possibly fit in a 1590A... 

By my calculations you could fit two of them in a 1590A 

Not that I know why you'd want to, just saying you could.

[earthtonesaudio]

Finally had some time to mess with the Xprotolab.  It's really cute and actually works quite well.  The screen is microscopic but very crisp.  The interface is easier than I thought it would be.  The autotrigger works very well (tracks my guitar better than my analog CRT scope) and navigating through the menus is fairly efficient.  The FFT and signal generator are cool to have.

I'm digging it.