New toy

[p m]

This.
The beauty of it that it comes without any sort of manual or instructions. I think it's fair - if one needs instructions, one doesn't need this shiznit.
Now if I'm not too lazy, I'll be able to figure out what broke in my MIDI keyboard.

 

[mbrummal]

That looks like fun. I want one now.

 

[ptschram]

And to think that Snap-On is trying to sell me one for almost $10K (It does come with an OBD-II scanner though)

My first o-scope was a Tektronix 572 and heated the basement of my parent's house!

 

[p m]

That is fun. Now I can start all sorts of electrical hacking games with my trucks!

 

[p m]

Thanks to the new scope, I learned that my keyboard was just fine, and the sound generator needed a hardware reset.
Score one for the toy!

 

[chris snell]

I love my DSO oscilloscope. I have the Nano. It cost less than $100 and comes with all sorts of accessories.

I used mine to figure out how the Diamond K9000 antenna mount works. (turns out, it works just like the DC motor that it is: it uses an H-bridge to switch the polarity of the 12V power.)

The coolest thing about the DSO? The firmware is open source. Looking for a new feature? Add it yourself!

http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/dso-nano-v2-p-681.html

 

[chris snell]

It also came with a screwdriver that Rob would appreciate:

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[p m]

Nice screwdriver!

DSO belongs in the same family as DS203. Once you get a grip on how to use these very few controls this thing has, you really get going! I was about to read and decypher the MIDI signal, bit by bit, when I figured out that keyboard was all right.

 

[jrsimpson]

Very cool. Is there a video output to display traces on a computer screen or video projector? Any chance this has a built-in FFT algorithm to serve as a cheap spectrum analyzer?

 

[Mongo]

very cool...I may get one of those


we are a bunch of nerds...

 

[Some Dude]

Hell yeah you guys are. I was in EE my first two years of college and I have no desire to ever touch an o-scope again.

 

[p m]

No FFT, no spectrum analyzer. You can save the waveform in either a text form or screenshot as BMP file.
Kevin - I wanted a handheld scope ever since I left Scripps 9 years ago.