Re: Use a scope to determine overvoltage neededforstepper motors

Jon,
No Argument, anything that can store a trace is worth having, and the Tektronix does storage and can print it to a regular
windows printer. The extra box for printing clips on the back, and it will communicate using RS-232 and the printer can connect
directly via a "normal" DB25. The software is great I am told, and saving transients to hard copy is easy as running windows...

I would like the four channel version, and it's also coming down in price, I expect the 2 channel version will be under $1K by
the end of the year...

hansw


Jon Elson wrote:

> From: Jon Elson <jmelson@...>
>
> hansw wrote:
>
> > From: hansw <hansw@...>
> >
> > Jon,
> > $695 is half way to a real Tektronix solid state scope.... it will do
> > storage and more...
> > The TDS210 is only $1195.0 2 chan. 60MHz at 1Gs/Sec
>
> Well, I have a really dandy 100 MHz analog scope I bought new
> about 15 years ago. But, it is absolutely worthless for watching
> transient events, like what happens when a circuit power up.
>
> The advantage of a PC-connected product is you can print out
> the graphs, or save the data for comparison with data acquired
> years later. When I got the Link DSO, it really helped me out
> with a bind building my servo amps. The instability and following
> error was something that you needed a long data stream to
> capture. Somewhere around 1/4 to one full second was what
> I needed. The Link DSO goes up to 100 MSa/Sec, so it is
> good for many other tasks, too.
>
> My boss saw it, and imediately had me buy one for our project.
> He can now monitor and control our experimental equipment
> from anywhere with a PC, using PC-Anywhere to take over
> the PC at the equipment site.
>
> Obviously, it is a pretty expensive tool for one-time use, or
> for hobby applications.
>
> Jon
>
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