Re: Use a scope to determine overvoltageneededforstepper motors

Jon,

Just foud a nice one at Ebay... this 2 channel vesion has color screen also...

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=247696544

It's a higher priced unit than the TDS210 but the look the same...

hansw

hansw wrote:

> From: hansw <hansw@...>
>
> 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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