Subject: Re: oscilloscope for CNC

Dave, in regards to your temperature measurement and plotting, I'm
not electronics oriented either, but had to respond. I have this
Sears Crafstman multimeter. It has a thermocouple socket (you have
to buy the thermocouple too) and the multimeter plugs into my PC
serial port. The PC software measures and plots any reading vs time
increments on the multimeter, including temperature, in a Win95 O/S
(I use WinXP and tell XP to run this program as Win95) I can also
import the data into an Excel spreadsheet. It works and is fun to
play with, but to use it at my mill, I'd need another PC nearby and
I don't plan on doing that any time soon. Charles


--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "turbulatordude"
<davemucha@j...> wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Bernard R"
> <bwjarandall@c...> wrote:
> > I've had suprisingly good results using my digital camera to

record

> > glitches, it does help that I have a viewing hood, but one can
> easily
> > be made from cardboard.
> >
> > IMO a 'scope is all but useless to the non electronic

fraternity,

> > obtaining a stable viewable trace on signals other than from a
> signal
> > generator requires a fair amount of expertise; interpreting the
> > results is another matter altogether. Also as most waveforms

need

> to
> > either be viewed, or triggered, in relation to other signals

there

> is
> > a real danger of getting the wrong ground wires connected and

then

> > expensive blue smoke.
> >
> > My 2c
> >
> > Bernard
>
>
> That would be me. : )
>
> I needed to monitor an input-output sequence on a PIC so needed

the

> simplest of units. the Win-Scope was the right price, but I have

not

> needed if for any other reason.
>
> Now for ADC monitoring of temperatures, I would like a digital
> storage sensor, but am not electronically well versed to know how

to

> use one.
>
> Dave