Product Description
This versatile and powerful 'scope harnesses the power of your pc or laptop to drive its software, eliminating the need for bulky stand-alone oscilloscopes, analyzers, and transient recorders! Just attach it to your laptop for easy troubleshooting readings in the field, or set it up on your workbench at home or the office. Powerful software is included, along with a DLL giving you the ability to create customized applications to meet any additional needs! Its high sensitive display resolution, down to 0.15mV, combined with a high bandwidth and a sampling frequency of up to 1GHz are giving this unit all the power you need. The USB connection makes this unit a snap to set-up, no external power required! In the field measurements using a lap-top computer have never been this easy. And the readings are automatically stored for your future analysis and comparison. There are many advantages to using a PC based oscilloscope, including custom software, larger/high resolution/color display, lower cost, easy data export, and networking/storage functions. Take advantage of your PC and the convenience of this feature-packed multifunction scope. Includes two 60MHz professional scope probes, USB cable, software and comprehensive manual. Requires Win98SE or newer that supports USB. Compatible with USB1.1 or USB2.0. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS: Inputs: 2 channels, 1 trigger input Input impedance: 1Mohm, 30pF Bandwidth: DC to 60MHz ±3dB Max input: 30V AC or DC Input coupling: DC, AC, and ground Power supply: USB power, 500mA PC compatibility: Win98SE or newer 800x600 minimum resolution, 1024x768 recommended USB port: USB 1.1 or 2.0 Includes: Scope, two 60MHz scope probes, USB cable, software CD, manual
| List Price: | $659.89 |
| Price: | $276.00 |
| as of Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:55:59 GMT ***Remember, deals price on this item for sale just for limited time*** | |
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #10822 in BISS
- Brand: Velleman
- Model: PCSU1000
- Dimensions: 2.20" h x 7.00" w x 8.20" l, .0 pounds
Features
- Scope, Spectrum analyzer, & transient recorder!
- 0.15mV resolution!
- 1GHz sampling frequency!
- Runs on USB power, no external power supply needed!
- Factory assembled & tested, ready to go!
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
By Rye
I have really started to like my scope. At first it took a little getting used to since the controls are a bit different from a hardware scope -- but now it is my scope of choice on the bench except where I need the wide bandwidth of an analog scope. The hardware is supurb -- it is accurate and the triggering is excellent. The best feature, of course, is its ability to show what happened BEFORE THE TRIGGER which is great for catching the glitches that caused the trigger event.
The spectrum analyzer is OK once you understand that there is not low pass filter so that signals that are above the high frequency cutoff alias into the inband display. It could have log displays etc, but for the dollar it's a great value.
The transient recorder looks good and is a unique feature that I haven't had occasion to try yet.
The scope installed quickly and ran the first time on my windows XP and VISTA machines. The two probes that are supplied are great quality and very similar to the TEK/HP probes we are all used to.
My only criticism is that while the software user interface is quite usable, it's a bit clumsy and was probably written some time ago and never updated to act like more current interfaces. The online documentation is a bit weak and could use some improvement and the hard copy is very basic. But, as I said, the scope is quite functional after you get used to the interface.
While it isn't quite as good as a $5000 TEK digital scope it sure gives plenty of bang for the buck.
I'd buy it again in a minute.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By Dolores Monk
Digital storage for an inexpensive price. The device works fine. It outperforms what an employer spent 6000$(+) for in 1987.
Outperforms by an order of magnitude I might add. Now I can get data into my computer, very simpie and fast.
Thank You
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By John L. Sloan
I do software development close to bare metal with systems ranging from tiny PIC and AVR microcontrollers to larger ARM and PowerPC microprocessors. I never thought I'd purchase an oscilloscope from Amazon.com, but here I am. I used this device most recently over a five month period to look at analog signals on a project for which I was writing firmware for PIC MCUs for building automation sensors. Several of the underlying sensor chips had analog outputs, for which this was indispensible. I also used it to debug issues with the power conversion circuitry, to monitor pulse width modulation output, and the like. Since it connects to my Windows laptop via USB, and the UI SW runs on Windows, it was dirt simple to take screen snapshots of scope traces and email them to the remote hardware engineer with a note saying "See! I'm NOT crazy!" I also used such snapshots as part of the system documentation. Since the UI SW can be easily downloaded to any Windows system, I routinely installed it on customer machines so all I need to do is show up with my tool bag and this little device, which is about the size of a trade paperback book, to help troubleshoot a problem. I did find that to get the USB speed I needed, I typically had to plug it directly into the laptop, not a hub. And I wish the UI had simulated dials instead of buttons on the screen like a conventional DSO. But this little gem was invaluable.
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