looking for review Hantek 1008C

[Daniel Hall]

Hello VHS;

I'm looking at picking up this USB osciloscope. (http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Hantek-8Channel-PC-USB-Digital-Storage-Automotive-Diagnostic-Oscilloscope-1008C-/281009306265?pt=US_Radio_Control_Control_Line&hash=item416d75ba99) it's REALY cheap and i'm wondering if it is worth the money. 8ch 2.4 Msamples/s, I'm thinking the sample rate may be too slow even with only one channel active. The software looks realy decent though. I couldn't find a review on the google so if any one has experience with it or knowledge in the USB scope area I'd love your input.

Daniel Hall

[Kevin]

that one's max freq is 250kHz.  an 8 channel saleae can record 24MHz

msrp saleae is only 150 usd.  I saw it at rp electonics for 180 cad, but that was some time ago.

https://www.saleae.com/cart

[Richard Sim]

I guess the question is, what do you want to use it for? The general rule with sample rate is that you want at least 10x oversampling for whatever signal you'll be measuring - which is well balanced for this scope, with its max bandwidth of 250kHz. You won't be measuring any uC clocks or looking at rise/fall times nor edges of digital signals with that, but maybe for analog/audio stuff or basic serial and similar signals it'd be fine. The 4K memory depth may also be inconvenient, as it'll limit how much of the signal you can look at per capture.

Like I say though, it depends on your uses. Pretty much every one of those issues would make it a no-go for me, but if all you want to look at is what your DAC on an Arduino is, or the PWM controlling an LED, it'd be fine.

-Richard

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Daniel Hall <the_one...@hotmail.com> wrote:

[Richard Sim]

The Saleae Logic is a logic analyzer, not an oscilloscope. But I do highly recommend it - hands down.