test equipment

[Chris Morriss]

In message <199712250533.VAA20754 at geocities.com>, dzorde
<dzorde at geocities.com> writes
>Don't you have to build some input circuitry and filtering for connecting
>your probes to the sampling channels.  I seem to remember seeing one and it
>just had the inputs going straight to some A/D's inside the pod.  Seemed
>very easy to blow up without some additional circuitry on the input side.
>
>Dan     dzorde at geocities.com
>
>>I don't know if this has been mentioned on the list before, but I use a
>>dual-channel digital storage scope that is connected to the parallel
>>port on a standard pc.
>>
>>It is from a UK company called Pico Technology (they have a web site),
>>and is the ADC100 model.  This has two 12-bit word sampling channels
>>with a sample rate of up to 100k samples/sec.  The software includes a
>>scope, meters, spectrum analyser.
>>
>>I find it very useful even if the old DOS s/w is a bit clunky. They do
>>have windows s/w available now.
>>
>>I don't know the current price but guess it's around UKP250 or $390,
>>best check on the web site.
>>-- 
>>Chris Morriss
>>
>
The unit I have has two BNC sockets for connecting normal scope probes.
I've not checked what protection it has inside it.  The s/w sets the
input sensitivity so there is a programmable attenuator at the input.
I've certainly inadvertantly overloaded mine without damaging it.
-- 
Chris Morriss