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Arduino Oscilloscope with Processing.

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e14 Contributor over 11 years ago

Hi, I think this would be a highly useful build for those viewers on a budget. Not all of us have the ability to buy a oscilloscope so I think this would be replicated by a lot of people. It would run a processing sketch that would display a few different channels in different colors like red, green, or blue. And it wouldn't be big, it would be somewhat a compact package with an arduino and anything else that would make it work.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 11 years ago +1
    Hi Jordan! If you're flexible on hardware, there is a simple analog signal viewer here that uses a Raspberry Pi and XMOS board, so still fairly cheap. It's not really an oscilloscope (none of these projects…
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    clem57 over 11 years ago

    I have to agree with @Michael Kellett, but how about a Raspberry Pi connected to a BitScope Micro for under $200? image

     

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    clem57 over 11 years ago

    I have to agree with @Michael Kellett, but how about a Raspberry Pi connected to a BitScope Micro for under $200? image

     

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    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago in reply to clem57

    Yeah I guess that makes sense but it would still be cool lol

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  • toxxn
    toxxn over 11 years ago in reply to clem57

    For under $200 you can get a small oscilloscope.

    Still expensive in my opinion, but it's an oscilloscope nonetheless.

     

    Example:

    Portable Mini Nano Arm DSO201 Pocket Sized Handheld Digital Storage Oscilloscope | eBay

     

    There is also the XprotoLab Portable which Ben featured in one of his episodes.

    This one cost around $100

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    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago in reply to toxxn

    Thanks for some more info, but do you have the url for the xprotoLab portable

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    clem57 over 11 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    XprotoLab is $50 or so...

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    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago in reply to clem57

    Thats Tiny Maaan! but explainable for the price.

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    michaelkellett over 11 years ago in reply to toxxn

    That isn't a proper scope, the spec is very poor, only 1Ms/second - so the maximum frequency of signal you can reasonably look at is 100kHz. Even simple micro based devices like Arduinos have 16MHz clocks so you couldn't use it to work on them.

    Far better buy a second hand scope (Ebay ?) for the same money.

    The XprotoLab is faster sampling (but still only 2Ms/s but the display is tiny - I can't see it being much use.

     

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  • toxxn
    toxxn over 11 years ago in reply to michaelkellett

    The Xprotolab is a DIY Kit.

    Whether or not its of much use, you still get the credit in building your own Oscilloscope.

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  • e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago in reply to toxxn

    how accurate is it though?

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    toxxn over 11 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Not sure to be honest, it has been some time since I last watched the episode Ben built it in.

    According to Michael Kellett as mentioned above, it might not be of much use due to its small screen and whatnot.

    With the Xprotolab being a DIY kit, it might be a novelty more than anything. I will do a little more research into it.

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    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago in reply to toxxn

    OK, thanks Cory

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