Flea-Scope: anybody use this for Land Cruiser diagnostics?
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Malleus
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Thinking about (very) low cost scopes for my travel tool bag – travel meaning to the junkyard. I already started packing a battery, because they pull all the batteries (for some reason). That makes moving seats and windows a pain. Who said window handles were worthless?
Not sure if that particular one is actually a viewing scope. But they do have others similar that are.
I have a hard enough time using a Milwaukee scope that I'm skeptical of the super cheap ones.
I have a hard enough time using a Milwaukee scope that I'm skeptical of the super cheap ones.
Malleus
Far west of Siegen
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If by a viewing scope, you mean it lacks a display, you are correct:
...but I always have a screen handy.
I'm not trying to substtute it for a lab bench scope, I have a real scope for that. My thought was that something PCB–sized would be handy for finding out if a sensor actually worked, before buying it, taking it home and finding out it was trash. I agree there is a difference between "working" and "working properly".
...but I always have a screen handy.
I'm not trying to substtute it for a lab bench scope, I have a real scope for that. My thought was that something PCB–sized would be handy for finding out if a sensor actually worked, before buying it, taking it home and finding out it was trash. I agree there is a difference between "working" and "working properly".
So you do want an oscilloscope? Ignore my previous comments!
Malleus
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Well, yes, for my travel bag. I have a Flea-Scope on the way. I've also picked up one of these, just to play with:
It does have a screen. It's a kit, so it's a rainy day soldering project.
It seens to be pretty impressive, for what it is. Again, it's not ever going to be a 4–channel Tectronix 2246
It does have a screen. It's a kit, so it's a rainy day soldering project.
It seens to be pretty impressive, for what it is. Again, it's not ever going to be a 4–channel Tectronix 2246
I picked up a Hantek 2D72 handheld oscilloscope a while back, a little bigger and more expensive than what you're looking at but I've been really impressed with it. 70MHz scope with storage, arbitrary waveform generator and digital multimeter all rolled into one. It also can plug into a PC and work with their oscilloscope program, I haven't tried that yet so I can't comment on how well it works.
