[Shop-talk] Hand held O scopes

[John T. Blair]

At 10:25 AM 11/17/2009, scottmryan wrote:

 >I have a radio shack 'probescope' (display is about 1/2" x 3/4" 
with very course
 >pixels), it does work, although I modified it to have better 
resolution (had .1 1v
 >10v ranges before, added /2 and /5 switch), and while it doesn't 
tell much, it is
 >much better than a meter, I have used it for reading tone ring 
sensors for abs,
 >oxy sensor, and a number of other things on the car (if I need 
better resolution,
 >I can (and have) hook(ed) it up to a computer as long as it's win 
95/98(/me?)
 >with a serial port.) a modern handheld scope should be much nicer. 
I think it
 >would be a useful thing. Please let me know what you get (or have 
gotten) if it's
 >different than the velleman and how you like it.

Scott,

Thanks for the reply.  So far I haven't gotten one, it's on my 
"gifts" list.  I'll let
you know if I ever get it. :)

John

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