Seems like you should be able to go down to the local technical school and
talk to the instructor about borrowing some time on a scope - they're not
that rare.

Or any local firm that does electronics work - they'll have several and I
would hope the techs there would be happy to help out.

DougM

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Sean Breheny <shb7@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Nobody is suggesting that he not eventually try making his own scope.
> However, it is foolish to think that one is going to lash up a scope
> in a few days, with no budget and no additional scope to debug the
> design. I tried doing this back when I was 18 years old and while I
> did learn some things, it took me months and I did not succeed, mainly
> because I lacked a scope to check my design.
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:28 AM, doug metzler <doug.metzler@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I think you should go for it.  I'm excited to see a design that has a
> > wireless link to the computer.
> >
> > When I got my first USB scope it was less than a week before I was
> convinced
> > that standalone scopes were a thing of the past - at least for the kind
> of
> > work I do.
> >
> > So your first design might have some limitations, but that's what
> revisions
> > are for.
> >
> > DougM
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 3:46 PM, RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> > >>> It's going to be a very simple, low speed oscilloscope.
> >>
> >> > >> There should be something of this kind for Android-based devices,
> >> > >> probably in the near future. Your data will be saved automaticall=
y
> as
> >> > >> Google docs.
> >>
> >> > > That's depressing.
> >>
> >> > Why? That ARM based devices have, if I am not mistaken, ADCs and GPI=
Os
> >> > ... I'd rather say it's impressing, not depressing.
> >>
> >> You may get a better feel for the image that came to mind that caused
> >> him to write that if you Gargafraffle various mixes of
> >>
> >> Don't be evil.
> >> To own all the world's data (aka store)
> >> 1984
> >> George Orwell.
> >> Waddya mean the network was down, how can the...
> >> Standalone/ Self contained /
> >> One may also, just possibly, invoke shadows of Godwin.
> >>
> >> ...
> >>
> >> I imagine that he also finds it modestly impressive at a technical
> level.
> >>
> >> Whatever.
> >>
> >>        Russell
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