Only thing is the old monitor would be be bigger and bulkier than most=20
scopes nowadays.

Take up a lot of bench space, would it not?

Make it work with an Android tablet, Olin.

Mark Skeels
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On 2/23/2011 1:16 PM, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> doug metzler wrote:
>> I agree with the display lag problem - it's disconcerting for the
>> display to freeze while the USB channel is trying to re-fill the
>> buffer when I change a setting.
>>
>> The USB control panel is an interesting idea but would require that
>> you have a spot for the control panel on your bench.  I like that I
>> bring the scope to the circuit and not the other way around.
>>
>> An iPad app with a wireless connection to the device might be
>> interesting, Imagine if you could use the 2-finger separate (like
>> enlarging pictures/web pages) to change your vertical or horizontal
>> resolution.  If we ever get desktop touch screens then that could
>> change everything.
> This brings up a idea I've had in the back of my mind for a few years.
>
> I've been thinking about making a cheap but usable scope by getting rid o=
f
> the monitor and having a front panel that is all capacitive sense switche=
s.
> The front panel could be a circuit board with the right paint, maybe even
> just the silkscreen layer on it.
>
> Instead of a monitor, it would have a SVGA output.  Everybody has a old S=
VGA
> monitor or two lying around unused nowadays.  These cheaply give you way
> more pixels than even high end scopes do, and full color.  No need for mo=
re
> than 1024 x 768 pixels.  The top of the scope would be flat to make it ea=
sy
> to perch the monitor on.  I'd also provide a convenience power socket on =
the
> back of the scope so the whole thing only needed a single power outlet.
>
> I'd have a few dedicated buttons (capsence areas, actually), and probably
> two rows of soft button at the top of the board just below where the disp=
lay
> should be.  The bottom portion of the display would always show the curre=
nt
> function of these soft buttons.
>
> If you want to get fancy, allow chaining multiple base units together to =
get
> more channels on one display.  The units would know they are chained and
> everything could still be controlled from the buttons only on the master.
> For that matter, you could have separate add on units that had no buttons=
 at
> all that are only slaves.
>
> Even if someone didn't have a old monitor they'd have to buy one, but 12"
> SVGA compatible monitors are dirt cheap nowadays.  The price would still =
be
> less than what it would cost to build in a display.
>
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