I am new at building coils and eletronic stuff .
I have never had any test equipment other than a multimeter.
I don't have alot to spend .
I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with
USBee USB and PC based Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer and Protocol Analyzer
here is their website . http://www.usbee.com/
I know that buying test equipment that is not quite up to the job is kind of like buying
a race horse that won't run .
I was looking at the AX STD or the AX plus
they list some specs but I am not far enough into this kind of thing that they make any sense to me .
I plan on building a Tesla coil , but mostly I want to work with back emf spikes .....maybe make a motor after I learn how to make the spikes work for me .
If you know about this particular test equipment or something similar please let me know about your experiences.
Thanks
gary
Hello Gary,
Here is a good link.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/11/scopeonpc_turn.html
If you don't have much cash and you really want to learn then you might give it a try.
Bessler
I didn't realize what an excellent site this is but if you like to make things these guys can show you how. Just amazing.
http://blog.makezine.com/
Quote from: Bessler007 on January 14, 2008, 11:13:25 PM
I didn't realize what an excellent site this is but if you like to make things these guys can show you how. Just amazing.
http://blog.makezine.com/
Thanks Bessler
I will check it out .
I am not willing to make the computer I am using now into an ocilloscope ....It is a notebook ....if I fry something it could be difficult or imposable to repair.
But then again if I can find an old computer somewhere ......
gary
hansvonliev posted this link:
http://www.allworldsoft.com/cgi/screenshot.cgi?t=2&id=822
at another thread. . .
for a download that can process data from your sound card or an ADC (analog-digital converter) and display it.
This thread might be a good repository of tools.
Bessler007
mib HQ
Quote from: Bessler007 on January 16, 2008, 02:22:06 PM
hansvonliev posted this link:
http://www.allworldsoft.com/cgi/screenshot.cgi?t=2&id=822
at another thread. . .
for a download that can process data from your sound card or an ADC (analog-digital converter) and display it.
This thread might be a good repository of tools.
Bessler007
mib HQ
I am going to start building a few coils and see what I can learn from them .
I was wondering if a hall effect chip could be used as a probe with these PC ocilloscope programs.
I want to be able map the magnetic flix to some degree. That is why I started looking into hall effect chips.
It seems to me that if placed in contact with an inductor it should work almost like a regular scope conection.
If course the waveforms will be relative .......no actual voltage measurement would be possable . ......
I can't quite bring myself to connecting live projects directly to my PC . ..... If I am right about the hall effect chip I can use the O scope program and have almost no chance of Spikes or something frying my computer .
gary