Today my mini osciloscope arrived.

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The device measures just 98mm x 60mm x 14mm. It comes complete with a carrybag and two x1 probes.

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The specifications are:

  • 2 analog channels (A and B)
  • 2 digital channels (C and D)
  • Vertical scale: 20mV-10V/div
  • Vertical resultion: 8bit
  • Input coupling: AC/DC
  • Max input voltage: 80Vpp (x1 probe)
  • Software trigger: edge, pulse, level
  • Hardware trigger: edge
  • Trigger soruce: CH1/CH2/EXT
  • Test signal generator: 10Hz to 1MHz
  • Storage: internal 2MB USB disk
  • Auto measure: Vmax, Vmin, Vpp, Vavr, Vrms, Freq, Period, Pulse, Duty
  • Cursor measurement: Level, Voltage
  • Display mode: CH1, CH2, EXT, CH1+CH2, CH1-CH2, CH1*CH2
  • Sampling mode: real time
  • Sampling rate: 1kSa/s - 72MSa/S
  • Power: Lipo battery

On one side are channels A and B and the signal generator.

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The other side has channels C and D, the power button and the USB connection for charging and accessing the flash memory.

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And the top has the controls.

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Booting shows the version numbers (device is upgradable).

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I did a quick check to see if all is working by connecting channel A to the signal generator.

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After fidling a bit with the controls (they’re not that intuitive) I managed to get the trigger working and display a stable wave on the screen.

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The unit also shows frequency and dutycyle, which are going to be handy for the work I’m going to do with it.

First impression is that it should be a usable device, nice and portable. Bit difficult to control, will take some getting used to. Will have to see how it holds up with some real usage :)