Hello All,
This is my first post and I greatly thank Gyro and the others for this thread.
I bought my VDS1022 due to the information put forth here and really appreciate the help cutting through the jungle of USB DSO's.
I found the isolated version very interesting, but I only have measurements on simple battery operated circuits.
I am very happy with my oscilloscope. It does what I need it for very well.
The criteria that were important to me:
1.) I could use it out in the field with no AC access
2.) Low hardware requirements for the host computer
(This was one of the main reasons. Most of the work is done
by the Hardware/Software in the oscilloscope itself as was detailed
in this thread - and in a way I could understand it
)
3.) Round 20 Mhz bandwidth
4.) Good price
Memory depth is good enough for my applications.
Since I don't want to lug a huge notebook around with me,
I tested the Owon software on my old netbook Acer Aspire before buying.
It has a 1.66 GHz Atom N450 CPU with 1 GB Ram.
It worked just fine without a hiccup.
I did try picoscope software on this netbook.
It stalls and hiccups with it. So a no-go for me in this case.
The software on the CD is version 1.0.24 from 10.11.2016
I have downloaded and am using the latest version from Owons website which is 1.0.27
Thank You all again!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
All the best, Nullarbor