Recommended USB oscilloscopes?

[Genome]

So funny... my kids were staring at me as if I'd just gone insane, I
was laughing so hard.

So, after the techs install Knoppix and the plane's nose pitches
downwards, they discover that the engine control code is written
in .NET. "Say, how quickly can you re-write the code in g++?" the PFY
asks, as yells and screams from the passenger compartment filter
through the cabin door. The pilot interjects, "Uh, guys, you have two
minutes before we slam into the ground."

So what is this PFY? Is it anything like a PHB?

Thanks for the laughs

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Nope, the word assistant might give it away.

BOFH is the Bastard Operator From Hell.
PFY is the Pimply Faced Youth.... something like an apprentice.

There is no general concept of a Pointy Haired Boss. Well, there might
be but they seem to self destruct in various ways.... with a bit of
assistance.

If you click about back in time you'll find out about things. And, if
you are into it, and have the time, then your children might get even
more concerned.

I'd guess the BOFH is computings side of Dilberts engineering.

DNA

 

[Joerg]

In that case, forget a PC based USB scope, totally ill-suited to the
task.
What he needs is a traditional analog oscilloscope, dual channel 20MHz
is the usual entry point.
Depends entirely on your budget though. $100 will get you a new tiny
10MHz single channel job:
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/46e63c74003a98862741c0a87f9c070f/Product/View/Q1803

About triple the $$$ will get you a bigger and more versatile new
20MHz dual channel job.

If you want higher bandwidth than that then a 2nd hand unit (eBay or a
surplus dealer) is much better value for money. You can get a top
brand 100MHz unit for the price of a new 20MHz cheapie. But 2nd hand
for a present is a bit iffy I suppose...

I'm surprised he doesn't have one already.

I agree. It would be rather sad if he repaired a TV, slipped off with
the probe and a last puff of smoke emerges from the PC.

 

[Martin Griffith]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/10/bofh_episode_28/

One for the Griff

DNA

OMG......(spoiler alert)

BACK OFF MAN, WE'RE PROFESSIONALS!" I snarl, whipping out my Knoppix
USB key.

"What do you want us to do?" the Co Pilot asks.

"Get as high up as possible," I say. "We're going to have to reboot
them all to change quorum when we go from Windows to Knoppix, so we'll
need all the glide time we can get..."


Martin

 

[Don Bowey]

OMG......(spoiler alert)

BACK OFF MAN, WE'RE PROFESSIONALS!" I snarl, whipping out my Knoppix
USB key.

"What do you want us to do?" the Co Pilot asks.

"Get as high up as possible," I say. "We're going to have to reboot
them all to change quorum when we go from Windows to Knoppix, so we'll
need all the glide time we can get..."

To which the Co Pilot says, "No problem sir, the Engineering Professionals
designed this plane for a twenty to one glide ratio. Uhhh.... What's a
reboot?"

 

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To which the Co Pilot says, "No problem sir, the Engineering Professionals
designed this plane for a twenty to one glide ratio. Uhhh.... What's a
reboot?"

20:1 glide ratio, eh?

So at what point do phugoid oscillations begin?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phugoid

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

20:1 glide ratio, eh?

So at what point do phugoid oscillations begin?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phugoid

If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the
stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the
stick all the way back, then they get bigger again.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Joerg]

If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the
stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the
stick all the way back, then they get bigger again.

Instructor during helicopter training (true story): If you see the
ground approaching at an uncomfortable rate you have to do something
against that.

 

[Anthony Fremont]

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

Instructor during helicopter training (true story): If you see the
ground approaching at an uncomfortable rate you have to do something
against that.

You were expecting a Geocentrist viewpoint instead of Heliocentrist? ;-)