Steve Dodds - Diagraph

05 Jun 2006 - "As for the scope itself, WOW! I gave my TDS3014b to my colleague when I got this, and now he wants to trade me. No such luck for him (if budgets permit, we'll work on getting him one). I am enjoying the mixed mode capability and the resolution, both time and voltage granularity are unbelievable. I do believe you have a great product. To tell you too much information, I came across your product when I was searching for a replacement scope for our lab. We have an Engineering group of five, two of which are Electricals (including me). I have become very dependant on my laptop, and I like the idea of the usb-based scope concept. I looked at quite a few competitor units, but your information and "competitive dissection" convinced me. The software interface is very intuitive, and to be honest, I haven't bothered with the manual too much. On a recent project, I was using our 3014b scope to capture waveforms for test point screen shots for the manual. Ouch! Using the diskette to save waveforms took over 5 minutes! It was a painful process. When we had our local Sales rep bring in the Tektronix guy to show us the new models, they were either $10k or a lower capability model (than our 3014b) for $3k. The 3014b is still made, still with the antiquated floppy drive, and it now lists for over $5k. It didn't take long to figure out that if I was to go through documentation of waveforms again, it would be with a unit that could easily capture a screen shot. The best part of your system is that I can easily label the signals on the application, versus pulling the imagines up in MS Paint, and adding them in for another time consuming event. I'm hoping to start exploiting the high-level functionality of the product as time permits."