> I've been seeing ads recently for the HP 'LogicDart'.  Looks more like
> a
> meter/logic analyzer than a scope, but it might be worth checking
> into.
> Portable, runs off batteries, and samples at up to 100 MSa/s.  It's
> listed
> at $795 (!) in the new TestEquity rag, so you're gonna pay for
> portability.
>  It looks like it's about the same size as an HP-48 calc, so it's not
> as
> tiny as the rat shack toy.
>
>
>

>
> >It looks like this is the same handheld scope that Radio Shack sell
> >in the US. Its 80 dollars list over there but Radio Shack at the Twin
> >Cities Hamfest had one for around 60 dollars.
> >
> >My wife bought me one for my birthday, not fast enough or flexible
> >enough for serious use (so am still looking for a scope and
> >following this thread with interest) but having something the size of
> >a logic probe with a little built-in backlit LCD showing a scope
> >trace  is an interesting and useful tool in it's own right (even at
> >the very low resolution of the LCD). Pity it doesn't have built in
>
> I've been seeing ads recently for the HP 'LogicDart'.  Looks more like a
> meter/logic analyzer than a scope, but it might be worth checking into.
> Portable, runs off batteries, and samples at up to 100 MSa/s.  It's listed
> at $795 (!) in the new TestEquity rag, so you're gonna pay for portability.
>  It looks like it's about the same size as an HP-48 calc, so it's not as
> tiny as the rat shack toy.
>
> Haven't used one, but the HP mixed signal scope (54645D) looks like it
> would be a real winner for embedded design.  It's a cool $5k though.