Re: PC Oscilloscopes
- From: mike <spamme0@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:42:39 -0700
Fred Bartoli wrote:
"mike" <spamme0@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:4327BBA8.5030506@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mark349@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all,
The company has some decent scopes, but the boss thinks the idea of a PC based scope is something to have around, especially the USB ones.
Not having any experience, but being totally aware that they are not
very
high bandwidth, and have other shortcomings, I am wondering if anyone
has
anything good to say about them :-) and would like to hear if there are some that are acceptable, considering all the inherent shortcomings.
When
the boss is up for spending two or three hundred bucks, I tend to not argue, but figure I might as well see if anyone has an opinion on a good deal, and spend his money when I have a chance.
Again, I know they are not fast, but it would be nice to be able to have one for something between a voltmeter and a real scope.
Thanks a lot,
Mark
Explain to the boss that a fiscally responsible management team would have some application in mind before buying equipment. Then hand him a list of equipment that you actually need along with estimates on how much time and money it would save...
Some just don't want to understand.
Once we needed an AWG to supplement another one in an experiment. I found a good second market half priced one, about $5K. Despite it would've been more than paid back during the experiment, we almost had to hang the boss by the balls to make him buy it (co-signed letter by the 5 engineers working on the experiment stating that we _wanted_ it, otherwise we'll stop working on it...). Now, none of the 5 engineers work anymore for them.
That's common practice. But a different problem. I've been in situations where I managed the entire corporate engineering team and had ZERO signature authority. I couldn't buy a pencil.
I complained...a few months later I was "granted with much fanfare" $100 signature authority. "Now you can go buy that pencil..."
If you wanna have some fun, designate 0.1% in your budget for petty cash. You'll hear the screams and moans from across the courtyard
as the bean counters take it out...While they spend a cool million on landscaping.
This guy's problem is that his boss wants to buy stuff he can't identify a use for. Send me the money, I'll figger out something.
mike
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