Re: Low cost USB spectrum analyzers for EMC?

From: mike (spamme0_at_netscape.net)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:56:50 -0800

Joerg wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Just wondering. Since there is a plethora of nifty EE devices around
> USB, is there a cheap USB spectum analyzer that runs from, say,
> something like 150kHz to 1GHz? Something without a screen or anything
> fancy.
>
> Google brought hits but they were either just audio or WLAN analyzers.
> Considering the cost of WLAN cards for USB there ought to be something.
>
> Regards, Joerg
>
> http://www.analogconsultants.com

Don't know what you mean by EMC, but if you intend testing for EMC
compliance, you might reconsider something hanging out of a PC.
You might find it radiates more than the thing you're testing.
mike 

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