Show HN: Aeroscope, a Wireless Oscilloscope Probe

aeroscope.io

15 points·blackguardx··11 comments

It would be neat if the device could store some samples locally, so that you could throw it into a faraday cage (completely isolated from all noise sources), make some measurements, then later look at the measurements on the app.

Our original plan was to support something like this. We don't have this feature right now, but will consider adding it in the future. It is mainly a UI problem.

For attaching onto a device, do you offer different attachment heads to make it easier? Or is there only 1 probe head?

The probe tip can be interchanged. It uses an SMA connector, so it is easily adaptable. We plan on shipping with a probe tip and a set of "pig tails" with mini-grabbers.

Looks interesting for quick testing. Any indication on how much this will cost?

Right now, we are targeting a $400 price point.

Thanks for the quick response. You are priced about where my Rigol DS1102E 100 MHz Digital Oscilloscope is. Lots of people use it or the DS1000 (50Mhz) as their daily scope. The Rigol has a ton of memory in it so I can do pretty long capture points (most of mine is long period I2C captures).

I'll keep you bookmarked to watch for a release and a final price.

Yes, Rigol is a strong competitor for low cost bench scopes. As a small startup, we don't have the pricing leverage Rigol has with chip vendors. We plan to get there in a few years. Our edge over Rigol is our wireless capability and portability. Wireless is nice for remote measurements or anytime you need isolation from mains ground.

Will the protocol documentation be publicly available?

Yes, the protocol will be completely open source.

Very cool!

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