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Why do you think there aren't more "good" USB oscilloscopes?
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coppercone2:
well then you have the scope meter to compete with there. I think companies are going to just put more features into scope meters, which they already are.

But the question was why are there not a ton of these, rather then should they exist.
Bud:
For personal use the market is small. For corporate use your computer oscilloscope will be subject to all of the IT scruteny,  compliance requirements, security patches, password management, antivirus, encryption, backup, etc.
pcprogrammer:
A modern DSO is not bulky. Take the Rigol MSO5000, it takes less space then a laptop and a USB scope like the pico, owon or hantek ones. Some of the Chinese crap scopes are almost the size of, or even smaller then, a USB scope.

But I guess it is based on demand. Probably less demand for an USB based scope then for the standard bench top scopes.

A draw back with USB scopes is the connection with the computer. It can introduce noise and problems with ground. Sure with a laptop the latter can be avoided, but for the noise it still might need some insulation scheme between the computer and the USB scope. That adds more cost to the scope.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: TomKatt on February 16, 2023, 11:18:08 am ---So why do you think there aren't more USB scopes on the market?

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Because people expect cheap, which is what the chinese ones deliver. But cheap means you don't have any money left for a decent software development team.
Look at the Digilent Analog Discovery 2 for example, there is basically nothing in the hardware yet it's US$400, the same price as a great and vastly more capable in many respects 4CH USB bench scope. Why? Because the software and support is awesome and you pay a premium for that.

And then as PCprogrammer said above, the market is smaller because most people prefer "the right tool for the job" which in the majority of cases is a dedicated bench scope. Just like a multimeter beats a USB multimeter in usability any day of the week.
JPortici:

--- Quote from: TomKatt on February 16, 2023, 11:18:08 am ---So why do you think there aren't more USB scopes on the market?

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current offerings satisfy demand
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