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This is one of those things that seems like it has a high gadget desirability potential on the surface, but I really can't see replacing my existing perfectly functional (and probably significantly more durable) smartwatch with this. I already have one of those credit card sized pocket oscilloscopes. I can't see any need for a device more portable than that. Even for the purposes of just showing off to your nerd friends, you'd only ever really be able to do that once per nerd, and then what?
Why have I never heard of this
Bam.
To be fair, it's bigger than a credit card. But you get the idea.
Theyre kind of trash, I rocked one for a while in my gear bag, used it a handful of times, mostly as a simple volt probe or "the signal is moving".
And my irl job is chip/board bringup so I'm the best use case.
The portable hantek ones though, I swear by them, they do everything and you can plug them in to usb and run them on Linux.
The credit card ones have shit probes and are just barely worth it, especially since I mostly work at higher frequencies, I wouldn't trust it past audio and I wouldn't trust the precision much around that.