iMSO

Name: iMSO
Rating: 3.2 (6 reviews)
Author: Oscium LLC

Handheld Oscilloscope

Free · Designed for iPad

6 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Oscium LLC
Language

EN
English
Size

11.3
MB

Oscilloscope your phone, touch or tablet! iMSO allows you to analyze 2 analog and up to 4 digital signals using the iMSO-204 mixed signal oscilloscope hardware. Although demo mode is available for free with this download, hardware must be purchased to fully enable the product. - It's the first mixed signal oscilloscope available in the app store (50MSPS / 5MHz) - Easiest, most intuitive scope you’ll ever use - Preferred scope for the next generation of inventors Software demo mode includes: - Simulated wave display (sine, square, sawtooth, and triangular) - Cursors w/ measurements - Direct signal measurements - Analog triggering - Run / Stop / Single mode Hardware mode includes: - Analog triggering - Digital triggering - Cursors w/ measurements - Direct signal measurements - 1x or 10x probe setting - Run / STOP / Single mode Hardware works with the following devices: - iPad mini 3 - iPad mini 2 - iPad mini - iPad Air 2 - iPad Air - iPad 4 - iPad 3 - iPad 2 - iPad - iPhone 6 Plus - iPhone 6 - iPhone 5C - iPhone 5S - iPhone 5 - iPhone 4S - iPhone 4 - iPhone 3GS - iPod touch [3rd (32GB only), 4th and 5th generation)

Ratings & Reviews

3.2

out of 5

6 Ratings

Good o-scope for the price
11/09/2011

Shadrack33
The software and hardware are very nice. The hardware amounts to a 5 MHz analog probe, and 4 digital probes. This is nice, but I would like to see a 2x analog probe hardware accessory, even if it is at the cost of speed. Be sure to pay attention to the probe specs and don't exceed the max voltages. The software is very modern, the UI is straight forward and mostly self-explanatory. All the expected data logging features were there. I found that pinch to zoom in and out to be clunky. a smooth zoom option would be nice.

Developer Response
We just released a 2x analog probe version! Check out: iMSO-204x. Hope with that improvement, we can win over a five star review (from the four star provided). Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. It matters! And we're listening!
Good o-scope for the price
11/09/2011

Shadrack33

The software and hardware are very nice. The hardware amounts to a 5 MHz analog probe, and 4 digital probes. This is nice, but I would like to see a 2x analog probe hardware accessory, even if it is at the cost of speed. Be sure to pay attention to the probe specs and don't exceed the max voltages. The software is very modern, the UI is straight forward and mostly self-explanatory. All the expected data logging features were there. I found that pinch to zoom in and out to be clunky. a smooth zoom option would be nice.
Developer Response 08/08/2017
We just released a 2x analog probe version! Check out: iMSO-204x. Hope with that improvement, we can win over a five star review (from the four star provided). Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. It matters! And we're listening!
Very useful portable tool
05/23/2012

tkldog
I have a university lab full of high end, high speed test gear like 25 GHz 'scopes and the like. But I also do some home projects for a variety of reasons and help out a local commercial diesel repair shop when they have weird electronics problems. While I have a low end 'scope at home, I find the portability of the OSCIUM device a great asset for many of my tasks where I do not need high bandwidth. A recent example was finding CAM bus problems on the big diesel rig. The iPad was easy to handle in tight spaces and the OSCIM scope did its job and we nailed the problem quickly (saw bad reflections and isolated a poor connector).While I would like to see a similar product from OSCIUM with a dual channel analog 'scope, this tool has been most useful and for my use rate it as a 5 star.

Developer Response
Thank you for the love! Did you know that we recently released a dual channel analog version? Check out: iMSO-204x. It's exactly what you have requested :)
Very useful portable tool
05/23/2012

tkldog

I have a university lab full of high end, high speed test gear like 25 GHz 'scopes and the like. But I also do some home projects for a variety of reasons and help out a local commercial diesel repair shop when they have weird electronics problems. While I have a low end 'scope at home, I find the portability of the OSCIUM device a great asset for many of my tasks where I do not need high bandwidth. A recent example was finding CAM bus problems on the big diesel rig. The iPad was easy to handle in tight spaces and the OSCIM scope did its job and we nailed the problem quickly (saw bad reflections and isolated a poor connector).While I would like to see a similar product from OSCIUM with a dual channel analog 'scope, this tool has been most useful and for my use rate it as a 5 star.
Developer Response 08/08/2017
Thank you for the love! Did you know that we recently released a dual channel analog version? Check out: iMSO-204x. It's exactly what you have requested :)
Awesome
04/12/2012

Thegeekiestguy
Update: using this app with AirPlay mirroring to my apple tv totally works, I still like using the HDMI adapter since there's no latency that way, but I'm still in love with this scope, thanks again Oscium.I've had this scope for a while now and it's still working great. If you feel that the iPhones screen is too small to do anything serious know that it supports using the apple HDMI out adapter, and it is pretty sweet. Note that I had to cut a tiny bit of superfluous plastic off the side of my HDMI cable, but I'm pretty sure anybody who buys a scope is ok with a slight cable mod.I've been using this in lieu of a logic probe lately and I'm very pleased with its abilities, thank you oscium.

Developer Response
AirPlay is a fantastic little feature, isn't it! Also works with Apple TV (for us with a projector, like in a classroom). Thanks for taking the time to review the scope. We appreciate the love and the title. Awesome is where our company name came from: awesome + oscilloscope = Oscium. :)
Awesome
04/12/2012

Thegeekiestguy

Update: using this app with AirPlay mirroring to my apple tv totally works, I still like using the HDMI adapter since there's no latency that way, but I'm still in love with this scope, thanks again Oscium.I've had this scope for a while now and it's still working great. If you feel that the iPhones screen is too small to do anything serious know that it supports using the apple HDMI out adapter, and it is pretty sweet. Note that I had to cut a tiny bit of superfluous plastic off the side of my HDMI cable, but I'm pretty sure anybody who buys a scope is ok with a slight cable mod.I've been using this in lieu of a logic probe lately and I'm very pleased with its abilities, thank you oscium.
Developer Response 08/08/2017
AirPlay is a fantastic little feature, isn't it! Also works with Apple TV (for us with a projector, like in a classroom). Thanks for taking the time to review the scope. We appreciate the love and the title. Awesome is where our company name came from: awesome + oscilloscope = Oscium. :)
Great Little Scope
11/05/2012

tanbam
It might seem like a steep price for a single analog/four digital scope with limited bandwidth, but the portability makes up for it.An iPad screen is great for kitchen table projects, but the small iPhone screen is perfect for everything else.The menus are easy to navigate and there seem to be a lot of features that you would expect only on more expensive scopes.The one feature that I'm not crazy about (but need to use most often) is the pinch-to-zoom method of changing the volts/division and the time scale. Although that's the normal method for this platform, it's a little cumbersome with this application. It's not so bad on the iPad, but it's not as easy to use on the iPhone. I'd rather have buttons to change the scales.As my first real, use of the scope, I was debugging an Arduino project. Being able to immediately identify an error that was causing an incorrect duty cycle on an output was a huge time saver.

Developer Response
Thank you for the five star review! We've made some improvements to the pinch-to-zoom. Have those improvements met your needs? We've added immediate feedback so that you can see where you are and where you're zooming into (or out of). If it's not perfectly awesome, please ping us at support@oscium.com with that feedback. We'd love to improve. And, with your help, I know we can.
Great Little Scope
11/05/2012

tanbam

It might seem like a steep price for a single analog/four digital scope with limited bandwidth, but the portability makes up for it.An iPad screen is great for kitchen table projects, but the small iPhone screen is perfect for everything else.The menus are easy to navigate and there seem to be a lot of features that you would expect only on more expensive scopes.The one feature that I'm not crazy about (but need to use most often) is the pinch-to-zoom method of changing the volts/division and the time scale. Although that's the normal method for this platform, it's a little cumbersome with this application. It's not so bad on the iPad, but it's not as easy to use on the iPhone. I'd rather have buttons to change the scales.As my first real, use of the scope, I was debugging an Arduino project. Being able to immediately identify an error that was causing an incorrect duty cycle on an output was a huge time saver.
Developer Response 08/08/2017
Thank you for the five star review! We've made some improvements to the pinch-to-zoom. Have those improvements met your needs? We've added immediate feedback so that you can see where you are and where you're zooming into (or out of). If it's not perfectly awesome, please ping us at support@oscium.com with that feedback. We'd love to improve. And, with your help, I know we can.