Cool raspberry pi idea?

[TubsAlwaysWins]

I was watching a video on oscilloscopes and I thought to my self, damn. Those are cool. I need one. And then I thought to myself, they make software that emulates one. So, what if I were to take my raspberry pi I dont use and a old monitor and make some kick-ass wall art. Thoughts?

[PigWithAMustache]

if you can make something thats kick-ass, then do it

[Utter_Mayhem]

it requires more knowledge in electrical engineering than computer engineering.

[Electronics Wizardy]

The easy way to do it is to get a mic input and use that.

 

Its gonna suck, but work.

 

In order to get a good scope would require lots of input circuirty, and won't be easy.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, Utter_Mayhem said:

it requires more knowledge in electrical engineering than computer engineering.

Really? My plan would be to get an oscilloscope emulator and then run that on the Pi (Inside of Raspbian) and then just have it output to the display

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

The easy way to do it is to get a mic input and use that.

 

Its gonna suck, but work.

 

In order to get a good scope would require lots of input circuirty, and won't be easy.

Like this:

(Should start at 7:57)

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10 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Really? My plan would be to get an oscilloscope emulator and then run that on the Pi (Inside of Raspbian) and then just have it output to the display

He probably thought you meant making an actual oscilloscope and not a display piece.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, DeadEyePsycho said:

He probably thought you meant making an actual oscilloscope and not a display piece.

Oh lol no

[Utter_Mayhem]

36 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Really? My plan would be to get an oscilloscope emulator and then run that on the Pi (Inside of Raspbian) and then just have it output to the display

ooh, i thought u meant an actual working one.

 

i see wat u mean, Hmu sounds like a nice project

[Electronics Wizardy]

37 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Like this:

(Should start at 7:57)

but the other way around, so that your using the mic input to make a scope using the pi.

 

The lazy way is to use something like audacity,

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

but the other way around, so that your using the mic input to make a scope using the pi.

 

The lazy way is to use something like audacity,

Or something like that

[caleblovespizza]

I know of many ways to use an RPi to create a scope!

Here is an instructable on the matter:

http://www.instructables.com/id/PiScope-Raspberry-Pi-based-Oscilloscope/

If you were also to take a 555 timer circuit and connect it to the scope you could create different frequencies that look cool and different for some wall art.

Here is even a link to a Hackaday project where someone made pixel art with their CROscope:

https://hackaday.io/project/3239-chipkit-oscilloscope-plotter

 

I hope that everything works out well for ya!

[dany_boy]

Sorry to be that guy, but why do you need a scope in the first place? That being said I think @caleblovespizza has an interesting proposal going on...