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John Boxall has got his hands on what looks to be an intriguing and very versatile product.  The XMEGA Xprotolab by Gabotronics is in the words of its makers:

“…the first mixed signal oscilloscope with an arbitrary waveform generator in a DIP module. It measures only 1 x 1.6 inches, and can be mounted directly on a breadboard. The Xprotolab can also be used as a development board for the AVR XMEGA microcontroller.”

The Xmega Xprotolab from Gabotronics is a tiny little device but has a few features that the hobbyist might find useful, in fact to call it an Electronic Digital Oscilloscope it seems is selling it short, it has a waveform generator and power supply built in there as well, ideal tools for someone prototyping a new circuit design.

Oscilloscope Specifications

• 2 Analog Channels, 8 Digital Channels
• Maximum Sampling rate: 2MSPS
• Analog Bandwidth: 320kHz
• Resolution: 8bits
• Input Impedance: 1MΩ
• Buffer size per channel: 256
• Max. Input Voltage: +/- 10V
Now for its size that is pretty impressive, especially those 8 logic channels…  The screen size is small though.

See what John thinks of the device here: Tronixstuff Review of the Gabotronics Xmega Protolab