In the market for a scope

[Rob]

Hey, no prob! I was of that mindset at one time too, but after using hybrid
and digital scopes for a while as a neccesity of my job with the EV1
projects it became quite a bit easier. Although, as I said, autoset on a
pure digital scope does NOT always mean that you will get something you
want! ;)

Theres a lot of fidgeting around with menus that occurs sometimes when I use
mine only because I was too foolish to trust myself and pressed autoset
(which should be really called "automess")

But, I agree, the analog scopes are still quite a bit better if you dont
want to worry about aliasing and such and want to be able to trust the
scope. I have seen some funky waveforms that looked nothing like they were
supposed to. You just have to think it through a little bit more before
using what you see as gospel and check your settings.

If you get one, prepare for a learning curve, no doubt about it. But the
rewards are great, like being able to capture waveforms directly to my
laptop and send them on.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: Toby Paddock <tpaddock at seanet.com>
To: 'synth-diy' <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>; 'Rob' <cyborg_0 at iquest.net>;
'Harry Bissell' <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 12:04 AM
Subject: RE: In the market for a scope


> Rob,
> Well put. I guess I did come across totally negative on
> digital scopes. Plus I was ignoring all the good things
> they CAN do.
> And I bet floating the ground on your handheld is easy.
>
> Harry,
> Yes! I've used a Fluke/Phillips hybrid scope.
> What a cool machine.
>
>  - -- -  Toby "I guess I would trust a digital scope farther
> than I could comfortably spit a rat" Paddock
>
>
>
> Rob[SMTP:cyborg_0 at iquest.net] wrote:
>
> I dont have any real problems with my handheld digital scope.
> You just really have to know what you are doing/looking for
> and be able to set it up as such.  Definitely *not* always the
> easiest thing mind you, but still its better than having a huge
> scope sitting around on the bench. Sometimes, you just have
> to set down and think a little more about what you
> are expecting to see and *DO NOT* trust the stupid "autoset"
> buttons because autoset usually causes more alarm than good.
> Rob
>
>
> Harry Bissell[SMTP:harrybissell at prodigy.net] wrote:
>
> I use a Fluke/Phillips hybrid scope at work. My favorite... like
> it even better than the TEKs. It has digital storage, but
> push a button and it becomes analog. Crude but excellent
> "sanity check". Make sure its real, then sample.
> There is room for analog and digital !!!
> H^)
>
>