[sdiy] which oscilloscope?

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 6 Oct 2008, at 11:36, George Hearn wrote:

> Scopes are an interesting one.. you can get a good Hameg Analogue  
> 10MHz
> scope in the UK for almost nothing (as 1000's went into schools/ 
> colleges)
> and for SDIY purposes it would probably be fine.  I used one for ages.
> However, I was fortunate enough to be given a Tektronix TDS3052 500MHz
> Digital and am now a snob and couldn't consider going back to the  
> clunky old
> thing I had.  I really think that for hobbyist audio stuff it is  
> best to buy
> to a price because any scope would be adequate if used properly..  
> one thing
> I would say is that a 'good' analogue scope is better than a 'bad'  
> digital
> one.  Only go digital if you want to spend a bit more.  George

I agree with George. My scope is exactly one of those that he  
mentions: It came out of a school technology department, virtually  
untouched and cost very little - kids don't do serious electronics at  
school these days.
It's nothing fancy, just a 20MHz analogue dual trace, but it does  
very nicely for what I do (uP-based synth audio stuff).
I'm sure if I had a 500MHz Tektronix I could get used to being a snob  
too, though!

T.