[sdiy] first oscilloscope help

[Electronic Battle]

> I'm looking for my first oscilloscope, it needs to be small, cheep, any
> suggestions,Any recommendations suggestions much appreciated


Whilst it probably won't satisfy the needs of someone starting off in the 
world of oscilloscopes, a possible DIY solution (handy as a general purpose 
waveform monitor) could be this circuit:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/7156/articl3.htm
featured in
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/06/led_oscope_schematic.html
which refers to
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/11/video_dave_clausen_and_hi.html


I found the links because I have recently found a number of LM3914s which I 
plan to build into some eurorack modules, one of which will be an 8x8 CV 
matrix and another may be a small LED CRO as per the above.

Have fun!

RMC