[sdiy] Which Oscilloscope to buy?

[Ingo Debus]

Am 13.12.2010 um 11:27 schrieb Matthias Herrmann-DEU:

> my old hameg stopped working, so I am looking for a new one

Do you know what doesn't work on your Hameg? Maybe it can be fixed. I  
repaired my ancient HM 412 several times. It was always something in  
the power supply.


> - not an used one, since I have had troubles with these more than  
> one time.
> all I want is two channel for general synth apps, so 20MHz will be  
> sufficient.
>
> now I wonder, should I go with a digital one, or an analogue one?

If I were to buy a new scope these days, I'd get a digital one.  
Digital scopes aren't the ugly monsters they used to be 10 years ago.
Yes, there are still cases where an analog scope is better. And it  
does take some time to get used to a digital scope (don't remove the  
probe too quick, it takes a fraction of a second until the curve  
shows up). But IMHO the advantages outweigh this by far.
What convinced me was a Tek 2000 series scope. Don't know about the  
cheap look-alikes Reichelt and others offer.

Ingo