[sdiy] pocket-sized DSO

[MTG]

Rigol manufactures the intro level scopes for Agilent.  I got the DS1102E
for just over $700 US at Saelig.com. So far, so good.
http://www.saelig.com/PSBE100/PSPC017.htm

There are tons of other choices, including USB PC scopes.  I was using a
BitScope before this and I *hated* it. I wanted standalone, storage, and not
crap.  I bid on a bunch of used Tektronix scopes on eBay, but it got too
risky to me to spend $200-$400 on a used scope of unknown history.  I
researched the scope quite a bit before I bought it. The logic analysis
module would have been a nice add-on, but I didn't have the budget for that
option.

GB
www.musictechnologiesgroup.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Nordlund" <gsn10 at hotmail.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 7:49 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] pocket-sized DSO


>
> This is a Chinese brand, right? I keep seeing these "no name" brands of 
> cheap digital scopes, Rigol, Uni_T, OWON, Instek, ATTEN, AitdTek, etc. and 
> I wonder if they're any good compared to "major" brands. A lot of them 
> seem to be either re-brands of the same model or blatant copies of 
> Tektronix designs. I sort of consider that DSOs, at least the ones I've 
> used, don't really get to be worthwhile until they're quite expensive (TDS 
> 3034, for instance). I'd be interested to see if these are really usable 
> for their price, or just cheap garbage with overstated specs.
>