[sdiy] Oscilloscope on a Budget 200

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 21 Jun 2016, at 01:08, m brandenberg <mcbinc at panix.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
> 
>> On 06/20/2016 04:05 PM, Richie Burnett wrote:
>>> Michael Zacherl wrote:
>>>> Atten’s missing:
>>>> http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/test-voices/4435528/The-scope-from-Hell-
>>>> ;)
>>> Ouch, not good.
>> 
>> Too bad that the reviewer didn't mention the make/model of that scope from hell. Fortunately he posted screenshots and from the unique icons and fonts I was able to narrow it down to B&K. Sad - B&K used to make good stuff.
> 
> He left the identifying information on the last page:  Atten.
> Model unknown but the ADS1102* would be a good candidate.  This
> thing was rebranded several ways so the bad was spread around…

In the comments someone mentions that one of the LeCroy WaveAce scope's display is visually identical, based on the screenshots. Perhaps the Atten ones were LeCroy QA failures rebranded?! Or maybe the LeCroy ones are just as bad?

That whole story really is an unbelievable catalogue of woe!!

Tom