Oscilliscope

[EOJ]

I"m an EE student and electronics enthusiasts. What would be a good Oscillisope to start out with. Thanks

 

[panic mode]

one that works

 

[EOJ]

nice.....

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

I agree.

I would like to ask a few questions like what might the intended voltages, frequencies and amplitudes be and what's your budget? What features do you require? You can also take a look at Picoscope https://www.picotech.com/oscilloscope.html?source=Google or Bitscope https://www.bitscope.com/

Yo also might find some stuff useful here https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php and in his Youtube videos.

There are lots of tiny DSO scopes on ebay that could get you started. Warning, if you buy a used scope, you may need a scope to fix it.

 

[Dean Huster]

Don't get all hung up with advice about you having to have a digital oscillscope or having to buy a NEW scope. There are all kinds of high-end portable and laboratory-grade analog scopes available for pennies on the dollar from the on-line auctions. Bargains can be had. These scopes will generally run circles around all of the affordable digital scopes you can buy. Digital scopes offer some advantages over analog but I've been working without those "wonderful" features now for 40+ years and don't feel any loss. I own a Tektronix 7904 loaded with plug-ins, good for 500 MHz bandwidth and with the plug-in capability, can have all sorts of features a digital scope cannot such as semiconductor curve tracer, spectrum analyzer, logic analyzer, etc. and something like I have is going for under $500 in many instances -- a system that in 1997 would cost in the area of $20,000. Be smart, look at all the possible angles, prioritize on different items of test equipment and spend your hard-earned money wisely.

 

[EOJ]

hey right on, thanks for the advice.

 

[EOJ]

thanks man, I'm checking it out now.

 

[dr pepper]

I got a good scope from a place on ebay that scraps old equipment, 90 quid got me a quad trace 100mhz scope with all the bits still in calibration.
Decide whether you want digi or analogue, some of the older micro channel tube scopes are really good.