Hey all,
Soon (when I get this app finished - if I finish), I'm going to start pricing and shopping around for a new oscilloscope.
Basically, what I've been using for the longest time is an old S-51B vacuum-tube oscilloscope. Beautiful scope and still in quite good condition, but if these instruments are supposed to speak the truth of a circuit, this thing is a babbling drunk.
I got it from my high-school physics teacher who had taken them off the hands of a Berkeley physics department - the calibration date is 1973, 20 years before I existed. I have sentimental value to it because it and a defunct signal generator were my first spark into vacuum tubes, and thus electronics. I'm not going to get rid of the thing in the foreseeable future (unless it implodes), but I need to have an accurate, modern workhorse oscilloscope that I can actually use for things other than funny lines on the screen - my amp building and hardware design has gotten to the point where I don't absolutely need to, but I would feel much better being able to peer into and scope a circuit.
Right now, I've been looking at the MSO2000 series. Tektronix has a reputation for lasting oscilloscopes, and they seem to be reasonably (if low-thousands is reasonable ) priced.
What are everyone's thoughts and suggestions for a scope? Anyone have a similar model to that? I'm looking for something that isn't top-of-the-line, but isn't entry-level in the sense of 'dumbed-down' or basic. I want something that is decently affordable, but will last me for the long haul without needing to be replaced or upgraded as my designs or experience advance.
All things considered, I'm going to take quite awhile to look, as it isn't a light investment and I don't want to buy it too early (and have the end try to justify the means).
Soon (when I get this app finished - if I finish), I'm going to start pricing and shopping around for a new oscilloscope.
Basically, what I've been using for the longest time is an old S-51B vacuum-tube oscilloscope. Beautiful scope and still in quite good condition, but if these instruments are supposed to speak the truth of a circuit, this thing is a babbling drunk.
I got it from my high-school physics teacher who had taken them off the hands of a Berkeley physics department - the calibration date is 1973, 20 years before I existed. I have sentimental value to it because it and a defunct signal generator were my first spark into vacuum tubes, and thus electronics. I'm not going to get rid of the thing in the foreseeable future (unless it implodes), but I need to have an accurate, modern workhorse oscilloscope that I can actually use for things other than funny lines on the screen - my amp building and hardware design has gotten to the point where I don't absolutely need to, but I would feel much better being able to peer into and scope a circuit.
Right now, I've been looking at the MSO2000 series. Tektronix has a reputation for lasting oscilloscopes, and they seem to be reasonably (if low-thousands is reasonable ) priced.
What are everyone's thoughts and suggestions for a scope? Anyone have a similar model to that? I'm looking for something that isn't top-of-the-line, but isn't entry-level in the sense of 'dumbed-down' or basic. I want something that is decently affordable, but will last me for the long haul without needing to be replaced or upgraded as my designs or experience advance.
All things considered, I'm going to take quite awhile to look, as it isn't a light investment and I don't want to buy it too early (and have the end try to justify the means).