Hello All,
I need some help and advice on buying an oscilloscope for my embedded work and can't decide on which PC based oscilloscope to buy.
yes pc based oscilloscope due to restricted space. I need a mixed signal oscilloscope with logic analyser.
Need a decent oscilloscope with at least 50Mhz bandwidth and at least 500Ms/s real-time sample rate and my budget is less than £500 (including VAT).
In my research I have come across two manufactures one is Hantek and the other is Pico scope. Pico scope is a known brand and Hantek not so much.
The Hantek DSO3000(A) (Full Speck -
http://www.hantek.com/en/ProductDetail_2_134.html)range has surprisingly good (in some cases better ) speck for the money. Even the 250Mhz bandwidth scope is over £100 cheaper vs a Pico scpoe's 2206B MSO - 50Mhz MSO(Full Speck -
https://docs-emea.rs-online.com/webdocs/14db/0900766b814dbad1.pdf) which is little over my budget.
The Pico scope software looks really well built and also has capabilities to decode up to 15 serial protocols which is a built in software feature. The Pico scope also give 5 years warranty and life time software support/update for the product.
The Hantek software one on the other hand can only do basic functions according to what I can understand. The product is only available through Chinese supplier with at most 1year warranty and if at all any software update/ support rather than what comes in the CD.
I had contacted Hantek about the product and they were very helpful. They replied to my messages within 24hrs.
Has anyone used a Hantek DSO3104A - 100Mhz, DSO3204A200Mhz or DSO3254A - 250Mhz oscilloscopes before.
Could some one look at the speck and give me their expert advice on this please, what am I missing.
It a big investment and I won't be able to afford another one for a very long time if I get this wrong.
So I am all ears to different ideas, suggestions, opinions and alternatives.
PS - I have already looked into Analogy discovery 2 and Red Pitaya which would have been great if they were below £200. Also they don’t meet my bandwidth and sample rate requirements.
Really appreciate your help.
Thank you.
Bruce