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| Peabody:
JYETech has a new 2-channel kit, the "Wave2". They sell it for $79 with free shipping, which is less than Banggood's price. But you would also need a battery - about another $9. https://jyetech.com/wave2-2-channel-oscilloscope/ |
| exe:
I don't think there are special scopes for beginners, for professionals, etc. Just buy a good one, and learn how to use it. For complete beginners there is often "autosetup" button and "reset settings" buttons. Of course approach only works for people who a willing to learn. Also worth watching videos on safety, there are quite a few pitfalls due to common ground on probes. |
| Brumby:
--- Quote from: exe on April 19, 2019, 05:24:31 am ---Also worth watching videos on safety, there are quite a few pitfalls due to common ground on probes. --- End quote --- Whoops ... Yes! Here is the obligatory viewing material: |
| exe:
BTW, I'd just go to a local hackspace and asked somebody to teach how to use an oscilloscope. Like, triggering, ac/dc coupling, vertical controls, horizontal controls, probe attenuation, compensation, sampling rate, measurements, math (differential mode, fft, ...), etc. May be even serial decoding :). I also agree on the point that it's quite easy to screw measurements and even burn the DUT. So, sanity check is needed at all times. An analogue scope and a demo board can be a nice first encounter. The way I learned how to use scopes is I went to an industrial fare, and a representative of GW Instek was happy to show their equipment, as well told me how to use it, and even gave me a few tasks like to setup trigger on an unstable signal, etc. Then I connected it to their signal generator and played with that. It was super nice experience. Then I went to LeCroy booth and played with equipment I probably will never buy for myself :). It was also interesting to compare ui of different brands. In a few hours I got hands-on experience with Rigol, Siglent, GW Instek, Keysight, R&S and Hameg and Teledyne LeCroy. Although at the end I bought Micsig :). Each scope has own strengths and weaknesses, but frankly, for a typical use it's not that important which one you have. They all let the job done. One thing to consider is analog discovery 2 (ad2), this is the oscilloscope, signal generator and logic analyzer for my daily use (partly because of differential input). I have much better equipment than ad2 in terms of specs, but it collects dust most of the time. PS I'd also watch a video "how not blow up yourself when using an oscilloscope". Hint: it's quite a tricky subject. |
| Gyro:
I think this thread is loosing track of the fact that the OP - the author of "Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius", is looking for something low cost to standardise on for an online course, that that has current availability. He can't really do that with a mixed bunch of miscellaneous second-hand analogue (or digital), or the more expensive stuff that might normally be applicable to single users. If you look at a copy of his book, you'll see that he hand-holds the readers quite closely. |
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