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Best Oscilloscope for complete beginner?

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james_s:
That's a good point, it may make sense to recommend one of several popular hobbyist scopes and provide a bit of general scope information and instruct people to read the manual or consult a forum for specific details. Most scopes have roughly the same controls and work in the same way.

David Cutcher CEG:
This is exactly why I have requested input from the larger community.
The course will not be "plug & play." Not my style. Check out my text. [Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius - McGraw-Hill 2010 2nd ed]
This course, like my book, is for the complete beginner. My expectation is that many have never used a multimeter before and that's where I start in lesson 2, right after inventory.  When they get to lesson 30 - we need the scope to visualize a NAND gate RC oscillator. It is simple enough to see using freeware scope and home made probe. But there are always those who want more. It's not standardized, but when I'm asked the question, I want to honestly recommend one item as an entry level scope.  Just like I'd recommend a quality entry level DMM for $30 usd, not a Fluke DMM.
It's my expectation is that they will use whatever is available, whether it has Sigrok compatibility or not. And if nothing is available, the freeware is an adequate introduction, even if it is limited to audio AC. It's all about concept.
David Cutcher "Certified Evil Genius"


 

rstofer:
Perhaps write:

Appendix A - How To Use An Oscilloscope, A Short Introduction



Throughout the text just give hints for Time/div and Volts/div and perhaps trigger type and level.  Leave it to the student to peruse Appendix A and/or browse the Internet for tutorials.  All of human knowledge is on the Internet and Google knows where.

Or refer them to video series linked as a sticky at the top of this forum.

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