From what I’ve seen I’m more inclined to purchase the Owon. That being said I bring you another question.
Digilent has approved me for academic pricing so I could get the Analog Discovery 2 for, around, 150$ which is pretty much all the money I can spend right now. My question is, would it be worth it? Or should I get a cheaper scope and maybe a power supply?
I have jokingly been labeled the "Analog Discovery Team Coach" by another member because I just won't shut up about the thing. I really should dial it back a notch.
I just bought another AD2 from Amazon for nearly $300 when tax was included. That's what happens when you give away your only device and you are far too old to get an EDU discount.
You can do just about everything required in a college EE program with that one simple tool. Dual channel scope, dual channel arbitrary waveform generator, dual channel (but limited) power supply, 16 channels of digital IO including protocol decoding. One thing that isn't often mentioned is that you can use the device to carry on a complete conversation with an I2C device. That's truly handy for debugging.
There are 4 examples of things I consider important that are easy to do on the AD2 and nearly impossible on a scope. Start with Reply 52 here:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/starter-scope/50/It might be worth your while to watch a bunch of AD2 videos and make up your own mind. I have a DS1054Z, a Siglent AWG and a Rigol PS but if I'm playing with small circuits, I am more likely to use the AD2. Among other things, a 27" screen is pretty cool.
My latest project: Play with GPIO on the Raspberry Pi 4 while using the AD2 to watch what's happening. Of course, the Waveforms software for the AD2 is also running on the Pi.