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Does a hobbyist need a Oscilloscope?
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daybyter:
https://github.com/pingumacpenguin/STM32-O-Scope/wiki
suicidaleggroll:
If you're doing digital/MCU work, I think a logic analyzer is far more valuable than a scope.

With a scope: "Yep, it's sending something"
With a LA: "Oh crap, the 57th byte was 0xFA when it should have been 0xFE" *find and fix firmware problem on MCU*
mcinque:
Definitely yes: you can learn many things using it IMO.
Forget DSO nanos and similar things, their bandwith is ridiculos.
apis:
All you really need is a barrel to sleep in and some onions to keep the hunger away. ;)
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: suicidaleggroll on June 23, 2016, 07:16:56 pm ---If you're doing digital/MCU work, I think a logic analyzer is far more valuable than a scope.

With a scope: "Yep, it's sending something"
With a LA: "Oh crap, the 57th byte was 0xFA when it should have been 0xFE" *find and fix firmware problem on MCU*

--- End quote ---

With LAs you have to be sure that the LA is interpreting the analogue signal in the same way as the circuit's receiver. Problems can arise with different thresholds, especially with the probe leads, and with setup/hold time variations.

Those problems are worse with modern logic families, and it is notable that nowadays LAs are relatively  little used for professional electronic systems.
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