Hello, This is a video explaining why it would be very very useful to have a high quality scope with an inbuilt signal generator.
https://youtu.be/J5zXjZAaVS4π
The analog front end for the piezo hydrophone element would benefit greatly from a high quality scope front end. Currently we only have a cheap and cheerful chinese USB scope.
If we are able to probe the extremely low level signals with a professional scope front end we will be able to maximise our sensitivity, which directly extends the acoustic listening range, increasing the chance of detecting the extremely rare Hector or Maui dolphin.
In addition, it would be very useful to be able to generate a synthetic dolphin click using the signal generator, and follow this out to a piezo, into out piezo mic, through our analog front end and into the TI ADC.
We are using the LT1792 and LT1464 as our sensitive front end amp. Our current chinese usb scope can not beused on this, so a high quality scope with proper probes would be immensely useful.
Thanks!