All the best to the entrants. Hopefully, if the winner already has a scope, they'll pass their existing one forward to a less-fortunate and deserving electronics enthusiast.
Haha good question. I upgraded to a Keysight mso3024T with all options which I got for a very good price. I have to say, I was kinda surprised that the new scope doesn't feel as solid to me as my Rigol. I also keep reaching for buttons and knobs in the wrong place. Oh well, I am sure I will get used to it!
Or you could ask the winner, to write a report about the first big electronics project that was taken up with the scope, with details on how the scope was a real enabler for the project. The report could of course include the necessary photos to make it more flashy
Next to the report about the actual electronics project, the winner could provide detailed feedback on the scope itself, what is good or bad in the user interface, the controls, features, performance and stability.
This review could also include some photos to detail out the findings. If the winner already had a scope before, the review could include a comparison between the two scopes
Both the report about the electronics project and the review about the scope itself, impose a commitment, but provide means to show that the scope found a good home and has an excellent future moving forward, with the opportunity of working on many cool electronics projects
Maybe one of these upcoming electronics projects include a repair job on an older scope.
The winner could donate the repaired scope to the next person in line in the scope chain
Did anyone else notice that 3 of 3 lab photos from our friends in non-excluded countries show a hot air station?
I'm feeling a little underequipped...
I live in one of the excluded countries, and I got my scope for pocket money from someone who practically, if not exactly, found it in a dumpster (which elex_enthusiast reminds us doesn't happen everywhere).
Did anyone else notice that 3 of 3 lab photos from our friends in non-excluded countries show a hot air station?
I'm feeling a little underequipped...
I have to say that I kinda hoped that one persons story would stick out and be an obvious choice! This hasn't happened and I wish I had 5 scopes to give away.
In the past when I've given small things away like unused PC cards, I've posed a difficult puzzle nobody's ever given the right answer, so I've had to come back a few days later and say 'OK, first one to post then'.
Perhaps you should have used more of a optimization problem so that you can get multiple solutions but grade them on how optimum it is. Like make them design a swithcmode converter in TIs webbench for example.
It would be nice if the winner would post some pics of them using the new scope!
I'm sorry Fred, while I empathise with your situation, I began the givaway with the rule that it was for non first-world citezins only. You're not the only person to have asked and it would be unfair to change the rules halfway through.
That leaves 5 eligable entrants.
elex_enthusiast
freebil
BravoV
YU2
lordstein
I have to say that I kinda hoped that one persons story would stick out and be an obvious choice! This hasn't happened and I wish I had 5 scopes to give away. Unfortunately I only have one. So with nothing distiguishing one person above another, I have decided on an overly complicated and idiotic scheme to let the scope pick the winner
I realise that some of the entrants already have a scope. I don't feel that is a disqualifier. Everyone wants to upgrade sometimes! I only hope that the old scope will go to a good home and not under the bench to gather dust.
I fed a noise signal from my signal generator into the scope. Where the trace crosses the horizontal grid marks, I have treated like a clock. If the noise is above 0v, I have recorded a binary 1, where it is below, a binary 0
I stopped the trace 5 times. Each time I stopped, I assigned that binary number to the contestants in order of their entry. The highest number wins.
Let me point out, that if I made any errors manually decoding the trace, take that as an uninentional extra layer of randomness!
You can check out the video to see who scored the highest!
https://youtu.be/zJMJLdvbvEQ
If the winner wants to PM me their details, I'll get this sent out. If I get no response in 48 hours or no satisfactory shipping arrangements can be made, the prize is forfeit to the next highest and so on.
It would be nice if the winner would post some pics of them using the new scope!