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Best Oscilloscope under $300?

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KungFuJosh:

--- Quote from: Smepic on February 21, 2024, 07:33:40 pm ---Rigol DS1054Z is 299€ on https://eleshop.eu/catalog/product/view/id/625/s/rigol-ds1054z/category/82/

It is quite reliable, or at least its bugs are well known.

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Ewww! No. Don't waste money on a 10 year old scope. There's MUCH better options out from both Rigol and Siglent, including a new scope being release this month from Siglent that should be competitive near that price.

Fungus:

--- Quote from: Demon Xanth on February 21, 2024, 05:01:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: Aldo22 on February 21, 2024, 09:59:40 am ---If you find a Rigol DHO800 for less than $300, please let me know.

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Here you go:
https://www.tequipment.net/Rigol/DHO802/Digital-Oscilloscopes/

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You might regret only getting two channels though, especially if you have any interest at all in microcontrollers and other digital electronics.

Fungus:

--- Quote from: Smepic on February 21, 2024, 07:33:40 pm ---Rigol DS1054Z is 299€ on https://eleshop.eu/catalog/product/view/id/625/s/rigol-ds1054z/category/82/

It is quite reliable, or at least its bugs are well known.

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The DHO800 doesn't have enough bugs to justify getting a DS1054Z. Almost every feature is better and easier to use on the DHO.

IMHO the whole "bugs" thing is massively overstated on the DHO. There's half a dozen annoyances that you need to watch out for, nothing that stops you getting things done.

Focus on the pluses instead: The compact size, the touch screen, the readability of the text, windowing, WiFi, etc. are such HUGE advantages over those others that there's no way I'd trade in my DHO for anything on that list.

MT:
Anyone who buys 2ch scopes today dont know what they are doing and should instead become a nurse or something.

mwb1100:
I’m not sure I should be suggesting the following since I have never used one and there have been a number of complaints on eevblog about it, but for its price it seems like something that could be considered as a beginner scope:  the Hantek DSO2D10.  Also the review posts aren’t always 100% negative - and it seems that there’s a lot of help available on eevblog too.

You can get one on Amazon for $200 (after an 8%off coupon is applied by checking a box).  It also comes with a signal generator which would be useful in school labs.

However, the OP should check the various threads here to see if the potential negatives might be too much of a risk.

Another option that might be considered is getting a used Digilent Analog Discovery on eBay.  The oscilloscope doesn’t have high bandwidth, but it’s likely good enough for most school projects.  Also  the AD has a ton of various devices that would be useful in educational labs.  New ones would be out of price range, but used ones seem to go for around $150.  A v1 model should be nearly as useful as a v2 or later model, and those are on eBay all the time.

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