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DSOX1204G 200Mhz vs Used MSO3014A (Calibrated in 2018)

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erwets:
Wow, your response alerted me to a glaring error in my title.

The scope was purchased (and last calibrated) in 2008. Editing my initial post. Thanks!

bdunham7:

--- Quote from: erwets on October 28, 2021, 04:25:13 am ---The scope was purchased (and last calibrated) in 2008. Editing my initial post. Thanks!

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?? 

Apparently I don't know my HPAK models/dates, but I had a look and it seems the MSOX3014A (is that the one?) dates from 2014 or so.  So less old (model wise) than 2008.  Still a lot less memory, so what would your main use be?

bdunham7:

--- Quote from: kcbrown on October 27, 2021, 10:47:46 pm ---The Siglent 2000X+ scope is an incredible scope for its price range.  But good as it is, there's no way it can match a Keysight 3000 series scope except perhaps for noise floor.  This shouldn't be a surprise, seeing how the Keysight is nearly 4 times the price without serial decoding, and 5 times the price with it.

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200X the memory. 

erwets:

--- Quote from: bdunham7 on October 28, 2021, 04:56:36 am ---…so what would your main use be?

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Realistically it’s a hobby scope, so the use cases are incredibly varied. I’ve been avoiding answering the question because there isn’t really a single use case. Here is a glance at my current and recently finished projects:

1. Design and build of a series of microphones for studio recording. I’d like a dso that preforms very well as a “crt emulator.”

2. Fixing a number of issues with some small MCU-driven autonomous vehicles (with hard realtime requirements) containing some buggy critical RFIC components. This also includes some protocol debugging, although here I care about the underlying signal since it seems some thresholds are not being met. For any LA issues, I would just use my Saleae.

3. Design and build of some measurement devices intended for use on the bottom of hulls of container ships.

I want something that’s fun and enjoyable to use, and which allows me to focus on my problem domain, not the scope.

A suggestion was made for the RTB2004, and if I could find a deal for the R2K-COM4 bundle (which is the whole bundle afaik), I would consider it. But ~$4.5k after tax is just too much. 

The MSO3014A is appealing because I could ostensibly grow into it, should some project come up that demands its higher feature set. But if I’m being honest, I doubt I’ll ever really pay for the upgrade.

The DSO1204G is basically the minimum scope that suits my various hobby needs while also “feeing nice” in my opinion.

Totally open to other suggestions.

TheSteve:
Maybe the date of the MSOX3014A was 2018, not 2008?

And nice scope, I don't think you'd ever be sorry you got it.

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