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Aurgelme:

--- Quote from: Fungus on June 19, 2023, 11:15:59 pm ---What did you use it for most?

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Before I retired, I used the scope mostly for low frequency, since I was doing repairs on welding equipment and plasma cutters. In the early eighties I had to build a storage device that used the 2 channels on the tektronix to draw curves. Capturing the disturbances and getting them stored for analysis was not easy, but it was achieved after much trial and error. Since then I have wanted a fast storage scope.

I'm not so sure that I need a scope of over 100 MHz today, but maybe in the future.

Now there are mostly esp32 circuits with various sensors and can-bus, for use in my mobile camper, as well as some transmitters and receivers in the 433mHz band and LoRa nRF24L01P on the 2.4GHz band.

skander36:

--- Quote from: Martin72 on June 19, 2023, 11:24:00 pm ---
--- Quote ---I am pretty satisfied with my DHO 1000 with the lates fw.
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That´s good to hear, but then why are the rigol threads "dead" ?
Keep them up to date, fill them with life.

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Really ...? :D

nctnico:

--- Quote from: skander36 on June 19, 2023, 11:10:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: Aurgelme on June 19, 2023, 10:21:25 pm ---Thank you both for your kind replies.

Then it seems that the order of the scopes I wrote in the first post agrees with what you know about them.

Micsig TO3004 is already in stock at the supplier, so I think I'll go for this, even if it will possibly be a challenge to learn how to use the touch screen.

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- I wouldn't be so hurry in your place going to Micsig. It is too loud. Check here before buy: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/micsig-new-oscilloscopes-on-website/msg4767260/#msg4767260

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That sounds loud but without knowing how far and from what angle the measurement is made, it is hard to judge. Still it seems the fans are running at full speed where I expect MicSig to be using temperature controlled fans (just like in the TO1004 I have). Have you contacted MicSig about this? I can't imagine they release an oscilloscope that is so loud as they got quite a bit of flack for the fans they used in the TO1004 being noisy from time to time.

skander36:

--- Quote from: nctnico on June 20, 2023, 08:30:50 am ---
That sounds loud but without knowing how far and from what angle the measurement is made, it is hard to judge. Still it seems the fans are running at full speed where I expect MicSig to be using temperature controlled fans (just like in the TO1004 I have). Have you contacted MicSig about this? I can't imagine they release an oscilloscope that is so loud as they got quite a bit of flack for the fans they used in the TO1004 being noisy from time to time.

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It is loud wherever is placed. I have contacted vendor (Batronix) and they confirmed that all are making same noise. They offer me to return and get money back. I keept it just because I need a portable 4 channel scope that do CAN/LIN decoding.
It has two fans, and the second is the noisier. It start with the scope and is not modify his speed anytime so I don't think is temp. driven.

For the OP: A user which has TO2004 (which has the same hardware) say that it's scope doesn't make this sound which mean that 200MHz version does not need this level of cooling. As you say that you will not need a scope over 100 MHz, this model can be a choice if you like Micsig.

james_s:

--- Quote from: Aurgelme on June 19, 2023, 08:34:59 pm ---So it would have helped me a lot to answer the question instead of criticizing it. You could even just ignore what I asked.

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It wasn't meant to make you feel unwelcome, it just seems like every other day there's yet another thread about "what oscilloscope should I buy" and every time these threads repeat previous threads with exactly the same discussion so I see them and think "here we go again". The same discussions with the same points happens over and over and over again in dozens of threads.

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