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The worst products from HP and Tektronix.

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AMR Labs:

--- Quote from: ci11 on January 17, 2023, 12:44:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: WattsThat on January 14, 2023, 03:31:32 pm ---I’ll second the Tek 2245/6/7 series. While they are decent scopes when functional, service is an absolute bitch, especially the main board on the bottom. Good luck extracting it to do any required work.

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I would offer a counterpoint on this - the Tek 2245/6/7 are far easier to live with than the venerable 2465/7 due to not using the real PITA in Tek scopes - the infamous Dallas chip and leaking tantalum caps. My 2247A's are a joy to use They are keepers for general AF work and especially for monitoring RF modulation. That well-honed, excellent UI - including the adjustable orange graticule - is very tough to beat. Mine have been working for years without complaint.

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Second that. The 2247A is to me the absolute best GP Tek scope out there for the money, and yes its an absolute pleasure to operate. Very intuitive and ergonomically friendly interface. Just change the internal Lithium battery once it starts complaining about every 8-10 years or so (simple procedure and done it already twice - and no danger of loosing any cal constants as they don't depend on the battery). And yes the PS can be at times a bitch but when mine quit I just replaced the whole board for a quick fix and back in business in less than 30 minutes. The 2247A is my go to scope 99% of the time (2465B on stby for that other 1%). Wish the 2465B would be as versatile as the 2247A with the higher bandwidth, but even with the CTT option installed recently it does not come close.

luis garcia:
IMHO, the worst tool from HP, by far, was the Logic Dart. Actually it was used as an example of how not to design a tool in some industrial design magazine i cant remember. I own one of these and can certify it is almost useless. It is appreciated as vintage collectable though.

TERRA Operative:
Looks like a glorified logic probe with some DMM and basic logic analyzer functions?

What makes it so bad?

Neomys Sapiens:

--- Quote from: TERRA Operative on May 30, 2023, 02:23:52 am ---Looks like a glorified logic probe with some DMM and basic logic analyzer functions?

What makes it so bad?

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I have one too and still consider it useful when no LA or MSO is available. Of course, with the demise of classical digital circuitry, those situations became rarer.

gslick:

--- Quote from: TERRA Operative on May 30, 2023, 02:23:52 am ---Looks like a glorified logic probe with some DMM and basic logic analyzer functions?

What makes it so bad?

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Holden : Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... your LogicDart.

Leon : My LogicDart?

Holden : Yeah.

Leon : Let me tell you about my LogicDart.

[Leon shoots Holden with a gun he had pulled out under the table]

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