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Vevor SDS1104 for first oscilloscope?
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Phil1977:
If I´d buy my first personal scope today I´d also either take one of the current 12-Bit-models for little over €500 or e.g. an used Rigol 1054 instead of the Vevor.

The Rigol 1054 is anything but new nowadays, but anyhow it´s quite a solid instrument with *lots* of tutorials and experiences available in the internet. It has its flaws but for 99% of hobby scope applications its just good.

I do not know the Vevor personally, but so far all instruments I have seen of this price class had some serious drawbacks like low update rate, only few waveforms/s, no High-Res- or Peak2peak-mode, no good measurement implementation etc. Please correct me if my knowledge is outdated, but so far I didn't find these features for < €350 new. And from my point of view it´s one main reason to personally own a scope to learn using these features.
Aldo22:

--- Quote from: help_me_pick_username on April 24, 2024, 11:33:22 am ---I keep seeing that for this price (~200 USD), you can get better scopes?

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Well, in a nutshell, afaics for max. $200 there is really only the Vevor/Owon/Hanmatek and the Hantek DSO2C10 (benchtop scopes).
If you absolutely want 4 channels, the Vevor etc. is the only one.
The Hantek is better in most other specs and features. Not flawless, but better.

Personally, I see 4 channels as a luxury and wouldn't place much value on it on a small budget.
kripton2035:
looking at SPI signals needs 4 channels... (in fact more than 2)
rhb:
I have the Hanmatek label 2 & 4 channel versions.  The best way to describe them is Tek 465 with some extra features such as stored waveform.  The FFT is great, but the labels are wrong.

The PCB shows it's an Owon SDS1104.  I plan to power mine with a LiPo pack.

They are no BS 140 MHz BW scopes which is an amazing.  The limited memory makes them a bit dubious for digital work, but for analog applications they're quite good.

I'm old enough to remember when all the computer techs carried 465s.  There were always 2 or 3 in the hall at the window where I dropped off punch card decks.
MadFlower:
It looked like a rebadged owon or hantek and from other reviews those do gives full advertised bandwidth. , It does have usb scpi and record capturing to the computer for analysis with labview. It does not have some of the nicer features ON the scope itself. I assume program some other functions and triggers via scpi I believe it is only an 8-bit adc so that might be more of a limit, then anything.

It is one sale for 150 bucks right now which is what a poster above said it was worth. but it is the only one in that price-range with bandwidth =and= sampling rates.  I think I am going to order one as my first scope. I have heard too many Weller vs Hakko soldering station debates, and fluke vs everyone else, and if  you are doing professional level work, I would recommend a higher end scope, soldering iron, etc.  but for a hobbyist, you can probably make this work for most things, and if you get to the level where it doesn't work, you are probably no longer a hobbyist and the budget will be slightly larger. :)

The hooks to external software are what is the most intriguing to me. I didn't look for SPI but labview will capture CANbus messaging so I assume it will capture SPI and i2c messages as well and it may require some elbow grease to get it to work right that is software built into other scopes.
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