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Osillyscope recommandations

sunblocksunblock Posts: 55
edited 2013-01-28 21:04 in General Discussion
Now that I've made my fortune in Obama's burgeoning economy, I've decided to unload some excess cash on an O-scope.
Short of Amazon or Ebay, does anyone have recommendations on a basic model, price/vendor/manufacturer?
I want to be able to look for noise in the circuits of an RF board, areas where someone missed/misjudged bypass/decoupling, etc.
Not that there are any problems with MY PCBs, they of course are without error.
I'm doing this for a friend (lol).

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-01-27 17:33
    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/144515

    As to any left-over cash from your windfall, email me, and I'll provide an address where you can send it. :)

    -Phil
  • FredBlaisFredBlais Posts: 370
    edited 2013-01-28 06:48
    sunblock wrote: »
    Now that I've made my fortune in Obama's burgeoning economy, I've decided to unload some excess cash on an O-scope.
    Short of Amazon or Ebay, does anyone have recommendations on a basic model, price/vendor/manufacturer?
    I want to be able to look for noise in the circuits of an RF board, areas where someone missed/misjudged bypass/decoupling, etc.
    Not that there are any problems with MY PCBs, they of course are without error.
    I'm doing this for a friend (lol).

    You can find a picture on my blog of a professional entry level oscilloscope : BK Precision 2530B

    http://electronicsbyexamples.blogspot.ca/2013/01/the-lab-tools-and-test-instruments.html
  • jmgjmg Posts: 15,173
    edited 2013-01-28 14:53
    sunblock wrote: »
    Now that I've made my fortune in Obama's burgeoning economy, I've decided to unload some excess cash on an O-scope.
    Short of Amazon or Ebay, does anyone have recommendations on a basic model, price/vendor/manufacturer?
    I want to be able to look for noise in the circuits of an RF board, areas where someone missed/misjudged bypass/decoupling, etc.
    Not that there are any problems with MY PCBs, they of course are without error.
    I'm doing this for a friend (lol).

    What MHz, and do you need a Logic Analyser ?

    This has a good summary of 3 models of larger screen ( 7", 800 x 480)
    http://www.ditel.com.ve/archivo/INSTRUMENTOS_UT2052CEL.pdf

    and another large screen variant is Siglent SDS1072CML (etc) - show on eBay for the ~$300 region.
  • frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
    edited 2013-01-28 21:04
    I have done pretty well with ebay:
    Tek 2430A $275.00 including $50.00 of unobtanium also via ebay
    Tek 2247 $200.00 nearly new condition my ADC Screen shot are from this one
    Tek 2230 $60.00 as parts, looks like simple fix as one channel does not like alt or was it chopped?
    Parts for Tek 468. Just need to cal it.

    But the pickin's seem to be thinning out of late and some prices have dropped as well.

    F
    sunblock wrote: »
    Now that I've made my fortune in Obama's burgeoning economy, I've decided to unload some excess cash on an O-scope.
    Short of Amazon or Ebay, does anyone have recommendations on a basic model, price/vendor/manufacturer?
    I want to be able to look for noise in the circuits of an RF board, areas where someone missed/misjudged bypass/decoupling, etc.
    Not that there are any problems with MY PCBs, they of course are without error.
    I'm doing this for a friend (lol).
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