[ale] Inexpensive oscilloscope for troubleshooting?

[Raj Wurttemberg via Ale]

I'm looking around for an inexpensive oscilloscope for troubleshooting. Our
"vintage" gear doesn't operate at very high frequencies so I don't need a
very fast oscilloscope, so less than 100 MHz will be fine.

I was thinking about getting a used o-scope but I see quite a few new units
out of China that look useable. Yeah, I know the quality won't be the same
at BK Precision, Tektronix, or HP, but I just need something for light use.
What are you guys using?

Thanks,
/Raj

[Boris Borisov via Ale]

On hackaday.com some oscilloscopes were discussed not long ago. Do search.

I’m looking around for an inexpensive oscilloscope for troubleshooting.
Our “vintage” gear doesn’t operate at very high frequencies so I don’t need
a very fast oscilloscope, so less than 100 MHz will be fine.
I was thinking about getting a used o-scope but I see quite a few new
units out of China that look useable. Yeah, I know the quality won’t be
the same at BK Precision, Tektronix, or HP, but I just need something for
light use. What are you guys using?
Thanks,
/Raj
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[Jeff Hubbs via Ale]

A lot of folks seem to recommend Hantek. See discussion at
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/starter-oscilloscope-for-amp-building-repair.1876075/

Iï¿œm looking around for an inexpensive oscilloscope for
troubleshooting. Our ￜvintageￜ gear doesnￜt operate at very high
frequencies so I donï¿œt need a very fast oscilloscope, so less than 100
MHz will be fine.
I was thinking about getting a used o-scope but I see quite a few new
units out of China that look useable.ￜ Yeah, I know the quality wonￜt
be the same at BK Precision, Tektronix, or HP, but I just need
something for light use.ￜ What are you guys using?
Thanks,
/Raj
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[Boris Borisov via Ale]

I haven't touch any a while but I think 100Mhz accurate one comes with
price. Correct me!

Post by Jeff Hubbs via Ale
A lot of folks seem to recommend Hantek. See discussion at
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/
starter-oscilloscope-for-amp-building-repair.1876075/
Iￜm looking around for an inexpensive oscilloscope for troubleshooting.
Our ￜvintageￜ gear doesnￜt operate at very high frequencies so I
donￜt need a very fast oscilloscope, so less than 100 MHz will be fine.
I was thinking about getting a used o-scope but I see quite a few new
units out of China that look useable.ￜ Yeah, I know the quality wonￜt
be the same at BK Precision, Tektronix, or HP, but I just need something
for light use.ￜ What are you guys using?
Thanks,
/Raj
ￜ
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[Solomon Peachy via Ale]

Post by Raj Wurttemberg via Ale
I was thinking about getting a used o-scope but I see quite a few new units
out of China that look useable. Yeah, I know the quality won't be the same
at BK Precision, Tektronix, or HP, but I just need something for light use.
What are you guys using?

If you don't need something with a dedicated display/UI, get one of
those USB-attached display-less 'scopes.

It also helps to know what sort of bandwidth, voltage, and sampling rate
requirements you have.. And what sort of budget you're working with.

I know these two work with Linux:

https://www.linkinstruments.com/mso28.html ($325)
https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/product/dscope-c20p/ ($179)

- Solomon

[Jeff Hubbs via Ale]

One *can* do this, but there are some reasons to not that mostly have to
do with electrical isolation.

Post by Solomon Peachy via Ale

Post by Raj Wurttemberg via Ale
I was thinking about getting a used o-scope but I see quite a few new units
out of China that look useable. Yeah, I know the quality won't be the same
at BK Precision, Tektronix, or HP, but I just need something for light use.
What are you guys using?

If you don't need something with a dedicated display/UI, get one of
those USB-attached display-less 'scopes.
It also helps to know what sort of bandwidth, voltage, and sampling rate
requirements you have.. And what sort of budget you're working with.
https://www.linkinstruments.com/mso28.html ($325)
https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/product/dscope-c20p/ ($179)
- Solomon
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[Charles Shapiro via Ale]

I went with a used oscilloscope from Craigslist. It's pretty way vintage
and only 20 MHZ, but it's hard to argue with the $50 price point.

-- CHS

Post by Jeff Hubbs via Ale
One *can* do this, but there are some reasons to not that mostly have to
do with electrical isolation.
I was thinking about getting a used o-scope but I see quite a few new units
out of China that look useable. Yeah, I know the quality won't be the same
at BK Precision, Tektronix, or HP, but I just need something for light use.
What are you guys using?
If you don't need something with a dedicated display/UI, get one of
those USB-attached display-less 'scopes.
It also helps to know what sort of bandwidth, voltage, and sampling rate
requirements you have.. And what sort of budget you're working with.
https://www.linkinstruments.com/mso28.html ($325)
https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/product/dscope-c20p/ ($179)
- Solomon
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