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My understanding is that generally speaking, it's throwing money at bad and you're much better off spending the $350-$500 or so for a proper entry-level scope.
by nickysielicki 8y ago
My understanding is that generally speaking, it's throwing money at bad and you're much better off spending the $350-$500 or so for a proper entry-level scope. Check out the eevblog forums if you're in the market. [1]
edit: it is worth noting that if you can deal with the design and hardware limitations, the limitations of the included proprietary software should not necessarily scare you off, sigrok [2] has support for a lot of these cheap devices. Since writing this comment, I also just discovered a newer project called openhantek [3], which seems to be very active.
[1]: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/ http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/
[2]: https://sigrok.org/ https://sigrok.org/
[3]: https://github.com/OpenHantek/openhantek https://github.com/OpenHantek/openhantek
- nebulous1 8y agoSaw that OpenHantek when I was making sure I'd be able to use it with linux. I have no need for an oscilloscope, nor do I even know how to use one. They've always seemed pretty interesting to me, but when I've looked before I've managed to convince myself out of spending XXXX on something I may only use once. If we're talking in the sub 100 range then it seems like something I could use or not use, and then upgrade it if I actually find it wanting (ie I invest enough time to find something I want to do with it but can't). I think I'll do a bit more research anyway.
- iamleppert 8y agoNot every use of money has to be “efficient”.
- eric_h 8y agoCertainly - but it makes sense to optimize expenditures in the slightly uncomfortable range to avoid excessive waste.
- iamleppert 8y agoThe knowledge you get from the scope is going to be at least worth the cost assuming you use it a few times...
- jacquesm 8y agoIf anything having an oscilloscope will allow you to look at all kinds of signals and you will learn a lot from that.