Re: [TriEmbed] MSO may grow on you Re: Budget minded oscilloscope

2021-02-22 Thread John Vaughters via TriEmbed
Pete, Which Rigol model do you own? I very much agree with you. I don't want to plop $400-500 down just to get a scope, then realize I really needed to plop$1000-1500 to get what I needed and now had waste $400-500. John Vaughters On Sunday, February 21, 2021, 9:15:14 PM EST, Pete Soper

Re: [TriEmbed] MSO may grow on you Re: Budget minded oscilloscope

2021-02-22 Thread Brian via TriEmbed
Realizing that it's not necessarily what one might put in the "budget-friendly" range, I thought I'd plug both Pico Technology and Saleae. I have a 4-channel USB DSO PicoScope (3000 series, ~$600-$2400 depending on options) and a 16-channel logic analyzer from Saleae (an older, now discontinue

Re: [TriEmbed] MSO may grow on you Re: Budget minded oscilloscope

2021-02-22 Thread Jon Wolfe via TriEmbed
If we’re also considering usb scopes, then my favorite is the Analog Discovery series from Diligent(a subsidiary of Nation Instruments).   I have the Analog Discovery 2, a 16 channel logic analyzer/pattern generator, + 2 channel analog scope + 2 channel function generator + 2 channel programmable p

Re: [TriEmbed] MSO may grow on you Re: Budget minded oscilloscope

2021-02-22 Thread John Wettroth via TriEmbed
My 2 cents here as an owner of way too much test equipment. I agree with a lot of what has been said here. I'm not sold on the MSO idea however, I think vendors charge too much for the MSO option on what would be a cheap scope. I think a better solution is an inexpensive 4 channel scope like t

Re: [TriEmbed] MSO may grow on you Re: Budget minded oscilloscope

2021-02-22 Thread John Wettroth via TriEmbed
Oops, in my last post, I meant Sigrok software not Sump. Sump is an FPGA based logic analyzer that's yet another whole discussion Regards, John M. Wettroth (984) 329-5420 (home) (919) 349-9875 (cell) -Original Message- From: TriEmbed [mailto:triembed-boun...@triembed.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [TriEmbed] MSO may grow on you Re: Budget minded oscilloscope

2021-02-22 Thread Pete Soper via TriEmbed
I have an MSO2072A and it has all the options except this one they just started advertising. But it may not actually boost bandwidth from 70 to 300MHz, I may have read that into their web site blurb. Waiting to hear from them. Not holding my breath. Sometimes you get unlucky with marketing chan

Re: [TriEmbed] MSO may grow on you Re: Budget minded oscilloscope

2021-02-22 Thread jonathan hunsberger via TriEmbed
Just wanted to say i'm enjoying this discussion. Until recently i did not have any scope and have often been frustrated with what i can and can't do with my multimeter. Some of you might say i still don't have one, because this is what i got (DANIU DSO188

Re: [TriEmbed] MSO may grow on you Re: Budget minded oscilloscope

2021-02-22 Thread Charles J. Lord, PE via TriEmbed
While everyone is hopping on the discussion, I also would plug my Salae 8-channel. The software continues to improve for it and it does all of the serial/i2c/CAN/etc protocols that I have needed (so far). I keep saying I will get a digital scope when my Tek 475 dies, but I think it is going to live

Re: [TriEmbed] MSO may grow on you Re: Budget minded oscilloscope

2021-02-22 Thread Jon Wolfe via TriEmbed
  If you like the Salae-8, you’d like the Analog Discovery. They are very comparable. The original Salae 8 is discontinued, and they now have the “Pro 8” and “Pro 16”, which are considerably more ($700-$1000). I used the Salae software for a little while a few years ago. From my [a little outdated