How about an osilloscope shootout - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2014, 04:09:55 pm
content: How about a low priced oscilloscope (below 800au$) shootout. This could be rigol,siglent, atten and owon scopes.

author: GiskardReventlov
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2014, 03:01:16 am
content: Scopes have so many features it would be a large project. I would like to see something like this. But realistically I think a separate video would be needed for each scope. Then a final video with highlights from the individuals videos including the top scope pick(s).

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2014, 01:58:05 pm
content: Mabe several videos wher he looks at one or two features of each scope and the scopes should have all the same or similar specs where possible like sample rate

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 21, 2014, 02:05:45 pm
content: Quote from: GiskardReventlov on January 21, 2014, 03:01:16 amYep, huge job!

author: Maxlor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2014, 04:36:26 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on January 21, 2014, 02:05:45 pmWe'll appreciate the work that will have gone into it

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 21, 2014, 06:00:31 pm
content: It will be worth it

author: snaxmuppet
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: August 22, 2015, 10:48:35 pm
content: ... and ultimately less satisfying as there is nothing really to be gained from throwing oscilloscopes from a bench or going potholing with one!Seriously... I realise this is a big project but having just bought one I certainly would have appreciated it.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2015, 11:09:36 pm
content: Quote from: snaxmuppet on August 22, 2015, 10:48:35 pmWelcome to the forum.So you didn't wait for the shootout and just used your best judgement as everyone else does.

author: pickle9000
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2015, 11:27:40 pm
content: I think a better idea would be a or a group of "why this scope video". Dave could sit 2 or 3 projects (repairs, builds whatever) on the bench and explain why one scope is used for the application. And do a couple of feature comparisons (waveform update rate).It could even be an ongoing thing.

author: DimitriP
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2015, 01:28:56 am
content: Quote from: electronics man on January 20, 2014, 04:09:55 pmOh that's sooooo easy. How about not!If one can't trust themselves in selecting a 'scope, one should not be using one.There, I said it

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 23, 2015, 01:38:55 am
content: Quote from: GiskardReventlov on January 21, 2014, 03:01:16 amYep, hard to do. But I can safely tell you the winner, the DS1054Z.

author: SaabFAN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2015, 10:58:57 pm
content: For the DS1054Z you can also add a non-electronic advantage: They're in such high demand that, at least in europe, people are buying them for 50 to 100€ more than retail on ebay! And they pay even more for hacked ones. So you can actually make money with these scopes without ever measuring a circuit with them!So there isn't a point to do such a comparison.Cheap signal generators from ebay... That might be intersting though^^

author: MarkDennehy
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 28, 2016, 11:27:02 pm
content: From a hobbyist level (because if I needed this at work, then work can go pay Agilent all the money and I'm not worried about it) I'd love to see something like this for a "your first DSO scope" type of video (there's an analog scope in the home lab already). The most popular option right nowseemsto be the 1054Z, but for a pure hobbyist, someone who's more likely to be doing PIC chip and raspberry pi level work rather than really high energy or GHz frequency stuff, is it really the best? Would the older 1052 be a better choice because of the lower price even if it's older kit? Would the FFT in the Instek 1000B's be enough of a feature to put it ahead of the 1054? Do hobbyist level folks reallyneedto have four channels? And so on. It'd be nice to get a comparison between the scopes - most of the content in Dave's"Here's how to equip your home lab"isn't going to go out of date terribly fast, but things like multimeters and oscilloscopes do seem to have left that video behind a bit (no offence meant Dave, half my initial shopping list came off that video).