digital oscilloscope

[BloodyCactus]

cant decide if I should get a DSO or not.. anyone here use a scope often? thinking of the DS2072A and enabling the 200mhz option. its just a bit of change tho. :/

[iankellogg]

It really depends on how much future EE work you are going to do as to whether to invest in a high end scope, they are very useful though. I would check on ebay for some used HP/agilent scopes, especially ones with logic analyzers built in. I find myself looking at logic signals FAR more often than analog but when I need to having both really helps figure out what the hell is going on.

[BloodyCactus]

yeah I have an open bench logic sniffer which is cool, and I went in on the dslogic kickstarter which is a much much more upgraded version of OLS. Protocol decoding is so awesome. So for an LA I'm covered. Im just debating scope or no scope.. The Rigol DS2072A gets good marks on EEVBlog so its not a piece of chinese junk at any rate

[iankellogg]

If you plan on doing a lot of analog, go for it. but you can honestly get away without using one for a LONG time. I only have a 20mhz scope which is basically useless and i have been able to do all of my repair/dev work with just a logic analyzer.

[BloodyCactus]

i need something so I can check switch bouncing timings and some other shit on my pinball designed boards.

[iankellogg]

you actually should be able to see that in the logical analyzer, that is how i did it, just set your logic analyzer's trigger to the right voltage.