Hello everyone, Love the talk about the scopes, it's been on my mind too. I think all of you have just modivated me to LUG my huge Tek 45A from storage to my shop my grandpa gave it to me a long time ago, but I never did anything with it. For those of you unfamilar with the Tek 45A..... it's HUGE!!! I'm not sure how old it is, but I'm pretty sure it's a tube scope. I have a "little" cart that it sits on and I think you can rack mount it.... but I don't have a rack for it. Hopefully it's good enough for what I need it for...... pic6F877 stuff.... 20MHz I'm not sure how fast the scope is..... ------ I'm looking into the OsziFOX (ProbeScope).... it looks neat....small and portable I just got an email back from a sales person checkout: http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/Wittig/ozsifox.htm they have the OsciFox for $69 it comes with the Windows Software...... and the cables for $10 you can get software that will work on the PalmPilot!!!!!! which is what I was REALLY looking for.......so I think I'm gonna shell out the bucks for that now. --you can also find some software on sourceforge.net that will work with it too.... for linux and other OS's g ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.Feldhaar" To: Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 6:18 AM Subject: Re: [EE]:Oscilloscope > Hi Dave, > > I bought my first 'scope when 13 years old, a Hameg 307, 10 MHz, one > channel, cost me more than half a year of my pocket money, and still my > father added abt 75% of the cost. Last April it celebrated its 20 th > anniversary, and I still use it some, it is still as good as it was 20 > years ago. > Of course, I have progressed along the line, and my most recent buy was > a TEK 485 (350 MHz) for 700 Deutschmarks (abt. 300 $US), and I consider > this one among the best 'scopes for any hobbyist - IF we are talking > analog 'scopes, that is. > I have worked several years as developer at a well-known 'scope > manufacturer in Frankfurt, Germany, they are called HAMEG, in the US > IIRC they are called B+C, this gave me a lot of insights also for > preferring analog 'scopes to digital ones for ALMOST any work. > I have used the TEK TDS220 and the big 300 series, and "I was not > amused"! > Cumbersome menus, knobs responding a lot after "realtime", and - hear, > hear - some nasty software errors, if you knew where to look for them... > > My "I wish I had it" instrument is the TEK 2467, a 400 MHz unit with a > super optical amplification unit in front of the CRT. Price for this one > - albeit used - is absolutely prohibitive! But for the lucky guys who > have used it sometime, it is abolutely the best. > > Greets > Jochen Feldhaar DH6FAZ > (BTW: I always use my analog 'scopes for looking at serial signals, to > check for baud rates and voltage levels. I even use the 'scope instead > of a multimeter in most instances where I am looking for a fault in some > circuitry) > > Dave Dribin schrieb: > > > > On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 01:37:59PM -0700, Dwayne Reid wrote: > > > I consider a scope to be *essential* if you are going to be doing any > > > serious electronics work. I use a dual trace analog scope (Tek 465) as my > > > main tool - I use more it than I use any other instrument. Even more than > > > a multi-meter or DMM. I reach for the scope probe whenever I need to > > > measure a voltage or see just the circuit is doing. > > > > Would an analog scope, like the Tek 465, be useful for a serial > > digital signal, like the PS/2 port on a PC? I guess I'm asking, would > > a used Tek 465 or a used TDS 210 be a better buy for a > > beginner/hobbyist doing some PC integration projects? From the looks > > of it, a used TDS 210 goes for about 3 times a used Tek 465, but if > > it's 3 times as useful, I may consider it. > > > > -Dave > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads