At 04:01 PM 11/7/02 -0600, Josh Koffman wrote: >Ok, I put this under EE because I wanted the opinions of how it will >perform. I may be in the position shortly to specify a portable >osciloscope for my use. It must be portable, so I am looking at the >units offered by Fluke and Tektronix. I'm not really including the >TDS200 etc. series by Tek. I know these units have LCD screens, so they >won't be the same as a real CRO. I've been using a Tek THS-720P for about 4 years now. Its a great little scope for almost anything digital but is not my first choice for analog work (Tek 465 for that). Upsides: great trigger capability, isolated input channels, extremely useful measurements built-in. Downsides: noisy input stages, short (2500 point) memory. I evaluated several of the Fluke Scopemeters (95, 97, 99) before purchasing the Tek - my observations at the time were that they had absolutely the worst trigger performance of any scope that I had used up to that period in time. I know they have improved since then but I haven't used the newer ones enough to comment. But the old Fluke 95 that I occasionally have to use is horrid. My take at the time was that Fluke made the best meters in the world, Tek made the best scopes. I still hold that opinion. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 18 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2002) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu