Mike Poulton Wrote:

> I've seen that I can get a new Kenwood CS1010 for =A3160, but it's band=
width
> is 10MHz and it's single trace. Am I going to want more bandwidth than =
that
> for PIC related work?

You will definitely want dual trace, if not even more channels. The
ability to see multiple waveforms at once more than doubles the
usefulness of the scope, and is worth way more than the additional
cost. Pretty much any features you can get, you should. I have a Fluke
Scopemeter 199C, and I thought it was total overkill when I got it. I
presently use almost all of the features, especially data capture and
real-time mathematical operations on the waveforms (real power,
apparent power, and power factor traces!). You will quickly learn to
max out the features of any scope you get.

You will need bandwidth of at least 40MHz to use it comfortably for
microcontroller work at 40MHz clock frequency. I'd recommend at least
60 or 100MHz, so you can comfortably view rise and fall times of
digital signals. You should be able to find used analog scopes at
pretty good prices. Ebay presently has over a dozen pages of scopes,
many with buy-it-now options and international sales. Tektronix scopes
work super-money are going for a few hundred US$. Some digital storage
scopes are going for marginally more than that. If you can possibly
swing it, get a digital stoage scope. For digital electronics work
where waveforms do not repeat and capture of one-time events is
critcal, storage capability is super handy.

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Mike Poulton
MTP Technologies
mpoulton@mtptech.com
KC0LLX (70cm AM ATV, 33cm/12cm FM ATV, Omaha, NE)

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