The last couple of years I have been using a Tektronix 475A. It has a bandwidthof 350mhz. Before that, I was using a Tektronix 453 (50mhz). It may be just the difference in individual scopes but I really have not seen any advantage with PICs. Both scopes have dual trace, delayed sweep, etc. I have been considering getting one modern (digital) scope that requires less room in the shop and sending the scope collection to EBAY. That is how good equipment gets to EBAY at good prices. If that happens, they will be offerred here first at below average EBAY prices. After a while, the physical size of shop equipment becomes a significant factor. John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 johnferrell@earthlink.net Dixie Competition Products NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hulatt, Jon" To: Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 6:17 AM Subject: [EE:] choosing a scope I've only recently got started with PIC. I'm a computer programmer by trade, and a consultancy/contract job i had recently caused me to dip my hands into pic development for a simple project- basically sampling A/D at precisely 25Hz and chucking the data out to a PC on the USART. I've got an A-Level in electronics, but my experience ends there. Safe to say i'm not a complete monkey, more of an educated baboon. Anyway, despite that project having finished, i'm still playing with pics but now on a hobbyist level. It's good fun and i'm enjoying it. There are lots of things in the pipeline for me, mainly projects for my car. But i'm coming to the realisation that I could really do with an oscilloscope. But, on my hobby budget, I can't afford to spend very much. I could possibly stretch as far as #200, but i'd prefer not to go past #150. The problem is, beyond the usage of scopes at college, I don't really know enough about what i'm going to use it for to be able to spec out what I realistically need. I've seen that I can get a new Kenwood CS1010 for #160, but it's bandwidth is 10MHz and it's single trace. Am I going to want more bandwidth than that for PIC related work? Then there is the option of the elektor gameboy scope, or the PICO pc-based scopes. These appeal less- i'd rather have a standalone unit. But are they going to be suitable for my usage? Are there any other options i've not considered? It's kind of a funny question really. I'm asking for some of you guys to tell me what I want, if you know what i mean!!! Thanks in advance for your comments and info. Jon -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.