-----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of John Ferrell Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:38 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [EE:] choosing a scope 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 wouldn't be so quick to sell the analog scope. I have a TEK TDS430, 2-channel 400 MHz digital 'scope as well as an old analog TEK 465, 2-channel 100 MHz 'scope. There are some cases where the analog 'scope is easier to use. XY mode being one, and a second being running on auto trigger when you are probing around not quite sure of what you are looking for. I can make the TDS430 work in both these cases, but the 465 is preferable. I'll grant you that the TDS430 runs 10 hours for every hour I put on the 465, but then again I have a couple large toolboxes with specialty tools that I use once a year at most but without which doing a particular job would be difficult. Jack -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.