>
> Here's another opinion on necessary scope bandwidth.
>
> For beginners with PICs, *any* speed should work fine *99%* of the time. Why?
>
> Because the typical use for scopes are far more often "is there any signal
> present at all" rather than "are the rise times of this pulse less than 10nS?"
>
> Yes, there *are* applications for high speed scopes but PIC beginners
> seldom encounter them. Especially those who also are electronic beginners.
>
> A 10MHz scope will tell you:
>         a) do I have 5 volts on the pins where it should be?
>         b) is my crystal oscillating?
>         c) is my port pin toggling?
>         d) is there any data coming in on the serial port line?
>         e) what baud rate is that signal?
>         f) etc.
>
> A 1GHz scope will tell you all the same things for a lot more money.
>

   Any suggestions on resources I can use for learning how to use
my scope "better"?

   I have a Tek 465B that I picked up cheap ( REALLY cheap! ) off
of ebay.  I can do basic voltage, frequency, etc measurements.  But
I'd like to find out just what exactly I can do with all those
fancy triggering options.  :-)  Particularly in regards to PIC's,
and digital circuits.

- Rich

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