Anybody use Aligent DSO3000 ?? Looks affordable for
personal use.
http://www.testequity.com/products/1314/

John

--- Robert Rolf <Robert.Rolf@ualberta.ca> wrote:

> I have been a Tektronix scope fan all my life.
> I have used HP, TEK, Leader, B&K, Iwatsu, and many
> other
> brands over the years, but always like the Tek's
> best.
> 
> When our lab was in the market for a new digital
> scope
> I of course started looking at Tek 3000 series (VGA
> resolution) models.
> Thanks to comments from this list I also looked at
> Agilent's
> offerings (6000 series MSOs), and I was hooked.
> 800 times the memory (1-8Ms vs 10k), 4 times the
> resolution
> (SVGA vs VGA or QVGA), 10 times the screen update
> rate (makes
> if 'look' more like analog scope, and since I do
> need to
> use it as a waveform monitor, it is important to me,
> and
> for nearly the same cost. And for a small increment
> (18%)
> the MSO series will also do 16 channel logic
> analyzer.
> 
> If there is an under $1k scope by Agilent I would
> love to know
> about it for my home lab. They did just introduce
> the
> 100Mhz BW MSO 601x series (mixed signal
> oscilloscope) as
> their lowest end, but there may be something in the
> 53xxx
> series that is cheaper yet since its a few years
> older now.
> 
> I am sure that with the popularity of digital
> scopes, there
> will be lots of inexpensive analog scopes to be had
> and
> places like Tuckers and Test Equity (and others).
> By spending the extra bucks to buy from a dealer,
> you
> know you won't be getting a clunker.
> What is your time REALLY worth?
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> Olin Lathrop wrote:
> 
> > Paul James E. wrote:
> > 
> >> I agree 100%.   But the unit is inexpensive
> enough and handy enough
> >> that I overlook the small inconveniences like
> that one and go on
> >> about my work. But I do agree it's annoying.
> > 
> > 
> > I vaguely heard that Agilent came out with a
> similar small digital scope for
> > under $1000 a few months ago.  Also 60MHz
> supposedly.  Before buying a scope
> > like that I'd certainly want to check out the
> Agilent offering.  Since I'm
> > not looking for scope right now, I haven't.  Has
> anyone else looked into
> > this?
> > 
> > 
> >
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