On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 10:26:20 -0600, you wrote:

>> Could you advice me on buying an oscilloscope? Which company is the best
>> on the market? Which one is worth buying and is not very expensive?
>
>Tektronix.  The TDS2000 series scopes are outSTANDing, and not TOO bad on
>the price front (I promise, after a few months, you'll be glad you bought it and
>not thinking too hard on the cost).

If looking at new kit, also look at Agilent's recent offerings - whenever I've compared Agilent and
Tek scopes at similar price points, Agilent has been significantly better, especially responsiveness
of user interface & memory depth. 

>> Did anybody of you design oscilloscope by yourself?
>
>Without the aid of a scope? ;-)
>
>> I've recently come to conclusion that without an oscilloscope you can't
>> do much. :-(
>
>Not ENTIRELY true, but a scope may save your sanity.

If you don't have a scope you are wasting a lot of your time. Even an ancient cheap used one is many
orders of magnitude better than none. 

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