I own a TDS 1012B. So it is not color..... Anyway the build is good. Many good comments on the build quality and the reliability of the product series. = Screen updates compared to an analog scope is far off! As for most DSO we need to use trigger to capture the SUSPECTED glitch..... = I use the scope currently for MCU work. I haven't dwell into power work or RF work yet. I did do some probing into audio work and works okay. Not fantastic but adequate for my needs. The maximum OSC freq. for an MCU that I have used was 30MHZ and there were no issues there. = The button interface is intuitive. Don't need to guess where the functions are. I am not sure HOW much features you like in a scope so you ought to check = with your local TEK :) That was what I did. John PS: I exactly had the same feeling about the Aglient. Rigol? Somehow that idea did not fit good SUPPORT. --- Philip Pemberton wrote: > Hi guys, > I'm toying with the idea of buying a digital > storage oscilloscope. At the = > moment, I'm looking mainly at the Tektronix TDS2000B > series, and leaning = > towards the TDS2014B or TDS2022B. The decision has > basically come down to more = > channels or more bandwidth. I can't have both, on > the grounds that not only = > does it seem that nobody has a TDS2024B in stock, > but also that it's =A31600 and = > that's WAY over my budget, by a few hundred pounds. > The 2014 and 2022 are at = > the absolute limit. > = > I've pretty much written off the Agilent 3000 > series. There are far too = > many limits on the bandwidth and memory capacity, > and they're massive compared = > to the TDS2000 series. I'm almost out of bench space > as it is... That and = > they're basically Rigol 5000s with redesigned front > panels; the 5000 doesn't = > seem to have gotten a particularly good reception. > = > Most of the stuff I do is microcontroller > development, with a tiny bit of = > analogue thrown in there for good measure. Nine > times out of ten, the = > processor clock is between 4-10MHz, and the fastest > I've ever pushed an MCU is = > 75MHz on a Ubicom SX28AC. The fastest PIC I've ever > used was the 18F4550, with = > a 48MHz internal clock rate. So bandwidth is > probably almost worthless... Almost. > = > I'm planning on doing a bit of radio work later > on (an SDR receiver for LW, = > SW, MW broadcast band and FM broadcast band), so > high bandwidth would be = > useful for that. On the other hand, a four-channel > input would be handy when = > working on MCU designs... FM BCB is 88-108MHz round > here, and most of the time = > it'll only see that on the RF amp front-end -- > superhet receivers downconvert = > that to about 10.7MHz IF anyway, which is still well > inside the range of a = > 100MHz 1GS/s scope -- it'll oversample by a bit > under 100 times. > = > The openness of the Tek USB interface (it's > basically USB Test/Measurement = > Class with the Tek SCPI command set) and the CSV > saving onto a flashdrive is a = > real plus. I don't like the idea of having to buy a > =A3300 control interface = > (Agilent) to wire the thing up to my PC, and be > forced to use GPIB, when = > there's a perfectly good USB port sitting there. I > frankly couldn't give a = > crap about direct-printing support, the PC can > print, and most of the time I'm = > going to be copy-pasting scope traces into a > document or webpage anyway. > = > I have a Tektronix 466 100MHz analogue storage > scope at the moment, and the = > idea of downgrading in terms of bandwidth doesn't > appeal to me. That's why the = > 2002 and 2004 are off the list - 60MHz is a bit too > much of a step down. > = > I'm going to call Tek in a bit and try and get > some of my other questions = > answered, but at the moment I'd like to know - has > anyone got either of these = > scopes, and are they any good? > = > Any little quirks or annoying bugs I should know > about? > = > Thanks, > -- = > Phil. | (\_/) This is > Bunny. Copy and paste Bunny > piclist@philpem.me.uk | (=3D'.'=3D) into your > signature to help him gain > http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | (")_(") world > domination. > = > -- = > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > = __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around = http://mail.yahoo.com = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist