The waveform is repetitive NOT.
Any recommendations on a scope to rent ?
Gus


> On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Bob Blick wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:31:00 -0600, "AGSCalabrese" <agscal@gmail.com>
> said:
>> I will be required to measure an analog pulses to a resolution of 8
>> nano-secs.
>> Am I correct that this will require a scope that has a bandwidth of
>> 250 MHz and a sampling rate of 4 nanoseconds ?
>
> Bandwidth and sampling rate are not neccessarily tied to each other,  
> so
> different scopes will have different correspondences between them, and
> if you are measuring a repetitive waveform you can have a slow  
> sampling
> rate and still yield good results(assuming a quality instrument). I  
> have
> a scope here with the same sampling rate as bandwidth and another with
> five times the sampling rate as bandwidth.
>
> Cheerful regards,
>
> Bob
>
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