> I tried to use a low-end siglent in this application and wasn't all that =
happy for various reasons,
> although it seemed to be at least somewhat usable.  Others seem really ha=
ppy with them.

I don't like the Agilent digital scopes, they don't fit with my mental proc=
esses. The other trick I have found is that they use WinXP as the underlyin=
g operating system, and one we had used Excel to handle all the screen grap=
hing functions, which made it horrendously slow, as the underlying processo=
r hardware was not exactly up to the job of handling all the MS software at=
 an acceptable speed.

I find the Tektronix scopes suit my mental processes much better. The low e=
nd ones seem to have reasonable functions at acceptable prices, and all the=
 4000 series and down do not use Windows as the underlying operating system=
.. The higher end ones do, with the oscilloscope application running on top,=
 although this appears to be a proprietary app rather than a hidden MS appl=
ication to display the waveforms.

Similar to the Agilent ones, I find the Philips originated 'scopes marketed=
 by Fluke don't fit my mental processes, the European way of thinking is di=
fferent to mine in the way the inner workings are set up. The Philips origi=
nated line are discoverable as models containing P at the beginning of the =
model number.



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