Aaryn,
Being an electrical engineer and hobbyist, I lusted for many years for a good scope… but I could never afford it. Now, retired and a widower, along with the availability of some really nice and relatively inexpensive scopes to choose from, I sprang for a nice one a couple of years ago. Sadly, I’ve not tinkered, electronically, enough to justify its existence before now… so hopefully I’ll start playing with it more as we keep discussing things “electronic”.
A far cheaper alternative, without the frequency response of the Rigol – but with plenty for this kind of work – is this little < $20 unit from Banggood displaying the same M106 S192 waveform (washed out from the flash but quite bright and sharp in normal light) from my post above
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Waveform still captured!
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You can find it here… both as a kit and also assembled for a few $$ more…
This little unit is really quite impressive IMO and definitely a help for this kind of work.
– David
