Oscilloscopes For Modern Engineers?

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday August 3, 2010 @01:05PM from the squiggly-lines dept.

Every few years someone asks this community for advice on oscilloscopes. Reader dawning writes "I've just graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering (and did a Comp Sci one while I was at it) and I'm finding myself woefully under-equipped to do some great hardware projects. I'm in major need of a good oscilloscope. I'm willing to put down $2,000 for a decent one, but there are several options and they all seem so archaic and limited. I'm happy to use something that must be controlled through a PC if that gives me more measuring features. What would you, my esteemed Slashdot colleagues, get for yourself?"

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Don't be a Cheap Skate by TechCon2821 · 2010-08-03 15:08 · Score: 1, Troll

A good O'Scope for $2,000, is about as ridiculous as a good woman from a Dive Bar. 2 G's will put you on the low end of Fluke 199 O'Scope. I suggest if you're going to be cheap, at least try to get something like an Infinium with a good calibration program, within the frequency range of the equipment you will be working on.