Looking for an Oscilloscope
Looking for an Oscilloscope
(OP)
Hi All,
As part of the new board project I am working on, I am trying to modernize the tools that I have available to me. One of the items that I am looking for is a new or used oscilloscope with a higher bandwidth than what I presently have.
I am looking for a digital storage scope with at least a 500MHz bandwidth (i.e. at least 1 Gig sample rate). It will also be necessary to select a probe termination of 50 Ohms and to be able adjust the probe attenuation factor to something other than 1x and 10x. The 300Mhz LeCroy that I presently have is capable of these features. The reason for this is so that one can use a resistive probe with 50 Ohm cable to better observe the signal edges than is possible with a capacitive probe.
Does anybody have a suggestion for a scope and know of reputable places to obtain used equipment?
As part of the new board project I am working on, I am trying to modernize the tools that I have available to me. One of the items that I am looking for is a new or used oscilloscope with a higher bandwidth than what I presently have.
I am looking for a digital storage scope with at least a 500MHz bandwidth (i.e. at least 1 Gig sample rate). It will also be necessary to select a probe termination of 50 Ohms and to be able adjust the probe attenuation factor to something other than 1x and 10x. The 300Mhz LeCroy that I presently have is capable of these features. The reason for this is so that one can use a resistive probe with 50 Ohm cable to better observe the signal edges than is possible with a capacitive probe.
Does anybody have a suggestion for a scope and know of reputable places to obtain used equipment?





RE: Looking for an Oscilloscope
I have used it on the bench and in paper mills and steel works. I can recommend it. It is based on a Windows XP machine and has all the documemtation tools you can want. The screen capture works very well. It even changes colors so you don't emty the toner cassettes when printing.
It has powerful triggering with a lot of options. Combinatorial also. And it does a lot of math. On one waveform or two. FFT with four different windows. And enhanced resolution (11 bits effective).
Touch screen and three USB ports as well as internet connection. Love it!
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
RE: Looking for an Oscilloscope
RE: Looking for an Oscilloscope
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
RE: Looking for an Oscilloscope
Now that I think about it, the math package may be helpfull. Since I am designing a new microcontroller board with longish address and data bus lines I would like to get a scope that will have a chance at seeing the high frequency content of the busses due to the edge rates. A math package with an FFT may be helpfull in determing aproximately where the knee frequency / fall off point is for the energy content of the pulses.
RE: Looking for an Oscilloscope
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org