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From: Frithiof Jensen on 9 Dec 2008 06:04 I have a little too much cash leftover for the year-end and nowhere to invest it; so I was thinking of investing in myself by getting some better measurement equipment. Is the Tektronix MSO2024 a good buy or good bye (to your money;-)
From: JW on 9 Dec 2008 09:19 On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:04:08 +0100 "Frithiof Jensen" <frithiof.jensen(a)diespammerdie.jensen.tdcadsl.dk> wrote in Message id: <493e50a8$0$56772$edfadb0f(a)dtext02.news.tele.dk>: >I have a little too much cash leftover for the year-end and nowhere to >invest it; so I was thinking of investing in myself by getting some better >measurement equipment. > >Is the Tektronix MSO2024 a good buy or good bye (to your money;-) 5K for a 200MHz 1GS/s scope? No thanks. If you're going to spend that much, you could easily get a used one with much better specs. Hell, in the last month or so I just bought a HP 54542A 500MHz 2GS/s scope for $425 on Ebay. Of course, if you don't need that kind of performance...
From: Jim on 9 Dec 2008 18:59 In article <493e50a8$0$56772$edfadb0f(a)dtext02.news.tele.dk>, Frithiof Jensen <frithiof.jensen(a)diespammerdie.jensen.tdcadsl.dk> wrote: > I have a little too much cash leftover for the year-end and nowhere to > invest it; so I was thinking of investing in myself by getting some better > measurement equipment. > > Is the Tektronix MSO2024 a good buy or good bye (to your money;-) > I like Tek scopes, and almost jumped on this one until I saw the screen specs. It's quarter VGA - something like 300+ x 240 pixels. Wide yes, but still QVGA. Try doing anything with 4 traces, some logic (there are up to 16 channels) and some menus, all in 240 pixels. Each trace gets about 10 pixels of height to show its stuff. I'm looking at the Agilent scopes now. The screens are something like 6", but I'm pretty sure they were 1024x768, and they'll drive an external monitor if your eyes are getting weak like mine. If you ignore the toy screen, I'd say the rest of that Tek scope looks pretty sweet. -- Jim
From: Jim on 9 Dec 2008 19:12 In article <091220081859013594%noone(a)here.com>, Jim <noone(a)here.com> wrote: > In article <493e50a8$0$56772$edfadb0f(a)dtext02.news.tele.dk>, Frithiof > Jensen <frithiof.jensen(a)diespammerdie.jensen.tdcadsl.dk> wrote: > > > I have a little too much cash leftover for the year-end and nowhere to > > invest it; so I was thinking of investing in myself by getting some better > > measurement equipment. > > > > Is the Tektronix MSO2024 a good buy or good bye (to your money;-) > > > I like Tek scopes, and almost jumped on this one until I saw the screen > specs. It's quarter VGA - something like 300+ x 240 pixels. Wide yes, > but still QVGA. Try doing anything with 4 traces, some logic (there are > up to 16 channels) and some menus, all in 240 pixels. Each trace gets > about 10 pixels of height to show its stuff. > I'm looking at the Agilent scopes now. The screens are something like > 6", but I'm pretty sure they were 1024x768, and they'll drive an > external monitor if your eyes are getting weak like mine. > If you ignore the toy screen, I'd say the rest of that Tek scope looks > pretty sweet. Just looked up the actual screen specs: Display Characteristics Display Type� 7in (180mm) liquid crystal TFT color display. Display Resolution� 480 horizontal x 234 vertical pixels (WQVGA). So it wasn't 240 high, it's 234. -- Jim
From: John Larkin on 9 Dec 2008 19:20
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:04:08 +0100, "Frithiof Jensen" <frithiof.jensen(a)diespammerdie.jensen.tdcadsl.dk> wrote: >I have a little too much cash leftover for the year-end and nowhere to >invest it; so I was thinking of investing in myself by getting some better >measurement equipment. > >Is the Tektronix MSO2024 a good buy or good bye (to your money;-) Consider one of the TPS2000 series scopes. Fully isolated inputs! John |