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John Smith
Guest
Hi, Gentlemen -
I've been looking for just the right oscilloscope for me. I want to be able
to store waveforms indefinitely. The 468 looked just about right for me, but
it had some slight quantization noise on the signal that I found
objectionable, probably due to my inexperience with such things. I want
cursors as I found them invaluable for working with serial communications,
among other things. I think I want as high a bandwidth as I can afford,
which brings me to the subject.
I saw two scopes (54100A and 54100D) with pods go for just over $500 the
other day. They are 1 gHz (woohoooo!) digitizing scopes. I've seen some
references to the fact that these can also be used for repetitive waveforms.
Huh? They seem to be touted for their glitch capturing capability but not
necessarily for their repetitive waveform handling.
Should I stay clear of digitizing scopes? How are they different from just
digital scopes?
I would be grateful for any other pointers on scope selection you have to
offer.
Thanks,
John
I've been looking for just the right oscilloscope for me. I want to be able
to store waveforms indefinitely. The 468 looked just about right for me, but
it had some slight quantization noise on the signal that I found
objectionable, probably due to my inexperience with such things. I want
cursors as I found them invaluable for working with serial communications,
among other things. I think I want as high a bandwidth as I can afford,
which brings me to the subject.
I saw two scopes (54100A and 54100D) with pods go for just over $500 the
other day. They are 1 gHz (woohoooo!) digitizing scopes. I've seen some
references to the fact that these can also be used for repetitive waveforms.
Huh? They seem to be touted for their glitch capturing capability but not
necessarily for their repetitive waveform handling.
Should I stay clear of digitizing scopes? How are they different from just
digital scopes?
I would be grateful for any other pointers on scope selection you have to
offer.
Thanks,
John