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  • Date Created: 31 Aug 2018 9:49 PM Date Created
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Minimum Specs for a OSCILLOSCOPE

iggywarhol
iggywarhol
31 Aug 2018

i want to look at retro games as well as raspberry pi singles. I have no clue what frequency to buy.

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  • dougw
    dougw over 7 years ago in reply to iggywarhol +4
    There are lots of scopes under $500 that have higher bandwidth, but for me personally in that price range I would be happy with a 2 channel 100 MHz scope and as much memory as possible. A good question…
  • iggywarhol
    iggywarhol over 7 years ago +2
    I am a senior software engineer I have done assembly on IBM 370 to writing stored procedures for large database. I want to to go back and learn the hardware of how cpu's, ram and etc work. I bought a FPGA…
  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 7 years ago in reply to iggywarhol +2
    Hi Scott, Thanks for the back ground information. This will make it easier for the guys to give you a useful answer. John
  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 7 years ago

    Hi Scott,

     

    I have had a lot of fun building a few of these kits. If you have some soldering skills you can't go wrong for $20.99 US. Here are the specs and a link to the vendor.

     

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    https://www.banggood.com/Orignal-JYE-Tech-DS0150-15001K-DSO-SHELL-DIY-Digital-Oscilloscope-Kit-With-Housing-p-1093865.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN

     

    As far as looking at the electronics of video games with a scope you will probable need a better scope and a lot of foundational electronics and software experience to be able to interpret what you are looking at. If you just want a basic scope to look at lower frequencies this kit is pretty great.

     

    John

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    iggywarhol over 7 years ago

    I guess the more appropriate question is will 100mhz work or do I need to go higher.

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  • dougw
    dougw over 7 years ago

    It really depends on what budget you can afford and how detailed you want to get with analyzing signals.

    An entry level scope from Rigol or Tektronix will serve a large majority of needs at a more affordable price, but there will come a time when you want something better. Of course these companies and others make lots of better scopes if you can afford them, but you should probably wait on buying an expensive scope until you understand what you really want.

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