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First of all, I wish you all a happy new year, much good things to you and your beloved ones
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Since my first message & project log, I continue learning electronics every day, and I've come to a point where I need tools to experiment, measure & debug what I'm doing. For me, after the bench power supply, the most important tool is an oscilloscope.
I did some research already, and found information about sample rate, maximum frequency, probes... but I still now little about oscilloscope brands and their quality / price value.
I am currently experimenting with an ESP8266 (and I plan to work with an ESP32 for a wi-fi / BT project), and I'd need to be able to follow what it's doing. The ESP8266 runs @ 80MHz minimum (though outputs cannot switch faster than @ 40MHz, since 2 CPU cycles are needed to toggle a pin).
So I think a correctly sized oscilloscope would be able to :
- provide at least 2 channels, 4 would be more confortable, but I don't think I'd need them
- sample correctly signals with frequencies up to 40-50MHz, perhaps more ? (ESP32 runs @ 120Mhz minimum)
- have enough samples memory to capture & analyse later (see next point)
- decode most known protocols (USB, I²C, I²S, SPI, UART...)
An included function generator and/or digital analyser would be a plus, but not a necessity. I could by a dedicated tool later)
I don't really need to have a PC connection + software, though that would be a nice plus, too (so I can save captures on HDD an analyse them later)
I do not need probes for AC current for now, and I guess they can be purchased later on.
I think I can put a budget of 600-700€ maximum, and the equivalent in bucks if bought in the US.
Do you think the budget is high enough for what I'm looking for? Do you have a model in mind that can suit those criteria? Which brand would you recommand me?
Thanks a lot for you help!
First of all, I wish you all a happy new year, much good things to you and your beloved ones
!Since my first message & project log, I continue learning electronics every day, and I've come to a point where I need tools to experiment, measure & debug what I'm doing. For me, after the bench power supply, the most important tool is an oscilloscope.
I did some research already, and found information about sample rate, maximum frequency, probes... but I still now little about oscilloscope brands and their quality / price value.
I am currently experimenting with an ESP8266 (and I plan to work with an ESP32 for a wi-fi / BT project), and I'd need to be able to follow what it's doing. The ESP8266 runs @ 80MHz minimum (though outputs cannot switch faster than @ 40MHz, since 2 CPU cycles are needed to toggle a pin).
So I think a correctly sized oscilloscope would be able to :
- provide at least 2 channels, 4 would be more confortable, but I don't think I'd need them
- sample correctly signals with frequencies up to 40-50MHz, perhaps more ? (ESP32 runs @ 120Mhz minimum)
- have enough samples memory to capture & analyse later (see next point)
- decode most known protocols (USB, I²C, I²S, SPI, UART...)
An included function generator and/or digital analyser would be a plus, but not a necessity. I could by a dedicated tool later)
I don't really need to have a PC connection + software, though that would be a nice plus, too (so I can save captures on HDD an analyse them later)
I do not need probes for AC current for now, and I guess they can be purchased later on.
I think I can put a budget of 600-700€ maximum, and the equivalent in bucks if bought in the US.
Do you think the budget is high enough for what I'm looking for? Do you have a model in mind that can suit those criteria? Which brand would you recommand me?
Thanks a lot for you help
!
