TDS-1002b Any good? Comments?

Heck, I'll happily pay express postage to Australia for one!!

Dave :)

It's a simple matter of that if you have it available you'll find a lot of uses for it you didn't know you had before. If you don't have it available you make do and don't realise what you are missing.

Dave :)

That really surprises me. In my meager experience I have wanted to know what happened _before_ the trigger many times. I, for one, can't wait to find out. ;-)

Put me in that list! I don't own a scope (I Know, how can I be an engineer if I don't have an o-scope...) and could use one if it doesn't cost much. Used is fine, I only need it to troubleshoot the occasional board. For digital, I have a small USB signal analyzer...

Charlie

"Me wants one too!" :-)

I would bite the bulet and buy a new one. I bought 2 second hand ones from a dealer and they stopped working very soon after I got them. I would go for a modern new scope that fits what you are trying to do.

Seems to me you're missing something. Moons ago scope manufacturers spent a *lot* of money on delay lines and dual-timebase modes to do what is trivial with digital storage and $.29 worth of code today.

Do you never trigger logic analyzers on anything but the start?

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Yes indeed, for logic it's essential!. Maybe that's the difference I'm puzzling over, in that my scope gets used about 95% for analogue. For logic and micro stuff I've a HP1630D. Must admit though I'd rather run a mile, before being arsed to pulling it's bulk off the shelf, clip on the mess of pods and probes, battle with the lunatic menus and listen to the horrendous fan noise. john

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Ah, you bought that. That's why we didn't get fortune cookies the day before yesterday. Oh wait, it was a Thai restaurant. Excellent dinner BTW.

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I always print my own fortunes, generally something along the lines of "Generous person across table buys dinner to-nite"

Ink-jet technology is a wonderful thing....

its quite possible that particular piece of equipment was (is) faulty. Im pretty sure it had to pass CISPR xx at some point....

Cheers Terry

I would rather you sent one or two to me rather than put them in a landfill. I can squeeze a few more years out of it.

Analog scopes can trigger off other than the source too. Delayed (run A after B, A delayed by B, etc.) are very powerful triggering modes for analog scopes. Digital scopes make these sorta obsolete.

Well... ;-) That wasn't my point.

How often did your dog turn the terminal on? ;-)

Have you considered cleaning the dust of a few items to display in the lobby, to show the changes in electronics since you started your business?

Your choice:

MBA = Master of Business Administration: A concept that claims a "Manager" can "manage" any business because they are all exactly the same after you force them to fit the standard mold.

or

MBA = Master of Business Annihilation: So poorly equipped to deal with real world issues that they can destroy any business they touch.

Hey, my business isn't that old!

Besides, we don't have a lobby, and seldom have visitors except for the UPS guy and pizza delivery.

John

She is quite smart and would probably be able to figure that out. But the one who does turn things on is the big one, a Rottie mix. He often plops down near the conference table where there is a tall lamp with a foot switch (halogen, for studying schematics). 95lbs seem to be enough to turn it on. Then when the light bothers him he leaves. Without turning it off.