I am looking at buying my first Portable Digital Oscilloscope.
It will need to have... At least 2 isolated inputs. Ch1 x Ch2 function to calculate Watts. Bandwidth of 100MHz. Record function.
I have looked at (but not used) the following...
Fluke 196C (2 inputs)
AEMC OX7104-C (4 inputs)
If anyone has used these or other similar oscilloscopes I would be interested in hearing any good/bad comments you may have about them and their use.
I have and am pretty happy with a 199C. Couple of comments:
The stock scope probes are fine but rather clunky. The tips require a pretty good pull to remove them (straight pull, no twist or a "depress this" button); they won't come off accidentally but you might think you're having to pull *too* hard the first time you swap tips.
Reasonable battery life.
The FFT presentation is a bar graph (vertical line up to the data point) rather than the more commonly seen line graph, with a line connecting successive points. The bar graph is more correct (the FFT doesn't "know" what's between the points) but a little harder to see.
Good selection of measurement options and trigger options.
The Flukeview software works well with the scope and the optically isolated USB cable.
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