I'm looking at picking up an Oscilloscope, hobby purposes only.
I haven't yet identified an actual need. But when i get there I dont want to not have the tool (also I'm pretty good at finding reasons to use new tools).
Are the cheap sub$100 DSO's totally useless? All I see myself using it for is measuring things on smaller micro-controller or sensor boards I might design and build.
Or should i get one of the budget scopes from Rigol or Hantek or something like that? They seem about twice as expensive. Also since i'm not sure what I need it for exactly. I may get into trying to measure RF radiation on power supplies and class D amps, etc. But I havent researched that enough to know exactly what I would need either, and that is probably 1-2 years in the future.
Any thoughts? Am I throwing my money away today if i buy a cheap DSO?
I haven't yet identified an actual need. But when i get there I dont want to not have the tool (also I'm pretty good at finding reasons to use new tools).
Are the cheap sub$100 DSO's totally useless? All I see myself using it for is measuring things on smaller micro-controller or sensor boards I might design and build.
Or should i get one of the budget scopes from Rigol or Hantek or something like that? They seem about twice as expensive. Also since i'm not sure what I need it for exactly. I may get into trying to measure RF radiation on power supplies and class D amps, etc. But I havent researched that enough to know exactly what I would need either, and that is probably 1-2 years in the future.
Any thoughts? Am I throwing my money away today if i buy a cheap DSO?