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10 Factors in Choosing a Basic Oscilloscope
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Basic oscilloscopes are used as windows into signals for troubleshooting
circuits or checking signal quality. They generally come with bandwidths
from around 50 MHz to 200 MHz and are found in almost every design lab,
education lab, service center and manufacturing cell.
Whether you buy a new scope every month or every five years, this guide will
give you a quick overview of the key factors that determine the suitability of a
basic oscilloscope to the job at hand.
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The digital storage oscilloscope
Oscilloscopes are the basic tool for anyone designing, manufacturing or repairing electronic
equipment. A digital storage oscilloscope (DSO, on which this guide concentrates) acquires and
stores waveforms. The waveforms show a signal’s voltage and frequency, whether the signal is
distorted, timing between signals, how much of a signal is noise, and much, much more.
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10 FACTORS IN CHOOSING A BASIC OSCILLOSCOPE
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