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Affordable and good enough for fault finding, tuning and calibration are key. Hardware/software/usb all considered.

Thanks

serum114 wrote:Affordable and good enough for fault finding, tuning and calibration are key. Hardware/software/usb all considered.

Thanks

I was in the same situation a year or so ago, after taking advice from people far more knowledgeable than myself I ended up buying a Rigol 1054Z Digital Scope. They cost about €400 at the moment and are very good value for money.

It can be upgrade to 100Mhz with a simple software "hack".

As above, also bought the same scope for this project.

very useful to have if you will be venturing into the DIY synth world

My girlfriend would hit the roof if that came through the door!!! I was hoping for some much cheaper options... My build is going really well, all analogue voices built, tested and sounding great so really hoping not to need a scope for fault finding. I'm more looking to measure the Vpp for the clap. I've been looking at this (Don't laugh) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orignal-JYE-T ... 2396635524

My girlfriend would hit the roof if that came through the door!!! I was hoping for some much cheaper options... My build is going really well, all analogue voices built, tested and sounding great so really hoping not to need a scope for fault finding. I'm more looking to measure the Vpp for the clap. I've been looking at this (Don't laugh) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orignal-JYE-T ... 2396635524

serum114 wrote:My girlfriend would hit the roof if that came through the door!!! I was hoping for some much cheaper options... My build is going really well, all analogue voices built, tested and sounding great so really hoping not to need a scope for fault finding. I'm more looking to measure the Vpp for the clap. I've been looking at this (Don't laugh) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Orignal-JYE-T ... 2396635524

I just ordered that DSO138 oscilloscope to test the BD section on my Nava. Should be here Saturday. Will post pics / update when i give it a try

How did your girlfriend react when that Nava kit came through the door?

That ebay scope has a very limited bandwidth. You can probably use it to test audio with and adjust your Nava. But it won't be of much use if you expand your electronics hobby.
I did similar for my Yocto with a homebrew soundcard scope and pc software. It sounds like original, but I probably just got lucky. Since then I know better.

Look on ebay for a secondhand crt scope. If you don't need the 100mhz bandwidth, a nice vintage 10-20mhz scope will do. And they are selling for peanuts.

jeroenbvo wrote:How did your girlfriend react when that Nava kit came through the door?

It makes noises and I said it would be a good starter drum machine to learn on, she took it I well!!

I knew that the JYE Scope is a bit rubbish but came to the conclusion it would do for this project and at a later date I would pick up a better scope.