Oscilloscope Recommendation

On 4/29/2017 10:59 AM, Jon Elson via cctech wrote: Right now is prime time to evaluate and snag a HP Agilent 16700 with digital scope channels and logic analyzer channels to boot. You might be able to snag one along with a new unit. WRT to old equipment the HP Aglient 16xxx logic analyzers are pretty much the best for every device I've ever worked on. I don't know that the glut of really nice hardware will last a long time. Another thing to consider is the Saleae line of digital probes. There is a 16 channel unit with analog capture feature now. That unit if you can capture at a rate that your hardware can handle will capture trace till you run out of space on the attached pc support device. If you attach it to a signal that is serial, every channel on the logic analyzer becomes a serial protocol analyzer, and will export ascii serial to a file if you are doing that task, as a side benefit. I'd budget at most 1/4 of your $1000 for that purchase if the donation allows that. i've got the 8 channel unit. Beware the saleae type units may be 3 v input, be sure to check that, as my suggestion won't be much use for that case. I've not shopped them lately, but my older 8 channel unit is 3.3 max only, though I've used it on 0 - 5 v thanks jim