A few weeks ago, my father-in-law called to say he found an oscilloscope. His neighbor was apparently going to put it in the trash so he asked if I wanted it. Of course I did. Who wouldn't want to ...

The HDO8000 oscilloscope from Teledyne LeCroy has eight analog input channels, 12-bits of vertical resolution utilizing Teledyne LeCroy's HD4096 technology, and up to 1 GHz of bandwidth. A wide ...

Not all oscilloscopes are created equal. Find out what the differences are and what is important. If you use an oscilloscope, you won't have any trouble imagining an instrument with higher resolution.

Do you ever find yourself yearning for the days before digital storage oscilloscopes (DSOs)? Where even the basic scopes commanded four figures, and came in a bench-dominating form factor? No, of ...

A decent current measurement sensor ought to be an essential part of every hacker’s workbench. One that is capable of measuring DC, as well as low and high frequencies with reasonable accuracy. And ...

I own two analog scopes: a B+K Precision 100 MHz dual trace portable that I bought back in the 1980s and a Tektronix analog storage tube mainframe scope with high-performance plug-ins acquired at an ...

Today’s oscilloscopes have far more functionality than their old cathode-ray tube (CRT) analog counterparts. At first glance, the proliferation of all of those knobs and buttons may seem overwhelming, ...