On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:12:55 +0200, AnaLog Services, Inc. <wireline@...> wrote:
Even with a wonderful Tek digital scope, looking at irregular relatively fast events like pulses from radiation detectors can be problematic. In fact, troubleshooting any oddball, unexpected signal can be much harder with a digital scope than an old analog unit.
I agree with that! Especially with very fast irregular signals which i can't quite figure out i'll go to the analog scope to see "what's really there". You'll also sometimes get sampling artefacts with digital scopes which you need to identify and make the necessary changes, that will sometimes confuse a novice.
But i wouldn't really want to work analog all the time, the cursors and easy setup of the digital scope are just too comfortable to miss out on.
If i had to choose one scope... i'd probably cheat and go for one that can be switched between analog and digital modes ;-)
ST
