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 ...

These days, oscilloscope hacking is all about enabling features that the manufacturer baked into the hardware but locked out in the firmware. Those hacks are cool, of course, but back in the days of ...

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 ...

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 ...

In my recent technology report "The Ultimate Test Drive: High-Octane Oscilloscopes" , I got a chance to write about digital sampling oscilloscopes (DSOs). These instruments are truly amazing today ...

I previously authored an article in Radio World Engineering Extra (April 18, 2012) comparing the performance of high- and low-end analog oscilloscopes to a very inexpensive digital storage ...

The compact, 11.6" x 15" x 4.9" Model 5105A 150-MHz storage oscilloscope is said to combine the features of a high-end digital scope with those of an analog scope, with the user having merely to press ...

In recent a T&MW e-mail newsletter, I asked analog-scope users to explain why they hold their instruments so close to their hearts. In the next newsletter, I asked digital-scope users why they moved ...

Adafruit has announced the availability of the Digilent analog discovery 2 USB oscilloscope and logic analyzer. Developed in conjunction with Analog Devices and supported by Xilinx University Program.

The other day, I received a request for information on digital oscilloscope fundamentals. A very nice gentleman, Ed, had just purchased his first digital scope and was looking for help in learning its ...

Oscilloscopes are like the electricity to your house. You don’t give it much thought until a storm knocks it out. The entire electronics industry can’t function without oscilloscopes. But this ...