Due to some unexpected financial constraints, I had to place my order on hold, but yesterday, I picked up my new Instek GDS-1062A from the post office.
Along with the scope, I got two probe kits, a manual, and a little USB SD card reader, as well as a US wall plug to IEC socket lead.
My immediate thoughts, coming from an old 15MHz Trio analogue scope are;
• Holy Geez, this thing is small! I have space on my bench again!
• Nice, clear screen... and no parallax error!
• Being able to see your trigger level and assign a precise value is damn handy!
• Wow, the ripple on my little bench supply is quite pronounced.
•The UI took me about 15 minutes to adjust to for most of the usual stuff- triggering, coupling, all that sort of gear. It's pretty simple, but coming from a super-simple analogue scope, I was feeling my way along there for a while! I haven't found the post/pre trigger capture settings yet, but that is my next job.
•The included probes are pretty smart- Not sure about the pink identifying bands they come with though!
•Compared to the scope I have at work (Tek 2230), the update rate is a revelation... It's not in the same league as say, a Fluke 199C or a YEW DLM2000, but for me, it's a nice upgrade.
If there's anything in particular anyone would like me to try with it, please let me know and I'll endeavour to get back to you with a result.
P.