Wuerstchenhund - (little sausage dog?) Do I remember my German correctly?
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Thank you very much for your post. The guideline of 10x the frequency is something that is useful and understandable.
You're welcome! The thing to remember when you look at frequencies however is not just about the frequency of the signal you're looking at, you should also consider what possible glitches (which can have much higher frequency contents than the base signal) you want to capture and examine. Which i admit for a starter is not easy.
I get where you're coming from re: finding other beginners' posts, but I have also been kvetched at for dredging up necro-posts on some forums too. I guess sometimes you just can't win.
There's no need to revive old threads. Just do a search and read a bit around, and you might find the answer to at least some of your questions. Then just open a new thread for the remaining ones. You should not be afraid to ask, asking is perfectly fine (at least as I'm concerned). It just helps to show that you at least tried to find answers yourself.
What it seems to come down to is that one needs to know exactly what one will be doing with it to get a good clear and concise recommendation for a 'scope, and in many beginners' cases, they really have naught but a general idea. This is where Dave's recommendation of an analog starter scope begins to make a lot of sense.
Yes, it's very difficult for many starters to recognize what they actually need, but people here can certainly help if they're given as much information as possible (i.e. what are your ideas what you want to do, and most importantly, your budget).
Personally, I hate buying things more than once, so when I have the means I prefer to buy something that will last me and be of good quality so that it won't need to be replaced anytime soon.
I'd say forget it, it does not work. if you are a beginner you most certainly won't know where your path in EE will end up going, so you will be paying an overly high amount of money for features you either won't need, or if you need them later on can be had for much less money. Also don't forget that a decent EE lab contains of much more tools than justa scope and a DMM, and you want to have some money for say an AWG (Arbitrary Waveform Generator) and good hand and soldering tools.
Buy a decent but not overly expensive entry level scope now, and save money for something better when you find that your requirements have out-grown your scope. I'd recommend getting a decent DSO as a first scope (many people recommend that the first scope should be analogue as it is better for learning, I disagree with that) but even an analogue one will do for a beginner.