Hello Everyone.
As the title say, I am in search of a good scope for private use and possibly home office with a budget of about €1500 (~$1650). The stuff that usually (about 80%) will be looked at is UART, I2C, SPI, RS232, voltage measurement in the two-digit mV area, and such stuff.
A colleague once recommended the MSO5074, which seems to be a pretty decent device, and is apparently regarded as the best sub-€1000 scope. Beyond that, the SDS2104X Plus is recommended.
What makes me just pull my hair is that both scope are not that young, and the entries in the forums are not "new". So do they still hold up to more current ones, like the DHO1074 or SDS1104X HD, which is kind of in between both the MSO5074 and the SDS2014X Plus.
MSO5074
+ Currently cheap (€950)
+ 350 MHz probes included
+ Samplerate
- noise
- Pop-Up GUI (overlapping menu/measurments)
- most likely no more firmware updates (Last update 2020)
SDS2104X
+ Apparently decent 10bit mode
+ 500 Mhz max (even if only on 2 Ch.)
- need to buy decent probes on top
DHO1074/SDS1104X HD
+ 12bit
- "only" 200 Mhz max
- need to buy decent probes on top (but less expensive as with the SDS2104X)
I tried to read every forums post and watch most likely every video on yt, but either it is at some point to much information or to less... basicly the idiom "You can't see the forest for the trees".
Maybe someone wants to chime in and leave their advice.
Thanks in advance.