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Article: Low-cost scopes extend test equipment budgets.
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- EE-Evaluation Engineering
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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Even in the unlikely event that your test equipment budget has received a bailout, you still need to get the highest instrument performance per dollar spent. So it's relevant to ask what capabilities are available in oscilloscopes priced below $2,500. Of course, the answer depends on whom you talk to, but low-cost scopes generally have continued to improve for a number of reasons:
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* Companies that have developed technology for high-end scopes are migrating some of that capability into the lower price models.
* Hardware components used in scopes are becoming more readily available, cost less, and perform better.
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