Automotive Oscilloscope opinions.

breckjensen

Hello

This question is mostly geared toward automotive professionals with diagnostic experience using an oscilloscope or anyone that knows a little about scopes.

In the 600 dollar price range, there is not a lot of options for automotive centered (presets built in for different automotive tests) oscilloscopes. However you can get a damn decent labscope/table top scope for that price that has much better capabilities than any automotive scope in that price range. More features, higher sample rates, etc...

what's more important to you guided tests where the scope shows you where to connect what lead to what wire on what sensor such as the Snap on Vantage (more than 600 dollars BTW but it's just an example) or a scope that is very capable but won't hold your hand during the set up.

My thinking is that if you know how to use a scope you don't really need the hand holding during setup that automotive scopes tend try to do. However a good waveform library is nice to have.

Personally I like a more capable scope that is not going to miss anything, high sample rate, lots of storage, record features, etc.

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Auto_Motriz

Breckjensen, very good your point of view.

But good automotive oscilloscopes have a high rate of data recording

A large buffer is useful for analyzing the mechanical part of the motor. Many crankshaft turns engraved.

If Hantek had this function, it would be great.