That's a great scope to start with! Hscope is the most user-friendly out of any I have tried. There is a big enough learning curve to analyzing the waveforms, the less time we have to spend learning how to operate the scope, the more time we have for that. Start small if you haven't already, clamp or hold the leads to the battery and crank it!
The very first scope I used was a Bosch MTS that was at our shop. It was decent but the battery life was horrible. I bought a Hantek 1008 before the newer updates SW and it would crash on my windows 10 laptop all the time. Later in 2019 they updated the software and it seems to have fixed that issue . I since them have gotten an Autel MP408 scope that’s no longer available and it’s a great scope for the price . But I will still use the 1008 time to time and it’s a decent scope for the price and if you know how to use it effectively.
@CampingNstuff The Autel scopes do look impressive. After the learning curve of where things are, they all are good enough. They all do have things they are handy or better at. For example,wheel speed sensors the uscope just won't get when others do. I always blame the ac coupler but not certain. I have seen some vids of the older hantek software and was going to see if I could downgrade to try it out. Thanks for that tip, or I am sure I would have regretted trying it. I thought the interface looked simpler, but looks can be deceiving. Thanks!
@ the older Hantek SW if you make a big jump in time base like from 5mS/Div to let’s say 50mS/Div I would Get an instant blue screen of death. Also if I would exit out of the SW before unplugging the scope same result . The one you’re using in the video is a far cry better and works really well on my Surface pro 7 running windows 11 .
If you want to try a "real" budget scope, I'll send you my first one. I started with a DSO138 kit. Built it myself and was actually able to diagnose a Ford EEC-IV ignition with it.
@survivingga I've seen them and thought about getting a kit. Never got around to it yet but it's awesome that you put it to automotive use! Pip n spout! Ever try secondary with it ?
I appreciate your videos exploring these kinds of scopes. I just bought my first scope (HScope 512 Max) and am looking forward to learning new stuff!
That's a great scope to start with! Hscope is the most user-friendly out of any I have tried. There is a big enough learning curve to analyzing the waveforms, the less time we have to spend learning how to operate the scope, the more time we have for that. Start small if you haven't already, clamp or hold the leads to the battery and crank it!
The very first scope I used was a Bosch MTS that was at our shop. It was decent but the battery life was horrible. I bought a Hantek 1008 before the newer updates SW and it would crash on my windows 10 laptop all the time. Later in 2019 they updated the software and it seems to have fixed that issue . I since them have gotten an Autel MP408 scope that’s no longer available and it’s a great scope for the price . But I will still use the 1008 time to time and it’s a decent scope for the price and if you know how to use it effectively.
@CampingNstuff The Autel scopes do look impressive. After the learning curve of where things are, they all are good enough. They all do have things they are handy or better at. For example,wheel speed sensors the uscope just won't get when others do. I always blame the ac coupler but not certain.
I have seen some vids of the older hantek software and was going to see if I could downgrade to try it out. Thanks for that tip, or I am sure I would have regretted trying it. I thought the interface looked simpler, but looks can be deceiving. Thanks!
@ the older Hantek SW if you make a big jump in time base like from 5mS/Div to let’s say 50mS/Div I would
Get an instant blue screen of death. Also if I would exit out of the SW before unplugging the scope same result . The one you’re using in the video is a far cry better and works really well on my Surface pro 7 running windows 11 .
If you want to try a "real" budget scope, I'll send you my first one. I started with a DSO138 kit. Built it myself and was actually able to diagnose a Ford EEC-IV ignition with it.
@survivingga I've seen them and thought about getting a kit. Never got around to it yet but it's awesome that you put it to automotive use! Pip n spout! Ever try secondary with it ?
@Backalleydiagnostics not yet. My first secondary probes are on their way from Rotkee right now.