[time-nuts] No 1 PPS output on a Tbolt

[Scott Burris]

I got a DS1052E a few months ago and I'm quite happy with it.  It's 
great for looking at events
like this thread has been discussing (although am I the only person who 
still owns a Radio Shack
logic probe from the 70's which would work just fine for detecting 1PPS??).

I won't be giving up my three analog Tek scopes anytime soon though.  
The DS1052E
tends to be a bit noisy looking at low level signals, and anything over 
50Mhzish pushes
me back to the analogs.  The user interface isn't always obvious, as it 
seems most buttons
have multiple function and menus abound on this thing.  But user 
interface problems seem to
be common on lots of test equipment these days -- I wonder what kind of 
scope Steve Jobs
would design :-)

I find myself using it mostly as a kind of 2 channel analog logic 
analyzer, setting up a single
capture from the trigger and studying what happened before and after the 
trigger.  First use
was looking at an I2C bus, not only to look at the data, but also the 
rise time of the signals.

For the price it can't be beat, and it fills a diagnostic hole for me 
that I can't easily fill with
the other equipment at my (hobbyist) disposal.

Scott

Brooke Clarke wrote:
> Hi Bob:
>
> I have been studying digital scopes for some time and have the Rigol 
> DS1052E on the way.
> http://www.prc68.com/I/RigolDS1052E.shtml
> Rigol may make the low end scopes that are sold by Agilent.  This 
> model goes for a little over $400 and gets excellent reviews (links on 
> the above web page).
>
> Have Fun,
>
> Brooke Clarke
> http://www.PRC68.com
>
>