If you need a good scope buy a Rigol DS2072 NOW!

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Just got this 70Mhz 2GSa/S DS2072 scope which just so happens to have the exact same internals as a DS2202 200mhz version and it's only $850. If you search around it can easily be converted into the 200mhz version. This scope is so much more advanced than anything I have worked with it's going to take a little time to learn it, but I can already tell the feature set is spectacular.

Stock the scope will store 14M pts, with all features enabled... 56M pts!

http://www.tequipment.net/RigolDS2072.html has 11 in stock right now, I pre-ordered over 2 weeks ago and received mine today. I expect these to go very fast as they are not low end toys and are more than any home lab will probably require.
 
I look forward to seeing some nice screen-shots.

Does this mean that at last we'll get the answer to how the controller gives the speed boost (120%) with the three-speed switch?
 
d8veh said:
I look forward to seeing some nice screen-shots.

Does this mean that at last we'll get the answer to how the controller gives the speed boost (120%) with the three-speed switch?

I posted the 120% information months ago in the tech section with scope screen shots. We now know exactly how it does it.
 
grindz145 said:
Nice! The 1052 is the same way, but 50mhz to 100mhz, and its only like 400 bucks.

Yes, but that scope is a cheap toy compared to this. This is 2x the cost but 3-4x the value and besides the feature set, it has a HUGE screen. With a keygen 200mz is just a few keystrokes away. Even at 70mhz it's an unbelievable deal. I'm just starting to dig into the scope function (i've read the reviews) and all of the features I could ever dream of are here. Now I need a signal generator and a differential probe set and I should be good for hopefully 10 years (my last scope purchase was a Fluke 123 scope meter about 10 years ago). I had an old analog 20mhz scope before that.
 
I would greatly appreciate if someone could outline what sort of basic troubleshooting is possible with a $20 logic analyzer or multimeter, and what sort of stuff really requires a pricey scope.

Off the top of my head, it seems like we could get a decent view of what the hall sensors are doing and see what the MCU is outputting to the fets with a logic analyzer? A DMM is good enough for troubleshooting any issue you might have with a throttle, right?

I've been able to troubleshoot stepper motors with a logic analyzer to see that the pulses are correct and used a DMM to verify voltages, would that technique transfer to the 3 phase BLDCs we use?
 
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