4/12 C64 repair using a great $57 portable oscilloscope (ZEEWEII DSO1511G review)

[@Epictronics1]

Thanks for the mention Adrian : ) It was good fun meeting you and repairing the number 6 Commodore. It sure had an interesting fault! Never seen any Commodore like it. Looking forward to fixing the number 4 board : )

[@oldguy9051]

You certainly produced a nice repair video out of that one!

[@Epictronics1]

@@oldguy9051 Thanks. It was good fun : )

[@adriansdigitalbasement]

I put a link to your repair in the description. And here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqOoqqyqir9khZo (When I uploaded this a few weeks ago, you hadn't yet published yours.)

[@Epictronics1]

@@adriansdigitalbasement Thanks Adrian, Looking forward to repairing the other board, I hope it has some weird and interesting fault too : )

[@Ramdileo_sys]

@@adriansdigitalbasement cheeper than the dso-151??............ dso-138 with the JYE firmware update ;-) ..........

[@meko1896]

Now that brings back memories. I had 2 repair centers in the early 80's and I specialized in the Commodore 64 and Amiga Computers. Worked on literally thousands of 64s. Bought ram chips in quantities of a thousand at a time and had custom PLA's programmed in batches of 500 at a time. Also built several hundred power supplies that I sold thru my store. Many memories! Glad to see they are still around. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.

[@00Skyfox]

For being a C64 repair video, I love that the little oscilloscope has a RUN/STOP button.

[@Scubagon]

The C64 repair videos are great, and the 8-bit dance party just makes it that much better!

[@ninefingerdeathgrip]

That actually looks like a really handy oscilloscope for automotive fault finding. Cheap enough to buy one to throw into a toolbox. My old analog scope is pretty cumbersome in automotive applications.

[@MrStillions]

Thats actually a really great point.

[@Graham_Wideman]

Some scope is better than no scope, but... much of the merit of a scope in automotive diagnostics is to see the relative timing of two or more signals. For example, cam-crank correlation, or crank vs spark and so on. So two channels are, in my view, the minimum requirement, and there are some two-channel inexpensive hand-held scopes. But a single channel is still good for looking at an individual PWM signal, or an ABS wheel encoder etc.

[@cheater00]

Yes, or elevator or lighting repair

[@OzRetrocomp]

I have what appears to be the same scope (only under a different name and without the AV out... d'oh!), and can confirm that it's useful for automotive applications. It'll never be a substitute for a proper bench scope, but for casual use or applications where a bench scope is impractical, this is infinitely better than not having a scope at all.

[@TrapperAaron]

@@Graham_Wideman u make an excellent point here. It's not that useful without at least 2 channels for comparing data. I suppose w USB C u might be able to capture data and compare it outside the scope, but definitely a pain in ass. Would definitely pay an extra $20 for an extra channel.

[@robertleemeyer]

This is all your fault. I had to immediately order that scope because it's just what I've been waiting for to fix MY old C64. Your channel is awesome!!!

[@fred.chapman]

👍🤩👍 Adrian, I had no idea oscilloscope reviews and computer repairs could be so riveting, but yours are! Time just flies by. This is the fourth scope review of yours I've watched, and it prompted me to buy the dual-channel ZEEWEII DSO2512G on Ali Express for only US$78.48 after discounts, tax, and free shipping. It's amazing what you get for the money! Thanks so much for all you do. 🙏💖

[@lwillms38]

I was blown away by the protection value. Love the multiple camera views and clear troubleshooting process. I've repaired several and sometimes it does devolve to chip swapping. Great work saving another one!

[@kd4dcy]

Never commented here before as I normally watch on Roku. After watching this video I immediately ordered one of these. A year later the price is a tad lower. Thanks for putting me onto a great little super-compact scope that will travel even more compactly than my Fluke 123!

[@tony359]

The "please" after "Remove the probes first" message in the calibration menu! Impressive! Jokes aside, indeed a very impressive little scope for the money you paid. Great video as usual, always learning something new! Thank you!

[@McTroyd]

Hey, high-end scopes don't say "please." I'd count that as a feature. 🤣

[@tony359]

@@McTroyd Indeed! "Polite user interface" :D

[@OzRetrocomp]

I've been using an earlier version of this scope for a couple of years now (the AV output feature wasn't available when I bought mine). It's perfectly fine for diagnosing and fixing vintage stuff as long as you're measuring below 30MHz, and is ideal for a casual user or newbie that can't justify the big bucks on a bench scope right now. That being said, it's not a bench scope substitute, but it's more than adequate if you have realistic expectations of what it can do. Thanks for the great practical reviews of affordable gear, Adrian. Long may they continue.

[@monad_tcp]

as a newb I loved it. bought one

[@markesys]

I also have the earlier version, and find it to be a perfectly serviceable oscilloscope. I keep in in my tool bag for field work. Adrian didn't exercise the scope thoroughly enough to check the frequency response. Mine is only rated for 100 MHz, not 120, but when I used my HP 8654A signal generator, it had no problem getting to 100 MHz. In fact, the issue I found was a small increase in sensitivity (a bulge in the frequency response curve of about 15%) above 90 MHz, which it seems likely to me is a result of the "100 MHz" probe rather than the instrument itself. Still, this scope was easily good enough to make my list of "cheap test equipment that's actually pretty good".

[@Stefan_Payne]

Yeah, more bread bin repair videos! Nice! I miss repair videos in general, can't get enough of them.

[@KuntalGhosh]

A very important thing u have to be careful with this scope is that the ground of the probe and composite is certainly shared. So if u have the composite plugged in somewhere then u have to be super careful with where u stick the ground. Any mistake can kill the scope or tv.

[@adriansdigitalbasement]

Almost certainly the USB ground is also shared, so that's another danger if testing AC things.

[@nickk6109]

Same with a normal scope through - best use a HV differential probe.

[@KuntalGhosh]

@@nickk6109 battery scopes have the advantage of being floating so u don't need a differential probe.

[@orion310591RS]

Could you elaborate this for beginner level? What means ground of probe and ground of composite? What is composite? What means composite plugged in somewhere? What scenario is considered "mistake"? Thanks for answers in advance.

[@genki0]

@@orion310591RS kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpKofaR3pJmeobM

[@GREGGRCO]

That's a neat scope !! Good trouble shooting ! Thanks so much !

[@kurt1391]

I bought the scope based on the review. It's really nice for the price. The manual is actually well written and brief enough that you can find what you want quickly without also being too brief. I find the screen is easy to read (with reading glasses if you're older like me), and navigating the menus is simple. The up arrow to go sideways is weird, but I got used to it.

[@johnelectric933]

Followed the link to the product. They fixed the price. There is also dual channel version for $81 plus discounts on both. Looks great, thanks for the find.

[@martinortega9279]

Really liked this video. I liked that everything was real time from out of the box to troubleshooting, repair and retesting not only the C64 but putting the O-scope through the full test. I have been looking for scope and had no idea that there are portable scopes at this price. Thank you for making this video and will look forward to more in the future

[@parrottm76262]

That scope is so surprising. I recall the first scope I ever saw very long ago. No one was allowed to touch it except the guy trained on it. It was super expensive (think it was a Tektronix). Amazing how far that tech has come.

[@Wtfinc]

where was that? I would have touched it and probably tried to open it. A scope is the kind of thing where if in a room full of techs, all the techs will be trained to use such a tool, not just one guy, nor would just one guy be allowed to use it in a room full of over smart toddlers. Just saying, doesn't sound like a great environment wherever that scope was you speak of. I could understand if it were a scope today, so light and expensive can be swiped off a table onto the floor by accident. not the iron cabinet full of glass they used to be. imagine being the guy who knocked over one of those big scoped on a cart with racks on racks of tubes, shattering when they slam the ground

[@parrottm76262]

@@Wtfinc This was when I worked at Boeing. It was in the QA/QC department.

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

I snuck in later that night and touched it, singing la la la la!

[@daveparker4415]

Tektronix is THE scope company. I was a calibration technician, and most of the scopes I calibrated and repaired in the military were Tek scopes. They're great.

[@jgunther3398]

i can say exactly the same about the first 386 motherboard I ever saw :)

[@GenerationAI2024]

This is a great way you have captured the footage. I like that i can see you, the oscilloscope and what your probing :) Thanks for sharing

[@MattPlachecki]

Thanks for the oscilloscope review! I picked one up for $65 including tax. I’m hoping I can finally diagnose my Apple II Plus 😊

[@adriansdigitalbasement]

Good luck!

[@craigrotay3732]

Adrian, you are totally freaking awesome dude.

[@George-jy7op]

Thanks for the pocket O-Scope review which, is how I got to your channel. I really appreciate an educated quick review from someone in the know.

[@michaelmadore4855]

Used to repair Commodore in the late 80's this video brings back memories. Thanks for doing these videos!

[@GeorgeWMays]

Good one Mr. 8. I personally like having small test devices on my desk while the big stuff stays on the bench. I'm always grabbing for the transistor checker, LED tester, battery checker, small DMM, a small scope, function generator, and the TinySA all get used. I keep all of that stuff in a plastic shoe box size bin in arm's reach of the desk. The dog appreciates these as well because I don't have to keep getting up from the desk to get something. It really is amazing how such handy little guys have become so compact and inexpensive. Thanks for the video. It's appreciated.

[@horusfalcon]

"It freakin' works!" 😆 That does look like a cool little o-scope. Thanks for putting it through its paces.

[@warwickgibbons6277]

A minor comment about your reference to the lack of sockets used on the Commodore 64 board. My first "PC" was a Nascom that I bought in the late 70s. I can't remember if it was the model 1 or 2. I bought it second hand from the person who had built it, from a kit, using sockets on virtually every chip and it was completely unreliable. Several friends also bought them and every one built with sockets was unreliable and every one soldered directly worked perfectly. It led us to formulate the "Law of PC Boards": "Using sockets to mount digital chips makes it 10 times easier to repair faults BUT makes the occurrence of faults 10 times more likely". I completely stripped every socket off the board and rebuilt it using direct soldering and it worked perfectly for many years. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Brought back memories of when "building" a computer meant a double sided PC board and a plastic bag full of components not buying a few pre-built boards and connecting them together.

[@Brettski777]

You don’t need a scope to mend C64s , you just use the force ! Great work as ever Mr Black. ❤

[@Brettski777]

A prize for me. O wow , I cant wait to send you my personal details over to you !!

[@josephjorgensen3282]

I really love watching the c64 repair videos. I learn allot

[@sp277]

First time in the channel. Great video! Thank you.

[@TalmadgesArcade]

time stamp 36:20 - Put a little hot glue on the corners of the board before closing the easy flash case. Then it won't wiggle and stress the led legs. Wow, found this video by accident. So cool and random,. you made my day. I hope to be you when I grow up :) Thanks

[@kuro68000]

Something like this, or maybe one of those scope meters that has a multimeter in it as well, is really handy for debugging and diagnostics. While it might not be super accurate or have 4 channels, for just getting a quick look at a signal to see if it's there and looking reasonable is all you need a lot of the time. Being small and portable it's more handy than a full size scope. I can believe the 500Ms/sec spec. 500Ms/sec ADCs are pretty cheap. In fact it's probably a 1Gs/sec ADC running a bit slower for power saving or because the CPU is a bit weak. Even very low end budget scopes sample at 1Gs/sec now. 120MHz bandwidth is dubious though, as you said. Thanks for reviewing this scope.

[@bruwin]

It's literally the price of an okay logic probe. If you can consistently get it for around $60 I see no reason buying a logic probe over this. It gives enough info to be useful even if you can't trust the accuracy.

[@johndododoe1411]

I wonder where you find 1 Gsps ADC chips cheaply. Last I looked, I only found slower ADC chips in the catalogs.

[@kuro68000]

@@johndododoe1411 China

[@stevelester6276]

C64 repair really takes me back! Late 80's, tiny repair shop, do 4 or 5 every day. My goto diagnostic was a game cartridge, just by close observation I could determine the faulty chip about 80% correct

[@orion310591RS]

36:22 - just put led closest possible to board, and use drill to widen hole in plastic for LED. Also a little bit of hotglue would help board stay in place. EDIT: After this video, I decided to buy this oscilloscope, and its the first one I have in my life. Its way easier to see how PCB works now, way way way easier and better to understand, just poke around probe and you see all in real time. Thank you for making this video.

[@JohnLRice]

I was thinking the same. 😎👍

[@jamesdarlack4898]

Wow. Wish I had saved some of my old early made computers, TRS-80, CPM machines, etc. Truly, I have learned a lot today. Many thanks!

[@winstonsmith478]

WOW! An actually useful instruction manual.

[@rickdorsey72]

Thanks for trying this out. I've wanted a cheap oscilloscope for quite a while and just ordered one today. Looks like they fixed the price, I paid just a bit more than $50.

[@Torbjorn.Lindgren]

They also have a 2-channel model with signal generator (2512G) which also has a marginally larger screen (2.8" vs 2.4") for not that much more. Drawbacks with that model compared to this is that the signal generator output and USB gets moved to the bottom to make space for two oscilloscope inputs at the top - so it won't stand up with any of these connected. I've been looking for someone I trust that has tested one or the other, I have to say it handles it a lot better than I was expecting... Not sure whether go for the $62 single channel or the $86 dual channel yet, most of the time a single channel works as you've demonstrated.

[@adriansdigitalbasement]

Yeah -- 2 channels can be useful but it's far less useful. I find myself using two channels maybe 5% of the time during repairs. The price creep is real -- it's easy to keep spending a little more to get a much better device .... that's the danger. The $160 Hantek portable scope (And the Owan version, which is probably a bit better) is far superior to this, but it's that thing about the creep. If it's something that will almost always just end up in a drawer only being used very occasionally, just get the cheapest one possible.

[@ignaciosuarez9732]

it did the classic thing of going way up before black friday just to appear "discounted" on black friday (at a higher price than you bought it for)

[@buddhistsympathizer1136]

Thank you for the review - You answered a question I had which was 'Ignoring the silly specs, will it go up to 10Mhz' - It does. Another feature with one of these which is often missed . . . the thing takes a tiny amount of desk space. Ideal when a full size scope is taking up far too much room on a small repair desk.

[@stevekoehn1675]

Thanks Adrian. All the enjoyment of debug without the "work"

[@DrTeddyMMM]

I managed to source a few coupons and grabbed a scope for $45!..Sweet!

[@johnpenner5182]

love to see how you apply analytic method to isolate the PLA by clipping the lead to isolate the problem. nicely done! ✨

[@durandalgmx7633]

6:26 "It stands up pretty well!" **pushes it over with his finger trying to push the buttons**

[@stevemcknelly5036]

That'd be a great starting oscilloscope to have for retro repair streamers/CCs. Thanks for the review!

[@hernancoronel]

Thanks for the video Adrian! I was just yesterday thinking about getting a small oscilloscope for troubleshooting mains voltage appliances due to the danger of using mains connected scopes with such appliances. Keep up the great work!

[@adriansdigitalbasement]

Yeah battery powered is much safer on mains -- although I would be wary still. You could get a 100x probe (For cheap) which I would feel a bit better using with this on mains, especially if you're in 240v land.

[@TheEmbeddedHobbyist]

For mains troubleshooting the best thing to have is an isolation transformer.

[@markuspooch8224]

So, pink is the new red… Thanks for this great video and the sid music at the end… As kid of the c64 time i‘m addicted to this kind of music

[@whitehedr]

Based on your experience using the ZeeWeeII scope I bought the two Channel model. They stiffed me on the ring stand. The two channel scope seems to work just fine. Thanks for showing us the device. ROG.

[@Simon_simonics]

I'm getting one of these Phone Ring Holders lol. Great video. Thank you

[@jussikuusela7345]

I have understood that the SID was produced in a process that is better suited for analog circuitry than digital, and this presented some difficulties in making its digital workings accurate as in meeting uniform trigger voltage levels both inside and between individual chips consistently. Especially the first four revisions that operated on 12V and yet took TTL level input. I may be wrong and will be happy to be corrected.

[@nobuckle40]

Great scope review. I was just speaking to a friend, the other day, about scopes and how expensive they can be. Also glad to see that you got the C64 repaired so quickly. Thanks Adrian.

[@treschlet]

"lets get right to it" *intro animation* "alright before we get started..."

[@lozD83]

Seems reasonable for the money. Just ordered one off the back of this video. Figure it'll suit my needs. Thanks for the demo 👍

[@eirewind]

Great job teach. Your really smooth, your video presentation is stellar and your showing your experience and efficiency. Hard to Beat, Thank You Tom

[@michaelcarey]

It's amazing the bang for buck you get with test equipment coming out of China. It's certainly not a high end scope, but it does the job very well. I purchased a NanoVNA-f to test antennas (I'm an amateur radio operator) and it's an insanely useful bit of test equipment for the $$!

[@bruwin]

This'll be amazing for those ham meetups to quickly test broken equipment. 'Cause there's always someone bringing something to tinker with, and I have seen bench oscilloscopes out for testing.

[@andyleatherbarrow7322]

Me too, and I've just pulled the trigger for the scope. Damn him. 73.

[@phoenixgaming746]

very interesting and very informative video regarding this portable oscilloscope and has a really cool feature Adrian I really enjoyed hearing your individual thoughts/views on the c64 being tested using this portable oscilloscope Thanks for sharing the above informative and technology video with us all on here, its greatly appreciated by me so thank you Best regards Tony

[@ronniejr1969]

Great video, screen shots and instruction.

[@8bitmark530]

Interesting video I’d assumed these would be no use when looking for my first (cheap) scope. Having seen your video I’ve now ordered one to try and fix my C64 that’s been driving me crazy :-). Thanks for a great video

[@kennethhicks2113]

Great find! Cheers fellow C64 people!

[@michaelohiggins9178]

I really enjoy your videos. In 1980 I bought a North Star Horizon (Kit) Z80A 4MHz S100 bus with 64k ram, 2 Micropolis 77 track 5 1/4 floppies, CPM 1.3, a VT100 terminal, and a Centronics model 101 printer. I thought I was a computing god! Friends came from as far as Seattle and Medford just to bask in its hum! I've been hooked ever since. TRS-80's, Atari's, you name it I loved em! I wish I had found you earlier as I lived in Portland for years. Much of that time I worked at FreeGeek doing tech support and repair. You would have been a great resource. Now I live in the Czech Republic. Just getting to know my way around. Lot of people using retro machines. If you need any Euro specific Items let me know. Cheers, Michael

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

The 120MHz bandwidth probably refers to the analogue bandwidth of the input stage. If you want to see a 10MHz square wave, you need to have an analogue bandwidth high enough to see enough of the harmonics to form the wave shape - typically at least 5 times the fundamental. So if you feed in a 100MHz square wave it will display a 100MHz sine wave, because the input stage will not be able to handle the harmonics (This is something that catches people out with even expensive oscilloscopes). Also, with 500MSpS each cycle will only be 5 samples, so you wont really see much of the sine waveform. Also, analogue bandwidth is usually measured to the 3dB point, i.e. the point where the signal displayed is half the ampitude of the actual signal, so you need to take that into account too. That said, you should be able to see reasonable square waves upto approx 25MHz which is good enough for most purposes in retro computing, unless you're fault finding something like an Amiga video stage. And of course you will see *something* up to much higher frequencies, although it might be increasingly tricky to spot timing or rise time problems.

[@danman32]

Might be able to determine the bandwidth by measuring the displayed rise time of a square wave.

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

For the money it can't be beat. I have a similar pocket scope and it can do roughly 30mhz which isn't too bad. This is nicer with the additional features. The video out is really nice. The Hantek can do video out through the USB to a computer but it is horrible. Super laggy. Your review was very fair for this scope. For a retro hobbyist on a budget there isn't much that can compete. So thanks for the excellent review. I'm ordering one as a stocking stuffer for my nephew. He is going to love it.

[@adriansdigitalbasement]

Yeah I tried the Rigol computer software and it's honestly not usable. It would only be useful for taking screenshots, IMHO. I was honestly very pleasantly surprised about this scope -- I was using it last night and it's just quite the useful thing since it's so tiny and quick to use.

[@Mr.Thermistor7228]

such a cool video and excellent demonstration on the use case for an oscilloscope and the type of problems it can help you solve. im a diesel mechanic and all out gearhead and i am somewhat recently finding the urge to expand my skillset to a deeper level, for lack of a better term lol. i want to learn about the more intricate and detailed and exact way of how and why certain components do what they do. i cant seem to find the right words to get my point across but this video is exactly what i ant to learn. things like electrical currents, frequencies, the components on pcb boards i want to learn how it all works at that level, i find it so interesting. thank you for also giving a really good demonstration on how you can utilize an oscilloscope and actually interpret what it is displaying. i was having trouble wrapping my head around the general concept of an oscilloscope and what exactly it does and ive been trying for a pretty good amount of time about 2 months at least. your video finally made it click in my head and i feel i have a really good understanding on what exactly they do and what type of problem they can used to solve for. thanks man i am definitely subscribed

[@pascal8300]

I like your "cheap oscilloscope" tests! 🙂

[@jdmcs]

The pink LED matches the EasyFlash boot screen. Nice! Also, another great C64 repair!

[@JakeBirkett]

This was a really awesome piece of detective work on the PLA. Loved the pin clip trick.

[@neilbarnett3046]

@27:00 Or thereabouts, "...see if it's hot..." reminds me of mending a daisy wheel printer in 1985, I couldn't work out what was wrong, none of the usual culprits, but as I gently pressed the PCB, thinking of a broken track, I found a really hot chip. A quick swap and it was fixed!

[@frankmc4294]

I came to look at that scope and was interested in your commodore repair too. Took me back 40 years to when I was repairing Sorcerer Exidy Z80 computers in the UK. Thanks for the trip down memory lane !!

[@brussell2932]

WOW! It is not enough to say that I am merely impressed. That is spectacular! Well done. Well done indeed! And now, about the scope and the review. Again, well done! I really like how you explored it and reviewed it using real world troubleshooting techniques. Frankly, most of them are at least a bit (no pun intended) over my head, but you explained the scope so well that I learned a lot from watching your review. Thank you Adrian!

[@scottlake5280]

Thanks for this intro to this scope. I’m buying the two channel version for diagnosing my Ensoniq VFX synth, which by the way that synth company was founded by engineers that left Commodore

[@blackterminal]

I'm keen for you to keep reviewing cheap test equipment. Cheap is my price range

[@rawberg_se]

Great video Adrian! i'm a C64 youtube repair-video-holic so it was a nice surprise that you had a C64 repair in this video too.

[@bb-ov3pi]

I use to repair C64, VIC20, and C128 back 30 years ago. I also programmed them for people. I also had a C64 briefcase machine that I used at work.

[@sophiad4297]

This is amazing video with a lot of great helpful works very you.

[@Alkimi]

that was awesome. i learned a ton and really enjoyed watching you do all that.

[@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3]

Hey thanks for helping me get over my fear to probe. That’s a great product right there.

[@mcgam2000]

Vary interesting... as an older geek (my first computer was a VIC-20 in 1983 I found your channel very interesting... and I ordered the little scope on your recommendation... I don't know much about that but perhaps I will find some use and learn something new (for a 76 year old).... thanks again...

[@apeterson23]

So good! Love the way you troubleshoot

[@dash8brj]

Whatching you bop along to Cybernoid II was awesome - one of my favourite SID tunes :)

[@MoisesCaster]

I bought it last week, it will arrive next week, I'm excited because it will be my first oscilloscope

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

The frequency claim on that scope seems to be honest. For the uninitiated, a bandwidth of 100MHz, means that 100MHz sinewave will be attenuated -3dB (70% voltage). A squarewave is mathematically made of many sinewaves, and to look decent needs sinewave components, at least 20x, the squarewave frequency. So for a 100MHz scope, 5MHz is the highest squarewave freq, to display it properly. Those 8MHz and 14MHz signal images, are not representative of their true signals, though still pretty good. I use to fix computers, in 80s, with a 35MHz analog scope, and those 8MHz & 14MHz signals would have looked closer to a sinewave, on that old scope.

[@bruwin]

I am super surprised by that scope. It fails the Louis Rossman test for equipment ease of use, but I feel like it's easy enough to use for the price paid. And having video out is super good, even if it is composite. I have an old 4:3 lcd TV that I use for my nes on my desk that would be a perfect large display for this. I'm really all for this era of cheap, usable test equipment that isn't just used.

[@OzRetrocomp]

100% agree, especially with that last sentence. Good luck trying to find a used scope for this kind of money in the current market.

[@georgen9838]

Dumb question: what's the Louis Rossman ease of use test? Don't think I've seen that particular video of his.

[@petersage5157]

Dave Jones, in a review of a similar scope: "Ehh [sigh] I don't know, feels really crusty, maybe there's some niche use..." Adrian Black: "Let's see if this is actually useful!"

[@johncornwell1026]

Maybe it's just me, but: I have very little electronics background, and don't know how to use an oscilliscope, but I still watched this whole video. The explanations and pacing are so engaging, and I was able to follow a lot more of it than I thought I would. Thank you, Adrian!

[@paulg3336]

Think of an oscilloscope as a graphic volt meter with Voltage change over time function

[@charlesreid9337]

Ok so heres what an oscilloscope can do.. Measure >>anything

[@CrimFerret]

That little pocket scope is surprisingly good given it's cost. Granted it's single channel, but that's often enough for what I'd use it for.

[@charlesreid9337]

spec wise it is better than the 2 teks in my garage :P

[@azmax623]

I bought the OWON Oscilloscope from Amazon. 3x the price of yours, but I like it so far. I've used to to troubleshoot wiring in an old English truck.

[@felixcosty]

Thanks for the video. For the Easy Flash and your LED problem is drill the hole bigger so the LED has room to move around with out stress.

[@rpk5568]

On cutting IC legs to isolate pin. I was a tech at Digital Equipment in 1969 and we used that to open the circuit. It came down to us that it was causing damage internally to the chip. Not sure how true that was, but I found another way, which was to suck the solder out of the plated thru whole and center the IC pin in the hole to isolate it. On the processor boards in an 11/45 any single data, address, or clock line went to several places and no single chip could ever be depended to fail. Interesting little scope, but I still prefer an analog scope.

[@markwiehenstroer2831]

I'm impressed with this miniscope. But even more, I'm impressed with the presentation and chapter layout of this video. I'm now a subscriber and look forward to viewing more of your videos.

[@jedimatt42]

I'm wearing the same Star Wars T-Shirt while watching this video... I picked it up at the Portland downtown City-Target.

[@JacobP81]

That's a nice oscilloscope, great price too. Great deal I think.

[@JTLaser1]

Up to $159.23 - $191.47 now (Nov 16) Your reviews have great power!

[@massimoaniti]

You definitely rock.

[@markkraus8674]

Thanks - appreciate the English and easy explanation. One suggestion: since everything on the internet lasts "forever", it would have been helful to name the most high end DJI and Autel units that are current. That way when someone watches this 3, , 9 years from now they will have a reference.

[@sheehanisdeadcomics9988]

As of 11/24/22, that scope is now $179.97 on Ali... You got a real steal Adrian...

[@arthurmann578]

I bought a Fnirsi-1C15 110MHz handheld scope some time ago from Amazon and it works real well. I think I spent around $80 or so, but I can't quite remember. It was well worth the price for my needs! 👍👍 PS: There is a video out there where a guy proves that it REALLY IS 110MHz.

[@billjohnson3344]

Yeah, although it is cheap and small, I'm not clear why Adrian immediately dismissed it as not 120MHz and not 500MS/s capable. Why not feed it a 50 ohm terminated signal and see? Scope front ends are getting more integrated and cheaper all the time. It might indeed resolve a 120MHz sine wave, but perhaps not the normal industry spec of being 3dB attenuated. Not many sample points though at that rate - not sure if it has SIN x/x interpolation or not.

[@imranahmad2733]

I've done a sweep test on the bandwidth of those scopes the linearity tends to drop off at around 20-22Mhz, they seem to be good for audio and automotive work, plus using them them on batteries means it's isolated too so no need for differential probes while it's running off its internal power supply or via a USB power bank, but the scope bandwidth is never what they say it is.

[@adriansdigitalbasement]

Yeah as long as you don't connect the A/V cable or USB cable while using it, I'm quite sure those inputs are not isolated so it will suddenly become earth referenced.

[@nalinux]

20 MHz is quite impressive in fact ! My small DSO-150 can't go that high. Don't remember about the Hantek6022 ...

[@imranahmad2733]

@@adriansdigitalbasement , you could run those things on their own portable battery supplies but you still run the risk of having a those devices ending up with a hot chassis, so you wouldn't be able to make adjustments for safety reasons while it's connected to the device under test (DUT), plus with multi channeled devices you'd have to be even more careful because the BNC grounds would be connected together so you couldn't just place the grounds where ever you like, lots of traps you have to accommodate for unless the scope has isolated connections like the plastic BNC connectors on the fancy Tek and Fluke scopes or you have to get differential probes which might limit bandwidth, you can use isolation transformers on the DUT, but again you have to be mindful of where you place the grounds.

[@imranahmad2733]

@@nalinux , 20MHz is quite respectable and handy, it's just a shame they have to put fake specs up to entice people into buying their equipment, you'll probably laugh but I've got a DSO112A which is about 2Mhz (actual bandwidth 1.3MHz) I picked up for £40, it's used for automotive (mainly abs, alternator noise, checking if canbus signals are there, monitoring pwm outputs) and audio stuff, it has 5mv/div which I thought for a cheap scope is pretty decent, but I do have some proper scopes from agilent, Tek, fluke that go upto 500MHz, I barely use the full bandwidth of those scopes and they can be unwieldy and overkill for portable use, not to mention expensive, so I don't take them into risky environments except for the fluke which is made for rough handling and isolation, but for alot of things I only need resolution in ranges of 10s of KHz to 50MHz, I've only ever needed higher bandwidth for calibration and catching and capturing glitches.

[@nalinux]

@@imranahmad2733 I use my scopes only for audio, a bit of electronic repair and Arduino. To be honest, the DSO150 is more than enough for this, the Hantek 6022 was a gift to myself, and 2 channels is a useful feature. I would have no use of a high bandwith scope. I'd like the Hantek to go up to 10 MHz, because some times we have oscillations in audio circuits. But that's really the only reason :) The great thing is now they cost quite nothing, and don't take any place.

[@McTroyd]

Even if the scope's only good for 20 MHz, that's still crazy useful for a lot of things. Cool find for the price. (Hopefully it's still available at that price.) Just wish they'd be honest in the listing, but I guess that's too much to ask for these days.

[@pintokitkat]

Rather than just dismissing the 120mhz claim, you really need to test it. The little scope has done everything it claimed so far.

[@thomasbland6428]

Looked for this on Geek/Wish and found the DSO2512G dual channel version instead for about $108. The specs and features looked about the same though when it came to the 120 Mhz bandwidth, it mentions this drops to 60 Mhz when in dual channel mode. As for the 2511, it might have been interesting to see exactly what was displayed when the music spectrum FFT was selected and the SID was playing the test songs.

[@barry7608]

Thanks, gave you a thumbs up and subscribed. Sadly you are a couple of levels above me but your detail gave me enough to follow. So much to learn and great review.