Do You Need a New Oscilloscope?

Y O U R G U I D E T O O N E O F L I F E ’ S G R E AT Q U E S T I O N S

Do you own an
Oscilloscope?

NO YES

Is it for personal
or professional use? Is your current scope Donate it to a museum.
analog or digital? We hear they like antiques!

PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL
DIGITAL ANALOG OKAY

Does your boss have budget Does your significant other/pet/

and approve of you getting inner-fiscal-conservative approve
a new scope? of you getting a new scope? Is it more than
two channels?

NO YES NO YES
YES NO

Does it have
Can you hide digital channels?
it from them?

YES NO
NO YES

Is its bandwidth
Is your current scope >100 MHz?
fully functional?

YES NO
YES NO

More than 100 GHz?

Are you sure? *wink*

YES NO
YES NO

Does it support
active probes?

YES NO
Really?

Does it have integrated

instruments like a WaveGen,
YES NO counter, or DVM?

OH...OKAY YES NO

Does it
do FFTs? Does it have a
touch screen?

NO YES
YES NO

Does it have
protocol decode?

Wow, what a setup! But do

you want a new scope?
NO YES

NO YES
Does it use custom ASICs
for snappy performance?

Lies! Everybody wants

NO YES a new scope.

YOU’RE RIGHT

You need a new oscilloscope!

Download the “5 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Low-Cost Oscilloscope” white paper to see
how you can avoid common pitfalls when making your next digital oscilloscope purchase.

Ready to purchase your new oscilloscope?

Contact a Keysight Specialist to see which scope is right for you!

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