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by cjsuk 3171 days ago
Yeah they’ve come a long way since the analogue units. I’ve got a new Chinese digital unit as well (Rigol) and it’s got Ethernet and USB and stuff and you can drag data off it with python trivially for example. Colour wide screen and measures just about every parameter for you automatically.

But it feels like it’s lacking a soul.

Playing around with Electronics is my disconnect from reality for a bit. Works pretty well :)

If You find any of your father’s stuff, spend some time with it. It helps things believe it or not.