
PicoScope
BEASTY BOARDS: Mini Oscilloscope
58 makezine.com
Build a useful mini oscilloscope for your
workbench, for about 25 bucks!
Written and photographed by Steve Johnson
W
hen I was in high school, I had a horrible
DuMont oscilloscope that had probably
last seen service in World War II. It did help me
with some of my beginner projects, though. Later,
as an undergrad and early in my career, I had
access to Tektronix and Hewlett-Packard scopes,
which spoiled me with their stability, features, and
usability. More recently, I’ve picked up a surplus
Tek oscilloscope, but it’s pretty big and bulky. I’ve
often needed an oscilloscope at my desk, but ...