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Testing a $125 2-channel portable oscilloscope (Hantek 2C42 Review)

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I recently reviewed and tested a $60 USB 2 channel oscilloscope. While it worked, it did leave something to be desired. This Hantek 2channel portable scope is twice the price, is it actually twice as good?

Video Links

Budget scope reviews:
Hantek 6022BE Review:    • How good can a new $60 oscilloscope a...  
Hantek 2C42 Review:    • Testing a $125 2channel portable osc...  
Hantek PSO2020 Review:    • 3/12 C64 repair using a pen oscillosc...  
ZEEWEII DSO1511G review:    • 4/12 C64 repair using a great $57 por...  

Purchase links:

Hantek 2C42
https://amzn.to/3LoSYjC ($122 as of March 2022)
https://amzn.to/36VsBCB ($125 as of March 2022)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40006... ($109 + $16 shipping as of March 2022)

OWON HDS242 (direct competitor)
https://amzn.to/3INGxvK ($136 as of March 2022)
https://amzn.to/3Div4Dr ($135 as of March 2022)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050... ($101 + $19 shipping as of March 2022)

Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store:
https://mystorec82bd22.creatorspr...

Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
   / @adriansdigitalbasement2  

Support the channel on Patreon:
  / adriansdigitalbasement  

Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...

ORing Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens FlipIn Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS10065WMI...

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USBLogicDS...

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4inch...

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14161820...

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/12510PCS...

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

Instructional videos

My video on damagefree chip removal:
   • How to remove chips without damaging ...  

Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

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