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This blows away the $60 budget oscilloscope! (OWON VDS1022 review)

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On today's video, we have another cheap oscilloscope review while repairing a C64. This one directly compares to Hantek 6022BE USB scope I reviewed back in February 2022. How usable is this scope?

0:00 Intro
0:46 Unboxing and specs
11:15 Software and user interface
24:11 Inspecting the C64
33:07 Looking at signals with the scope
43:48 Does the C64 work now?
50:46 Exploring more signals on the scope
53:16 Conclusions

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...  

C64 Repairs in this series:
Episode 1:    • 2/12 C64 black screen repair: The chi...  
Episode 2:    • 1/12 C64 repair: "Out of memory" prob...  
Episode 3:    • 3/12 C64 repair using a pen oscillosc...  
Episode 4:    • 4/12 C64 repair using a great $57 por...  
Episode 5: This episode!

Video Links

Purchase links for OWON VDS1022:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/225580... ($80 shipped as of Jan 2023)
https://amzn.to/3vuA1WP (Amazon, $95 as of Jan 2023)

Open Source software for this scope: (Will do a followup video with it)
https://github.com/florentbr/OWONVDS...

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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