PS, if someone here did mange to pickup that $79 one last night please let me know. The rest is marketing talk and a spiffy new case as they were trying to soften the blow of a $179 price increase. The main difference from AD1 to AD2 was the addition of an adjustable power supply and it only goes up to 5 volts, so that feature while handy is easily replaceable. It is a great learning tool, the AD1 is 90% as good as the AD2 and should not be over looked. Digilent sold a lot of the original to students at the $99 price and they are sitting out there in drawers waiting to be sold. ![]() This reinforces my feeling that they are out there to be had at good prices if you are willing to create searches and stay after it. Naturally the listing is gone, it sold in a few hours. DUH - because this morning it was nowhere to be seen. I got distracted, then went to bed and apparently forgot to hit "Send". ![]() I made a quick post in a thread that someone had expressed interest in one, then deleted it and decided to make it's own thread so it would be seen by more. Yesterday I stumbled on another AD1, it was $79 Buy It Now inc shipping and it looked to be in good shape, seller had excellent feedback etc. A couple months ago I got one for $50 shipped. My input has been that if persistent, the original AD can be found pretty cheap, comparatively. The argument is the wide range of other jobs the AD does well, I won't repeat them all here as the info is easy to find. You can buy the Rigol 1054Z for that if you are careful and probably a few others. ![]() $279 new plus at least another $15 for probes and $25 for the BNC adapter, which most of us think is a given. It is well thought of here and I like mine very much, so much so that a year later I am still watching the Hobbyist level scope market to buy one. I always give the AD & AD2 props when a beginner is looking for a scope.
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