

They will never replace the professional level tools like Keysight’s ADS or Mentor’s Expedition, or Altium Designer, but they may be perfect if you want to design and build your first hobby board. Want to explore circuit simulation, or build your own circuit boards, but don’t want to commit major funds or spousal permission units (SPUs)? Now might be the ideal time to take these free tools for a test drive.

We are not advocating you replace your $100k, 20 GHz bandwidth scope with one of our recommended 35 MHz bandwidth scopes, but if you want a simple, easy to use, yet full featured scope, with limited bandwidth, it’s hard to beat the $100 to $400 price point of some of these low-cost multi-function scopes listed below.

224 Gb/s Per Lane: Options and Challenges
