Building the DSO138 portable oscilloscope

A friend of mine once said:

"All it takes to assemble an electronic kit is a trained monkey."

While the construction of this kit did in fact not take much brains, it would take a very nimble fingered monkey to do the SMD soldering.

I couldn't have done it without a little help from my magnifying lamp

My somewhat yellowed, late 80s Ersa 230 - 15W iron's conical tip shouldn't have been any wider, but was ok for both the resistors and the IC.
The through-hole components were not a problem at all. I just misplaced two components and the solder is very hard to get out of the through-plated holes. So better double-check before soldering.

The instructions are nicely printed in colour and, easy to follow and include full schematics.

As an alternative, for just one extra euro, there is a version available that has all the SMD components in place already.

Very neat measurement readout

This thing is not a replacement for a fully featured scope. Still I'll try to get it into a 3d printed enclosure like this one, to use it as a portable scope.
Equipment needed:

• Soldering iron 15W / conical tip
• Fine tweezers
• Desondering pump / braid (just in case)
• Solder 1,0mm or less
• Small soft wire cutters
• Magnifying lamp (if you're over 40)

Bottom line: Fun little project for just over 20 bucks. Not really worth the effort if you already have a scope.