Every engineering tradeoff involves both a strength and weakness. The paradigm of BasicScope is simple and correct, trading off powerful and flexible. Here is a summary of major tradeoffs taken.
| Strength | Weakness |
|---|---|
| Low price | Unreliable triggering (Hardware issue, cannot fix) |
| Consistent time delay and zoom | User could wait a long time for display under some conditions |
| Never display an incorrect trace | User could wait a long time for display under some conditions |
| Easy to use buttons | Learning curve for user |
| Uncrowded display | User must learn what controls do what |
| Small feature set is easy to learn | Missing features someone might want |
| Simple, fixed display configuration | Less flexibility |
| Runs on Windows XP | Missing features of later Windows versions |
| Screen capture to PNG file | No significant downside compared to BMP format |
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