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EEVblog 1701 – $599 Australian Made Moku:Go Instrument REVIEW

EEVblog 1701 – $599 Australian Made Moku:Go Instrument REVIEW

Update: 2025-08-14
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The $599 Moku:Go from Liquid Instruments is an Australian designed and manufactured USB/Ethernet/WiFi instrument, with 14 instruments in 1, and a 4 channel power supply.

Oscilloscope, Voltmeter, Logic Analyser, Waveform generator, Frequency Response Analyser, Lock in Amplifier, Laser Lock Box, Spectrum Analyser, PID Controller, Digital Filter, FIR Filter Builder, Data Logger, Pattern Generator.

https://liquidinstruments.com/products/hardware-platforms/mokugo/


00:00 – The Moku:Go from Liquid Instruments

02:56 – Teardown

07:06 – Designed and manufactured in Australia

10:32 – Cooling and heatsinking

12:57 – Detailed look at the power supply

16:00 – The OPA547 high voltage high current opamp

19:36 – The analog front end

22:15 – Optional Extras

24:13 – The software

26:17 – The Oscilloscope

29:43 – Not your traditional oscilloscope interface

31:12 – Where is the mixed signal capability?

32:15 – Why can’t you use multiple instruments as the same time?

33:06 – Export options look good

33:47 – The fan noise isn’t good

34:35 – The waveform generator

38:38 – Tongue action

38:59 – I had to resort to using another oscilloscope, LOL

39:30 – Are you KIDDING ME?

41:24 – Wait, THAT’S how you use two instruments at once?

43:56 – Why are they duplicating code?

44:49 – Spectrum analyser

45:33 – Another way to use two instruments at once?

46:50 – Wait, yet ANOTHER way to use two instruments…

48:33 – Low frequency spectrum analyser

49:10 – Where is the user manual for multi-instrument mode?

51:29 – They might have been thinking too hard…

52:18 – Frequency Response Analyser

53:20 – The Arbitrary Waveform Generator looks good

54:01 – The Power Supply

56:57 – The value here isn’t in general instrumentation

57:36 – Building a system, a simple digital filter…

1:02:17 – Another hidden way to view waveforms…

1:06:05 – Conclusion


Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1701-australian-made-mokugo-instrument-review/


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EEVblog 1701 – $599 Australian Made Moku:Go Instrument REVIEW

EEVblog 1701 – $599 Australian Made Moku:Go Instrument REVIEW

David L. Jones