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A £130-ish bench signal generator is the cheapest real upgrade

Koolertron's dual-channel DDS generator gives you fine frequency control and a second phase-locked channel for strobe work.

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Koolertron's GH-CJDS66-FU is a dual-channel DDS arbitrary waveform generator with a 2.4-inch display, listed at $169.99. Sine output runs to 60 MHz, square and triangle to 15 MHz, and pulse and arbitrary waveforms to 6 MHz. Far more relevant to plate work is the low end: fine steps, 1 mV amplitude resolution, adjustable duty cycle, and a long list of built-in waveforms plus 60 user-defined slots.

The second channel is the reason to buy this rather than a phone app. Feeding channel one to the driver and channel two to a strobe or LED gate, with a controllable phase relationship, is how you freeze a Faraday wave or walk a pattern slowly rather than watching it blur.

The same board is sold under several brand names, so shop on specification and price rather than on the logo.

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