Post by thread:[EE] Digital oscilloscope for $600 -- Rigol DS1052

www.tequipment.net/RigolDS1052E.html I've heard people mention that Rigol scopes have a very Tektronix-like feel to them. At less than half the price of a comparable Tek scope (TDS2002B) and in many ways superior (logic analyzer option, 8 kpts versus 2.5), it looks tempting. What's the catch? If you own or have used a Rigol, I would really appreciate your input. With more people involved in R&D now, we can use another digital scope. There are a couple of things that I'm not 100% clear on: - When referring to memory depth, what is "long memory"? - USB storage: does it mean that this scope can save to a thumb drive? - What is the Ultrascope software used for? I haven't been able to locate the screenshots anywhere. Thanks in advance! Vitaliy

:: At less than half the price of a comparable Tek scope (TDS2002B) :: and in many ways superior (logic analyzer option, 8 kpts versus :: 2.5), it :: looks tempting. What's the catch? Elektor last year did a write up on digital scopes, can't find the exact article, but found their review of the 1102. Things they didn't like. The screen wasn't as clear as the Owon MSO5022 they were comparing it with. No battery pack. The scope runs warm, but does have it's own fan. Things they liked. The feel and placement of the controls. Timebase has a delay facility and a fine control as does the vertical adjustment. Memory depth at 8K samples in standard mode, and can be expanded to 512K. 15 different trigger modes. And a it comes with a gazillion languages available. Connecting to a PC was apparently easy, the only downside with the PPC software in their view were the virtual buttons, which they describe as clumsy. Over the Owon this is the one they recommended. http://www.rigolna.com http://www.owon.com.cn/eng Colin -- cdb, spam_OUTcolinTakeThisOuTbtech-online.co.uk on 20/05/2009 Web presence: http://www.btech-online.co.uk Hosted by: http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=7988359 Don't assume people do things you don't like just to hurt you

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Vitaliy <.....spamKILLspam@spam@maksimov.org> wrote: > http://www.tequipment.net/RigolDS1052E.html > > I've heard people mention that Rigol scopes have a very Tektronix-like feel > to them. At less than half the price of a comparable Tek scope (TDS2002B) > and in many ways superior (logic analyzer option, 8 kpts versus 2.5), it > looks tempting. What's the catch? > > If you own or have used a Rigol, I would really appreciate your input. With > more people involved in R&D now, we can use another digital scope. > > There are a couple of things that I'm not 100% clear on: > > - When referring to memory depth, what is "long memory"? > - USB storage: does it mean that this scope can save to a thumb drive? > - What is the Ultrascope software used for? I haven't been able to locate > the screenshots anywhere. Discussion about Rigol MSO especially DS1022CD series can be found here. www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=663958 (Warning: 40 pages long) :) I am interested in Rigol DS1052D with Logic Analyzer, and still looking for review about it. -- soliton ------------------------------------ Diskusi di : http://forum.phimega.com http://yahoogroups.com/groups/mikropop

soliton wrote: Discussion about Rigol MSO especially DS1022CD series can be found here. www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=663958 (Warning: 40 pages long) :) I am interested in Rigol DS1052D with Logic Analyzer, and still looking for review about it. ----- Thanks, there is lots of info, but it is informative and many people posted screenshots. Do you know if Rigol suffers from the same narrow viewing angle problem, as Owon? Vitaliy

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Vitaliy <spamKILLspammaksimov.org> wrote: > > Do you know if Rigol suffers from the same narrow viewing angle problem, as > Owon? > I have the DS1052E here. The only problem I can see with the viewing angle would be if you had the screen at or above eye level. Then the grid becomes faint. Side to side and viewing from above is fine. John

CDB-3 wrote: > > :: At less than half the price of a comparable Tek scope (TDS2002B) > :: and in many ways superior (logic analyzer option, 8 kpts versus > :: 2.5), it > :: looks tempting. What's the catch? > How about $364USD, plus shipping of $55USD. http://cgi.ebay.com/RIGOL-DS1052E-Digital-Oscilloscope-50MHz-DS-1052E-DSO_W0QQitemZ320355416009QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Oscilloscopes?hash=item4a96abb7c9&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116 Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam Breakout, Prototype, Development, & Robotics Boards. www.dontronics-shop.com/sparkfun-electronics.html -- View this message in context: www.nabble.com/Digital-oscilloscope-for-%24600----Rigol-DS1052E-tp23630766p23807474.html Sent from the PIC - [EE] mailing list archive at Nabble.com.