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EEVblog #144 – Agilent 2000 X Series Infiniivision Oscilloscope Teardown
Posted on February 15th, 2011 18 commentsIn a WORLD EXCLUSIVE, Dave voids the warranty and takes a peek inside the new Agilent Infiniivision 2000 series oscilloscope that is released TODAY.
What will he find?
EEVblog #144 - Agilent 2000 X Series Infiniivision Oscilloscope Teardown [ 54.26 MB ] Download (1311)16 responses to “EEVblog #144 – Agilent 2000 X Series Infiniivision Oscilloscope Teardown”
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Dave,
I spend all day at a QC bench taking stuff apart to evaluate failures and I STILL enjoyed watching!
(Except for watching you manually remove all those screws! I got repetitive stress just watching that.)THANKS for the awesome look inside what is obviously a very very good piece of gear….again!
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robert February 15th, 2011 at 21:20
I wish I could take stuff apart for a living… that would be a blessing.
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Michael Thompson February 16th, 2011 at 10:56
robert, it truly is.
Oh yeah, I forgot.
There wasn’t any ESD protection happening either.-
Yes, there was ESD protection, mostly for the main board, I had a strap on my left arm. and the desk mat is static dissipative.
Not that I usually take ESD precaution for this sort of thing anyway, ESD robustness is often part of the teardown test :->
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I wish I could take stuff apart for a living…
So do I!
Unfortunately I have a day job.-
Michael Thompson February 16th, 2011 at 20:05
Get good enough at it and it can be.
Dare to dream. LOL
I’ll try to remember that today.
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According to your PCB experience hint us in Dave, what are all those small holes (i’m guessing test points) on the PCB? Are (so many of them) they really necessary?
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They are PCB vias and are used to connect tracers on different layers of the PCB.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Via_(electronics)
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FreeThinker February 16th, 2011 at 03:41
Update! Mr D.Jones becomes Agilents employee of the month for is amazing assembly skills and speed Lol.Looking forward to the in depth review.
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Universal February 16th, 2011 at 03:45
firmware crippling is quite common these days as we all know.
check these headphones that have been crippled with foam to change their frequency response.
http://mikebeauchamp.com/misc/sennheiser-hd-555-to-hd-595-mod/
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Very nice. I will definitely keep this scope in mind when I am ready to upgrade from my little 20Mhz one.
Am I mistaken or around 14:00 do I see what looks like flux residue still on the board? -
DBaron February 21st, 2011 at 04:48
Beautiful! Makes me wish I could justify $2k+ for a more modern scope.
Dave, do you ever hear from any of the engineers of any of the products you tear down? What do they think of your videos?
From an engineer’s perspective, I’d guess that seeing your baby meter or scope that you’d spend the last year or two of your life carefully crafting laid bare for all to see on YouTube is a pretty scary experience.
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Dave, Nice job getting it put back together. I thought you might have an extra screw or two. You forgot to mention the R8C microcontroller that manages the front panel. I saw it about 12:53 minutes into the video.
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Steven August 22nd, 2011 at 02:39
Have any idea what those big half-tinned pads are? The ones marked L2800, L2801, etc. I might guess test points for maintenance, but that doesn’t sound quite right.
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Michael Thompson February 15th, 2011 at 20:34