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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2015, 04:40:53 pm »
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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2015, 06:09:53 pm »
Another decent quality piece of equipment marred by an offbeat, gimmicky, and in some ways childish, front panel design. This one is nowhere near as bad as the DS1054Z or the ridiculous DP832, but I still think they need a change of personnel in that department.
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2015, 06:30:50 pm »
Looks like the video got pulled by Youtube.
Hope it's back soon.


 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2015, 06:37:13 pm »
Fortunately, I saw all that "spam, scams, and commercially deceptive content" and after page reload  it was gone.
How to do politically correct teardown... : )))
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2015, 06:41:30 pm »
Looks like the video got pulled by Youtube.
Hope it's back soon.
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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2015, 06:41:52 pm »
Mojo at work again? I managed to watch it during lunch without any problems.
I have to agree about those sideways push buttons. Otherwise looks good.
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2015, 06:43:54 pm »
Is it only me or do the 3 buttons on the left side of the display look weird?
Initially I thought Dave is using some kind of fish eye lens or something is wrong with the video because the buttons looked totally distorted. But then I realized the buttons really have the odd shape and all other buttons are also unusual.
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2015, 06:44:21 pm »
Yes rigol must stop commercially deceive people with their garbage products.
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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2015, 06:45:58 pm »
No, I'm still not able to view the video...
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2015, 06:47:17 pm »
Not fair, here I am sitting with a drink and  :popcorn: ready to watch and now it's gone  :--
Keyboard error: Press F1 to continue.
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2015, 06:49:11 pm »
Glad I caught it during breakfast (USA Central Time) before UTube idiots got their hands on it.
Hopefully it will be back soon, maybe the Batterizer team complained  :-DD
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2015, 06:50:02 pm »
Yeah, that" scam deceptive click stealing"  :palm: teardown was removed by Youtube... or after a Rigol claim ?  :scared:
Dave, what about the progress of the big teadown you were speaking about  ? We will not be mad at you it requires a multi-part video, if it's easier to produce and manage than a freakin' long video   :popcorn:
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2015, 06:58:11 pm »
Is it only me or do the 3 buttons on the left side of the display look weird?
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That's the part I consider "childish".
I also wonder if CBS approved the use of their logo?
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2015, 07:00:54 pm »
Bah. I was all set to watch this on my Raspberry Pi OSMC media player on my 37" and got the "You tube removed due to spam, scams, and deceptive content" nonsense. I figured surely this is just something wrong with the EEVBlog KODI plugin, only to find it doesn't work on my PC either  :palm:

This is either the Batteriser fan club (1 member), the SJW white knight eunuch who has lost his mojo, or the german guy who made that fantastic (nearly) double sided PCB for the "medical tablet PC", the one with the Manhattan Beirut style construction.
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #15 on: November 25, 2015, 07:01:59 pm »
...or Rigol themselves... but surely not, not after the Riglent fiasco?  :-DD
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2015, 07:03:36 pm »
I want the video back....... Who the hell i need to phone?  :-BROKE
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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #17 on: November 25, 2015, 07:06:53 pm »
Why was it pulled?  :-//
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #18 on: November 25, 2015, 07:08:51 pm »
Why was it pulled?  :-//

Probably someone reported!!!!
Thank you!
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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2015, 07:10:25 pm »
I'd be surprised if it was pulled because of Rigol. I was busy with other things so I didn't see every minute, but it seemed to be overall a very favorable review.
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2015, 07:12:08 pm »
I fast forwarded to the RF bit and I can add a couple of clarifications if that helps?

I saw the section covering the output stage and the part that Dave referred to as a possible attenuator is an amplifier. It looks to me like it's a wideband GaN part that uses a lot of D-G negative feedback to flatten the gain over the required bandwidth.

So I suspect that this amp gets switched in for high signal levels. In this application it's probably run at a lower drain voltage to make it more robust but I'd question the use of the feedback network in terms of its impact on stability. If I had one of these generators here, the first thing I'd be doing is to see if this amplifier can be made to go unstable into certain loads on the sig gen output.
The row of chips that have the tops ground off will make up the output step attenuator.

I saw the whole PCB and based on this initial glance I suspect that there may be little difference between the 3GHz version and the 1.5GHz version. Maybe just a doubler or an extra VCO range gets used here. Maybe this section is missing and/or crippled in firmware on the 1.5GHz version?



« Last Edit: November 25, 2015, 09:31:16 pm by G0HZU »
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #21 on: November 25, 2015, 07:41:02 pm »
Why was it pulled?  :-//

Perhaps calling someone a mongrel is considered slanderous in Rigoland.
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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #22 on: November 25, 2015, 07:44:01 pm »
Was there something offensive in the video?? Sorry, I did not watch it. In the meantime you can see these photos made by Dave. https://www.flickr.com/photos/eevblog/albums/72157661062178650/with/22925949389/
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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #23 on: November 25, 2015, 07:45:00 pm »
Watched it, didn't see anything offensive.

If rigol pulled the video...

Rigol just pulled a Siglent?  or wait, Siglent pulled a Rigol?

Either way.  :popcorn:

Can hit the 'Download' button and get the video directly.  No RigTube needed.
 

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Re: EEVBlog #823 - Rigol DSG815 RF Signal Generator Teardown
« Reply #24 on: November 25, 2015, 08:11:26 pm »
If rigol pulled the video...

I doubt Rigol had anything to do with it.  He's fondled many of their instruments and it was mostly a thumbs up video.


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