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| Rigol DS1054Z - Successor after ~5 years? |
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| rsjsouza:
Good suggestions all around - I am with rstofer: the SDS1104X-E would be my choice if I were looking for a new scope. Despite it is not entirely mature as the DS1054Z, it is a more modern architecture that has more horsepower and therefore more "room to breath" - i.e., if Siglent keeps a consistent trend of improving the features and usability, it will be a much better equipment when it reaches maturity. I understand this is a bit of a gamble, but they have been providing support for older platforms for a few years now and, due to its cost, the SDS1104X-E is probably selling well to warrant the same long term support. I wouldn't be too caught up on the used prices, as they vary greatly. The price you mentioned for the DS1052E is too high in my opinion. The one huge compromise the DS1054Z has is during serial stream decoding: it only decodes what is on the screen, which is very limiting in my opinion but others will certainly differ. |
| Springer:
Is the earth tab for the 1kHz output on the Rigol DS1054Z meant to be slightly wobbly? |
| JohnPen:
Not really. I believe the more times you connect your probes to set them up the looser they will become. In my case only the signal output terminal is slightly looser and I do mean slightly. Probably because I tend not use the earth terminal so much as it has little impact on the trace set up. It is probable that the mounting of these terminals is not very mechanically sound but to be fair setting up of probes should not need to be repeated very often. A consequence of the relatively cheap price for a pretty comprehensive 4 Channel scope. |
| bd139:
AFAIK it's a bit of bent metal soldered TH on the motherboard. I am very careful of such things. In an educational or school environment they'd be broken in a week. |
| Old Printer:
I've gone from looking at the 1054Z at $350 to the new Siglent's at $500 and now the new Rigol 5000 at $1000. I am still learning my Analog Discovery 2 that I bought because it had so many tools in one purchase. I like toys so a 4 ch MSO with individual channel control knobs and HDMI output looks fun, but at $1000 hard to justify for a sometimes hobby. I should buy a 1054Z, but I think my AD2 can out do it looking at digital signals and I love the 25" screen. So I do nothing :) |
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