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| patchie:
Hi, We are going to start a electronics club here in Norway. We need some suggestions on what equipment we should buy. Oscilloscope (300 usd is the limit): We where looking into buying this oscilloscope: Rigol DS1052E and upgrade it as Dave explained in a video: https://www.ebay.com/itm//192533179963 Then someone told me that i could buy a Rigol DS1054Z and upgrade it to 100mhz as well. Is it worth to go over budget? https://www.ebay.com/itm//361761695566 Lab Powersupply (90 usd is the limit): FCH QW-MS305D - Dave recommended this powersupply in one of his youtube uploads: http://amzn.to/2gN3AuD But then i found this video: --- Code: ---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V6GIyLDK6k --- End code --- Any other recommendations? Thanks in advance. |
| Old Printer:
Without a doubt the 1054 is twice the machine the 1052 is/was. At the moment Rigol is offering the decode and trigger package free and for the price difference the 1054 is the obvious choice. Put off another purchase if you need to, but a scope is too important to save $50 bucks on. |
| patchie:
"Old Printer": Where did you see the offer with decode and trigger package for free? And what exactly is those packages? Software / hardware? Thanks in advance. Quote from: Old Printer on Today at 14:34:23 Without a doubt the 1054 is twice the machine the 1052 is/was. At the moment Rigol is offering the decode and trigger package free and for the price difference the 1054 is the obvious choice. Put off another purchase if you need to, but a scope is too important to save $50 bucks on. --- End quote --- |
| rstofer:
As to the Rigol DS1054Z, here is the US supplier - note the 'Free Software Bundle' https://www.tequipment.net/oscilloscopes/digital-oscilloscopes/#/oscilloscopes/digital-oscilloscopes/brands_rigol/ Whether you get the options or not, the free version won't include the 100 MHz bandwidth unlocking. Search around for 'riglol' (yes, I know it is misspelled) and you will find info on how to unlock all of the options. I would imagine that by this point everybody who ever bought a DS1054Z has unlocked them. For the signal generator, I like the Siglent SDG 2082X. Be aware that it only goes to 25 MHz for square waves, the 80 MHz spec is for sine wave only. You may want to back down from the 80 MHz, it might be costly overkill. I also have the Rigol DP832 power supply and it works really well. |
| Old Printer:
rstofer took care of most of your question, but as to what the decode options do, they allow you to look at digital signals like IC2, SPI and others. It does not turn into a logic analyzer, but depending on your needs it can be very useful. An other part of the options bundle is advanced trigger functions. In general, many of the digital tools like signal generators and power supply's can be hacked and you should investigate this before paying for upgrades and options. |
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