To have it valid you have to make it sure that the scope is calibrated from a lab totally independent from you(your work) and from the manufacturer.
Question is what is a valid cal cert...
The fore-printed one sheet of paper from siglent for example surely not.
To have it valid you have to make it sure that the scope is calibrated from a lab totally independend from you(your work) and from the manufacturer.
To have it valid you have to make it sure that the scope is calibrated from a lab totally independent from you(your work) and from the manufacturer.Says who ?
If all instruments used to verify accuracy meet or better the factory Cal instrument spec and they are within their Cal period then what is the problem ?
Question is what is a valid cal cert...
The fore-printed one sheet of paper from siglent for example surely not.
To have it valid you have to make it sure that the scope is calibrated from a lab totally independend from you(your work) and from the manufacturer.That doesn't sound plausible to me at all. For as long as the calibration result is traceable to a standard and the lab has been accredited, the calibration is valid. Test equipment manufacturers typically have their own accredited calibration labs. Take a look at Keysight for example: https://www.keysight.com/nl/en/products/services/calibration-services/iso-iec-17025-accreditation.htmlTo have it valid you have to make it sure that the scope is calibrated from a lab totally independent from you(your work) and from the manufacturer.Says who ?
If all instruments used to verify accuracy meet or better the factory Cal instrument spec and they are within their Cal period then what is the problem ?See above. It is not that simple.
I had an RTB arrive recently and just today had the opportunity to grab its cal cert for record keeping. I was a bit surprised that it was calibrated around 650 days before my order was placed. I have no cause for any actual concern (so far, at least).
It was interesting to see what they use for the RTB (plain-old factory) cal process:
- R&S NRP-Z91 power sensor
- Keithley 2601A System SourceMeter
- a trusty 34401A
I'd guess they dogfood the NGUs these days in the plant's cal lab...
Personally I strongly prefer to send my equipment to the manufacturer for calibration IF they have an accredited calibration lab. They know their own equipment best and likely have the tools to do the calibration most efficiently.
Says who ?
If all instruments used to verify accuracy meet or better the factory Cal instrument spec and they are within their Cal period then what is the problem ?
Long shot, but might anyone be able to confirm the SoC in the RTB2000? I'm guessing i.MX 8 (biased by familiarity, for sure), or a less familiar Altera/Intel offering like the Arria or Stratix...
There are new versions of the manuals.
Can You hear about coming out for about 2 weeks +/- realese a new generation of scope on R&S
Hmmm...
Looking for a scope now.
Was looking on the R&S side and I'm tempted by going all in for the RTB2004 Full package at 4.300€
Offer ends 30 september.
Will I wait for the release news in 10 hours?
Hmmm...
Looking for a scope now.
Was looking on the R&S side and I'm tempted by going all in for the RTB2004 Full package at 4.300€
Offer ends 30 september.
Will I wait for the release news in 10 hours?
I have a feeling that the new R&S scope is going to be aimed at the higher end market. Probably above their RTA4000. Likely several GHz of bandwidth with tens of Gs/s.
I have a feeling that the new R&S scope is going to be aimed at the higher end market. Probably above their RTA4000. Likely several GHz of bandwidth with tens of Gs/s.
In about 6 hours I can post a picture of the one on my desk ....
I have a feeling that the new R&S scope is going to be aimed at the higher end market. Probably above their RTA4000. Likely several GHz of bandwidth with tens of Gs/s.
In about 6 hours I can post a picture of the one on my desk ....Looking forward to that picture...
Sweeet! 4M wfm/s, 40k FFT/s, lively updates with deep memory... I love the focus on speed, it makes a scope so much more pleasant to use in every situation.
Does "independent settings" mean what it does on the current generation RTO, where adjusting span/rbw/etc translates into a settings adjustment on FFTs of the time domain acquisition data, or does it imply a completely separate path where I could, say, have a 902-928MHz FFT open at the same time as an 18 bit low bandwidth time domain measurement?
The short answer is that you configure spectrum parameters similar to the way you would on a spec an: center, span, RBW. However, these parameters can be changed without affecting the time domain representation of the signal. In other words, spectrum settings are independent of time domain settings, but the two domains are still correlated.
Can You hear about coming out for about 2 weeks +/- realese a new generation of scope on R&S
Yep, just two weeks away!
https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/products/test-and-measurement/oscilloscopes/promotion/next-generation_255909.html
I have one here in my office right now (and it's very nice) but I can't share anything about it until launch.