It is quite strange to observe such a large displacement for a 16-bit output.
As other forum members have said, i also found a phase difference between the two channels on my SDG2042X.
May be PCB layout of two cahnnels are not equalized or have another case but phase skew between channels on my gear is ~310ps.
I'm not sure if Siglent will ever make some kind of calibration menu in the software but a user option to set the phase both in degrees and absolute (seconds) doesn't seem complicated at all.
It would also be very useful because apart from fix the factory asymmetry, it can also be used to equalize different cable lengths as well as different type of cables with different propagation speeds.
For now, I have to make a BNC adapter with a length of about 40 mm to compensate the channel skew.
Hi Tautech,
A while ago (march 2021) you send me an updated firmware 2.01.01.35RB3 to solve a labview connection problem.
Has there been newer firmwares that solves other problems? And why is Siglent still not showing that version on their website or shipping it in their newer produced instruments?
Cheers,
Nick
Yes it's a known issue however Siglent provided the tools to null any channel disparities in the original design.
Utility P2> Phase Mode used with Parameter> Phase can apply the adjustments to minimize any channel Skew when/if/as required.
A bit disappointing that the latest released firmware dates from 2019. Well, that must mean that the SDG2042X is now perfect, and has been for nearly three years...
A bit disappointing that the latest released firmware dates from 2019. Well, that must mean that the SDG2042X is now perfect, and has been for nearly three years...
I can only assume your statement to be a well deserved biting criticism of the way Siglent have crippled the full potential and usability of every model of AWG they've ever produced over the past 6 or 7 years with a kakamaimee UI that has never changed for the better since day one.
The UI is so execrable that my "Go To" signal generator still remains to this day my FeelTech FY6600-60M "toy" AWG which I had hoped would soon become relegated to that of an "emergency spare" safely stored away in my "emergency spares cupboard".
I had envisioned that Siglent's AWG division would poach one of the skilled and experienced software engineers from the DSO division to remedy the shame of remaining second best to a cheapskate company like FeelTech but it seems my former optimism has been well and truly misplaced.
A bit disappointing that the latest released firmware dates from 2019. Well, that must mean that the SDG2042X is now perfect, and has been for nearly three years...
I can only assume your statement to be a well deserved biting criticism of the way Siglent have crippled the full potential and usability of every model of AWG they've ever produced over the past 6 or 7 years with a kakamaimee UI that has never changed for the better since day one.
The UI is so execrable that my "Go To" signal generator still remains to this day my FeelTech FY6600-60M "toy" AWG which I had hoped would soon become relegated to that of an "emergency spare" safely stored away in my "emergency spares cupboard".
I had envisioned that Siglent's AWG division would poach one of the skilled and experienced software engineers from the DSO division to remedy the shame of remaining second best to a cheapskate company like FeelTech but it seems my former optimism has been well and truly misplaced.
Do you really think a rewrite of the UI, GUI and the documentation of 4 model series comprising of 11 models is really going to happen ?
How might that impact on the existing owners of the 1000's of these units already in use ?
Please come back down to earth JBG.
Hi Tautech,
A while ago (march 2021) you send me an updated firmware 2.01.01.35RB3 to solve a labview connection problem.
Has there been newer firmwares that solves other problems? And why is Siglent still not showing that version on their website or shipping it in their newer produced instruments?
Cheers,
NickV2.01.01.35R3B2 is still the current shipped version.
B3 I must have in emails from Siglent as it's not in our 2kX FW folder so I need find it for anyone that might need it.
TBH Nick I don't remember our messages so need to hunt them out to refresh these old brain cells.
TTYL