Anyone have a clue why Siglent has not released the new firmware by download? You would think they would of posted it by now.
One can only suspect the changes in 23R5 are so minor and until further needed tweaks are added there's no point in releasing it. I have no idea of what improvements might be in 23R5.
An example is the very recent FW for their bench DMM's, only released yesterday but the FW file dates from April.
Anyone have a clue why Siglent has not released the new firmware by download? You would think they would of posted it by now.
Why you want it so desperately?
Is there anything you want to improve?
So far my biggest complains are:
1) Wheel (rotating knob) misses clicks when turned fast
2) It does not react on input when displaying "parameter limit is reached", also the message stays for too long to my taste.
3) The wheel changes step. E.g., I have amplitude set to 1V with 1V step. If I turn it CCW it will set to 0.9V and 0.1V step. Now if I turn it back again it will be 1.0V, but still 0.1V step. I want it either not to change the step at all, or put it back where it was.
Now question: is it safe to short the output? I think so, but I would like to confirm. From specs looks like I can because maximum output current corresponds to short-cirtuit current (taking 50Ohm impedance) at maximum output voltage.
Now question: is it safe to short the output? I think so, but I would like to confirm. From specs looks like I can because maximum output current corresponds to short-cirtuit current (taking 50Ohm impedance) at maximum output voltage.
It reads clearly in data sheet. What confirmation it need. Ohm´s law confirm it. Is it not enough strong confirmation?
There read max current 200mA.
Source internal resistance is 50ohm.
Source maximum Voltage to infinite (Hi-Z) load is 10V.
200mA current can exist only if load resistance is zero. Some peoples call zero resistance also as "short circuit".
Can it drive capacitive load?
What if the cap is not fully discharged? Like, I apply sine on the cap, disconnect it when it's fully charged and then connect again when output is low.
Can it drive capacitive load?
What if the cap is not fully discharged? Like, I apply sine on the cap, disconnect it when it's fully charged and then connect again when output is low.
It isn't really specified if it does or not.
My feeling is that a capacitive load is OK. One problem could be stability of the output amplifier. However the series 50 ohm likely makes it always stable.
With a large enough capacitor voltage, you could break down dialectics/overload the output transistors and cause serious damage. I think it should be OK to connect a capacitor that is charged to less than 5 volts, or so.
There is an overvoltage protection feature of the generator that might save it from some charged capacitors. The protection is triggered when the output terminal is 4V or 11V (depending on programmed output offset and amplitude)
For further info check the SDG2000X User manual:
2.13.10 Overvoltage Protection
If the state is set to ON, overvoltage protection of CH1 and CH2 will take effect once any of the following conditions is met. When overvoltage protection occurs, a message will be displayed and the output is disabled.
-The absolute value of input voltage is higher than 11V±0.5V when the amplitude of the generator is higher than or equal to 3.2Vpp or the DC offset is higher than or equal to |2VDC|.
-The absolute value of input voltage is higher than 4V±0.5V when the amplitude of the generator is lower than 3.2Vpp or the DC offset is lower than |2VDC|.
1) Wheel (rotating knob) misses clicks when turned fast
This is perfectly normal for mechanical encoders - the mechanical switches have a maximum rate they can switch at since they need to physically contact between detents. Optical encoders are of course much faster but tend to be expensive, and it's tough to justify a $50 encoder in a $500 instrument when a $3 one is 90% as good. It's what you get when designing to a price point...
Here I have tested SDG1000X amplitude flatness between 5MHz - 60MHz. (SDG1000X max)
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/siglent-sdg1000x-waveform-generators/msg1293685/#msg1293685It is good to make tests where results are fully comparable due to enough exactly same test setup, even signal cable is same in both tests. This is also important because there is no perfect impedance match and in all cases there is more or less reflections.
For compare here is exactly same setup with SDG2000X. Sweeps from 5MHz to 120MHz (SDG2000X max) with SDG output set levels +15, +9, +3 and -9dBm.
Edit Add: SA horizontal scale linear. SDG frequency sweep linear.
Thanks for the test! Is horizontal axis linear or logarithmic? I can't figure out...
Thanks for the test! Is horizontal axis linear or logarithmic? I can't figure out...
11.5 MHz/div
120-5=115(Span)/2=57.5(Center frequency)/5div(half display)=11.5
For this test Start and Stop only will be set and then CF will be whatever it is.
Thanks for the test! Is horizontal axis linear or logarithmic? I can't figure out...
SDG linear, SA linear. Also my clock run linear and my calendar run linear.
1) Wheel (rotating knob) misses clicks when turned fast
This is perfectly normal for mechanical encoders - the mechanical switches have a maximum rate they can switch at since they need to physically contact between detents.
I am 99+% certain this has nothing to do with the encoder hardware, and everything to do with software, e.g. reading the encoder from Linux userspace. Surely the encoder is capable of better than 2 Hz updates, which is close to the observed limit on my 2042X.
Surely the encoder is capable of better than 2 Hz updates, which is close to the observed limit on my 2042X.
Interesting. I just checked, and counted 48 steps in 10 seconds, which is just under 5Hz. I get about the same with or without the beep enabled, so at least that has nothing to do with it. From my experience working with inexpensive Bourne mechanical encoders, they can get up to maybe 10-20Hz, but that depends on how many positions/detents they have.
Downloaded, will try tonight. My unit regularly suffers from number 2: bug which may cause the generator report a false over voltage alarm when start-up.
McBryce.
2.Fixed a bug which may cause the generator report a false over voltage alarm when start-up.[/i]
Yes! It was FALSE alarm!!! Now I can sleep again
Got that when booting lab up and gen connected to device that costs 2x of my current car and would be hurt by actual alarm trigger voltage.
Hope that janekivi will create a password friendly version of the new firmware soon.
Does the new firmware leave the 120MHz hack intact?
So.....still unable to trigger both channels at the same time with a software trigger.
Lame.
I'd be interested in starting to reimplement the firmware. I'm sure that it would take much more time than I'm imagining, but I think that the generator is currently greatly software-limited.
However, I don't think I have the equipment needed to be able to reverse-engineer the pin-mappings of the FPGA and MCU (without destroying my generator). There are no schematics available, are there? Or ways to get the mappings from the firmware images? I'd imagine many of the pins (like ram and the display) would be fixed by the ICs themselves.
Ok! Custom telnet password file is here as requested:
SDG2000_eevblog_23R7.zipSDG1000X 30Mhz was hacked to 60Mhz as easily, I heard.
Ok! Custom telnet password file is here as requested:
SDG2000_eevblog_23R7.zip
SDG1000X 30Mhz was hacked to 60Mhz as easily, I heard.
Sorry, but this is not clear to me... Is this the latest firmware update file with telnet password removed or what?
It is the same firmware with a known password.
Has anyone else got an RS Pro branded version of this AWG?
Mine arrived today and the firmware has an RS Pro splash screen on boot. Firmware is 2.01.01.21R2 and hardware is 02-01-00-31-00. I was wondering if I could load the Siglent firmware on it without bricking it. Telnet is password protected.