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| SkullKill:
So, i wanted to upgrade the Atten ADS1102CML to support the Long Memory , basically the Siglent SDS1102CML firmware instead of Siglent SDS1102CNL bought the memory off Mouser IS61LPS51236A-200TQLI open the the oscilloscope up, and to my surprise , the SRAM memory was already soldered on the board!!! check the firmware, the SDS1102CNL and SDS1102CML has exactly the same MD5 Harsh. the difference must only be in the cfg file! got the cfg file (Siglent_CML.cfg) off an Russian forum.... since the normal siglent forum is not active anymore.... updated the cfg file, did a Self Cal, for good measure, and i now have the Long Memory option in the menu.... and a spare IS61LPS51236A-200TQLI ------------------AFTER-------------------- Software Version: 5.01.02.32 Hardware Version: 6-41-2.0 Product Type: SDS1102CML SerialNo.: ADS0000311XXXX |
| tv84:
With this FW the Siglent CML/CNL (or the ex-Atten CAL) can be upgraded to max BW. |
| dc42:
Can you tell me how to install the .cfg file? I have successfully installed the new firmware file, but I get a blank screen for several seconds after power up. Hardware is Atten ADS1102CAL, hardware version 6-41-2.1, software version now 5.01.02.32. Main board is the CA_M_110300 with the three ADC chips on the top side but without the extra memory chip. btw Digikey no longer sells the memory chip and lists it as obsolete, but Mouser has a few left. EDIT: I found the .cfg file update instructions in a post earlier in this thread. |
| Lipa:
I have ATTEN ADS 1102CAL, software version 3.01.01.21, hardware version 3-41-1-61, product type ADS1102CAL (without +), serial no. 01020100301xxxx. Is this model suitable for flashing with Siglent FW and what are the benefits of Siglent FW? Can someone send me an old Siglent FW and CFG for SDS1102CNL (Version: 5.01.02.13), because the posted links no longer work. |
| serafis:
I bought an ATTEN ADS1102CAL DSO (HW Version 5-41-2.0, 100MHz, 40KPts) from a local online auction site, and have now successfully upgraded it to a Siglent SDS1152CML (150MHz, 2MPts). If anyone else wants to do it, here's how - at your own risk of course! Step 1 - Upgrade ATTEN firmware to Siglent version 1. Download the latest Siglent firmware, or search for it in this forum. It's the same firmware for ADS1102CAL or CML. 2. Unzip it and copy the .ADS file to a FAT32-formatted USB stick 3. Also download the attached .CFG zip file, unzip and copy the appropriate .CFG file to the USB stick (Siglent_CNL for ADS1102CAL or Siglent_CML for ADS1102CML) 4. Insert the USB stick into the DSO, go to the UTILITY menu, page 3, and press the UPDATE FIRMWARE key 5. Press the SINGLE key, highlight the .ADS file using the UNIVERSAL knob, and press the LOAD key to start the upgrade 6. Wait until you see the message that the firmware has been updated successfully. It takes a few minutes, just be patient. Don't touch anything until this has finished or you may brick your DSO! 7. Turn the DSO off and on again. You may see a white screen rather than the splash screen, but it should boot successfully 8. Once booted, go to SAVE/RECALL, set TYPE (top button) to 'Factory' using the UNIVERSAL knob, then press the UPDATE CFG key 9. Highlight the appropriate .CFG file from the USB stick, press the LOAD key and wait for the .CFG file to load. Turn the DSO off and on again. You should now see the correct Siglent splash screen and product type. You can use UTILITY/SYSTEM STATUS to check the firmware version and product type, and you should use UTILITY / DO SELF CAL to recalibrate before making any measurements. Step 2 - Upgrade the memory. Only do this if you're brave and want to go from CNL (40KPts) to CML (2MPts) This requires soldering in a new 100-pin memory chip on the main board, so a decent soldering iron and soldering skills are needed. The DSO needs to be at least partially disassembled to get at the chip location enough to solder in the new chip. The memory chip is IS61LPS51236A-200TQLI. It can be a bit hard to find - I bought mine from Aliexpress but there may be other suppliers, e.g. Digikey There are some useful videos on YouTube on how to solder this sort of surface mounted chip. I used the 'dragging' method but made a bit of a mess of it at first, and ended up with a few solder bridges which I had to clean up. Before reassembling, I used my DMM to check that each pin was connected to its pad, and that there were no shorts between pins. This was a tedious process but I found a few bad joints and soler bridges, so the time and effort was well spent. After reassembling, I turned the DSO on and (a bit to my surprise, to be honest!) it booted up. I loaded the Siglent_CML.CFG file and after rebooting I now had a Siglent SDS1102CML with the Long Memory (20MPts) option available. Step 3 - Upgrading bandwidth to 150MHz The bandwidth can be increased to 150MHz by installing a patched version of the Siglent firmware (thanks TV84!), and issuing an SCPI command via the Siglent EasyScopeX application to unlock the bandwidth. You'll need a suitable USB cable to connect the DSO's rear USB socket to the PC. Mine is running Windows 11, but it should be possible to do it using Windows 10 and previous 64-bit versions. 1. Download and install NI-VISA Runtime 5.4 (e.g. from Software Informer). This is a prerequisite for EasyScopeX, but to save time and space, you only need to install the USB component 2. Download and install https://siglentna.com/download/21041/]Siglent's EasyScopex 3. Connect the DSO to the PC, start EasyScopeX then click Add Device and select your DSO from the popup. 4. Send the command *IDN? - you should get a result like this: *IDN SIGLENT,SDS1102CML,ADS0000xxxxxxx,5.01.02.32 5. Send the command MD5_PR? and note the resulting product type, which should be SDS1000CML or SDS1000CNL 6. Send the command MD5_SRLN? and note the resulting serial number, which will be something like ADS00001234567 7. Install the patched firmware from TV84, attached to >this post< After this step, the model number will change to SDS104X Next, it's necessary to generate and send an unlocking code to the DSO: 8. If you don't have it already, install Python3 from the Microsoft store 9. From the page at https://replit.com/@wgoeo/siglent-keygen#main.py, copy the Python code and paste it into a local text file on the PC (e.g. keygen.py) 10. Edit this file and change three lines as follows, then save the edited file: SCOPEID = 'ADS00001234567' (your DSO's serial number, from the MDS_SRLN? query above) SN = 'ADS00001234567' (ditto) Model = 'SDS1000CML' (or whatever was returned from the MDS_PR? query above) 11. Open a Command window and navigate to the location of the keygen.py file you just created/edited 12. Run 'python3 keygen.py' (excluding the quotes) - you should get a list of bandwidths and codes like this: 25M AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 40M BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB 50M CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 60M DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 70M EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 100M FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 150M GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG <--- this is the one you want etc. 12. Note or copy the code against the 150M line - this is the key for unlocking the bandwidth for your DSO 13. Go back to EasyScopeX and send the command MCBD GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG (i.e the 150M key you just copied or noted) 14. Turn the DSO off and on again - it should now be a Siglent SDS1152CML or CNL, i.e. with 150MHz bandwidth Lastly, disconnect all inputs and run UTILITY / DO SELF CAL before making any measurements. And you'll probably need better probes to take advantage of the increased bandwidth, ss the most common probes are only rated to 60-100MHz. If you want to revert to 100MHz bandwidth, first use EasyScopeX to send the command MCBD MCBD, then install the original (unpatched) firmware. Happy hacking! My thanks to all contributors to this and other threads for their ideas, and to TV84 for helping me through the bandwidth upgrade. |
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