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| Choosing a ~$10K MSO (Keysight 3000G, LeCroy 4000HD, Tek MSO34, R&S ??) |
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| nctnico:
Thanks for the update. Just a question though: in your opinion, is the user interface on the R&S MXO4 better compared to the R&S RTM3004? I guess the answer is yes given your choice but I hope you can eloborate on the details a little bit as you have hands-on experience with both. |
| Martin72:
Ah, MX04...Nice. --- Quote ---With high bandwidth off the table, I was able to go for the Rohde & Schwarz MXO4 --- End quote --- There are no hardware differences between 200Mhz and 1.5Ghz, you can buy software upgrades up to the top bandwith. Or do it in another way when warranty has expired. |
| DaneLaw:
MXO4 is a good modern purchase at sub10k if you can get bundled with the things/options you gonna use, otherwise, it gets expensive very fast. Thx for the update.. always interesting to sense wiggle room (options) from scope manufacturers on relatively new models around their MSRP, and see scope vendors dropping loan units left & right to land the 10k purchase from an institution. Very nice modern scope, no doubt.. one envious puppy here. ;D |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: tooki on November 16, 2023, 09:27:22 pm ---With high bandwidth off the table, I was able to go for the Rohde & Schwarz MXO4. The rep was able to squeeze into my budget an excellent bundle for the 200MHz model, plus mixed signal and the options bundle of low-speed serial decoders (I2C, SPI, UART, etc), automotive decoders (CAN, LIN), arb gen, and bode plotting. It’s almost certainly fundamentally overkill for what I predict to need, but the combination of a modern platform (deep memory, big, high res screen, broad feature set) AND a high waveform rate is ultimately what sold me, especially given the outstanding specs it has in basically every respect. --- End quote --- Nice! :-+ --- Quote ---FYI, the R&S rep mentioned that the MXO4 is just the first of their next-gen scopes. The MXO5 is already on the horizon, but he mentioned that the other models are expected to be transitioned to it, too, over the next few years, likely as the MXO3, MXO6, etc. and that those should have the superior UI performance. --- End quote --- Not surprising, leverage the new ASIC. Keysight have gotten 13 years out of the Megazoom IV. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: tooki on November 16, 2023, 09:27:22 pm ---It was a hard choice, since every scope had something to like: the Tek MDO34 grew on me a bit, thanks to a few thoughtful little touches (like the dual multipurpose knobs and top-notch build quality and industrial design; the LeCroys share the nice UI with their big brothers and have a phenomenal set of tools; the Keysight has a nice feature set and phenomenally responsive UI. But the Keysight and Tek MDO34 are based on kinda dated technology, which is visible at times. The Sigle… err, LeCroy models, the Tek MSO24, and R&S RTB2 and RTM3 clearly push their CPUs to their very limits, so UI responsiveness and some features suffer as a consequence. --- End quote --- That was one of the surprising things about the new(ish) Tek 5/4/3/2 series. Awesome standardisation across the UI and other things, but still rather slow scopes. They have enough differentiation though to be competitive in the corporate world. Not a peep out of Keysight on the Megazoom V or whatever they will call it. I do wonder if they are re-evaluating things after the R&S MXO release? The previous Megazoom releases were about 8 years apart, now it's coming up on 13 years... |
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