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Title: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Aldo22 on December 07, 2023, 02:27:28 pm
I'm a little astonished that there is no thread about the DSTouch on EEVblog.
The pocket 150Mhz touch scope is quite interesting, isn't it?

https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/product/dstouch-series/ (https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/product/dstouch-series/)
https://www.aliexpress.com/i/4000454483213.html (https://www.aliexpress.com/i/4000454483213.html)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHy2n_vcauw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHy2n_vcauw)
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: RAPo on December 07, 2023, 04:02:39 pm
I've got the DS4T1012, a really fine instrument. Together with their LA (DSLogicU3Pro16) a very nice portable set for work in the field.
Beware the DS4T1012 *cannot* connect with DSView.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: ceut on May 21, 2024, 11:45:24 am
Hello,
I'm looking for buying a DSTouch too, and I'm also a little suprised that there is no more information about DreamSourceLab products in Eevblog.

So I decide to write them to have some informations, after viewing the great Kerry Wong youtube review.

I have some good news to share, thanks to their support team(+ agreement) :-+

=>New products are coming this year !  :clap:

>In june: A new lower cost DSOTouch will come out, with a bandwidth of 50Mhz.
>Later this year: new higher-end DSOTouch will come out.

And they will have Intensity Grading ! (either when they will come out, or later with FW update)
Also, they have fixed the pulse problem that Kerry Wong has reported to them.

They also told me that they will not do much marketing promotion on them, because they are actually working on them, and they prefer that users spread the word.
About Eevblog, they told me "We truly appreciate and value the recognition from this group of users": it is great to read that  :)

So, I'm waiting for these new portable DSO, and I will buy one of them, intensity grading is the thing that I was waiting on a portable DSO :-+   (not speaking about FNIRSI dpox180h not-finished-product :palm:)
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: theoldwizard1 on June 22, 2024, 01:24:17 pm
=>New products are coming this year !  :clap:

>In june: A new lower cost DSOTouch will come out, with a bandwidth of 50Mhz.
>Later this year: new higher-end DSOTouch will come out.
Any further rumors on the high end version ?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: theoldwizard1 on June 22, 2024, 01:55:40 pm
Looks like the low end version is available through AliExpress.  Clearly aimed at the Miniware DS212 !

DST212 (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805188089923.html)

I found this description on eBay DS4T212 70M/200MSa/s/2Mpts Portable Digital Oscilloscope Signal Generator (https://www.ebay.com/itm/165960847201)

DS4T212 70M/200MSa/s/2Mpts Digital Oscilloscope Signal Generator Portable Handheld Oscilloscope

FPGA and DRAM:
- Its core consists of a powerful FPGA hardware waveform processing engine and DRAM memory, rather than an MCU-basedsoftware implementation. DRAM and FPGA is essential for high frame rates and smooth waveforms.
Ultra-high Waveform Refresh Rate:
- Its real-time performance is better than that of ordinary MCU solutions.
- DS4T212: The maximum acquisition time at 200M sampling rate can reach 10ms+60Hz screen refresh rate. The total waveformwindow time in 1 second is 10ms*60=600ms.
Bandwidth and Sampling Rate:
- Taking the DS4T212 as an example, with a bandwidth of 70M and a swept sine signal of 0-100M, the entire frequency range canbe displayed normally, and the amplitude drops smoothly. With a bandwidth of 70M, it can still trigger and display a sine wavesignal of 92M stably. But at -3db, its bandwidth is still only 70M. Our oscilloscope labels true real-time sample rates, not equivalentsample rates. The oscilloscope provides a variety of interpolation methods to perfectly restore high-frequency square waves.
Storage Depth:
DS4T212 can acquire 300Hz amplitude-modulated 10M sine wave signals. Its storage depth is as high as 2Mpts, which is more thanthe depth of some desktop oscilloscopes. It also maintains the same storage depth at full horizontal resolution. The signal acquiredwith our oscilloscope can be scaled up and down at any time after stopping, perfectly reproducing the waveform you want.
Accuracy and Noise:
- The original high-precision oscillator (for EPSON) with low temperature drift and hardware real-time frequency measurement are
used. High-precision frequency display with three decimal places reserved
- DC/DC power supply ripple analysis: measured millivolt level of weak signals, support 20M bandwidth limit. Tool for power supply
ripple measurement
- It has a minimum vertical sensitivity of 10mV/div and less background noise
- Withstand voltage of BNC input terminal ± 200V
- When used with a X100 high-voltage probe, the oscilloscope can measure signals of ±2000V. When measuring high voltage,please pay attention to grounding. The high-voltage probe should be purchased separately.
Touch Screen to Operate:
- The oscilloscope is designed with a complete set of "single finger touch" operation. All functions are simplified into 1-3 steps oftouch and swipe, so users can use the buttons and menu easily.
- With 2 taps, you can add/remove a measurement option. 20 automatic measurement options available.
- The horizontal resolution supports single-finger swipe adjustment of the entire waveform area. At the same time, the roller areacan be quickly adjusted by dragging and dropping.
- Extensive channel control options are available vertically, with wheel adjustment. Support quick adjustment by dragging and
dropping.
- It supports storage and on-boarding in 9 configurations. In order to adapt to different measurement scenarios, users can switch
configurations with one click.
More Functions:
- X-axis/Y-axis curved cursor
- Lissajous figure in X-Y mode
- Afterglow display
- Signal generator
- File feature
Industrial Design:
- Pock-sized high-performance oscilloscope
- Size: 117 x 77mm/4.6 x 3" (excluding the size of knobs)
- Integrated soft rubber wrapping and hard plastic support shell. The four corners of the equipment prevent collision
- Anti-wear protection strip for the front screen
- Built-in bracket for different elevation angle support
- Fanless: say goodbye to noise
- Long endurance time: with built-in high-capacity lithium battery, it can work for 6 hours. Support sleep mode when there is nooperation
Technical Parameters:
Horizontal System:
- Real-time sampling rate: 200MSa/s
- Equivalent sampling rate: 1GSa/s
- Maximum acquisition time at the highest sampling rate: 10ms
- Time base range: 5ns/Div-10s/Div- Storage depth: 1Mpts (dual channel); 2Mpts (single channel)Vertical System:- Bandwidth: 70MHz- Input coupling: DC or AC
- Input impedance: 1MΩ//~16pF
- Vertical sensitivity: 10mV/Div to 5V/Div
- Vertical resolution: 8bits
- Input withstand voltage range: peaks ≤ 250V
- DC accuracy: ±4%
- Vertical position: ±5 divisions
- Vertical offset: ±5 divisions ±100mV to ±50V/Div
- Common-mode rejection ratio: none
- Channel isolation: noneTrigger System:
- Trigger mode: Automatic Normal (ch0 and ch1)
- Trigger position: 0%~100% sampling depth
- Hold-off range: 0~1s
- Trigger Type: Edge (rising or falling)
- Trigger sensitivity: 0~0.625 grids
- Trigger level range: +4.4 grids
Waveform Measurement:
- Cursor: Y-axis and X-axis cursor
- Manual measurement: width/frequency/period/voltage amplitude
- Automatic measurement: frequency/period/+duty cycle/-duty cycle/+pulse number rising edge/falling edge/+pulse width/-pulse
width/burst pulse width/amplitude/high level/low level /rms/average/peak-to-peak/maximum/minimum/+overshoot/-overshoot
Waveform Display:
- Time-domain waveforms: Real-time waveform acquired in a single shot (high frame rate hardware processing engine)
- X-Y mode: Lissajous figure
Signal Generation:
- Waveform type: sine/square/triangle/sawtooth wave
- Waveform frequency: 0-100KHz
- Square wave duty cycle: 10%-90%
- Waveform amplitude: 0-3V (min Vpp=0.5V)
Extended Interface:
- Mini-HDMI: Extends acquisition based on other sensors
- BNC: Extended Current/Differential Probes
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T212
Post by: AceyTech on June 25, 2024, 11:38:14 pm
Looks like the low end version is available through AliExpress.  Clearly aimed at the Miniware DS212 !

DST212 (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805188089923.html)

I found this description on eBay DS4T212 70M/200MSa/s/2Mpts Portable Digital Oscilloscope Signal Generator (https://www.ebay.com/itm/165960847201)

DS4T212 70M/200MSa/s/2Mpts Digital Oscilloscope Signal Generator Portable Handheld Oscilloscope

Sorry to barge in, but the DS4T212 is one of their existing scope offerings. 
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It's been perpetually out of stock since I found them last winter. maybe in anticipation of the new low end model?
The new 50Mhz DStouch isn't out in the public yet.  :-DMM

Warning: there have been some reports of unauthorized clones of their scopes out in the wild, so I would advise against ordering from anyone but DreamSourceLab or an official channel.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T212
Post by: TomKatt on June 26, 2024, 12:10:45 am
Warning: there have been some reports of unauthorized clones of their scopes out in the wild, so I would advise against ordering from anyone but DreamSourceLab or an official channel.
For some reason I feel like their original logic analyzer has been cloned on various markets for many years now.  I’m also suspicious of several low price DSlogic Plus models - they don’t ‘feel’ authentic.  Probably a hazard of Chinese manufacturing organizations and how they seem to ‘share’ a lot between them…

Of course, one could argue Karma is a factor (the whole Sigrok thing) lol…. But I digress - I have a DSlogic Plus LA I bought direct and have been very satisfied with it.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: ceut on July 09, 2024, 02:26:13 pm
A little update after receiving some news from DreamSourceLab great support.

=>The new "lower" model has just came out  :-+

50Mhz Bandwitdh, vertical resolution of 1mV/DIV and ultra-low background noise in the μV range.
It also includes FFT and real-time decoding functions.
https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/shop/oscilloscope/dstouch-ds4t252/ (https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/shop/oscilloscope/dstouch-ds4t252/)

I have one on the way, and post a little unboxing/review after receiving it ;)

Also, as I can understand from their PDF: it is the same as the 2 previous model, so I think it will be a real bang for buck product  8)

Not a single portable DSO at this price point has all these features, including a real FPGA and DRAM inside  ;)

The firmware is also the same, and for those who have one, a new "final" v1.00 version from May is here:
https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/download/ (https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/download/)
(=>Scroll down to see the changelog, on the right you will see the blue part for the DSTouch)

(the previous 0.99t one was in beta-state)
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on July 10, 2024, 03:54:48 pm
These seem to be pretty neat pocket scopes but having no proper PC connection is a weird decision. Maybe they wanted to protect their DSCope range which isn't really appealing to me.
I'd hope they reconsider this at some point...
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: ceut on July 11, 2024, 08:21:48 am
These seem to be pretty neat pocket scopes but having no proper PC connection is a weird decision. Maybe they wanted to protect their DSCope range which isn't really appealing to me.
I'd hope they reconsider this at some point...

Hello,
There is an USB Mode to upload/download files like screenshot between computer and the DSTouch (page 50 from usermanual/2.13.4 chapter).
But there is no possibility to use it as an USB-only DSO mode.
In fact, this type of "dual" DSO mode doesn't exist in the market.

You will find mainly either DSO without screen (USB-only mode), or DSO with Screen, on the higher-end level side with hdmi port and/or network connection for viewing the screen and controlling the DSO remotely (with little lag).

Also, for me: I was looking at the smallest portable DSO with FPGA and about all I have on my Siglent for field usage (without powering on or pluging on any computer), so this is the model that seems to fit my need  :-+
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: jchw4 on July 11, 2024, 10:30:29 am
There is an USB Mode to upload/download files like screenshot between computer and the DSTouch (page 50 from usermanual/2.13.4 chapter).
But there is no possibility to use it as an USB-only DSO mode.
In fact, this type of "dual" DSO mode doesn't exist in the market.

You will find mainly either DSO without screen (USB-only mode), or DSO with Screen, on the higher-end level side with hdmi port and/or network connection for viewing the screen and controlling the DSO remotely (with little lag).

This is not completely true. I believe that most modern portable scopes have full remote capability.

At the top side you can look at R&S RTH1000 series.

From the "economy" side all Hantek DSO1000 series https://www.hantek.eu/category/digital-oscilloscopes/handheld-oscilloscopes/ (https://www.hantek.eu/category/digital-oscilloscopes/handheld-oscilloscopes/) (or maybe all their handhelds) support full remote operation.
There is a huge thread on this forum on "expanding" these scopes and adding Ethernet option (which seems to be uncommon).
See also https://github.com/OpenHantek/openhantek (https://github.com/OpenHantek/openhantek)  project.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on July 11, 2024, 02:45:27 pm
Yeah, adding a USB port and than using it just for a pathetic USB flash drive mode, feels like wasted potential.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: ceut on July 13, 2024, 08:18:23 am
There is an USB Mode to upload/download files like screenshot between computer and the DSTouch (page 50 from usermanual/2.13.4 chapter).
But there is no possibility to use it as an USB-only DSO mode.
In fact, this type of "dual" DSO mode doesn't exist in the market.

You will find mainly either DSO without screen (USB-only mode), or DSO with Screen, on the higher-end level side with hdmi port and/or network connection for viewing the screen and controlling the DSO remotely (with little lag).

This is not completely true. I believe that most modern portable scopes have full remote capability.

At the top side you can look at R&S RTH1000 series.

From the "economy" side all Hantek DSO1000 series https://www.hantek.eu/category/digital-oscilloscopes/handheld-oscilloscopes/ (https://www.hantek.eu/category/digital-oscilloscopes/handheld-oscilloscopes/) (or maybe all their handhelds) support full remote operation.
There is a huge thread on this forum on "expanding" these scopes and adding Ethernet option (which seems to be uncommon).
See also https://github.com/OpenHantek/openhantek (https://github.com/OpenHantek/openhantek)  project.


I don't like the Hantek 2C/2D low cost series - I have checked them when I was looking for a portable DSO.
Also, at higher price of these 2: all Micsig are better (Android with big touchscreen, full wifi support, intensity grading, great performance...).
The STO1004 seems to be a great model.

I don't have this DSOTouch yet, but in this form factor (ultra portable, fanless, good touchscreen,1 second boot time and price point and many benchtop-like functions): there is almost no real competition actually in the market. There is even the possibility to change the color of the traces  ;D
The Kerrywong review shows about everything, even the UI seems to be good.

Also, newer models which will come out later this year will have intensity grading: hope this will be added also on the DS4T series  8)

And DreamSourceLab does very good USB DSO/LA too, so I don't hink they need to mix all of them.

Maybe later they will add Wifi on them ? But then: the boot time will not be as low as 1 second (expect 30s) because they may have to put a linux-like OS inside ?

I will use it for some car-things checking, and also to be away from earth-ground for some mesurement like audio amplifier.

=>All of these are my personal opinions :-+ When I will receive it, I will refine my opinion  :)
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: jchw4 on July 13, 2024, 10:52:12 am
I don't like the Hantek 2C/2D low cost series - I have checked them when I was looking for a portable DSO.

Sure, these were discontinued in 2014.  So it was recent design 15 years ago! ;)
They are no way better, but they do have decent remote control.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: ceut on July 29, 2024, 07:13:58 pm
Hello,
A little follow-up after receiving my DSOTouch DS4T252 (50Mhz bandwidth).

I have tried to make an unboxing+review here (in french because my english speaking is.....  :palm: but there are subtitles ^-^  ) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDGhkWFO2aQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDGhkWFO2aQ)

I'm not a professional "Youtuber" and I don't have any good camera except my old Android phone ;D
I hope it will help some of you who, like me, are looking for a portable, affordable, fast and silent DSO with a FPGA :)
I have put all the information in the video description 8)

Also, I have been in touch with their support, they are really nice and reply fast  :-+

So I highly recommend this little DSO  ;)


Edit: A funny checking I have done some minutes ago  ;D

2 great tools together mesuring each parts of the other one
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: ceut on July 31, 2024, 09:24:11 pm
I continue to discover and play with my new toy  ;D, and I have tried to use it with my 2 Micsig probes: the MDP700 Differential Probe, and CP2100B Current Probe

Here are the photos with live voltage test, CC test, and high voltage measurement with a strange led tester TD3H  :D

No problem at all, it was super easy to set Volt/amp and to use  :-+
I finally can go and make some signal checking outside home with these 2 probes and the DSOTouch  8)
(example: check TV PSU)
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: svetlov on August 24, 2024, 11:37:40 am
 dear ceut couldn't you show how it will display different types of modulation? and fast sweep mode exposing the frequency swing time in milliseconds from 10 to 100 milliseconds (on the video saw your generator 6600-it has this capability) if you have an Oscilloscope Micsig  or any other -perhaps you can check you sample amount per second(number of displayed oscillograms per second)?
Thank you so much that you did the first video review
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: ceut on August 26, 2024, 05:28:03 pm
dear ceut couldn't you show how it will display different types of modulation? and fast sweep mode exposing the frequency swing time in milliseconds from 10 to 100 milliseconds (on the video saw your generator 6600-it has this capability) if you have an Oscilloscope Micsig  or any other -perhaps you can check you sample amount per second(number of displayed oscillograms per second)?
Thank you so much that you did the first video review

Hello,
Thank you for your message, I'm happy that my non-profesional youtube video was useful to you  :-+
On my small JDS6600, I have only 3 modulations type: Sweep/Pulse/Burst (and I only use Sweep for audio testing).

I have made a quick video (as always at 60fps, I like that filming mode 8) )  comparing with my Siglent with the lower memdepth for the fastest showing on screen, and the DS4T252 is really faster and smoother than my Siglent on the screen refresh :o  (I have not checked that before).

Also, the DS4T has no PASS/FAIL BNC, so I don't know how to check the amount of sample/second ?  ???

I have made a .zip from my phone .mp4 shrinked video, you can check it and you will see the refresh rate is really super fast  :-+ Hope this is what you wanted to see ?

Also, now when I need to check quickly some signal (on PSU for example), I use the DS4T - it boots so quickly, portable and no ground reference so no problem with loop  :-+
It has a great battery life too  :)

Not a single flicker when the signal is stable, as my Siglent  :-+
The screen is very clear and readable without any problem.
(so the photo was easy to take  ;D )

Don't take account of the voltage values, I have forgotten to remove x10 scale on the on DS4T and the x20 on Siglent  :-DD
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: hp lee on November 25, 2024, 01:11:12 pm
dear ceut couldn't you show how it will display different types of modulation? and fast sweep mode exposing the frequency swing time in milliseconds from 10 to 100 milliseconds (on the video saw your generator 6600-it has this capability) if you have an Oscilloscope Micsig  or any other -perhaps you can check you sample amount per second(number of displayed oscillograms per second)?
Thank you so much that you did the first video review

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: PinheadBE on December 16, 2024, 12:48:25 pm
@ceut

How much did you pay as import taxes etc....   ?

I am very interested in getting one, but I woud like to know beforehand what I've got to pay....

Thanks,
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: ceut on December 18, 2024, 10:05:28 am
@ceut

How much did you pay as import taxes etc....   ?

I am very interested in getting one, but I woud like to know beforehand what I've got to pay....

Thanks,

Hello,
It is very difficult to tell from country to country how much it could be.
For me, I have to pay about 130e with all.

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: ceut on December 18, 2024, 10:16:34 am
Here is a photo I have made, after going to see a friend who has some problem to power a 12v fridge for his car.

The setup was:
- 2 channels used
- DS4T252 probe on channel 1
- Micsig CP2100B Current probe on channel 2 at x100

We can clearly see the steps of compressor starting, with the increasing Amps drawn in the first millisecond, then falling to as stable value (pink trace).
Also, we can see the voltage ripple on the yellow trace.

With that: my friend has bought a PSU that can handle the starting current for use it on mains socket  :-+

First is a photo taken from my phone with the 2 channels.
Second is a screenshot made directly from the DS4T252 menu (only channel 2), then exported to my Windows computer  :-+
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: geochaben on January 03, 2025, 03:10:48 pm
I have mine on order. It looks like DSview v1.3.2 can interface with the DSTouch oscilloscopes now.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: coromonadalix on January 03, 2025, 03:46:40 pm
if they hear from here the comments and possible bugs or add functions,  maybe theses could get more traction ???  time will tell 

nice little pups  thks for the non professional video   :-+
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: RAPo on January 03, 2025, 03:51:52 pm
I don't think so. DSView can handle input from their usb-scopes (https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/product/dscope-series/), not the touch series.

I have mine on order. It looks like DSview v1.3.2 can interface with the DSTouch oscilloscopes now.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: geochaben on January 03, 2025, 04:50:45 pm
I was too hasty. I see you are right from the DSView manual. Any hope they will add DSTouch in the future?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: RAPo on January 03, 2025, 05:05:18 pm
I don´t think so. I emailed them, and they said DSViiew was only for the usb-scopes and the LA's.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: cynric on January 07, 2025, 06:54:43 pm
Did you guys test the protocol decoders yet? I'm a little irritated on how they want to decode SPI from 2 inputs - is it just a clock synchronous single lane de-serializer? Or does it calculate the sampling points from a manually-entered clock rate and hooks up to a chip select and a data line? Two data lines and nothing else? Lots of options are thinkable, but none would strike me as ideal.. And the manual doesn't go into detail at all.

Beside from that I really like what I'm seeing. How about pre- and post-trigger options in single-shot or normal mode? Is that possible over the whole buffer depth? Like setting the trigger on the very end of the acquisition period and then zooming in and scrolling through the whole data set.
Is it then possible to add a protocol decoding layer afterwards?

I've had a DSLogic U3Pro16 for years, am really fond of it and actually prefer it over the Saleae at work, so the high-speed DSTouch might be a good company for that. Probably much better than the Fnirsi DPOX180H I got last year (which I do like, but has so many not thought-through short-comings)..

Thanks guys!
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T1012
Post by: jebem on August 18, 2025, 05:55:14 pm
Hello,
A little follow-up after receiving my DSOTouch DS4T252 (50Mhz bandwidth).

I have tried to make an unboxing+review here (in french because my english speaking is.....  :palm: but there are subtitles ^-^  ) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDGhkWFO2aQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDGhkWFO2aQ)

I'm not a professional "Youtuber" and I don't have any good camera except my old Android phone ;D
I hope it will help some of you who, like me, are looking for a portable, affordable, fast and silent DSO with a FPGA :)
I have put all the information in the video description 8)

Also, I have been in touch with their support, they are really nice and reply fast  :-+

So I highly recommend this little DSO  ;)


Edit: A funny checking I have done some minutes ago  ;D

2 great tools together measuring each parts of the other one


Ref. Model DS4T252

Thank you for your honest reviews!

I was looking for a low cost handheld oscilloscope able to acquire signals in the order of 1mV, a Holdoff Trigger, and using the required hardware components to implement a "proper" design.
I believe this is the one. So I have just ordered it from the DreamSourceLab shop in AliExpress.

These guys at DreamSourceLab go to the point when advertising their oscilloscopes - No smoke and lights, just straight technical information.

Also I put here (Thank you, Aldo) a review from the well known Kerry Wong covering this model. He seems to be non biased when reviewing products.
Here for this DS4T252 model:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZ6jJnyRps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZ6jJnyRps)
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 19, 2025, 03:06:18 pm

Brief comparison between the main hardware components used on the DSTouch  DS4T1012 (150MHz ) and on the DSTouch DS4T252 (50MHz).

The cheaper DS4T252 50MHz model shares many components with the DS4T1012 150MHz model like the FPGA, MCU, Flash memories and Battery management.
However, it uses a much less capable ADC/sampling clock generator, and a smaller Waveform sampling storage.

So far couldn't identify the Vertical channels active components due to low resolution pictures taken from Chinese videos.
Here the cheaper DS4T252 feature a 1mV/div, while the DS4T1012 keeps on the safe side with just 10mV/div.
That said, the Kerry Wong review on the DS4T252 shows a lot of noise, around 300 to 500uV when selecting the 1mV/div scale.
Well, we can't expect a low cost device to perform like a high end one.


Component_description     |     DS4T1012_(PCB:_TOUCH1G-V1011-P0715)     |     DS4T252_(PCB: DST252-V911-P0524)
PCB upper side     |          |     
MCU     |     STM32H750 ARM Cortex M7     |     STM32H750 ARM Cortex M7
Waveform sampling storage     |     9DK17 D9PTK MT41K128M16JT-125 2Gbit DRAM      |     W9864G6KH winbound 64Mbit
Battery Manager     |     BQ25601      |     BQ25601
High Speed Data Processing     |     XC6SLX16 xilinx SPARTAN-6 FPGA     |     XC6SLX16 xilinx SPARTAN-6 FPGA
Vertical channels ADC     |     HAD1511 1000MSPS (one-channel), 500MSPS (two-channels)     |     MXT2088 200MSPS (one-channel), 100MSPS (two-channels)
ADC Sampling Clock Generator     |     ADF4360-7 24-pin IC, Integrated Synthesizer and VCO     |     8-pin IC?? Close to the ADC, but can not see details due to low resolution pictures
PCB under side     |          |     
128Mbit Flash Memory     |     W25Q128JV winbound     |     W25Q128JV winbound
64Mbit Flash Memory     |     W25Q64FV winbound     |     W25Q64FV winbound

References
DS4T252 (50MHz) Analysis and teardown (Chinese language): https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1in9nYtE2q/ (https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1in9nYtE2q/)
DS4T1012 (150MHz) Teardown with analysis by Kerry Wong: http://www.kerrywong.com/2023/09/29/teardown-of-a-dreamsourcelab-dstouch-ds4t1012-oscilloscope/#google_vignette (http://www.kerrywong.com/2023/09/29/teardown-of-a-dreamsourcelab-dstouch-ds4t1012-oscilloscope/#google_vignette)

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 26, 2025, 03:53:12 pm
Just received my new toy DSTouch DS4T252.

Very compact unit.
First impressions are all positive.

Very good carrying case.
Complete set of cables: USB-C to USB-A male, MCX Signal Generator output to BNC male, and two P6060 X1/X10 Oscilloscope probes.

Firmware V1.0.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 27, 2025, 02:14:57 pm
Absolutely random, non controlled, not properly impedance adapted lines, tests on my new DreamSourceLab DSTouch DS4T252 unit.


1. Battery

It seems that it arrived with a fully charged battery, if the batt. indicator is to be believed.
After playing with the oscilloscope settings and features for around 1.5 hours, the batt. indicator was around 75%.
So it seems the claimed battery life of 3-6 hours is achievable, even if keep the meter busy to avoid it to enter into idle sleep mode.

Charging current was 5VDC at around 1.5A (with battery at around 75% charge state).
 

2. High level signal handling

Used a less than ideal Juntek JDS-2900 Signal Generator - Very noisy and amplitude imprecision at low amplitude levels and a bit jittery as well.

Trigger is almost perfect, and the Trigger Holdoff feature is very efficient handling those noisy/complex waveforms.

2.1. Single channel:

2.2. Dual channel:

3. Low level signal handling


Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on August 27, 2025, 06:50:56 pm
What I find pretty much underwhelming here is the total lack of any trigger options beyond the bare minimum.
According to the manual, there is only a rising edge or falling edge trigger. There is note even a "both edges" trigger, letting aside all the other most basic trigger options (Pulse Width, Nth Edge, Timeout etc.) which would have been really, really easy to implement.
Admittedly, an edge trigger is the one you will need most but they really didn't put any kind of effort here to do more than the absolute minimum.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 27, 2025, 08:24:31 pm
Your Juntek is really noisy. I post two photos of my unit using a Feeltech 6800 and Uni-T UTG932+ (+ means 30MHz model hacked to 60MHz)

The time to fully charge DS4T252 is 2h38, total capacity 3137mAh

The ground noise on my two DS4T252 units are between 566uV and 600uV

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 28, 2025, 12:33:04 pm
Your Juntek is really noisy. I post two photos of my unit using a Feeltech 6800 and Uni-T UTG932+ (+ means 30MHz model hacked to 60MHz)

The time to fully charge DS4T252 is 2h38, total capacity 3137mAh

The ground noise on my two DS4T252 units are between 566uV and 600uV

Yap, the Juntek JDS-2900 was a low cost buy just to have something able to generate large signals at 50MHz here in my mom's home where I spend more time than on my home 500km away.

Thanks for checking the low level signal registering using better Signal Generators.
It seems that most of the noise seen on your pictures is related to the oscilloscope vertical amplifier internal noise.
Did your scope triggered in auto mode those small signals, or did you had to enable trigger holdoff?

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 28, 2025, 12:39:15 pm
What I find pretty much underwhelming here is the total lack of any trigger options beyond the bare minimum.
According to the manual, there is only a rising edge or falling edge trigger. There is note even a "both edges" trigger, letting aside all the other most basic trigger options (Pulse Width, Nth Edge, Timeout etc.) which would have been really, really easy to implement.
Admittedly, an edge trigger is the one you will need most but they really didn't put any kind of effort here to do more than the absolute minimum.

Indeed.
Apparently the trigger options are very limited on these low cost oscilloscopes.

However this model features Trigger holdoff (up to 1 second), something that most of these  cheap models miss. It is really useful to get a stable registration while keep sampling and displaying on complex waveforms like AM modulated signals of the ones I posted above with a mix of square wave with lost of added noise.


Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 28, 2025, 02:25:02 pm
Your Juntek is really noisy. I post two photos of my unit using a Feeltech 6800 and Uni-T UTG932+ (+ means 30MHz model hacked to 60MHz)

The time to fully charge DS4T252 is 2h38, total capacity 3137mAh

The ground noise on my two DS4T252 units are between 566uV and 600uV

Yap, the Juntek JDS-2900 was a low cost buy just to have something able to generate large signals at 50MHz here in my mom's home where I spend more time than on my home 500km away.

Thanks for checking the low level signal registering using better Signal Generators.
It seems that most of the noise seen on your pictures is related to the oscilloscope vertical amplifier internal noise.
Did your scope triggered in auto mode those small signals, or did you had to enable trigger holdoff?

Did you try running your Juntek from battery? you will reduce noise dramatically. My Fy6800 was running from AC but my UTG932 is running from battery.

Regarding triggering, my 2 scopes DS4T252 were able to trigger in Auto mode these small signals, after triggering the signal I just had to adjust vertical resolution from 2mV to 1mV manually, in fact the trigger is able to catch really slow signals of 1Hz and adjusting the horizontal in roll mode.

The only time I had to use Holdoff was in AM signal 10MHz sine carrier with 300Hz sine mod

When trigger is not able to show a stable signal in Auto triggering, I can easily get the signal to show manually. But won't happen to often.


I'm really surprised how good this device is, measurements are accurate within specs and between different units I didn't notice differences using the same cabling set, maybe 2-3 digits nothing to be worry about, DC signal are accurate. Really good. FFT is usefull with accuracy hardly seen on pocket devices. I'm able to use FFT on mV square signals and it is able to identify correctly all harmonics.

I've found this device casually, never heard of them although their around for a few years. I glad I found them.

Also they told me that a 4Ch portable scope is in development, no release date yet, I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 29, 2025, 08:07:21 am
Your Juntek is really noisy. I post two photos of my unit using a Feeltech 6800 and Uni-T UTG932+ (+ means 30MHz model hacked to 60MHz)

The time to fully charge DS4T252 is 2h38, total capacity 3137mAh

The ground noise on my two DS4T252 units are between 566uV and 600uV

Yap, the Juntek JDS-2900 was a low cost buy just to have something able to generate large signals at 50MHz here in my mom's home where I spend more time than on my home 500km away.

Thanks for checking the low level signal registering using better Signal Generators.
It seems that most of the noise seen on your pictures is related to the oscilloscope vertical amplifier internal noise.
Did your scope triggered in auto mode those small signals, or did you had to enable trigger holdoff?

Did you try running your Juntek from battery? you will reduce noise dramatically. My Fy6800 was running from AC but my UTG932 is running from battery.


Didn't tried on batteries, as I only use it for large amplitude signals. I have no doubt that its AC SMPS adapter is a major source of noise.
The test on small signal was intended to see how the DS4T252 would handle a complex signal like that, and it passed in flying colors.

For lower signals I use a TinySA Ultra, and sometimes I get nostalgic and use my old HEATHKIT IG-102S RF signal generator to troubleshoot old radios as a hobby.

EDIT:
I have just recall that I have a FY6900-40 at home and it is also noisy at low levels, despite having a slightly better power supply.
The issue is the same, SMPS are noisy by nature and it must be contained, something that low cost devices don't have.
Below a picture of it.
Later on, I added ferrite beads to the power supply DC flat cable but it had negligible effect.
Then I got the components to power it from rechargeable batteries with battery management kit, but again, these instruments are not really good at supplying low level signals, so I forgot about it all and got the TinySA Ultra.


Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: dcm on August 29, 2025, 09:55:43 am
I am looking for advice for amateur use in a home workshop: audio circuits, automotive diagnostics, and testing power supplies, e.g., ripple and noise measurements.
I am considering buying the DS4T252 or the Owon HDS2102S. I’m stuck — which one would you choose?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 29, 2025, 12:42:30 pm
Two more photos

AWG UTG932+
Battery operated

50 cm coaxial cable RG316
No 50 ohm termination

AM signal
10MHz sinewave Carrier (Amplitude of 3mVpp and 10mVpp)
300Hz sinewave mod at 100%

Stable signal archived using holdoff feature


Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 29, 2025, 03:16:33 pm
Some DC measurements comparing with DM40C

Voltage reference chip is AD584LH

The DS4T252 has an option called "amplitude fine tuning" to manually calibrate DC values, but I didn't do it because I don't feel the need to. For me the displayed values are accurate enough.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 29, 2025, 04:26:30 pm
I am looking for advice for amateur use in a home workshop: audio circuits, automotive diagnostics, and testing power supplies, e.g., ripple and noise measurements.
I am considering buying the DS4T252 or the Owon HDS2102S. I’m stuck — which one would you choose?

I believe any one of those two models will serve you well as handheld oscilloscopes to be used in a workbench at home.

However the Owon HDS2102S form design may also fit well in the field/harsh environments due to its more rugged case, and it includes a multimeter.

Not that the DS4T252 is fragile, but its case style seems to be less practical to be used in the field IMHO.




Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 29, 2025, 04:39:30 pm
Some DC measurements comparing with DM40C

Voltage reference chip is AD584LH

The DS4T252 has an option called "amplitude fine tuning" to manually calibrate DC values, but I didn't do it because I don't feel the need to. For me the displayed values are accurate enough.

Impressive. I was not expecting that level of precision on these low cost scopes.

So far, the only thing I don't like in the DSTouch DS4T252, it is the case construction.
It seems that it is caseless - They just sandwiched the assemblies and then applied vulcanized rubber around it to form a case.
It seems to be virtually impossible to open this case to peek around inside without deforming or even destroying the rubber case.
After looking to some videos where it has been dismantled, I am not keen to do the same thing on my unit  :--

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 29, 2025, 06:13:18 pm
One DS4T252 internal EMF noise source found (probably not unique but surely it is the larger one).

Colour TFT displays with TouchScreen are a well known major source of EMF interference.

(I have several advanced DSP  receivers and only the ones equipped with a colour TFT display are picking up strong interference when using the local telescopic antenna on LW, MW and even HF lower bands. In practice this is not a real issue as we tend to use external antennas enough far away from the display.
One of them uses a colour touchscreen (TS) display and is the worst offender. This is because they do use TS polls instead of interrupts to detect a pressure).


As I suspected, the colour display with TS used in this DS4T252 oscilloscope is not different, and it indeed generates a lot of EMF interference.

To verify this issue, I used another low sensitivity oscilloscope (a Zeeweii DSO3D12  on 10mV/div) with a short loop probe at X1, and move the probe around the DS4T252 device.
The largest noise is clearing coming from the front left lower corner, decreasing  fast when moving the probe away from it.

This TS display noise seems to being picked up by the vertical amplifiers and visible when selecting the maximum sensitivity of 1mV/div.
I suspect that the vertical amplifiers may not be shielded or are insufficiently shielded at the PCB side facing the Display.




Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 29, 2025, 07:32:27 pm
Some DC measurements comparing with DM40C

Voltage reference chip is AD584LH

The DS4T252 has an option called "amplitude fine tuning" to manually calibrate DC values, but I didn't do it because I don't feel the need to. For me the displayed values are accurate enough.

Impressive. I was not expecting that level of precision on these low cost scopes.

So far, the only thing I don't like in the DSTouch DS4T252, it is the case construction.
It seems that it is caseless - They just sandwiched the assemblies and then applied vulcanized rubber around it to form a case.
It seems to be virtually impossible to open this case to peek around inside without deforming or even destroying the rubber case.
After looking to some videos where it has been dismantled, I am not keen to do the same thing on my unit  :--

Yes that's what I don't like either, to disassemble it we need to unglue the protective rubber, but let's hope we don't need to replace the battery for a long time.

This scope also runs directly from the charger but I've noticed that from time to time it is topping up the battery,

I did some consumption tests when the scope is running from the charger (although I don't recommend because of the increased noise it adds to signals, better to run from battery


The following values may vary depending on what the scope is doing, I tested with a simple sinewave:

Backlight 1/3
1CH, RUN, 540mA, 2.703W
1CH, STOP, 395.4mA, 1.977W

2CH, RUN, 592.6mA, 2.963W
2CH, STOP, 385.2mA, 1.926W


When both channels are enabled the increased consumption is around 260mW (52mA!)

Battery life: 2CH ON, RUN, triggering sweep 1KHz - 1MHz sine wave, after 5 hours the battery indicator was still green, then I had to turn off everything. So with some care it's possible to reach 6 hours or more.

It is able to trigger CAN signals although it cannot decode (yet) for obvious reasons. "Yet" means, maybe they add it.

Post your bugs or dream features you would like to see added to the next firmware release.

And that's all folks!





Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 29, 2025, 07:56:51 pm
One DS4T252 internal EMF noise source found (probably not unique but surely it is the larger one).

Colour TFT displays with TouchScreen are a well known major source of EMF interference.

(I have several advanced DSP  receivers and only the ones equipped with a colour TFT display are picking up strong interference when using the local telescopic antenna on LW, MW and even HF lower bands. In practice this is not a real issue as we tend to use external antennas enough far away from the display.
One of them uses a colour touchscreen (TS) display and is the worst offender. This is because they do use TS polls instead of interrupts to detect a pressure).


As I suspected, the colour display with TS used in this DS4T252 oscilloscope is not different, and it indeed generates a lot of EMF interference.

To verify this issue, I used another low sensitivity oscilloscope (a Zeeweii DSO3D12  on 10mV/div) with a short loop probe at X1, and move the probe around the DS4T252 device.
The largest noise is clearing coming from the front left lower corner, decreasing  fast when moving the probe away from it.

This TS display noise seems to being picked up by the vertical amplifiers and visible when selecting the maximum sensitivity of 1mV/div.
I suspect that the vertical amplifiers may not be shielded or are insufficiently shielded at the PCB side facing the Display.

Interesting that I couldn't replicate the noise test the same way you did it, can't see any noise on both scopes. Only if I set vertical to 1mV/div on the scope with the probe I'm able to see the "noise" at 1.5mV level

Then i decided to try a different approach instead of a shorted loop, i used a ferrite inductance as an antenna to "amplify" the noises and I'm able to detect more information from the lower middle to the left, on the back you can get a stronger noise detection.

With the little trick of using a "ferrite inductance" you can even "see" smps control chip working signals without having to touch the chip
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: lapinc on August 29, 2025, 09:12:06 pm
The DS4T252 has an option called "amplitude fine tuning" to manually calibrate DC values, but I didn't do it because I don't feel the need to. For me the displayed values are accurate enough.
Somehow "Amplitude Tuning" does not work on my unit - it is present in the menu (along with the "Auto Calibration"), but, unlike "Auto Calibration", nothing happens when I choose it.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 29, 2025, 10:23:58 pm
The DS4T252 has an option called "amplitude fine tuning" to manually calibrate DC values, but I didn't do it because I don't feel the need to. For me the displayed values are accurate enough.
Somehow "Amplitude Tuning" does not work on my unit - it is present in the menu (along with the "Auto Calibration"), but, unlike "Auto Calibration", nothing happens when I choose it.

Not on mine either. i haven't tested it because auto calibration  was done correctly. Anyway I'm making a list to send to dreamlabs containing small bugs on UI, improvements and features that could be added to the scope. This bug was added.
 
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 30, 2025, 11:22:48 am

Interesting that I couldn't replicate the noise test the same way you did it, can't see any noise on both scopes. Only if I set vertical to 1mV/div on the scope with the probe I'm able to see the "noise" at 1.5mV level

Then i decided to try a different approach instead of a shorted loop, i used a ferrite inductance as an antenna to "amplify" the noises and I'm able to detect more information from the lower middle to the left, on the back you can get a stronger noise detection.

With the little trick of using a "ferrite inductance" you can even "see" smps control chip working signals without having to touch the chip


My probe is just a 100MHz oscilloscope probe set on X1 and shorted by the ground cable to form a small loop, and the oscilloscope was set to X1 as well, with 10mV/div.

Try moving the probe *slowly* around the border of the left lower corner of the DUT as seen in my pictures, where the antenna is the ground cable.
A little deviation and the signal indeed reduces dramatically and fade away on a 10mV/div scope.

My DUT unit is generating in excess of 20mVpp on a single point that I guess is closer to the Touch Screen IC from the front side. This TS chip is installed on the flat cable. This noise amplitude and frequency readings changes with the selected time base on the probing oscilloscope.

If you can't detect it, probably you have a different version of DS4T252 hardware assembly.

My DS4T252 unit measures in excess of 700uVpp of internal noise on 1mV/div, while yours shows quite lower levels of noise.
I wonder if the manufacturer didn't install the shield covers at the front side of the PCB assembly facing the display on some production batches from where my unit came from.
That would partially explain why your units are quieter than mine.

Anyway, I am not planing to open my unit at this time to check the shielding.

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 30, 2025, 03:49:06 pm

Interesting that I couldn't replicate the noise test the same way you did it, can't see any noise on both scopes. Only if I set vertical to 1mV/div on the scope with the probe I'm able to see the "noise" at 1.5mV level

Then i decided to try a different approach instead of a shorted loop, i used a ferrite inductance as an antenna to "amplify" the noises and I'm able to detect more information from the lower middle to the left, on the back you can get a stronger noise detection.

With the little trick of using a "ferrite inductance" you can even "see" smps control chip working signals without having to touch the chip


My probe is just a 100MHz oscilloscope probe set on X1 and shorted by the ground cable to form a small loop, and the oscilloscope was set to X1 as well, with 10mV/div.

Try moving the probe *slowly* around the border of the left lower corner of the DUT as seen in my pictures, where the antenna is the ground cable.
A little deviation and the signal indeed reduces dramatically and fade away on a 10mV/div scope.

My DUT unit is generating in excess of 20mVpp on a single point that I guess is closer to the Touch Screen IC from the front side. This TS chip is installed on the flat cable. This noise amplitude and frequency readings changes with the selected time base on the probing oscilloscope.

If you can't detect it, probably you have a different version of DS4T252 hardware assembly.

My DS4T252 unit measures in excess of 700uVpp of internal noise on 1mV/div, while yours shows quite lower levels of noise.
I wonder if the manufacturer didn't install the shield covers at the front side of the PCB assembly facing the display on some production batches from where my unit came from.
That would partially explain why your units are quieter than mine.

Anyway, I am not planing to open my unit at this time to check the shielding.

I'll repeat the test again tonight and see if I can catch anything like you did.
when did you bought your scope? I bought both directly from the manufacturer, the first one 15 days ago, and the second 7 days ago. Overall I'm satisfied with them, the 2M memory are really handy. My understanding is that they are still working on them, improving the firmware and correcting bugs.





Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 30, 2025, 08:07:11 pm

Interesting that I couldn't replicate the noise test the same way you did it, can't see any noise on both scopes. Only if I set vertical to 1mV/div on the scope with the probe I'm able to see the "noise" at 1.5mV level

Then i decided to try a different approach instead of a shorted loop, i used a ferrite inductance as an antenna to "amplify" the noises and I'm able to detect more information from the lower middle to the left, on the back you can get a stronger noise detection.

With the little trick of using a "ferrite inductance" you can even "see" smps control chip working signals without having to touch the chip


My probe is just a 100MHz oscilloscope probe set on X1 and shorted by the ground cable to form a small loop, and the oscilloscope was set to X1 as well, with 10mV/div.

Try moving the probe *slowly* around the border of the left lower corner of the DUT as seen in my pictures, where the antenna is the ground cable.
A little deviation and the signal indeed reduces dramatically and fade away on a 10mV/div scope.

My DUT unit is generating in excess of 20mVpp on a single point that I guess is closer to the Touch Screen IC from the front side. This TS chip is installed on the flat cable. This noise amplitude and frequency readings changes with the selected time base on the probing oscilloscope.

If you can't detect it, probably you have a different version of DS4T252 hardware assembly.

My DS4T252 unit measures in excess of 700uVpp of internal noise on 1mV/div, while yours shows quite lower levels of noise.
I wonder if the manufacturer didn't install the shield covers at the front side of the PCB assembly facing the display on some production batches from where my unit came from.
That would partially explain why your units are quieter than mine.

Anyway, I am not planing to open my unit at this time to check the shielding.

I just redid the probe loop test the same way has you did, this time I used 200MHz probes and there's no noise on both scopes, can't find a single spot were noise come out like yours.

Are you sure that noise doesn't come from any other device you have connected? like a led bulb?

On the photo I post now, the above scope was set to 1mV/div notice the small spikes it captures from the DUT yellow line one, up to 200uV amplitude
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 30, 2025, 08:17:16 pm

when did you bought your scope? I bought both directly from the manufacturer, the first one 15 days ago, and the second 7 days ago. Overall I'm satisfied with them, the 2M memory are really handy. My understanding is that they are still working on them, improving the firmware and correcting bugs.

My unit was ordered around two weeks ago from DreamSourcelab Store on AliExpress.

I am quite happy with this DSTouch DS4T252 model, it is a great oscilloscope that features touch screen controls (very handy), and with two features that I was looking for on a low cost device:

The shipped firmware was v1.00 (the same one available for download at their website).
While I acknowledge that it may have some bugs like the ones you mentioned, it seems very stable in operation and I am happy with it as it is.
In general, I don't expect low cost devices to have much attention from the manufacturers, but some of these Chinese makers cares about the customers enough to try to fix the bugs.

I find this 500 - 700uVpp noise a little intriguing, because it is a large value when compared to the 1mV/div sensitivity they specified.
While I still find it useful, I can't stop thinking on how did they missed this.
I understand that they had to design a amplifier stage with a minimum gain at least 10 times higher than what is seen on oscilloscopes with just 10mV/div (like the other more expensive DSTouch DS4T1012 is using).
Hence the increased noise, but I still think it comes from internal EMF sources, like the TS Display and Power Supply that for some reason were not properly shielded, and not from the OpAmps themselves.
If the case could be opened in a regular way, I would check it. Obvious causes would be insufficient (1) shielding and (2) power supply decoupling at the vertical gain stages.
 
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 30, 2025, 08:24:12 pm

Are you sure that noise doesn't come from any other device you have connected? like a led bulb?


That is not possible in the test I did because, as seen in the posted pictures, I have no noise picked up until the DS4T252 is powered up.
And the noise is clearly coming from that lower left corner at a very specific place were the probe GND cable was placed.

Clearly your oscilloscopes were built differently from my unit. I find no other explanation.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 30, 2025, 08:30:27 pm

Are you sure that noise doesn't come from any other device you have connected? like a led bulb?


That is not possible in the test I did because, as seen in the posted pictures, I have no noise picked up until the DS4T252 is powered up.
And the noise is clearly coming from that lower left corner at a very specific place were the probe GND cable was placed.

Clearly your oscilloscopes were built differently from my unit. I find no other explanation.

Did you see the Kerry review on YT?
Please see at 9:22 where he checks the 1mV/div sensitivity.
He got basically the same noise I have on my unit.

Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZ6jJnyRps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZ6jJnyRps)

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 30, 2025, 08:46:49 pm

Are you sure that noise doesn't come from any other device you have connected? like a led bulb?


That is not possible in the test I did because, as seen in the posted pictures, I have no noise picked up until the DS4T252 is powered up.
And the noise is clearly coming from that lower left corner at a very specific place were the probe GND cable was placed.

Clearly your oscilloscopes were built differently from my unit. I find no other explanation.

Did you see the Kerry review on YT?
Please see at 9:22 where he checks the 1mV/div sensitivity.
He got basically the same noise I have on my unit.

Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZ6jJnyRps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKZ6jJnyRps)

Probably you got one of the first batches, the same as he did, because the new box is smaller,  that's my guess. And as I told you I bought directly from Dreamsourcelab.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: jebem on August 31, 2025, 01:58:34 pm
Probably you got one of the first batches, the same as he did, because the new box is smaller,  that's my guess. And as I told you I bought directly from Dreamsourcelab.

Yes, most probably there are at least two different hardware builds of this DS4T252 model.
And that is a good thing, it means they are addressing the issues.

Meanwhile I found some YT videos advertising the DreamSourceLab DSTouch DS4T252, and in one of them someone claims 90uVrms of noise at 1mV/div.
The small letters clearly state that "The noise level data is based on empirical measurements and may vary slightly due to environment factors".
Also they omit in what conditions they got that reading.

Now, those 90uVrms would translate to 90*1.414*2 = 254uVpp. on pure sinusoidal waveforms only. Here we have a complex waveform.

Checking Google AI and it enthusiastically assures me that for noise signals (assuming Gaussian noise distribution) we may multiply the RMS value by 6.6 to get Pk-Pk.
If we try that, we get 90 * 6.6 = 594uVpp, and this is close enough to my readings on the oscilloscope.

OK, to check that, I went to my balcony where there are no external EMF sources close by, switched the DS4T252 on and set it 1mV/div.
Only this time I have chose  RMS in addition to Freq and Pk-Pk measurements.

As I was guessing by now, the above claim from someone seems to be valid: My unit never went above 90uVrms in any time base.
And the FPGA/MCU must be doing a good work estimating the RMS value from the Pk-Pk readings (or vice-versa).

For my testing, please see the attached pictures.


See the advert here at 0:30 playtime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH-htEdYTxk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH-htEdYTxk)

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on August 31, 2025, 04:39:24 pm
Probably you got one of the first batches, the same as he did, because the new box is smaller,  that's my guess. And as I told you I bought directly from Dreamsourcelab.

Yes, most probably there are at least two different hardware builds of this DS4T252 model.
And that is a good thing, it means they are addressing the issues.

Meanwhile I found some YT videos advertising the DreamSourceLab DSTouch DS4T252, and in one of them someone claims 90uVrms of noise at 1mV/div.
The small letters clearly state that "The noise level data is based on empirical measurements and may vary slightly due to environment factors".
Also they omit in what conditions they got that reading.

Now, those 90uVrms would translate to 90*1.414*2 = 254uVpp. on pure sinusoidal waveforms only. Here we have a complex waveform.

Checking Google AI and it enthusiastically assures me that for noise signals (assuming Gaussian noise distribution) we may multiply the RMS value by 6.6 to get Pk-Pk.
If we try that, we get 90 * 6.6 = 594uVpp, and this is close enough to my readings on the oscilloscope.

OK, to check that, I went to my balcony where there are no external EMF sources close by, switched the DS4T252 on and set it 1mV/div.
Only this time I have chose  RMS in addition to Freq and Pk-Pk measurements.

As I was guessing by now, the above claim from someone seems to be valid: My unit never went above 90uVrms in any time base.
And the FPGA/MCU must be doing a good work estimating the RMS value from the Pk-Pk readings (or vice-versa).

For my testing, please see the attached pictures.
  • DS4T252_noise_floor_1mVdiv_10mS: Time base at 10mS/div, reading 1.551 MHz, 800.000 uVpp, and 88.549 Vrms.
  • DS4T252_noise_floor_1mVdiv_10nS: Time base at 10nS/div, reading 18.578 MHz, 366.667 uVpp, and 77.544 Vrms.


See the advert here at 0:30 playtime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH-htEdYTxk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH-htEdYTxk)

I just finish two more tests, my idea is to see how the scope is capable of catching and displaying  bellow 2mVpp  sine and square wave signals.

Since my UTG932+ only drop to 2mVpp I inserted a 52ohm termination so that the signal that goes to the scope be reduced to approx half of the original amplitude.

Frequency used: 1MHz

Let me add this, this generator is outputing 2.667mVpp, i haven't figured out how can I calibrate the UTG932. If anyone know the "secret" kindly share it. Thanks

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: dcm on September 01, 2025, 12:54:43 pm
I'll repeat the test again tonight and see if I can catch anything like you did.
when did you bought your scope? I bought both directly from the manufacturer, the first one 15 days ago, and the second 7 days ago. Overall I'm satisfied with them, the 2M memory are really handy. My understanding is that they are still working on them, improving the firmware and correcting bugs.

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How do you know they are still working on the software? Do you think we can expect an update soon?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 01, 2025, 06:27:36 pm
I'll repeat the test again tonight and see if I can catch anything like you did.
when did you bought your scope? I bought both directly from the manufacturer, the first one 15 days ago, and the second 7 days ago. Overall I'm satisfied with them, the 2M memory are really handy. My understanding is that they are still working on them, improving the firmware and correcting bugs.


How do you know they are still working on the software? Do you think we can expect an update soon?
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Because they told me to report back bugs, improvements, etc so I'm assuming that they're working on it. can't tell you 100% that a new firmware is going to be released. We just have to wait and see.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: dcm on September 02, 2025, 05:59:35 am
Because they told me to report back bugs, improvements, etc so I'm assuming that they're working on it. can't tell you 100% that a new firmware is going to be released. We just have to wait and see.
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I wrote to them asking about new models, and they replied that there are no portable oscilloscope models scheduled for release in the near future. So let's hope they'll continue working on these.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 02, 2025, 08:11:00 am
Because they told me to report back bugs, improvements, etc so I'm assuming that they're working on it. can't tell you 100% that a new firmware is going to be released. We just have to wait and see.

I wrote to them asking about new models, and they replied that there are no portable oscilloscope models scheduled for release in the near future. So let's hope they'll continue working on these.
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Yesterday I sent an email with my feedback with photos, videos, etc. we'll see if they reply. I have my expectations but with a pinch of salt because we know how these Chinese companies work and that is: WYSIWYG

Anyway for me the scope is good enough to have in my pocket for quick checks, the 1 sec boot is really nice to have, it's the most accurate I tried in this form factor, even the FFT won't let down. The one finger touch concept is almost perfect except minor situations. I can easily check PS ripple, turn on/off overshoot detection, signal glitches, signal instability, CAN detection although can't decode, UART decode fine, SPI and I2C haven't tried yet because I don't have my test board with me.

I've been comparing displayed signals with my siglent and there's not much of a difference, of course if I need a more accurate analysis I use the bench scope. But don't expect this little device  to be a bench scope replacement because it won't.

I see this portable scope as my swiss pocket knife and being battery operated is really good to avoid those annoying signal interferences that come through the AC line.

It's an addictive portable little thing (but I'm suspect because I'm a fan of portable stuff) and for 100 bucks!

That's my personal opinion, everyone else has their own according to their needs and expectations  :-+
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: dcm on September 03, 2025, 01:17:23 pm
I’m about to buy a DS4T252 (for hobby use: audio, car diagnostics, power supply testing), but I’m still torn between it, Owon HDS2102S and Hantek TO1112D.

DS4T252 – nquite big screen, touchscreen, nice GUI, good battery life, high vertical sensitivity, FFT, RMS support, but only 50 MHz bandwidth.

HDS2102S – higher bandwidth and built-in multimeter, I know more rugged for field work, though I’d mostly use it at home.

TO1112D – looks most feature-complete with a 7″ screen, but I’ve seen mixed reviews (bugs, freezes, slow performance).

Has anyone here tried all three and can share some advice?

Currently I’m using this old DSO Quad, but the menu makes it pretty frustrating:
https://www.seeedstudio.com/DSO-Quad-4-Channel-Digital-Storage-Oscilloscope-p-736.html (https://www.seeedstudio.com/DSO-Quad-4-Channel-Digital-Storage-Oscilloscope-p-736.html)
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: porter on September 03, 2025, 04:15:23 pm
FYI, DS Scopes cannot save and transfer captured data (only screen shots).  |O
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 03, 2025, 05:27:00 pm
FYI, DS Scopes cannot save and transfer captured data (only screen shots).  |O

And what exactly do you miss? can you clarify?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 03, 2025, 08:53:12 pm

How do you know they are still working on the software? Do you think we can expect an update soon?

The following is a reply I received today from DreamSourcelab about one of my reports:

"Regarding the issue mentioned at the start of the email about the “Amplitude tuning” feature not responding, this feature is not implemented in the current DS4T252 firmware. We will add this function in a future firmware update."

So, my understating is that they're working on a new firmware update.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: dcm on September 04, 2025, 08:55:55 am


The following is a reply I received today from DreamSourcelab about one of my reports:

"Regarding the issue mentioned at the start of the email about the “Amplitude tuning” feature not responding, this feature is not implemented in the current DS4T252 firmware. We will add this function in a future firmware update."

So, my understating is that they're working on a new firmware update.

So there is a pretty high probability that I will update, so today I ordered my DS4T252 through their website :)
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 04, 2025, 09:57:50 am


The following is a reply I received today from DreamSourcelab about one of my reports:

"Regarding the issue mentioned at the start of the email about the “Amplitude tuning” feature not responding, this feature is not implemented in the current DS4T252 firmware. We will add this function in a future firmware update."

So, my understating is that they're working on a new firmware update.

So there is a pretty high probability that I will update, so today I ordered my DS4T252 through their website :)

You won't regret, if you are like me that love portable devices you will like it. The more I play with it the more I like it, and this scope is a real  time sample rate, really good for non continuous signals.

If you have any wishes of functions you would like to see added to the scope please let me know. Maybe they add some to the next firmware, we can dream right?  :)

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Frex on September 05, 2025, 05:48:20 am
Hello,

I think also to order one  DS4T252, seem very valuable device for in the field measurements.
Anyway I don't know if I must order it directly from Dreamsourcelab web site, or via Aliexpress store.
I'm located to France and I don't know what would be the amount of duty if ordered to them directly.
Any feedback of buyers ?
Regards.

FRex
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: dcm on September 05, 2025, 06:20:07 am
Hello,

I think also to order one  DS4T252, seem very valuable device for in the field measurements.
Anyway I don't know if I must order it directly from Dreamsourcelab web site, or via Aliexpress store.
I'm located to France and I don't know what would be the amount of duty if ordered to them directly.
Any feedback of buyers ?
Regards.

FRex

Yesterday I ordered the DS4T252 directly from https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/shop/oscilloscope/dstouch-ds4t252/ (https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/shop/oscilloscope/dstouch-ds4t252/)
For Poland it’s 0% customs duty + 23% VAT (so around $122 instead of $99). There’s only a small handling fee on delivery because of the customs declaration.  Today I got a PayPal notification that it has been shipped

On AliExpress it’s more expensive and there’s a risk of fakes – one seller even said it’s “original but without the original box.” That’s why I prefer buying directly from the manufacturer to be sure it’s genuine and under warranty.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Frex on September 05, 2025, 08:35:26 am
Thanks for your feedback dcm.

I did as like you, I ordered it from their web site.
Now, time to wait..

Frex
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: dcm on September 12, 2025, 11:46:11 am
Thanks for your feedback dcm.

I did as like you, I ordered it from their web site.
Now, time to wait..

Frex

It was supposed to take 3 weeks and I expected to pay additional VAT. I ordered DS4T252 from DreamSourceLab on 04.09, and by 11.09 the package was already in Poland – only 7 days, with no extra fees or VAT. In the end, I paid just $99.

So far, just unboxing and learning how to use it. I really like the interface – great UI, and the price-to-performance ratio is truly impressive. The company replies quickly and thoroughly to emails – excellent support. Now it’s time for some testing…
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Serg65536 on September 20, 2025, 07:10:13 pm
My arrived today.
It's a great tool!
1mV maximum sensitivity!!! It's unique!
FFT and protocol decoding are very usefull!
Trigger is reliable, 2MB memory.

I'm very happy with it!

It would be very interesting to compare DS4T252 with the Zeeway DSO3D12.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Serg65536 on September 20, 2025, 08:15:44 pm
With 50 Ohm termination BW is 55MHz.
But, when connected to generator to 50 Ohm output through the supplied P6060 probes bandwidth rizes to 75MHz.
Not bad.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 21, 2025, 09:07:01 am
My arrived today.
It's a great tool!
1mV maximum sensitivity!!! It's unique!
FFT and protocol decoding are very usefull!
Trigger is reliable, 2MB memory.

I'm very happy with it!

It would be very interesting to compare DS4T252 with the Zeeway DSO3D12.

I'm glad that you like it, it's an addictive little device isn't it? If you have any suggestions to improve, like new functions, Ui, bugs, etc post here.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 21, 2025, 09:35:48 am
Again, it's a bit sad that they didn't invest a bit more thought/effort into the trigger system. E.g. a protocol trigger or at least something like triggering on the start/or stop bit of an UART communication would have been helpful.

Also, I understand that it's not possible to store the currently measured waveform and transfer it to the PC (offline). Obviously only screenshots and "session files" (settings) can be transferred to the PC. That's also a major letdown.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 21, 2025, 03:26:52 pm
Again, it's a bit sad that they didn't invest a bit more thought/effort into the trigger system. E.g. a protocol trigger or at least something like triggering on the start/or stop bit of an UART communication would have been helpful.

Also, I understand that it's not possible to store the currently measured waveform and transfer it to the PC (offline). Obviously only screenshots and "session files" (settings) can be transferred to the PC. That's also a major letdown.

In what format to save waveform data? csv, bin?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 21, 2025, 04:21:19 pm
Whatever. Usually scopes offer both, a binary and csv format.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Serg65536 on September 21, 2025, 08:53:04 pm
I'm glad that you like it, it's an addictive little device isn't it? If you have any suggestions to improve, like new functions, Ui, bugs, etc post here.

Thank you for the great device!

1) So far the major concern is the waveform save function!
It would be nice to set a button shortcut for it: power+start, or power+auto, or double power. Please, consider to make shortcuts for both the waveform save and the screenshot save command.
It would be much more effective to have a binary waveform save format. CSV format is storage space consuming.

2) FFT analysis function should have ability to turn off the waveform view.
To achieve the best FFT quality it's necessary to adjust waveform to fill all the screen space. But in this case the FFT graph become hardly readable.

3) It would be nice to have basic trigger information always on screen.
The "DreamSourceLab" text is NOT what users want to see there! It's reasonable to leave your logo in the corner, but NOT the full name.
Much better would be to see the trigger level, slope and channel information near the "trig" menu entry.

4) It would be nice to make the measurement stickers less prominent.
Please, consider to add transparency and make it dim. So that the waveform would be more visible in the area.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 21, 2025, 10:32:11 pm
I'm glad that you like it, it's an addictive little device isn't it? If you have any suggestions to improve, like new functions, Ui, bugs, etc post here.

Thank you for the great device!

1) So far the major concern is the waveform save function!
It would be nice to set a button shortcut for it: power+start, or power+auto, or double power. Please, consider to make shortcuts for both the waveform save and the screenshot save command.
It would be much more effective to have a binary waveform save format. CSV format is storage space consuming.

2) FFT analysis function should have ability to turn off the waveform view.
To achieve the best FFT quality it's necessary to adjust waveform to fill all the screen space. But in this case the FFT graph become hardly readable.

3) It would be nice to have basic trigger information always on screen.
The "DreamSourceLab" text is NOT what users want to see there! It's reasonable to leave your logo in the corner, but NOT the full name.
Much better would be to see the trigger level, slope and channel information near the "trig" menu entry.

4) It would be nice to make the measurement stickers less prominent.
Please, consider to add transparency and make it dim. So that the waveform would be more visible in the area.

Hi first let me clarify that I'm not DreamSourcelab team, I'm a user like you but I'm cooperating as a tester. I'm allowed to send information to a given email. I report back, bugs, desired features, suggestions, etc, etc they collect all info and their engineers will study the possibility to apply every information sent to a new firmware update. So we just have to wait and see.

Btw did you know you can move both V cursors at same time? the same with H cursors

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 23, 2025, 06:42:52 pm
I just wonder: most people here fancy the 50MHz version. Is this because of the 1mV/div or the price or both?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ychat on September 23, 2025, 07:24:42 pm
I just wonder: most people here fancy the 50MHz version. Is this because of the 1mV/div or the price or both?
I think this is because with 1mV/div sensitivity and 2Mpts storage depth ds4t252 has no competition in the sub-$100 range.
But ds4t1012 price-wise is close to the entry-level 12 bit oscilloscopes, making it a hard choice.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 23, 2025, 10:03:21 pm
I just wonder: most people here fancy the 50MHz version. Is this because of the 1mV/div or the price or both?
I think this is because with 1mV/div sensitivity and 2Mpts storage depth ds4t252 has no competition in the sub-$100 range.
But ds4t1012 price-wise is close to the entry-level 12 bit oscilloscopes, making it a hard choice.

At 100 bucks, there's no competition on battery operated scopes, that offer the same quality. For me quality is not displaying beautiful graphics, UI, nice icons,etc it's all about thrust in what I see and the accuracy of what it can measure. 50MHz and 2M is more than enough for my objectives. I thought on buying the ds4t1012 but 1mV is more important to me than 16M deep memory or 150MHz bandwidth. Of course some polishing would be nice, and since they accepted my feedback, I'm cooperating with them looking forward for a new firmware release, it doesn't cost nothing to try right? even if they don't release a firmware update, the scope is more than enough for most of the tasks.  For me it was a good choice, specially having a device on my pocket with a long battery life.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 23, 2025, 10:14:27 pm
It's just that 200MSa/s are somewhat underwhelming, and 100MSa/s in dual channel mode are pretty much bottom (Shannon-Nyquist) level for a 50MHz scope.
The DS4T1012 has three times the bandwidth but five times the sample rate. And I guess there is absolutely no other pocket scope with 1GSa/s sampling rate or is there?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 23, 2025, 10:49:41 pm
It's just that 200MSa/s are somewhat underwhelming, and 100MSa/s in dual channel mode are pretty much bottom (Shannon-Nyquist) level for a 50MHz scope.
The DS4T1012 has three times the bandwidth but five times the sample rate. And I guess there is absolutely no other pocket scope with 1GSa/s sampling rate or is there?

 I don't know any other brand that offers the same in pocket size, this is the only i have found. There are some tablet cheap ones but not really of much use. If you don't really need a pocket one, you'll have options like the Rigol DHO800 series or the Owon ADS800A series. Both are able to be powered by USB-C port. Obviously not pocket size tho.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 23, 2025, 10:55:38 pm
I already have a proper desktop scope, I'm just toying with the idea of having something (very) portable.
But most probably I will be able to convince myself that I don't really need that anyway.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Serg65536 on September 24, 2025, 05:10:12 am
I already have a proper desktop scope, I'm just toying with the idea of having something (very) portable.
But most probably I will be able to convince myself that I don't really need that anyway.

This scope is really good at measuring differential voltages inside a circuit.

The lower the size - the higher impedance stuff you can measure. You can just connect it without a probe with a short wire.
There could be no match from mains powered or big oscilloscopes.

No currents from a mains PS,
no antena effects, no
noise picked up from a probe.
Multiply this by 1mV sensitivity!


Perfect!
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 24, 2025, 08:46:05 am
I already have a proper desktop scope, I'm just toying with the idea of having something (very) portable.
But most probably I will be able to convince myself that I don't really need that anyway.

This scope is really good at measuring differential voltages inside a circuit.

The lower the size - the higher impedance stuff you can measure. You can just connect it without a probe with a short wire.
There could be no match from mains powered or big oscilloscopes.

No currents from a mains PS,
no antena effects, no
noise picked up from a probe.
Multiply this by 1mV sensitivity!


Perfect!

Try to connect a ferrite inductance between the ground and tip of the probe to act as an antenna (like I showed a few posts back) approach it to smps ps, chargers, etc and you're able to clearly see the control chip working even without opening the case, and with the advantage of no emi noise injected by mains power like almost happens with bench scope specially if you're in places with lots of electrical noises and bad ground connections. You also can view injectors cycle on automobile work without direct connecting it to the harnesses. I have others small cheap scopes and none work like this. My guess is this one being a true real time sample one, just my guess.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Serg65536 on September 24, 2025, 09:41:57 am
I have others small cheap scopes and none work like this. My guess is this one being a true real time sample one, just my guess.

Yes, that's high sensitivity + reliable and fast trigger + real time sampling + high acquisition rate.

The best device in such a form factor and price!
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Atlan on September 24, 2025, 10:40:08 am
I would have liked a 7-inch screen, this is too small. Yes, it's fine for a pocket, but it needed a screen for control and display.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 24, 2025, 02:27:46 pm
This scope is really good at measuring differential voltages inside a circuit.
Sure, you can do that - with one channel - and it's still somewhat problematic. A scope running from a battery is not the same as an isolated scope.
If the ground of the scope is actually on a high level, the bare metal metal BNC connectors are a safety hazard.

Yes, that's high sensitivity + reliable and fast trigger + real time sampling + high acquisition rate.
Well, a scope without a "reliable" trigger is not a scope. Not sure what a "fast" trigger is. A trigger is a trigger. And again, the trigger system is about as basic as can be.
Side note: there is no trigger jitter specified. Actually, I couldn't find any specification for the accuracy of the time base, either.
"Real time sampling" is something that every normal scope does. Most modern scope also perform some kind of "equivalent time base sampling" for cyclic signals (and if the real time sample rate is not sufficient), but that doesn't change the fact that they are real-time sampling scopes.
And about the "high acquisition rate": again there is no (maximum) number specified for waveforms/s. Most modern scopes sit somewhere between 50k and 1 Million, so if I had to guess, the DsTouch scopes would be more on the low end of this.
But sure, the DS4T252 is probably better than most offerings in the ~100€ range. But this is mainly because most of them are total garbage or outdated.
Still, the form factor is the most interesting feature but also kinda limits the actual use cases. Fiddling around on such a small screen is problematic, protocol decoding is nearly useless due to the screen size, the limitation to two channels and the lacking trigger options.
I fear that even though it's kinda cool, I would mainly buy it to buy it but would rarely actually use it.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 24, 2025, 03:02:02 pm
Checking frequency of an old Toyocom TCO 64.000MHz. Just straight connection to the output. Haven't build the test circuit on datasheet.

The sample rate is exactly 200MS/s measured with cursors.

Spot on!



Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 24, 2025, 03:21:12 pm
Hm.
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Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 24, 2025, 05:43:00 pm
Hm.
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What you mean by Hm? do you have any doubts?
I have these modules for many years maybe 20 or more and they are surprisingly accurate today. The same with Citizen ones. And this scope is really competent in measuring frequency. The one on the photo is still exactly 64.000MHz and is one of the modules I use for testing.
This is Made in Japan not those Chinese crap ones
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 24, 2025, 05:58:19 pm
The data sheet seems to define the frequency stability as +/- 100ppm. That would be worse than any normal XTAL and make it pointless as frequency standard.
But maybe I'm reading it the wrong way.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 24, 2025, 06:20:21 pm
The data sheet seems to define the frequency stability as +/- 100ppm. That would be worse than any normal XTAL and make it pointless as frequency standard.
But maybe I'm reading it the wrong way.

The frequency stability of a TCO in ppm indicates the maximum acceptable deviation of its output frequency from its nominal frequency over a specified period or range of environmental conditions. But it's not mandatory that a deviation must exist at a certain temperature range for example, i always test it between 22-24 degrees C and compare it with my Siglent before any testing. And as you probably know Japan make the best modules, they are known for their precision/stability that's why they're expensive. Besides what will be my purpose in deceiving results? I'm just showing why I like this scope.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 25, 2025, 03:03:16 pm
And still, the absolute deviation is unclear. Even a OCXO trimmer with a GPSDO has some frequency error.
Besides, "64,000MHz" could means a few hundred Hz deviation. Which still would be a pretty low deviation, but most probably not "spot on".
E.g. 64000444Hz would also be displayed as 64,000MHz and it still would be a (rather good, but not great) 7ppm deviation.
Anyway, given that they brag about using an "EPSON high-precision low-temperature drift crystal oscillator", they could have specified the time base stability/accuracy in the data sheet.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 25, 2025, 04:19:34 pm
And still, the absolute deviation is unclear. Even a OCXO trimmer with a GPSDO has some frequency error.
Besides, "64,000MHz" could means a few hundred Hz deviation. Which still would be a pretty low deviation, but most probably not "spot on".
E.g. 64000444Hz would also be displayed as 64,000MHz and it still would be a (rather good, but not great) 7ppm deviation.
Anyway, given that they brag about using an "EPSON high-precision low-temperature drift crystal oscillator", they could have specified the time base stability/accuracy in the data sheet.

The DS4T252 its a 5 digit Frequency measurement on MHz scale meaning when you try to measure frequency on a MHz signal you can only get info down to KHz. In case of the 64.000MHz module with +-100ppm, the deviation accepted is +-6400Hz, meaning  Minimum frequency: 63,993,600 Hz
Maximum frequency: 64,006,400 Hz
so this module is within specs, so in perfect condition.

One of the features I asked DreamSourcelabs to add is a frequency counter.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: tol on September 27, 2025, 08:29:33 am
Hi, I've read the thread but I couldn't find any posts about how to open the device to replace the battery. Some people write that the enclosure is glued. Can it be opened without damaging it? After 3-5 years of use, when the battery finally dies, there may appear more interesting models and some people would prefer to buy a new oscilloscope rather than replace the battery, but still, I think many people would like to replace the battery instead of buying a new device, especially the owners of the more expensive DS4T1012 model.

And yet another question, is it worth overpaying for DS4T1012 for home and hobby use, or DS4T252 is more than enough? I've read the thread and some people write that the DS4T252 sensitivity is 1mV/DIV with hundreds  mVolts of noise, so I couldn't understand what's the use of such a sensitivity with such a high level of noise, when the noise will not allow to see the little amplitude signals anyway.  Does DS4T1012 also have such a noise? If it doesn't have such a noise, the 10mV/DIV of "clean" output may be even more preferable than 1mV/DIV of "dirty" output to find weak signals. Or if I don't understand something, please clarify.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 27, 2025, 12:40:12 pm
Hi, I've read the thread but I couldn't find any posts about how to open the device to replace the battery. Some people write that the enclosure is glued. Can it be opened without damaging it? After 3-5 years of use, when the battery finally dies, there may appear more interesting models and some people would prefer to buy a new oscilloscope rather than replace the battery, but still, I think many people would like to replace the battery instead of buying a new device, especially the owners of the more expensive DS4T1012 model.

And yet another question, is it worth overpaying for DS4T1012 for home and hobby use, or DS4T252 is more than enough? I've read the thread and some people write that the DS4T252 sensitivity is 1mV/DIV with hundreds  mVolts of noise, so I couldn't understand what's the use of such a sensitivity with such a high level of noise, when the noise will not allow to see the little amplitude signals anyway.  Does DS4T1012 also have such a noise? If it doesn't have such a noise, the 10mV/DIV of "clean" output may be even more preferable than 1mV/DIV of "dirty" output to find weak signals. Or if I don't understand something, please clarify.

To open the device search on YouTube for Kerry Wong video on the DS4T1012 he show and explain how to do it.

The differences between DS4T1012 vs DS4T252 are mainly bandwidth 150MHz vs 50MHz, sample rate 1GS/s vs 200MS/s, deep memory 16M vs 2M, vertical scale 10mV vs 1mV.  The functionality is the same, with the same results.

Regarding measuring mV signals, a few posts back I posted a photo showing a 2mV sine wave captured with DS4T252 at 1mV/div.

What model should you choose? well it depends on what frequencies your working at. The DS4T1012 is way more expensive and price close to a better rich features Bench scope like the new Owon ADS800A series or the Rigol DHO800 series.

One correction the noise floor on 1mV/div is around hundreds uV (micro volts) not mV.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: tol on September 27, 2025, 03:07:02 pm

One correction the noise floor on 1mV/div is around hundreds uV (micro volts) not mV.

When exactly 1mV/div may be useful in real life? I mean, when we deal with digital electronics, even +/- 0.2 Volts in the signal doesn't make difference in most cases, and many chips don't care of 0.8 V difference, so I'm not sure if this 1mV/div sensitivity with 50Mhz is better than 10mV/div with 150MHz, although I don't need it either :) Just want to find out what model is the most useful for its price. 200MS/s is rumored to be not enough for 2 channels. I've got Zoyi ZT-703s and it has (kind of) 280MS/s, and it also seems to be not enough for its (kind of) 50Mhz bandwidth.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 27, 2025, 03:27:58 pm
 

One correction the noise floor on 1mV/div is around hundreds uV (micro volts) not mV.

When exactly 1mV/div may be useful in real life? I mean, when we deal with digital electronics, even +/- 0.2 Volts in the signal doesn't make difference in most cases, and many chips don't care of 0.8 V difference, so I'm not sure if this 1mV/div sensitivity with 50Mhz is better than 10mV/div with 150MHz, although I don't need it either :) Just want to find out what model is the most useful for its price. 200MS/s is rumored to be not enough for 2 channels. I've got Zoyi ZT-703s and it has (kind of) 280MS/s, and it also seems to be not enough for its (kind of) 50Mhz bandwidth.

For me 1mV is useful because I have the need to test sensors that operate up to 50mV or lower, sometimes on the 0-8mV range.
If I need better analysis or above 50MHz, 1GS/s I use a bench scope. If the upper model drop is price to half, I'll get one.

This pocket size although very capable in many tasks won't totally replace a good bench scope.

I bought it for its good battery life, size, touch screen, and being a little device that I can trust what I see.
For decoding it can do the job but it's better a 4CH one

I see this little device as a kind of Swiss knife.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: tol on September 28, 2025, 04:44:26 am
I see this little device as a kind of Swiss knife.

So you think 200MS/s in enough for this 50Mhz device?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 28, 2025, 09:29:03 am
I see this little device as a kind of Swiss knife.

So you think 200MS/s in enough for this 50Mhz device?

If you want to capture 50MHz sine waves YES
if you want perfect square waves NO.

200MS/s display a 50MHz square wave as sine wave.

For a good representation of a square wave you need one with much higher bandwidth and sample rate something like 350MHz bandwidth 500MS/s it will be able to capture up to the 7th harmonic, but they will be expensive ones.

5MHz square waves are displayed fine.
10MHz it's acceptable to understand it's a square wave

So you first need to know what type of signals you're looking at, their frequency, then search for an adequate oscilloscope.

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on September 29, 2025, 10:05:59 pm
To open the device search on YouTube for Kerry Wong video on the DS4T1012 he show and explain how to do it.
For the record: it's a destructive disassembly: since the whole thing is held together by the rubber housing which is glued to the other parts, he broke the rubber part during disassembly and then the rest fell apart.
Also the battery is glued  in. I.e. changing the battery is not really intended. So, after a few years, you are supposed to throw it away.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on September 29, 2025, 11:11:39 pm
To open the device search on YouTube for Kerry Wong video on the DS4T1012 he show and explain how to do it.
For the record: it's a destructive disassembly: since the whole thing is held together by the rubber housing which is glued to the other parts, he broke the rubber part during disassembly and then the rest fell apart.
Also the battery is glued  in. I.e. changing the battery is not really intended. So, after a few years, you are supposed to throw it away.

I don't think it's destructive to the point of throwing to the trash. The glue is not strong and easily get loose. With a little care it's possible to remove the rubber housing without destroy it. If you slow charge it, it will last many years. I own several battery powered devices for more than 10 years and the batteries still hold 90-95% of the capacity. It's all about slow charging to 98% and never let them overheat during the process. The battery of one of my test ebikes with 47000Km still maintain a capacity of 98% after 8 years of use.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: tol on October 12, 2025, 05:06:47 am
Does anyone know the screen resolution of this device? It's only mentioned that it has an ips 4.3 inch, but there is no info about resolution.

I'm trying to chose between DSO3D12 and DS4T252, the price is basically the same, but they seem to be rather different in specs. Maybe somebody has both devices and can make a comparison in terms of measurement precision, stability and reliability, how both devices work in the same test tasks? Why I'm asking is because I have Zoyi703 and it is also kind of good in specs but it's trigger doesn't work properly in real life (can miss signals and events), so I cannot rely on it.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: danno_cj on October 12, 2025, 09:09:44 am
Resolution from screenshots is 480x272. Trigger holdoff adjustable up to 1 second it is a feature that is not found on similar price range scopes. I don't have zeeweii scope but if  I compare both the only situation when zeeweii  win is when you don't have any multimeter. Even if you are in this situation take note about this: the dmm integrated in zeeweii is very basic and there are a lot of cheap dmm that perform at least as this zeeweii 3 in 1 scope.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: tol on November 12, 2025, 05:07:55 am
Does it have a bart simpson effect? If it does, at what frequency it starts to be noticeable?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on November 12, 2025, 10:09:41 am
Does it have a bart simpson effect? If it does, at what frequency it starts to be noticeable?

I don't know what bart simpson effect is
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: tol on November 12, 2025, 10:33:47 am
Bart Simpson effect - when starting from some frequency the flat parts of the real signal start to resemble the hair of Bart Simpson.
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Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Aldo22 on November 12, 2025, 10:49:53 am
Bart Simpson effect - when starting from some frequency the flat parts of the real signal start to resemble the hair of Bart Simpson.

Is this also known as the "gibbs phenomenon"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbs_phenomenon
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: tol on November 12, 2025, 01:41:24 pm
Is this also known as the "gibbs phenomenon"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbs_phenomenon
Looks like it is, but the wiki page about it is for geeks only :) All I know is that it is typical for cheap oscilloscopes and more expensive ones can somehow filter it out. So the question is at what freq it starts to become visible and annoying in this oscilloscope.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ptluis on November 12, 2025, 06:59:13 pm
Bart Simpson effect - when starting from some frequency the flat parts of the real signal start to resemble the hair of Bart Simpson.
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Now I know what you mean. The answer is NO "Bart Simpson" effect! I tested up to 10MHz square wave, direct cable connection between AWG and the scope. Since my AWG only generate acceptable square waves up to 10MHz, I can't test above that.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Twiggy on January 14, 2026, 04:13:31 pm
Hello, is there any protective accessories to buy for this device? I consider it for automotive use and would like to avoid the mishap of this poor fellow

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics/comments/1oyq905/replacing_broken_lcd_on_oscilloscope/

Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: tol on January 14, 2026, 04:21:11 pm
They fcked away their website a few days ago: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/dreamsourcelabs-still-in-business/ (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/dreamsourcelabs-still-in-business/)
I confirm that it showed a strange blog for a few days but it looks like they got their website back now...
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: flywheelz on February 14, 2026, 03:52:10 am
Am I overlooking it or does this oscilloscope not support saving/loading waveforms so you can do measurements at a later time?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: danno_cj on February 15, 2026, 09:56:19 am
You can't save waveforms to do measurements later. Screenshot can be saved with measurements already done at that moment. You can't import that picture to do other measurements or delete those that are already imposed on picture.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: flywheelz on February 15, 2026, 04:53:35 pm
You can't save waveforms to do measurements later. Screenshot can be saved with measurements already done at that moment. You can't import that picture to do other measurements or delete those that are already imposed on picture.

That is a terrible oversight to not include such features. Sometimes it's important to load a reference waveform. A deal breaker for me.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Kangaroo on June 13, 2026, 02:57:39 pm
Hello,

I’m looking for a handled oscilloscope 2 channels with a bandwidth around 50MHz/100MHz + signal generator + multimeter (if any, not my priority).
After watching some reviews/manuals, I’m hesitating between these four models :

- Zeeweii DSO2512G, the cheaper but with the larger oscilloscope bandwidth (120MHz, or rather 80 MHz according to some reviews). The  signal generator is so-so (the signal amplitude can’t be adjusted) but it includes a video output which can be useful.

-Zeeweii DSO3D12, equivalent to the DSO2512G  (without the video output) but for only a few $ more, it includes a multimeter (however the 10 A input is unfused ! Maybe it’ possible to add one because the DSO3D12 seems easy to dismantle ?).

 - DreamSourceLab DS4T252, the oscilloscope seems the most sophisticated but with the smallest bandwidth (50 MHz). Difficult to be dismounted, it seems almost impossible to replace the battery. The signal generator is better (possibility to adjust the amplitude and the offset) but with only basic waveforms.

- Owon HDS272S, oscilloscope bandwidth 70MHz with a multimeter too (which seems safer than the DSO3D12 one). This is the most expensive model but it can communicate with a PC (software included), data can be saved in CSV files and the  signal generator seems the best one : amplitude and offset adjustment, a lot of waveforms, positive and negative signal (I’m not sure).

Any suggestions/recommendations ?

I have also another question, especially for Dcm and Trifusion :  how did you get the free shipping for the DS4T252 ? For me, the minimum shipping cost is 10 $ on the DreamSourceLab website (DS4T252 price is 99 $ and free shipping for order over 100$).
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Kangaroo on July 02, 2026, 05:24:46 pm
Hello,

I finally bought the DS4T252 model (99$ + 10$ for delivery) and I received it very quickly (only 8 days to France).

Good news, I questioned DreamSourceLab about the Mini HDMI and I got this answer : Regarding Mini HDMI, we are planning to offer a wireless connection module to enable connection and control between the DSTouch device and the host computer software. This plan is currently in progress and has not yet been launched

I also send other questions (see below) but since I didn’t get any answers, maybe some DS4T252 owners have these answers :

Regarding the interpolation, I don’t see the difference between the linear and the sine method : if I capture a sinusoïdal signal of 100KHz at 5ms/div with a storage depth of 10K/20K (sampling rate = 400KSa/s, so 4 points for one signal period), when I zoom on the signal (at 2us/div for example) I saw effectively the 4 points connected with straight lines with the linear interpolation but also with the sinx/x interpolation, instead of the complete signal (according to the Nyquist criteria, 4 points/period are enough to reconstruct the complete signal with the sinx/x interpolation).

Regarding the waveform refresh rate, I understood it is 60 wfms/s with a storage depth of 10M/20M : if I reduce the storage depth to 10K/20K, does the waveform refresh rate increase ?

Finally, by clicking on the DreamSourceLab logo it is indicated Real-time sample rate : 200MSa/s (max) and Equivalent sample rate : 1GSa/s (max), but how can equivalent sample rate be selected ?
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: 0xdeadbeef on July 02, 2026, 06:57:38 pm
I don't know. It seems they haven't released any hardware or software for two years or so. I would be kinda surprised if there would be any more major updates.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: washley on July 02, 2026, 09:33:45 pm
I don't know. It seems they haven't released any hardware or software for two years or so. I would be kinda surprised if there would be any more major updates.
And their last github commit was May 10 2024 (over 2 years ago).
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: maxmatteo on July 16, 2026, 09:42:25 am
ok i just bought the DS4T252, there is nothing comparable at this size.

hope there will be a future firmware release. but it seems the company is quite silent.

at least i just got my shipping notice :)
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: ledtester on July 16, 2026, 11:28:23 am
I've noticed that their 150 MHz model, the DS4T1012, has been "out of stock" for some time.

I wonder if DreamSource has effectively discontinued it.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: maxmatteo on July 22, 2026, 02:12:17 pm
just got a reply regarding updates & can decoding. seems they are alive :)

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The firmware for the DS4T252 will be kept updated based on market feedback. Since the current functionality is relatively complete, the update frequency will not be too high.

Regarding the CAN protocol implementation you mentioned, we are currently developing an expansion module for DSTouch. This project aims to enable connectivity between DSTouch series devices and host computer software, allowing portable device data to be uploaded to the host computer and sharing features such as the host computer's decoder. The project is still in the development stage, and no release date has been confirmed yet.

If you are interested, you can follow our official website or send me an email later to stay updated on the project release progress.
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Kurt_! on August 06, 2026, 11:35:56 am
Can this device be controlled remotely?
For example, with DSview...
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: danno_cj on August 06, 2026, 04:54:50 pm
No, only from touchscreen can be controlled. DSview is for USB oscilloscope and don't work with DSTouch scopes
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Kurt_! on August 06, 2026, 06:52:28 pm
No, only from touchscreen can be controlled. DSview is for USB oscilloscope and don't work with DSTouch scopes

Too bad, it would have been nice...
With the mouse...
Let's see...it's already ordered!
Another little toy...
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Kurt_! on August 26, 2026, 01:34:49 pm
I got my DS4T252 yesterday.
I played around with it a bit.
1mV square wave, 1MHz... not too bad!

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Ps.: You can tell 200 MSPS isn't much....
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Kurt_! on September 14, 2026, 03:18:56 pm
I'm surprised that people aren't writing much anymore?
I think it's too perfect.
Most devices in the small class can't compete with that!
But there's one thing I haven't found yet.
The way to fade the measured values ​​in and out during FFT.
That's annoying...
Can someone say something about it?
That would be great!
Title: Re: DreamSourceLab DSTouch / DS4T1012 / DS4T252
Post by: Kurt_! on September 15, 2026, 02:12:55 am
On the left, I meant the measured values.
They overlap with the FFT...

Ps.:You can delete them, but then you have to re-compile the measured values....