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REVIEW - Rigol DS2072 - First Impressions of the DS2000 series from Rigol
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marmad:
I have to say: so far I'm rather disappointed with Rigol's latest firmware release (after waiting 6 months).

I haven't seen any new features added (most disappointedly: no change to the lame External Trigger) -  although I have found at least one minor bug fix so far (see next post) - and perhaps more to come with further tests.

So far, the only UI thing I've noticed that's different is the way they display the Options Installed table - slightly smaller and more condensed (room for more entries):

marmad:
It seems Rigol has definitely done some work on the intensity-grading in the Zoom window of Delayed Sweep in the latest FW release. It was often too light - much lighter than when just stopping the DSO and zooming in by shortening the time base - which forced you to crank up the intensity all the way some times.

Here is a screen image I made documenting part of the problem for them (via Drieg) back in June using FW 01.01.00.02 - with the intensity setting around 30%:




Here are the exact same signals and settings (including 30% intensity setting) using the latest FW 02.01.00.03:


rbola35618:
Marmad,

The intensity grading looks much better in the new DS1104 scope. I am presently evaluating both DS2202 and the DS1104Z side by side along with my agilent DSX3000. The best intensity grading is won by the Agilent with the DS1104 a close second and the DS2000 last. That was one of my complains in evaluating the DS4000 series in that the display was in certain conditions too dim.
Galaxyrise:

--- Quote from: marmad on December 07, 2013, 02:30:59 am ---It seems Rigol has definitely done some work on the intensity-grading in the Zoom window of Delayed Sweep in the latest FW release.

--- End quote ---
Ooo, did they fix high res in roll mode? It had the same problem.
marmad:

--- Quote from: rbola35618 on December 07, 2013, 03:20:33 am ---The intensity grading looks much better in the new DS1104 scope... The best intensity grading is won by the Agilent with the DS1104 a close second and the DS2000 last.
--- End quote ---

This would be a purely subjective opinion - it sounds like you prefer intensity-grading with a narrower band. Both the Agilent and the DS1000Z have <=64 levels, while the DS2000/4000 have up to 256 levels.

I like the intensity-grading on the DS2000 fine - more than what I've seen in videos for the Agilent X-Series and DS1000Z. The main problem, IMO, was the implementation of it when in Delayed Sweep mode - and it appears that Rigol might have finally corrected that issue.
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