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Function gen for amateur bench: FY6900-60M vs Siglent 1025 or 1032X
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kimballa:
Hello,

I'm getting more serious with my amateur hardware hacking and need to buy some more equipment for my home EE workbench, including a function generator.

My needs:

* Stable performance down through the audio frequency range -- 10 Hz to 10kHz
* Some moderately high-speed capability for digital use: 10MHz sine min, 25MHz would be plenty. Square wave seems usually available at a lower frequency than the "headline" value and that's OK.
* Frequency counter function
* Basic waveforms (sine, square, ramp) and FM
* 2 Ch. model preferred
* Reasonably compact (not looking for rackmount!) but also would prefer a "box" form factor so it can stack with other equipment
In terms of new equipment from a reputable brand, the Siglent 1032X seems like the best bang for buck features-wise at $360. I see these at slight discount sometimes to buy used (~$300), and sometimes the older series like the Siglent 1025 or 1010 available for more like $200-225.

Would you spring for one of these sorts of options?

Alternatively, there are the Alibaba specials like the FY6900-60M  (manufactured under any number of made up "brand names") for much less -- $150-180 or so -- that seem to have comparable capabilities although they lack some of the bells and whistles like network access (which I think is fine). Do those actually work? Or are you liable to buy a lemon?
kimballa:
(And, apologies, I just realized this should have gone in the "Test Equipment" board!)
MiDi:
UNI-T UTG932E/UTG962E may be an alternative.
tautech:
Owned 1010, same HW as 1025, no you don't really want one of these older units if you have the budget for the much better featured SDG1032X which in case you didn't know can be encouraged to become a SDG1062X.  ;)
bdunham7:
The Feeltech and friends FY6x00 series were OK when they were cheap, but I'd be reluctant to pay real money for them and like many things, they seem to cost more these days.  They do perform as advertised and I haven't had any trouble, but the SDG1032X will be a much nicer unit overall.  If you can find a deal on an SDG2042X that's even better because it can be hacked to 120MHz, making it usable for things like FM radio. However, if you specifically need square waves, the SDG1032X actually has an edge in that department.
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