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TomKatt:

--- Quote from: bigfede on February 15, 2023, 08:14:29 am ---I had in the past the DS1054Z unlocked. Recently I've sell it on eBay trying to upgrade my bench.
In general I do not use scope for "fast" signals (I have never measured signals faster than 10MHz) but just for power supplies ripples, data bus, and so on. Never used for any kind of HF application. So my question is, can you help me choosing ?

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Just curious - from your description, it would almost seem as though the DS1054Z would have met most of your requirements...  In what ways did you find it lacking enough to sell it and consider upgrading?

Your requirements seem relatively modest, yet your budget and considerations far exceed them?

Edit - of course, you may be like myself and simply always want 'better'...  However, the wife tends to view priorities somewhat differently lol  :P
nctnico:
There are many recent threads about oscilloscopes so there really isn't a good reason to start another one. The  DS1054Z firmware has slowly matured but the newer Rigols seem like a bug-fest needing a couple of years to get fixed.

With the OP's budget I'd take a good look at one of the new, big screen MicSig tablet oscilloscopes.
bigfede:
I point out that the screen was pretty small when working with four channels, also the FFT was not readable at all. Also I thought to upgrade in order to be able to do "more". For example: I have a logic analyser that directly connect to my Mac, It's from DreamSourceLab and it works pretty good, I can record and then do some kind of post processing. It happened sometime that I need to have a look at signals in real time, and it was not possible at all! So maybe with the MSO5000 the integrates digital inputs I can finally do that.
bigfede:

--- Quote from: JeremyC on February 15, 2023, 04:43:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: bigfede on February 15, 2023, 04:14:12 pm ---Ok, but any competitor? I mean I've always used Rigol or Lecroy, but is there any good competitor to this model?

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You should check the Siglent SDS2104X Plus, it can be easily hacked to 500MHz and has very low noise front end.

In the EU you can get the SDS2104X+ for ~1199 Euro from “Batter Fly”, link below
https://www.batterfly.com/shop/en/siglent-sds2104x-plus

Check the SDS2104 and MSO5074 side by side review:





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I've seen this video surfing around on YT and I was not sure on my choice. I mean: the Ripon have 8Gsa/S ( :Pthat for the prize is amazing) but Siglent "only" 2..
tautech:

--- Quote from: bigfede on February 16, 2023, 07:53:03 am ---I've seen this video surfing around on YT and I was not sure on my choice. I mean: the Ripon have 8Gsa/S ( :Pthat for the prize is amazing) but Siglent "only" 2..

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Yes two 2GSa/s ADC's each serving 2 channels and each ADC with 200 Mpts memory depth.
With 4 channels driven SDS2000X Plus provides 1 GSa/s and 100 Mpts max per channel.

Lesson is the big numbers need be broken down to see the full picture.
SDS2000X Plus is a 350 MHz 4ch or 500 MHz 2 channel design depending on how you need to use it.

However, you said the DS1054Z screen was too small for your liking but with a DSO with a webserver you can port the display to a PC display where you won't have any issues with waveforms or FFT being to small.
But this always comes back to needs and available budget.  :popcorn: 
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