R&S RTH1000 Oscilloscope Front Panel Responsiveness and Touchscreen

[Rich@RohdeScopesUSA]

Hi Folks,

User @radar_macgyver (cool username btw) asked in another thread:

Was wondering if there was any info beyond the "two minutes to decide" clip about the RTH1004 hand-held scope. It seems like a nice product, but I couldn't find a review video (unlike say Keysight's DSO series). What I was interested in is how responsive the scope user interface is. Hand-held scopes in general need to make some compromises on this front (eg: buttons instead of knobs), I wanted to know what I was getting in to. Another question was about the capacitive touch screen and how it responds to small amounts of water (for example a light mist or condensation).

I put together a quick video in my (messy) home office showing how the touchscreen handles water along with how you can drive the scope without using the touchscreen.  Hope this helps!

https://youtu.be/5aCww0YGJUs

-Rich

[radar_macgyver]

Thanks, Rich, that was most informative. It's good to know that many of the 'traditional' scope functions that are normally done with knobs can be done with the touch screen, this would come in very handy when we're hanging 50 feet up in a tower I normally much prefer knobs to buttons, but the touch screen eases the transition.

The video convinced me, I'm going to recommend we get one of these for our lab. Thanks!