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I pulled the trigger on a Siglent SDG-1032X. A few questions
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VolvoBrad007:

--- Quote from: tautech on December 12, 2016, 06:36:58 am ---When you've found your way around the menus go into Utility>System Info and check which FW version it's using.
The latest is P22 and you can download it here:
http://www.siglentamerica.com/USA_website_2014/Firmware&Software/firmware/SDG1000X_P22.rar

It's an .rar package and you'll need to unpack it for the instructions and the .ads FW file.

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Thanks tautech!  I just powered it on and checked.  The current firmware is 1.01.01.19R2.

Cheers for the link, I shall download the latest firmware and update my unit! :) Good stuff.


Thanks again for all your wonderful and continued help!



Cheers,
-Brad
kasti:
Hi SDG1032x won't wake up after inserting SD card. I idiot thought that the card would be visible in the system like a USB stick and I put the SD there. Now Siglent is closed. The furious wife screams that I'm sitting and trying to fix it but it doesn't work. Please help because my wife is still packing my suitcases.
bdunham7:

--- Quote from: VolvoBrad007 on December 07, 2016, 08:36:00 am ---Also how does the HI-Z and 50ohm relate in electronics world?  I know how it relates when I'm plugging in a HI-Z microphone into my preamp or HI-Z instrument outputs.  As Z is impedance. 

I'm pretty sure I understand, just as my mixing board wants to "see" a certain load, and can change depending on which jacks and inputs and outputs you are using.  I will definitely check out this thread!

With ham radio, there are lengths of coax you want to avoid.  Are there any lengths you should or shouldn't be using (generally speaking) with the AWG?

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I've only skimmed the thread, but it looks like a little clarity on something may help.  Without addressing why things are the way they are, let me give you some simple answers to these three questions.

The SDG1032X output is essentially a nearly perfect voltage source followed by a 50R resistor.  The selection of 'Hi-Z' or '50R' makes absolutely no difference to its actual functioning, however if you have it set to Hi-Z it will display the voltage of the voltage source and if you have it set to 50R it will display a number that is exactly 1/2 that of the voltage source.  That's what it actually does, why is a different question. It is important to realize that the AWG has no way of sensing the actual output voltage at the BNC.
 
The AWG does not 'want' to see a certain load and doesn't care about the output impedance (or reactance, to a point) as long as it is passive.  (Connecting to power sources is all bad)  However, the resultant voltage and current at the output will vary according to the load parameters, that is up to you to figure out and work with.

As long as you keep your cables under about 1 meter, I think it is pretty unlikely that you'll have any noticeable issues with cables, impedance mismatches or any of that.  You can typically just connect your AWG directly to a 1M scope input and still not have any serious issues with reflections or ringing because it is back-terminated at the AWG.  The only exception might be using the square wave function with multiple stubs and connections.  I'm not saying you should just ignore termination and related issues nor that someone clever couldn't cook up a setup that would prove me wrong here, just noting that you can often get away with ignoring the concepts altogether, especially if you are at lower bandwidths.  You should explore this whole issue on  your own as you have a terminator, cables, etc to play with.

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