Hi,
I'm currently in the market for a bench power supply for home use and like most people want a bargain in the process - more features than I know what to do with, at price that's too good to be true.
But above all else it must be reliable.
I've been drawn to the Rigol DP832 lately and although there's plenty of posts about problems, these by and large seem to be resolved in the latest hardware (I'd most likely be buying new if I get the discount code
).
For the OP, from what I've read the `A` model isn't worth the extra cost for a home user, what with all the solutions that can be achieved from searching the forums so I'm looking at the non-A model.
From my point of view - what are the main alternatives to the DP83x units in terms of features/price range before I commit to going this route?
In terms of "toy" features for a home user, I really like the LXi idea having previous experience in designing software to control ATEs.
I've looked at the siglent units that I can get cheaper but I'm not convinced.
I'm mostly looking at something for small digital circuits but I do have a large collection of vintage (germanium) audio amplifiers I need to get around to fixing.
There's plenty of (i'll call them clones of someone's design) units on auction sites that are cheap, but I worry they won't be reliable/clean outputs.
I would probably prefer a TTi/Agilent Unfortunately the availability of Agilent/keysight PSUs in this price range (even 2nd hand) doesn't appear to come up in the UK as much as the US.
Thanks!