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| Let’s Talk About LeCroy Scopes, AKA… the “Wuerstchenhund Holds Court” Thread |
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| joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on November 11, 2015, 06:31:22 am ---Well, I did get a Transcend PSD330 IDE SSD (the same one you used), and it's sitting here and waiting to be installed for a few months now ;) I'm pretty sure it will work, though, as Transcend fixed the UDMA issues that occurred with the older PSD320 in these scopes. --- Quote --- The one in my WM has not been a problem as well. However, this DSO does not get much use. For the WM I changed some of the settings to help the drive life. For the WR, I did nothing except to mirror it. Give it a try and post your results. --- Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on November 11, 2015, 06:31:22 am ---The hand piece housings of older AP-033 and AP-034 Differential probes are often broken (the underside tends to crack), however a new replacement housing is $17 or so (and its the newer, improved and more modern looking design which won't crack). Probes without housing or with parts of the housing missing can often be found on ebay and are a good way to get a very good probe for cheap. --- End quote --- These are the probes I have had to repair. http://teledynelecroy.com/images/dx00a-at.png Amazed but the tips have been bent, chipped and broken off. I have not had an eBay account for several years, but for fun I looked to see if I could find a working probe under $2000. No luck. --- End quote --- --- End quote --- |
| Electro Fan:
W-Man, maybe you could use your good will with LeCroy to convince them they should consider adding the $1500 MSO probe harness for the digital channels to their bundle deal. I know the incremental cost of software is close to zero but this accessory doesn't look like it's a super long way from zero. If they had more people using their scopes and reporting how happy they are with their scopes you could get a rally going. Seriously, there is an opportunity for MSOs in the market between Rigol and 5k. |
| pascal_sweden:
--- Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on November 09, 2015, 09:33:39 am --- --- Quote from: Electro Fan on November 07, 2015, 08:47:11 pm ---Without further ado, here is the “Let’s Talk About LeCroy Scopes”, AKA… the “Wuerstchenhund Holds Court” thread. :clap: --- End quote --- *hammering gavel to the block* Silence! The court is in session! >:D (sorry, I just couldn't resist, plus I always wanted to try that Shadow font!) ;) --- End quote --- So funny! Cool to have people like you guys on this forum! It's really learnful, and discussions are nice! |
| Wuerstchenhund:
--- Quote from: Electro Fan on December 09, 2015, 08:57:03 pm ---W-Man, maybe you could use your good will with LeCroy to convince them they should consider adding the $1500 MSO probe harness for the digital channels to their bundle deal. --- End quote --- I doubt I can. But then, getting the MSO probe kit for free should be achievable, especially if you buy one of the larger WS3k scopes. Just because it's not part of the official bundle doesn't mean LeCroy can't be convinced to include it. Don't forget, how much you pay for big brand T&M gear is pretty much down to your negotiation skills (and how often you mention Keysight, especially when they have a promo!) ;) Another alternative might be to import the harness from the Siglent SDS3000 (which is the same scope) that is only sold in China. I haven't seen any prices or availability but I guess that this isn't impossible. --- Quote ---I know the incremental cost of software is close to zero but this accessory doesn't look like it's a super long way from zero. --- End quote --- I see what you mean, and you're right, it doesn't look like a very complex or expensive item. --- Quote ---If they had more people using their scopes and reporting how happy they are with their scopes you could get a rally going. Seriously, there is an opportunity for MSOs in the market between Rigol and 5k. --- End quote --- True, but it's not that there isn't anything else besides Rigol. On the cheaper end there's the Hameg R&S HMO Series MSO scopes, and there's also the R&S RTM (although with MSO option the 200MHz 2ch variant is very close to $5k). |
| Howardlong:
--- Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on December 10, 2015, 06:34:08 am --- --- Quote ---I know the incremental cost of software is close to zero but this accessory doesn't look like it's a super long way from zero. --- End quote --- I see what you mean, and you're right, it doesn't look like a very complex or expensive item.. --- End quote --- While I agree that there'll certainly be some gouge on such an option, if it's a passive unit some of the "cost" will be in the cable itself: if it's anything like the Tek MSO LA cables, the multi-way coaxial cable and the final probe wires themselves have damped distributed resistance of one or two hundred ohms. For smallish volumes and runs, the tooling to make such cables is going to be a very significant factor. As a comparison, the Rigol MSO1000 cables (RPL1116) take a different approach, they use active pods with comparators and simple ribbon cable to avoid the need for special cable and counter intuitively these are almost certainly much cheaper to make than a passive cable with distributed resistances. |
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