I have a MicSig TO1104 myself and tested it very thouroughly.
Yes and thank you for the great review you made, it convinced me that the micsig is an actual oscilloscope and not a toy.
The TO1104 also offers input filtering which might be useful to turn PWM signals back into 'analog' signals by filtering the high frequency content away.
Good point, I did not think about that.
I think you'll be happy with the Siglent. The Siglent is generally well reviewed here and IIRC you can fairly easily mod it for increased bandwidth and additional features. You'll need to dig around in the big thread for that.
For what I do, the Micsig TO1104 covers nearly everything I need. I can get access to other scopes for anything not covered.
Yes I think that additional options offered by Siglent are somewhat accessory for me. But marketing made its job and I wonder if I will miss segmented memory, pass/fail trigger (buggy in siglent anyway ?), or color gradient options at some point.
I think they've been busy with the ATO1000 version of the scope which added automotive diagnostics and the STO1000 version of the scope with adds a bunch of hardware controls. The latest firmware is v343 which came out around November 2018 to support the ATO1000 so it isn't abandoned. If you've got a TO1000 then you can unlock the automotive features with an additional license key. I've no idea how well the automotive diagnostics works but it seems to list a lot of different tests and options.
Ok I probably missed it, the latest update I could find on chinese website is 273. Do you have a direct link to 343 ?
Automotive is not a major requirement (I have dedicated hardware for that) but it could be interesting to try out.
Yes I saw the STO1000 on chinese version of the website, not sure about the layout and quality of knobs/buttons but it could be the "missing link" able to convince users of traditionnal oscilloscopes (or outdoor users wearing gloves). Is this going on the market soon ?
Rigol/Siglent/Micsig all have pluses and minuses you will just need to find your best fit.
For a function Generator go with an external one $50-150 gets you a lot of bang for your $ Feeltech or JDS you can later on if you need it spend more if you decide you need to. I am just going through the upgrade thing at present from a Feeltech 30mHz.
Have fun deciding
Thank you
After reading messages Agilent is out and I start to have a preference for Micsig.
I think that I read all forum posts about it, and I am surprised to see no attempts for hacking it (just one message mentionning reverse engineering but nothing happened). Is there a linux heart beating in there ?
The form factor and hardware are very nice and I am sure that community could add precious features if micsig were keen to provide scripting or user-extension possibilities. As a developper I would
love to work on 'improving' such device !
Thank you all for your messages, keep adding your thoughts, I might change my mind again