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New bench scope - Fnirsi 1014D, 7", 1GSa/s
mkstevo:
--- Quote from: Doctorandus_P on November 14, 2021, 03:10:24 pm ---I've seen a few reviews of these "fnisi" things and I find it appalling. (The fnirsi, not the reviews).
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Decent scopes start at around EUR250.
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With respect though, that is nearly double the price of the FNIRSI.
I have an OWON that I use at work which cost close to £400 five years ago and it is worse in every single way to the FNIRSI. Not only is the user interface worse, it takes in advance of 60 seconds to start, it constantly needs the self-calibration running, the display isn't as bight and any measurements are laid over part of the (much smaller) screen. Worse still is that if you move the trigger point to view more of the waveform on the OWON if you change the horizontal timebase the trigger point moves relative to the timebase making the trigger point move right off the screen and somewhere into last/next week.
I too have used some very high end oscilloscopes, I have worked in the technical department for a Technical College, for a company that manufactured measuring equipment in the aerospace and oil extraction industries and for consumer electronics companies, I'm now working for a small company where money is restricted for test equipment and so bought the OWON, I wish I'd had the chance then to buy the FNIRSI. I don't seek to claim that Hameg should be worried by FNIRSI, the two are polar opposites, but for the life of me I can't understand the snobbery towards FNIRSI.
It is a superb little oscilloscope and function generator, bought with realistic expectations I doubt you would be disappointed. Yes, I'd love a Hameg at home like I used to work with, but I can't justify the expense for something I'll use only a few times a year. I would also like to justify replacing the OWON with a FNIRSI, it would save me pulling my hair out quite as often.
tautech:
--- Quote from: mkstevo on January 26, 2022, 07:25:12 pm ---
I don't seek to claim that Hameg should be worried by FNIRSI, the two are polar opposites, but for the life of me I can't understand the snobbery towards FNIRSI.
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Despite your experience you have overlooked the most basic of scope requirements, input sensitivity and input ratings !
With a max sensitivity of only 50mV/div and 40V max at 1x input attenuation severely limits this scope for even basic use. Only by adding a 10x probe is the input rating increased to 400V, a rating that is standard at 1x for most other DSO's available however with a 10x probe max sensitivity becomes 500mV/div !
Snobbery, be buggered, practical usefulness is what really matters.
badz:
--- Quote from: mkstevo on January 26, 2022, 07:25:12 pm ---It is a superb little oscilloscope and function generator, bought with realistic expectations I doubt you would be disappointed. Yes, I'd love a Hameg at home like I used to work with, but I can't justify the expense for something I'll use only a few times a year. I would also like to justify replacing the OWON with a FNIRSI, it would save me pulling my hair out quite as often.
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You can watch few teardown videos for this scope, its hardware design is worse than 1013d tablet scope. For 1014D they have to use software averaging and interpolation algorithms to deal with ringing and noisy inputs.
JOSM:
I have bought a unit of the FNIRSI 1014D. I like the idea of having the 5V power supply. That makes it portable.
So, here is my mod.
I am using an USB power bank RealPower PB-5000C. The good thing about this powerbank is, it does not need to be switched on prior to usage. That makes it easy to hide inside the oscilloscope.
Jackster:
Just got one of these today. Jesus, they must have gone out of their way to get the worst encoders they could get. I'm sure there are cheaper ones better than this :-DD
For what I need, this scope works great.
I am binning ultrasonic sensors and just wanted an easy way to certify each transducer and receiver with a 100Hz step.
At 20-60Hz, this scope I think is more than accurate enough to selectively bin components?
Got it off Amazon UK for £150, https://amzn.to/33sQ1Os and it is branded "YEAPOOK ADS1014D" on the listing and box but the actual scope just has "Oscilloscope" as the brand on the top left.
Had a few free £20 coupons to use up so only cost me a few quid and got it same day.
Is the firmware worth updating? I don't know how to tell which version I am on. Right now it works fine and I sort of don't want to touch it.
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