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New Keysight 4 Channel Scope (1200 X-Series)
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mikeselectricstuff:

--- Quote from: Keysight DanielBogdanoff on February 13, 2019, 09:23:03 pm ---And sure, the PSU caps aren't the best out there, but looking at the numbers the reliability of the 2-channel 1000X is insanely good. I obviously can't share numbers, but the AFR/MTBF is easily 2x better than a lot of our other gear.

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I really can't understand why people get so worked up about caps. A failed cap is a very easy fault to diagnose and fix - if you can't fix that you have no business owning a scope ;D
nctnico:

--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on February 14, 2019, 09:45:59 am ---
--- Quote from: Keysight DanielBogdanoff on February 13, 2019, 09:23:03 pm ---And sure, the PSU caps aren't the best out there, but looking at the numbers the reliability of the 2-channel 1000X is insanely good. I obviously can't share numbers, but the AFR/MTBF is easily 2x better than a lot of our other gear.

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I really can't understand why people get so worked up about caps. A failed cap is a very easy fault to diagnose and fix - if you can't fix that you have no business owning a scope ;D

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And even then... a good capacitor won't last long in a bad design while a not-so-good capacitor can last a long time in a good design. Either way Keysight won't push out stuff they'll need to fix for free (at least not on purpose).
HighVoltage:
It seems that Keysight is not using the best power supplies for their scopes and that also has its benefits:

I bought a few Agilent dead scopes, including a great 4 Channel DSO7000 series and all it needed was some attention to the power supply.  But in each of these cases, it was not a bad capacitor, instead either a resistor or a NTC broke. Actually I never found a bad electrolytic cap in a broken Agilent scope.
mikeselectricstuff:

--- Quote from: PixieDust on February 14, 2019, 03:46:19 am ---Still no reviews of the thing? :scared:

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Sorry - I was goiong to do something but too busy!
Basically it's pretty much the same as the  2-channel, with the addition of :
2 more channels
200MHz max bandwidth
Black case
LAN
Temp controlled fan
Slower bootup at the moment due to Linux - improvements are promised so wait & see before deciding. I'd say it's borderline uncceptable at the moment.
Keysight DanielBogdanoff:
@Mike, the firmware update is scheduled for March.
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