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New Keysight 4 Channel Scope (1200 X-Series)
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Berni:
I use the Saleae logic 16 and have been using the old old original first Saleae Logic (Back when they only made one type).

I got the first one for free somewhere way back and i found it really useful so i then bought the newer 16 one (Old one is pretty slow). Yeah the software is a bit basic, but it works well for quickly looking trough waveforms.

Because of it the MSO functionality on my scope sits with next to no use. Tho i did use the MSO of my scope for FPGA development because the extra speed is needed and having lots of channels is nice.
mikeselectricstuff:

--- Quote from: Berni on February 15, 2019, 07:00:19 am ---Nice to see but i'm still sticking to my good ol MSO6034A

You can compare features and memory size, but there is one thing that is not found on the spec sheet. Responsiveness

Historically Agilent scopes always had a lighting responsive UI where almost every button press would happen pretty much on the next 60Hz refresh cycle of the display, including moving the waveform around the screen. I hope they intend to still do this on the new scope.


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The 1000 series is just as responsive as all the others.
I have a 3000T and an R&S RTM3004 on the bench but the Keysight is always the first I go to, primarily because of the responsive UI. The R&S mostly gets used when I need more screen for decodes or high input sensitivity or just another view.
2N3055:

--- Quote from: Berni on February 15, 2019, 10:11:52 am ---Because of it the MSO functionality on my scope sits with next to no use. Tho i did use the MSO of my scope for FPGA development because the extra speed is needed and having lots of channels is nice.

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I did use MSO on Keysight few moths ago because I was looking at old instrument LCD protocol (one that has row/column without internal character generator), and I managed to figure out some details by noticing that some bits were flipping in synch with cursor on the screen...  Because it was in real time and fast.
Tool for the job. Keysight infiniivision scopes are not perfect. But they are the closest thing at the time that gives you that interactive feel of working on analog scope.
That, combined with other specialist tools gets the job done.
Berni:
We do have a MSOX3000 at work and i do really like it since its essentially a slightly updated 6000 with a bigger screen, wavegen and slower boot time.

Tho what does irk me is that the X3000 has the same buttons on the front panel as the 6000 but they are in different locations. This often results with me hovering my finger in front of the wrong part of the front panel as i frustratingly look for the button i want to press. Oh and having a LED for AC BW 50Ohm next to the channel would be nice to have like it was on the 6000 (Seen lots of confused coworkers due to AC or BW limit being on without them knowing).
2N3055:

--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on February 15, 2019, 10:17:34 am ---
--- Quote from: Berni on February 15, 2019, 07:00:19 am ---Nice to see but i'm still sticking to my good ol MSO6034A

You can compare features and memory size, but there is one thing that is not found on the spec sheet. Responsiveness

Historically Agilent scopes always had a lighting responsive UI where almost every button press would happen pretty much on the next 60Hz refresh cycle of the display, including moving the waveform around the screen. I hope they intend to still do this on the new scope.


--- End quote ---
The 1000 series is just as responsive as all the others.
I have a 3000T and an R&S RTM3004 on the bench but the Keysight is always the first I go to, primarily because of the responsive UI. The R&S mostly gets used when I need more screen for decodes or high input sensitivity or just another view.

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I agree. I did try R&S scopes (2000/3000) and they felt sluggish, not really slow but not fast either.  With 3000T, i can drag waveform left/right on the screen in real time.  Not so much with R/S. There is noticeable delay, sort of stuttering. Pretty much same as with Rigol MSO5000, maybe a bit faster, but still noticeable.

As I said, Keysight scopes are best scopes as far as interactive goes. Problem is that with very short memory your sampling rate drops off very, very quickly as soon as you go to a bit longer timebase. Sometimes that's not a problem, but sometimes is.

Regards,
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