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New Rigol HDO1000 12-bit DSO - BUGs
Kleinstein:
It makes perfectly sense to already offer the hardare before the software is fine tuned with all details. The pricing of the HDO1000 sugests that they can earn good money from the HDO4000 - there are quite some changes with the higher resolution Scops the last years . From what Daves videos show, the interface looks OK and workable, at least for the main features. Chances are there are enough customers eager to get one even with some more minor features not (yet) working. Currently it is not so much about would buy, but could buy.
The HDO1000 is not not so much made for mixed signal tasks - so the seriell decoders are likely not high priority for such a scope. Though in some cases it may still be the only scope for some - so it would be nice to have the seriel decode over a larger range of setttings. It should be reasonable esay to add / fix, but with the more B brands one never knows when and if things are fixed in the software.
It is still very early - and the limited time scale is more like a missing feature / anoying point that may be fixed in the future. If this would be Fluke or R&S it may come up a pay extra option though.
So early there is a good chance to get at least some FW updates - though likely not just for this feature.
A not fully working seriel decoder as the first "bug" to come up is a good sign.
tv84:
--- Quote from: Kleinstein on November 12, 2022, 06:14:04 pm ---A not fully working seriel decoder as the first "bug" to come up is a good sign.
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The "first" bug was what they did with the licensing scheme...
Fungus:
That new Tek 'scope that appeared a couple of months ago didn't have the serial decoders enabled on launch because they weren't finished yet.
If the serial decoders on this one work above 50mS/div then that's something. I'm sure most people would rather have that today than a promise of "maybe next year sometime", like the Tek.
To the people that have one: What's the decoding like? Does it work well when it decides to do it?
nctnico:
--- Quote from: Fungus on November 12, 2022, 07:25:30 pm ---That new Tek 'scope that appeared a couple of months ago didn't have the serial decoders enabled on launch because they weren't finished yet.
If the serial decoders on this one work above 50mS/div then that's something. I'm sure most people would rather have that today than a promise of "maybe next year sometime", like the Tek.
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No. Because with the Tektronix it is specified the decoders don't work -yet- so you can base your choice on that. It is all about unspecified surprises (= bugs) that make buying the Rigol an adventure. If you need working decoders today, you don't buy the Tektronix (unless decoders have been added in the meantime) but something else that you know works. MicSig did the same when they released the TO1000 series; the decoders where added later and MicSig was totally open about that. In the end nobody benefits from a feature that is half baked at the release.
Martin72:
"...Do you know what we call it internally when it is clear at launch that the product is not quite ready yet ?
Banana version...banana version ??
Yes, banana version - matures with the customer."
(V.Pispers, satirist)
;)
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