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Rigol DP832 - Firmware list and bugs

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McBryce:
I've been using my DP832 for almost a year now without encountering any problem that made me regret the purchase. It's stable, accurate and user-friendly. Other than a single un-announced reset that it decided to do shortly after updating the firmware, I've never had an issue with it.

McBryce.

_Wim_:
Same here. Very satisfied. I think this long thread comes from the fact that many DIY-users have this suply, hence they can report back on every little issue they find. But this is not your typical low cost Chinese power supply, its way better then that!

Howardlong:
In general it's OK, but I had a problem that it appeared no-one else had to with over current protection (not constant current) not working consistently. To my delight it was fixed in a recent firmware fix.

As the owner of a few other bits of Rigol kit, what seems to happen is that they modify their production runs with minor hardware tweaks on boards, but then don't fully regression test their firmware across all hardware permutations. I've seen this now on the DS1000Z series of scopes and more recently the DSA815-TG spec an, there may be others. On the plus side, given time, they do seem to fix things.

5ky:

--- Quote from: GNU_Ninja on September 08, 2015, 12:27:37 pm ---I'm in the market for a programmable PSU and the Rigol DP832 was on my shortlist; But having seen all the problems listed in this thread, I may have to revise my list  :-\

--- End quote ---

I wouldn't be too worried.  I"ve had mine for a few years now and have not had a single problem with it.  I was running stock firmware until yesterday.  (mine came with v1.05)  I only updated the firmware so that I could get the "classic" UI that the 832 (non A) models come with.  It's been rock solid and reliable.  I have an Agilent PSU that's twice the power (and price) that I stopped using once I got my Rigol one.  It doesn't have a keypad and the rotary encoder's acceleration is horrendous on the Agilent, as well as the fan being super loud, so now I'm happily using my Rigol as my day-to-day PSU and I couldn't be happier.

Also, since it's related to this thread, I figured I'd offer a link to the video I made last night where I show you how to update the firmware.  It's not as simple as it is on devices from other brands so I thought people who might have been apprehensive about updating firmware might get use out of this video.  It definitely helps to see someone else do it first.

UPDATE: gah, is there not a way to post a link without it loading the embedded video? 

neslekkim:
Do anyone know if there is information about when the psu's are produced?, the 832A that I'm supposed ot receive have an serialnumber starting with DP8B17**, the idea was that it was supposed to be an using produced this year..

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