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Rigol MSO 5000 hardware/software revisions
Gandalf_Sr:
--- Quote from: Vladamir on August 15, 2020, 05:17:26 pm ---@Gandalf_Sr / other Rigol MSO5000 users, do you recommend the Rigol MSO5000 or do you suggest spending extra and buying the Siglent SDS2000X Plus?
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Vlad,
I am not a Siglent fan because of a problem I had a while back with one of their scopes - it was brand new, didn't work properly, and they wouldn't fix it. I argued and argued with them and, eventually they gave me my money back.
The Rigol MSO5000 is not perfect but it does everything I need it to.
My workshop is now a Siglent-free zone.
jemangedeslolos:
--- Quote from: Gandalf_Sr on August 16, 2020, 09:07:56 am ---
--- Quote from: Vladamir on August 15, 2020, 05:17:26 pm ---@Gandalf_Sr / other Rigol MSO5000 users, do you recommend the Rigol MSO5000 or do you suggest spending extra and buying the Siglent SDS2000X Plus?
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Vlad,
I am not a Siglent fan because of a problem I had a while back with one of their scopes - it was brand new, didn't work properly, and they wouldn't fix it. I argued and argued with them and, eventually they gave me my money back.
The Rigol MSO5000 is not perfect but it does everything I need it to.
My workshop is now a Siglent-free zone.
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I had the MSO5000 and found it to be a good device.
Getting all of that into one device at this price point is definitely a huge challenge.
If I had to choose today, I will surely go to the Siglent which is more polished...but it is something like +30% more expensive than the Rigol.
The Siglent has a bigger screen and a better front end but in terms of functionality, it's pretty much the same.
The Rigol deserves a little update to add some details that could make it unbeatable.
Gandalf_Sr is right, I too have dealt with Siglent on two or three occasions and it is true that we are very far from a premium service.
Everything has been sorted out but I have the feeling that Siglent is relatively tight on money, probably because the margins on their device are low and they have limited room for maneuver.
I have not yet had to deal with Rigol that said so it may be the same thing.
Vladamir:
Thank you all for your contributions, both seem like great tools atm. On one hand Siglent seems quite appealing; on the other, you have Rigol's price combined with @Gandalf_Sr's very interesting LA probe design
oelapaloma:
@ve2mrx
--- Quote ---Just something to watch out for: keyboard layouts! Keyboards send scan codes, not characters!
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IMHO the scan codes only differ for PS/2 keyboards, not USB keyboards. Should be defined in the USB specification.
ve2mrx:
--- Quote from: oelapaloma on October 04, 2021, 04:49:03 pm ---@ve2mrx
--- Quote ---Just something to watch out for: keyboard layouts! Keyboards send scan codes, not characters!
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IMHO the scan codes only differ for PS/2 keyboards, not USB keyboards. Should be defined in the USB specification.
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I disagree, on my Raspberry Pi using a USB keyboard, I still need to set the correct keyboard layout. It is the same with other OSes like Windows. The keyboard is just that, a key board. What is sent are scan codes, which the OS has to map to characters and functions. This is the reason you can use any USB or PS/2 keyboard to write in any language, or whatever mapping you want to design like DVORAK.
Reference: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Keyboard_input
Martin
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