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Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes - Questions/Comments? Let me know!
Hydron:
A number of other brands sell probes from the same OEM as the ZP03, with compatible accessories. I believe this is OEM is http://www.hktexas.hk/en/index.html
RS used to sell the Lecroy version of the accessory kit for a _very_ low price, but unfortunately it has since gone up by ~8.5x! See here:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/new-killer-scope-a-true-game-changer-from-rs-rtb2002-rtb2004/msg1200931/#msg1200931 (pic in my post is accurate as to what I got, RS pic is missing stuff)
KaneTW:
ZP10 is definitely as rebranded PMK 855-711-A01, but ZP03 is a different OEM.
Detzi:
Thanks for all the good ideas on how to second source a low impedance ground clip.
I am though stunned how a name brand Scope Manufacturer cripples it's scopes by removing a Part that was essential in probing for many decades. Why should one keep buying pricy name brand stuff if the "Stuff" cannot provide a basic functionality. The whole point of buying it is that you can be sure "it works". Or at least that is the way it was and should be.
Yes i can make my own, yes i can buy one but then there is no point in spending 5k€ for a scope in the first place. I can get a Scope that doesn't work for much less. And yes it is that critical. Getting a 200MHz Scope without a proper possibility to ground the Probe means the damned thing doesn't work as described. Why? Well a quite good summary can be found here: http://teledynelecroy.com/doc/passive-probe-ground-lead-effects
The thing that gets me most is that they seem to get away with that, and that i'm seeem to be one of the fews that actually do care.
mtdoc:
Cripples the scope!!! My god the horror, and all just to save a few cents. R&S is the worst company ever!
Sure, (if this is not just a one off error) they probably should include them, if for no other reason than to keep customers like you happy.
I’m sure it wasn’t a cost cutting measure since these things surely cost them pennies. Most likely it was a trivial oversight or they assumed people buying such a scope would know they can make their own, better, and custom to the job at hand, in less than a minute.
I have no idea why anyone would go to effort to source and buy something that can be made so easily and cheaply.
Fred27:
Are you sure it's deliberately not included rather than just missing from your one?
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