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KE5FX:
My Agilent MSO6000-series scopes have built-in counters with 1-Hz resolution, so an external 10 MHz reference is occasionally useful to verify that a signal is close to the correct frequency.
Can't see why I'd care about a 10 MHz reference input on a traditional DSO otherwise. It doesn't belong on the lower-end models, certainly. I'm surprised that Agilent added external-ref support to the Infiniivision lineup TBH.
2N3055:
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--- Quote from: pdenisowski on May 06, 2024, 06:20:52 pm ---Quite honestly, I don't expect us to start adding ref ins (or ref outs) to lower-tier scopes anytime soon without some kind of business case, but it would be nice to be able to know the reasons in any event :)
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Not sure how your company works, but the best business case for any company I had ever worked for was "It's what our customers want." Knowing what your customer wants is usually cash in the bank if you are willing to act on it. In this case, for the cost of a connector and a switch, it should be an easy action.
Where did I get my parts count from? I have personally modified 18 pieces of equipment for myself, and folks I know, to take external 10MHz references and those parts, along with a small length of wire (you have a PCB so can do away with the wire bit) was all it took.
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I'll be blunt. Customers want everything, and want to pay nothing for it. That is just the way it is.
And I'm not judging here. It is their right to negotiate value for money.
But trying to design a device that would cater to all customer wishes is impossible...
Or shall I say differently: I offer them good product that serves the purpose for good price. They came back to me with a "wish list" of "tiny additions" they would like.
I send them revised price for what is realistically 8x more work.
They order original device as initially spoken.
I speak from many years of experience.
And that works nicely when you are making bespoke stuff where you negotiate 1x1 with customer.
But making a device that is going to be sold to 100000 people, that is an art. You have to strike a balance and that is very hard.
2N3055:
--- Quote from: KE5FX on May 06, 2024, 09:21:57 pm ---My Agilent MSO6000-series scopes have built-in counters with 1-Hz resolution, so an external 10 MHz reference is occasionally useful to verify that a signal is close to the correct frequency.
Can't see why I'd care about a 10 MHz reference input on a traditional DSO otherwise. It doesn't belong on the lower-end models, certainly. I'm surprised that Agilent added external-ref support to the Infiniivision lineup TBH.
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In current Infiniivision lineup only 4000B and 6000 has it. 3000T/G does not despite being 15000 USD scope.
Antonio90:
Repeating a request from user @mawyatt:
Pretty please, implement math on Bode plot traces. I suppose this is far from a trivial feature to implement, but it would be great to have.
Edit: typo.
BillyO:
--- Quote from: 2N3055 on May 06, 2024, 09:13:03 pm ---I still wait for actual use case that requires external clock in in general use.
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Do you consider ham radio general? Or networking or any other pursuit that deals with a lot of cabling? Time domain reflectometry requires an accurate time base.
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