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| pascal_sweden:
--- Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on March 21, 2013, 08:34:56 pm ---Well, the SDG1000 is a toy, as a reliable tool it's really crap. The only thing it's really good at is to create a jittery signal, which is nice for playing around with the jitter analysis tools of my scope, but that's about it. The money I pad for the SDG1020 was not money well spent. So even if I had 'bricked' the damn thing this would not have been a huge loss (and I'm sure even then it could be revived by removing the flash and flashing it externally). So there was nothing bold in what I did. --- End quote --- Did you have a chance to test the SDG2000X series? Would like to hear your opinion on that model. Is the SDG2000X also rebranded by LeCroy under the WaveStation series? Are you sure that your SDG1020 is not one of the early versions which had actual hardware issues? I read in another forum thread that Siglent did some fixes in the hardware stage in newer revisions to tackle some jitter issues. |
| Wuerstchenhund:
--- Quote from: pascal_sweden on December 07, 2015, 04:44:47 pm ---Did you have a chance to test the SDG2000X series? Would like to hear your opinion on that model. --- End quote --- No, I haven't. I was initially tempted to buy a SDG2000X to replace my Rigol DG1062z but then just got a Keysight 33522B. Not only because I was fed up with playing beta tester for Siglent's immature firmware, but also because the software that comes with the SDG2000X is the same crap EasyWave tool that they provided for their other AWGs. At the moment and after my experiences with Siglent kit I'm not planning to buy any of their kit in the near future. Even less so after their recent episode of trying to rig prices. --- Quote ---Is the SDG2000X also rebranded by LeCroy under the WaveStation series? --- End quote --- Not yet, maybe in the future (and probably depending on how mature the firmware is). The current WaveStations are SDG1000 and SDG5000 rebrands. --- Quote --- --- Quote from: Wuerstchenhund on March 21, 2013, 08:34:56 pm ---Well, the SDG1000 is a toy, as a reliable tool it's really crap. The only thing it's really good at is to create a jittery signal, which is nice for playing around with the jitter analysis tools of my scope, but that's about it. The money I pad for the SDG1020 was not money well spent. So even if I had 'bricked' the damn thing this would not have been a huge loss (and I'm sure even then it could be revived by removing the flash and flashing it externally). So there was nothing bold in what I did. --- End quote --- Are you sure that your SDG1020 is not one of the early versions which had actual hardware issues? I read in another forum thread that Siglent did some fixes in the hardware stage in newer revisions to tackle some jitter issues. --- End quote --- Are you seriously asking me that because of a posting that I made almost three years ago and which pretty much predates the time when Siglent found that this was a hardware issue with their earlier revisions? But to answer your question, yes, this was one of the older hardware variants, and I later fixed it which did improve the original jitter issue a lot (it didn't disappear, though, but that was to be expected from a simple DDS AWG). Considering the low price it was an OK-ish generator, but I then quickly sold it because of the small sample memory and the crap software, and bought a Rigol DG1062z instead (there's a review of mine somewhere on the forum). |
| Arses:
--- Quote from: Groucho2005 on September 25, 2015, 09:07:15 am ---I just tried to flash the LeCroy firmware to my new SDG1010, doesn't work. The error message is "Update failed!" I don't know if it's because of the newer hardware version or the latest LeCroy firmware (1.01.02.36) doesn't like to be flashed to a Siglent device. Flashing the latest Siglent firmware is no problem. --- End quote --- I have exactly the same situation, the latest firmware (1.01.02.36) is not applicable. Someone has an older version of the firmware file that you can put in SDG1020? Please share with us, PM. Thanks! |
| janekivi:
I was playing sometimes too with update files and missed opportunity to try Lecroy WaveStation firmware. I opened there all kind of different firmware files and extracted all kind of files. In here I look inside SDG1000-V100R001B01D01P31.ADS and You can download (I think) unpacked app file. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/siglent-ads-firmware-file-format/msg984626/#msg984626 Inside is readable text and Siglent logo and more... this time was there different Lecroy version? But second file I have is lets say P36 from Siglent and L36 from Lecroy. I unpacked them and tried to hack them together. Something I got but... It says "don't match the model"... what is the differences. Fpga data file is exactly the same and half of firmware file too. You can look into firmware files and search for "sdg10" and "wavestation" and search other differences. |
| janekivi:
So... If I flash SDG1000 with Lecroy firmware I can use it fine, but... there is NAG screen. And message tells you to update to correct firmware. And how? Of course after you wait the time and generator startup and working fine and you go to update menu and do it. The same thing if you flash Lecroy with SDG firmware. I'm sure after comparing codes. |
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