Siglent SDS800X HD 12 bit DSO's

[tautech]

While using the Power Analysis Function within the SDS800X HD to show the relationships between Apparent, Real and Reactive (Imaginary) Power employing known loads to do comparisons we realized this PA Function might also allow measurement of the load................

 
Fantastic work as always Mike, added to the OP POI list.

[kmoonwalker]

Anywhere else in scope app keyboard is not used except in text dialogs.

I was happy to notice that arrows are working here and there but they need manual focus setting on certain fields to activate that "feature".

Considering I am sitting in UI design since second half of 90ties I can tell you that there is actually a whole lot of things that are usually cut off/disabled by programmers from some UI framework they purchase/adapt and modify than what they actually use. Industry wide we had great and very refined UI concepts back in 90ties - it was just that programmers/teams/decision makers were often time limited or unwilling to invest a bit of extra time to use them fully.

And I totally agree with you about work amount 70-80% planning and preview designs then 10% of base coding and 10% on refining.
Then after users testing input additional time to rework it into something more or less OK and what they are happy with.

But I also need to agree with Josh becuase this yes it would be a major redefining of control way with certain implications but it is also pretty limited in scope of fields and pretty straighforward in operation regardless of keys assigned selection.

[eTobey]

it was just a hint and I am not binded to my preliminary statement about given key - treat it as an example
And I know there is a lot of things to improve here and there much more needing attention so perhaps in some time they will perhaps give us something more of usual "look and feel" UI user experience from other systems

Why ?
Why should the UI follow what others might do ?
Why is one better than another or is it only beauty is in the eye of the beholder ?

Just swooping in to give an answer to this:
Because it would make it better. Lets make Siglent great again.

Indeed there is no special key working here, as far as i remember. I believe even the page up/down, end and pos1 key does not work. And that, when it has a few lists in it.
Things that were useful and implemented already in the 80ies...

[MF-jockey]

For anyone who might want a soft carry or storage case for your SDS800X, Amazon US has one which fits perfectly. Nicely padded all around. It has a large front pouch which holds probes well, and side pouches for whatever. Less than USD$25. Looks pretty much the same as the one Siglent sells for $65.

(Bonus - it's made of "velvet crypto cotton" and it's "not muggy"!)

Today, AliExpress is running a sale. They're offering this bag at a great price.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006778755536.html

I ordered it for €13.19 and hope my SDS814X-HD fits in it.

In the United States, you have to wait a few more hours.

2.2.2026 Two days later I found it even cheaper: https://aliexpress.com/item/1005009356326825.html

[MF-jockey]

I received the bag and it fits the SDS814X-HD perfectly.



Well, you have to fold the probe covers a bit to close the front pocket.

[ebastler]

My bag arrived as well. Great fit indeed! I will put the probes into the front pocket without further packaging, I think; they fit nicely then. To get the power cable into one of the side pockets, it needs to be curled up a bit more tightly than I normally would, but I don't see a problem there. But UK users beware! ;-)

Bonus points: Contrary to what I expected, there is no toxic smell at all.  
Many thanks for the recommendation, mikes and MF-jockey!

[Yuriy V.]

It would still be nice to be able to occasionally use SigScopeLab with the SDS800X HD oscilloscope. However, judging by this program message, it can't work with devices whose bit depth exceeds 8 bits (that's how I interpreted it).

[2N3055]

It would still be nice to be able to occasionally use SigScopeLab with the SDS800X HD oscilloscope. However, judging by this program message, it can't work with devices whose bit depth exceeds 8 bits (that's how I interpreted it).

It definitely works wit 12 bit. That message means that you need to set memory length for acquisitions to max 2 MPts.
You do that in Acquire menu.

[Yuriy V.]

You do that in Acquire menu.

I tried to do this, but the program closed after starting synchronization.

[eTobey]

What useful things can the SigScopeLab do, other that having multiple graphs? Grok told me it cant do logarithmic timescale. 

[tautech]

What useful things can the SigScopeLab do, other that having multiple graphs? Grok told me it cant do logarithmic timescale. 

What scope can ?
OTOH FFT does.....

[crysti]

I built a small **WT32-ETH01** bridge for the **Siglent SDS800X-HD** that adds a few useful things around the scope:

* **Bode support with an FY6900**
* **WiFi access to the scope web UI** through HTTP proxy + noVNC
* **NTP on the dedicated LAN**, so the scope can sync its date/time through the bridge

It is based on a **WT32-ETH01 v1.4 (4 MB flash)**, so the hardware cost is quite low.

I posted the project details here in case it is useful to other SDS800X-HD users:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/wt32-eth01-bode-bridge-for-siglent-sds800x-hd-using-fy6900-wifi-web-ui-proxy-an/

Feedback is welcome.

[crysti]

For me in Romania, the price shows up higher.

For anyone who might want a soft carry or storage case for your SDS800X, Amazon US has one which fits perfectly. Nicely padded all around. It has a large front pouch which holds probes well, and side pouches for whatever. Less than USD$25. Looks pretty much the same as the one Siglent sells for $65.

(Bonus - it's made of "velvet crypto cotton" and it's "not muggy"!)

Today, AliExpress is running a sale. They're offering this bag at a great price.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006778755536.html

I ordered it for €13.19 and hope my SDS814X-HD fits in it.

In the United States, you have to wait a few more hours.

2.2.2026 Two days later I found it even cheaper: https://aliexpress.com/item/1005009356326825.html

[eTobey]

I built a small **WT32-ETH01** bridge for the **Siglent SDS800X-HD** that adds a few useful things around the scope:

I could think of many other useful things that could be added (with hardware):
- Buttons to execute scripts
- Knobs to use functions that are missing (fine scale of math channels I believe it was)

Could it emulate a USB drive? If I use the mouse and wifi, I cant use mask test and saving screenshots, since it only can save to USB drive. 

[dublove]

Has anybody thought about building one of these into the case of the scope? 

[bateau020]

Not my cup of tea: Using a wired network is superior wrt reliability, latency and radio interference. But if you want to use that, please not inside the scope case, do it outside.

[KungFuJosh]

That's a bad idea. Just use an external bridge if you need WiFi.

[tszaboo]

I'm trying to catch some bugs, and for that, I need to trigger on phase change of a signal.
It's a sine wave.
It sometimes jumps phase, I can see this at lower frequencies, but seems to be impossible to catch at high frequency. Does anyone have an idea how to find this? Is there like an obscure trigger setting to see this?

[Performa01]

I'm trying to catch some bugs, and for that, I need to trigger on phase change of a signal.
It's a sine wave.
It sometimes jumps phase, I can see this at lower frequencies, but seems to be impossible to catch at high frequency. Does anyone have an idea how to find this? Is there like an obscure trigger setting to see this?

If the frequency of the signal is constant, then an Interval trigger can do the trick.

Attached is an example with a 1 MHz sine triggered on a 90° phase jump.

[tszaboo]

I'm trying to catch some bugs, and for that, I need to trigger on phase change of a signal.
It's a sine wave.
It sometimes jumps phase, I can see this at lower frequencies, but seems to be impossible to catch at high frequency. Does anyone have an idea how to find this? Is there like an obscure trigger setting to see this?

If the frequency of the signal is constant, then an Interval trigger can do the trick.

Attached is an example with a 1 MHz sine triggered on a 90° phase jump.

Thanks that's a good idea. I was somehow fixated on the phase, trying to catch that, but the interval also changes.