Cheapest price for the DS1052E:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P63VOA?ie=UTF8&tag=ee04-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001P63VOA
Dave opens up his Rigol DS1052E Oscilloscope, and ponders how to convert it into a DS1102E.
And yes, he finally checks out the infamous ADC overclocking issue.
(More hires inside pictures on the blog website www.eevblog.com)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P63VOA?ie=UTF8&tag=ee04-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001P63VOA
Dave opens up his Rigol DS1052E Oscilloscope, and ponders how to convert it into a DS1102E.
And yes, he finally checks out the infamous ADC overclocking issue.
(More hires inside pictures on the blog website www.eevblog.com)
I know it's an old video. I have the DS 1102e that's the exact same, but mine shuts itself off immediately after you turn it on. Does anyone have any suggestions? I bought it used this way.
Any help would be much appreciated
I wonder if Rigol, despite their lower prices, would have had the same impact in the amateur/hobby/diy market if not because regular eebvlog exposure
Hi, What do you thing about the Tenma 72-8395 is it good or bad? Thanks.
An update for anyone that hasn't caught on. You can do a simple hack to unlock the software locked features.
I’m buying the 1102
fourbarposer,
In my model (boought in mid 2010) electrolytic capacitors are made by NICHICON, Japan. But if they are made in China or Japan – who knows.
hi dave! i'm going to buy this oscilloscope.. you suggest to save 100$ and take the ds1052e or spend more to get the ds1102e? i don't understand clear what it's the diffrence, cause my bad english understanding! can you clear the diffrence to me?
got it yestorday $400 nowadays
I think the 40 Pin-Header is to hook @rib out the ADC raw stream Values, to an
optional Pigi-Pack-Card with a other FPGA, To send
this to a data-storage via Hard-Drive, or drive the ADC Interface Remote- via a protocol.
Are there shematics , then you can put your own Design in the FPGA and the CPLD
Bridge, and use this as your own high speed Multichannel ADC Mesurement Developer Board Kit. Like a Digilent Sparten 3E Board.
I just ordered one of those babies for under 300 euros. Can't wait to get my hands on my first personal DSO =)
It was found by some people in the firmware of Agilent DSOs that there are the RIGOL logo is coded into it. Maybe Rigol OEMs some of the Agilent products.
With the benefit of hindsight, I can confirm you were right.
I wonder if it is worth adding some small heatsinks to the overclocked adc's?
I realize this video is a bit old now, but just to put costs in perspective. I just placed an order this morning for a new Rigol DS1102E for $399 (US) shipped. No need to make any modifications since it's the 100mhz model, pretty amazing price from what I've read.
That's interesting. That DIP looked to be rotated to about 15-30 degrees. Awesome!
@EEvblog, great review and tear-down.
A n00b query. Would you recommend this scope for someone looking to work with some sensor network projects using MCU's with clock freq upto 60MHz (72 DMIPS), and some ISM band RF work (315MHz-2.4GHz), involving encoder/decoder IC's etc. ? All using TTL / CMOS logic.
This is just for hobby++ level work. Also, can I expect it to double up as a 2 channel LA ? This is really for a very budget constrained situation.
@mrmatz408 The screen in terms of brightness is awesome, almost too bright. Still only QVGA resolution though.
@EEVblog what is your opinion of the screen? I saw some reviews on websites saying that the screen isn't very good. I couldn't find any information regarding this in the comments for this video. Great vblog by the way!
@TheEPROM9 I second the firmware notation. Perhaps the hardware is capable of 100Mhz and it is just enabled by software so they could sell more to people who couldn't afford the 100Mhz.
How are you supposed to remove the bracket around the C14 connector? It's tightly jammed behind the plastic case.
@crippled82 None what so ever. It's the same silicon.
Does it make sense to replace these chips with 100MHz ones?
Maybe these headers are for a digital data probe?
Could it be that Agilent's lower priced scopes are also overclocked? Can't you disassemble one of the Agilent's DSO1000 series Dave?
Best regards!
@joeles69 Yeah, it's incredible what value these scopes give you for the money these days.
i got one of these of deal extreme… at 360USD.. freeking bargain!
@fourbarposer Exactly. They do not have a Rubycon or Panasonic vent shape for a start, and the vent looks too deep to be a Nichicon. I suspect they are some piece of junk.
Dave, please take another look and tell us what brand capacitors are in the PSU!
I know if I bought one of these I'd want to replace all the capacitors with Rubycon.
Hi Dave,
Great set of vids BTW.
I bet I know what those unused headers are, though: think DS1000D. You know, the one with the *logic analyser*, cough… I bet if you crack open one of those babys that "IDE" header are where the probes attach, and one of the other headers are for the extra buttons on the front panel.
And I bet one could load the D's firmware onto an E.
Give it a go? (I've just ordered an E, so can't do it yet 😉
Cheers,
-matt
Do you think 50 to 100 MHz trick works for RIGOL 1062D that I own. Can you point out to any firmware models that will work with it. It has an analog bandwith of 60MHz but the sample rate is only 400MHz.