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5.0
I’ll try to keep this short, but there is a lot of value in this scope. Here are some of the things I feel are the most important to mention:
Usability – This scope is really usable. I had a Rigol DS1054Z before and the UI was slow, the controls felt sluggish and unresponsive, and the overall experience wasn’t what I had hoped for. I was nervous to sell the scope I had to buy another unknown scope, but I’ve been completely happy with this Siglent.
Features – While this scope doesn’t have all of the cool features of the 2000 and 5000 series, it still has a bunch for its price range. 1 Million Points FFT? Free IIC, SPI, UART, RS232, CAN and LIN on a $500 scope? Unheard of! 500uV/div vertical? Unheard of!
Connectivity – The PC software isn’t great. In fact, I gave up. Who cares? It has a built-in webserver and optional (but expensive) WiFi. I don’t use the WiFi, it has an included Ethernet port and I had an old router laying around. I’d like to see free internal WiFi in the next generation. If you buy the option, it’s just a cheap USB dongle they included a driver for in the scope kernel. But if you use it, you can’t use a flash drive or power an external probe because there’s only 1 USB.
Integration – The built-in Bode plot function can control a Siglent function generator over USB or Ethernet to generate a frequency response curve. That’s amazing! I spent hours putting together a Python script to do the same with my Rigol…the Siglent comes standard.
Cons – The Logic Analyzer is expensive because all of the hardware is in the optional box, not the scope itself. For the $300 they want, you could probably do just as well with a Windows-based USB box, unless you absolutely HAD to synchronize it with analog channels. The single vertical control for 4 channels kinda stinks, but I definitely get it at this price point. It’s worth it to have the larger screen.
Conclusion – You might be able to get a better scope, you might be able to get a cheaper scope, but I doubt you can find a better scope cheaper! Buy it. You won’t regret it!
Morgen Benner on
May 02, 2021
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