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“Cheap”. His cheap and my cheap are totally different. Now I know the good stuff is gonna cost but it doesn’t mean I can afford it.

Not in the United States. I asked the manager of the college of engineers at my university if I could have one of the old oscilloscopes and he told me their not allow to sell them or give them away. He said that by law they have to dispose of any equipment because they were bought with tax payer's money and it's not fair to just give them away. I know; it didn't make sense to me either.

Don't get me wrong I love Dave's videos, they're great! I was just marveling at the fact that he said it was a "quick one" and yet it was 15 minutes. Its not a complaint just merely an observation that I found humerous. Sorry if I upset anyone!

Yeah, I'd love to hear Dave's opinion on the Owon SDS-series of scopes! Even a teardown and a full review!

Link is in the description. Sydney based. Probably better options for non-oz buyers of course.

I can just hear Dave saying to himself " DUDE go away I know what I am doing, Your a salesman I am a engineer"

Siglent, Agilent, Digilent ... do EE companies lack magination? Or do they intentionally want their names to get confused?

The Unique UQ2062C is a colour version of the uni-t ut2025. The buttons, screen layout are identical (just not in colour).

It's amazing that you can get them that inexpensively nowadays with waveform intensity control.

Thanks, I have bought myself a SIGLENT SDS1022C for £110 on eBay second hand, cant wait to get my hands on it :)

First of all, you need an electromagnetically quiet room, which usually also means an acoustically and optically 'quiet' room (because all light sources, depending on what frequencies you're after, emit some RF, and sound waves cause abberations in the test equipment). Then you usually use a branching antenna, shielded BNCs to the outside and an RF spectrum analyzer (nothing fancy here) + spectrum calibration source. Make sure your DUT is tested in all orientations.

I love the big case for some reason

I had a Siglent SDS1102CM last year. I liked the features it had to offer but I didn't like the way the triggering couldn't handle noisy waveforms. The display would jitter. I returned it and got a Rigol DS1052E instead, no jitter on that one. Siglent customer support were very easy to deal with though.

There is a lot of info on the Eevblog forum. I own one and it is great. Big screen, high res, responsive, 10 MB memory at full speed. Only downside is low waveforms/s...

@3:54 turning unused channels off via auto set, my OLD school HP 54111D digitiising Oscilloscope does that

To be honest, I haven't compared the specs or anything, I just noticed you saying "pretty much the same speed as the Agilent one I just tore down" :)

No, I know. I have one too. But I want Dave's opinion on the product.

Tabor is cheaper than Agilent. You are not comparing Apples with Apples. Also Agilent's top range 4.6GS/s AWG is a rebadged Tabor.

Yep, very common, almost universally so.

The UQ2062C looks a lot like a Uni-T, which is also an OEM for Voltcraft in Germany among others.

Hi Demonbreed131, it depends on what you are working on. Rule #1> you probably don't need more than 100MHz bandwidth! If your working with SMD/SMT digital stuff then you would need over 100MHz and a Logic Analyzer to boot! So for the price, it's a good investment to buy the Siglents or name brands etc. Um, if your doing light digital and peering just to see how a circuit is behaving, a 40-70MHz is fine w/out the screen length. Check into Owon 5022 for cheap!.. But the Siglents are better.

An Irish guy selling Chinese equipment in Australia. Priceless .. global style.

Dave insists the Agilent is a rebadged Rigol. Am I missing something here? I was under the impression that HP has always made its own gear, even at the opening price points.

The Siglent looks hard to beat at first glance. Sorry, have not played with them all enough.

do you mean they use a piece for a long time before throwing it away, or they stockpile equipment, and throw it away all at once? because if it's the former, i wouldn't have to wait a long time, i'd just be getting old equipment.

Its cool that we get to see some scope compare in the market. Thanks Dave, even though it's funny the way you guys made out on the "CFL" part in the vid. A SDS1xxxCM

I wish semi-good oscilloscopes were cheaper. I own a Agilent U2702A (2 channel 200MHz USB Scope), and I'd sometimes like a a nice standalone 4ch scope, with possibly basic protocol analyzing. Digital inputs wouldn't hurt either (eg. when trying to debug something with 8+3 parallel lines). But currently anything above couple of hundreds is too much for me

I just bought a SDS1102CML thanks to this video, good oscilloscope rugged build. Am amazed that the power supply is not isolated... if I tie the gnd aligator clip to the usb 5v it's dead short. Found out the Earth cable is tied to the gnd of the USB and the ground of the aligator clip and this is normal.

A quick look at some cheap scopes ... and how much is it? .... it's under $2000 WTF! define ~cheap~ :-)

What kind of equipment would be needed to check for RF emmisions from electronic devices? I want to see the intensity of the RF and the frequency of the RF. The frequency coverage would be from a 1kHz to 10Ghz. I assume this would be a spectrum analyzer of some sort. What type of attennas would be used to cover that range of frequencies.

The UQ2062 looks exactly like the UNI-T UT2025C

Yah... that stuff is cheap... if you earn in dollars/euro. Here in Poland the average sallary is something around $1200 and people generally don;t earn that much usually. When you add import, taxes etc you get that I would probably have to not spend a dyme for 2.5months in order to get myself a low range Agilent Infinivision scope :)

Dave you finally did it, found a piece of kit worth more than my car (Mazda 3 SP25) O_o If only I could afford such awesome toys right now (thou come payday it will be a different situation :) )

I was looking to buy an older model scope on ebay but maybe a new one would be a better choice. this may not be the best scope but at least it's new.

Not sure about elsewhere in the world.. but in the UK at least whenever I asked about taking old computers and stuff I was told they would liable if I got electrocuted by it or something so they wouldn't give me stuff directly... but then the stuff would end up in covered up in the junk pile for easy taking anyhow.

Wow, my atten ADS1022C looks EXACTLY the same as the top left scope-right down to the Auto button and easy hunting logo. got to be a rebadge.

Once you have done the software its all profit compared to the old scopes.

What, no Owon SDS line, one of the best bang per buck cheap DSOs? And, why is Tabor more expensive than comparable Agilent gen?

Cheap?

Hi We have a DS1102E by Rigol The main weaknesses for us is: The lack of digital functionality and channels The resolution of the screen The PC control software is poor The slowish waveform update We are still learning, but eventually it we are looking to spend £1500 +/- 500 on an Agilent 1. Are the Siglent better than Rigol price for price? It would be used for low power PSU/ADC/DAC/Parallel and Serial up to 125Mhz would you still strongly recommend the Agilent?

Hey, I can tell the way you don't know what "CFL" means on the Siglent SDS1204CFL models. For purposes to slightly embarrassss you, (hehe wink wink), please don't make outrageous comments.. Anyway the "L" in CFL is for the long screen in the model! The SDS1204CFL

Hi! Very nice review! Comparing Keysight DSO1052B vs Edux1002a, wich one do you recomend?

I guess cheap was a relative term?!

The next video will step that up a tad... ;-)

Hi Dave, was just wondering could you advise what a decent but cheep oscilloscope would be. All i keep finding is the cheep Chinese useless handheld ones which are as useful at displaying waveforms as a doorknob. The siglent seems like an interesting deal however would there be any others around that price that are cheaper or better ? Thanks

"just a quick one" oh dave

Where can I buy one of these? Just wondering...I just can't find anywhere that sells them.

Was this a sale or is the regular prices of the products? I'm more interested in then $295 oscilloscope.

SOS what t best choice? Agilent DSO-1062, Siglent SDS-1072 or Tektroniks TBS-1062

I swear IEC and USB plugs exist in 5 dimensional space; you go to plug it in, it doesn't fit, rotate 180 degrees, doesn't fit, rotate 180 degrees and it fits... what the...

You mean second hand? In that case it's really not true - here in Holland (marktplaats.nl) you can get decent analog scopes for way under 100 euros. I got my three hameg 40MHz DSOs (HM408) for free, and they usually sell for about 50 euros tops. With second hand stuff, the keyword is patience. Sometimes you're in a dry spell and nothing interesting is sold for a couple of weeks. Then the marketplace is flooded with cheap and free scopes.

Where the hell is this place. I wana go there. I'm too cheap to spend more than $300'so I need that oscilloscope

A quick one isn't 30 seconds for everyone!!

HI dave what is you openion of the OWON scopes? Seen them on ebay sds8202 2g/z, 200 mhz 799.00$ us and 6202 300.00$.

was that $2000 in US dollars or AUS currency?

There has to be some operating software licensing going on or something... what possible reason would anyone have to copy the text bubble highlight details?

does anyone know if it's common for places like universities to give away/throw out old lab equipment? (like old function generators, scopes, and the like)

Ah man, if you don't like it, go watch a bunch of short video's then... I find 15 minutes pretty quick when you're having a look at 4 scopes.

Don't take their bullshit. Here in the Netherlands the building managers (who are responsible for that stuff) are the same deal, but if you ask lab assistants or other more engineery people you can usually get discarded equipment for free. Don't try to go the official way.

Hi dave can you make video ebaut OWON SDS7102 and athers?

I own a Sigent sds 1052dl...which is 50 mhz...can the hack for rigol ds1052e work for the sigent model ?

keysight or Rigol or SigLent??? Please help

Pardon me, analog storage scopes.... not DSOs.

Cheap is 2nd favourite price after free!

Great, you found i scoop worth more than my car. Than again, a decent DMM is worth more than my car, i think i need a new car. But i'd rather buy new lab equipment.

nice

Dave's Landcruiser friends allready waiting in front of store to run some scopes down? One day making fun of these, the next they are bang for a buck.

Sadly its true. I am from Germany too.

One is not enough …

yay i liv in sydney

What are these used for

When I first saw a scopes I thought they were ugly as shit, I still think that

"Just a quick one" 15 minutes

34.000 $?!, imagine if you drop it and it brokes, that will be hilarious!!!

It's just an excuse for not having products on market that would ruin it for the big fellas. In other words it's just a scheme for big companies that lobby with money for money. Don't fall for it. Just give the manager a beer, i'm sure he can look out the window for a few minutes.

It sais 340$ .... ;)

but if it's the taxpayer's money, shouldn't you, the taxpayer, be allowed to have it?

Kk

Just make a surgu knob and stick it to the flat encoder wheel!