This is my new oscilloscope! It is a Rigol MSO5104, and I expect it will take my electronics design capabilities to the next level. MSO5105 - www.rigolna.com/products/digi... Gain access to CAD files and support my work - / levijanssen
I just want to say personally I appreciate the honesty you displayed in your last video announcing the end of the coilgun. It's so nice to know you won't string us along with projects you'll probably never finish (cough ak50 cough). happy to hear about this development though!!
This scope is hackable to 350MHz, and you can build a DIY logic analyzer probe for digital stuff for way less than the cost of the PLA2216. I bought the MSO5074 a little while back.
@@Ritefita If you want to observe fast-rising digital signal, you need at least 5x (10x preferable) bandwidth of your base frequency. For a 350Mhz scope, you can accurately observe 35Mhz pulses.
I feel like I'm seeing you as your just starting your amazing engineering career! I just hope you still have time to make these videos and don't get too burnt out... Literally my favorite channel these days
as someone who just found this channel, i saw the "final thoughts on the coilgun project" video, and as soon as he mentioned the o-scope, i was like, "but the next video is his o-scope, so...."
Came across this video and then checked your other videos. Subscribed right away. I like your projects and your thought processes. You seem like a cool guy and really glad you got that scope. I just bought a 12x24 garage which will be converted to a lab for me. Will take a lot of time. I am guessing it will be late fall before I even start in it. I am one of 5 people who won a Keysight scope from Plasma Channel and I am waiting on it to arrive. Never used one before and I am not up on electronics hardly at all but have many ideas for things and a scope will be super helpful. One thing though, I am worried about screwing up the scope by a ground short, etc. I want to use an isolation power supply to run it I think. I hope you do not overlook a connection one day and fry your scope. Looking forward to your future videos and many I need to watch to catch up. Good luck with your scope and projects!
I will be watching with some serious interest! You just made me buy one as they are discounted until next month. Only problem is, I have never used an oscilloscope before. Being a retro computer collector I have a fair few needing TLC. Will be watching out for your Oscilloscope work with enthusiasm. Keep up the good work! Good to see there are some good people out there to help out. Think you made a good choice there!
I remember finding an old mainframe style oscilloscope at the dump, bringing it home, and finding that in the mid 80's it was selling for 7 grand. As technology has reached newer heights the prices have gone down significantly.
I think we should DEFINETLY make this a "pass it along thing". I had something similar when i forgot my wallet after ordering a meal, and "passed it along", something like that but for makers is a neat idea!
Very satisfying to watch - such generosity really gets to the heart. I'm privileged to have known such generosity, and to have been able to give to others as well. I hope you enjoy using your scope for many years to come... it really is a beautiful piece of equipment!
Wait until you use it to decode ultra fast signal buses. I got my first "real" scope 6 months ago. The first time I could see the signals my projects were generating, I mean wow, game changer. Congrats brother, all that is left is to do awesome things.
Continue your great work! I'm super happy with your "small steps" approach - it'll make possible for me to learn along with you! Keep it up! P.S. Many thanks for the kind stranger!
Been watching your channel for a while. Best of luck man! Coilguns are HARD, especially when you start to push the envelope in terms of velocity/energy/capabilities. Lots and lots can go wrong and when it does it fails catastrophically.
You will really like that scope. MSO is such a great upgrade and with the signal generator wow! I'm a keysight guy, but the software on the china-scopes a lot of bang for the buck! Have fun. Check out the FFT function. I'm jellous it comes in black.
Hey Levi, I've been thinking quite a bit recently about making a coil gun that is a lot like what you had proposed (many identical segments), but rather than relying on tuned LRC tank circuits for induction, I want to build modules that have integrated, high-speed, full-bridge inverters. This would make it possible for all stages to share eachother's capacitors, for the oscillation speed to be digitally controlled, and for the di/dt of the coils to be as high as possible because the coils can reverse polarity before the capacitors discharge. This also prevents the requirement for capacitors to withstand reverse voltage. Let me know if you are interested in hearing more.
What a beast! Unfortunately I live in a third-world country (Brazil). This oscilloscope costs about 10 times the monthly minimum wage, so I'm kind of jealous of you haha.
I don't think you'll be doing anything to challenge the 100MHz bandwidth of the scope anytime soon. I've had a 25MHz VDS1022 scope for almost four years and i've been very happy with it. It's only a 100MSa/s scope and the 5kSa memory depth is probably the most limiting factor of the scope but i've been successful in checking serial transmissions with pulses only a couple hundred nanoseconds in width, which i think is pretty cool. Your scope also has a logic analyzer, which is super sweet, i'm sure you'll find good use for it in the future. Anyways good luck.
"I don't know what I'm doing, but it makes me happy to do it." 🤣🤣 You need to sell a shirt with that quote and a channel logo. Or better yet a mug that we can set next to our projects that we have no idea what we are doing.
13:54 And more frequent updates make the algorhythm happy, i know some videoessay channels i follow struggle to get all that algorhythm nonsense, because they upload like monthly or so 45min+ videos. So not having some "coilgun all in one video", but the longer "part x" actually makes sense in that aspect too (not just in enjoyment on our part, and "doing it justice" ) !
That's a great scope, congrats! By the way, I don't know if you're aware of that, but Arduino can generate much faster square waves than the one you've shown, 2-3 MHz at least. If you're after that, you need to bypass the Arduino commands like digitalWrite and go straight to port manipulation (as you do on a regular microcontroller), i.e. setting PORTB values
So im wondering if you had a spring piston attached to an electromagnet instead of the multiple coils so you wouldnt have to worry so much about timing everything and only a few things (im aware this is a wierd idea, dont ask where i got it from cuz thats only gonna make it wierder) and have it propell the ammo forward as the electromagnets turned on
Remember the scope ground is connected to Earth via the power cord. Be careful if you connect the ground to line powered circuits. The circuit ground may not be at earth ground and high current will flow. Congratulations on your first real scope. 👍
I've been using this scope for two years now... It is a good scope, my one complaint is Rigol is not the best at polishing firmware. The first thing I did was unlock all the features which took a total of 5 minutes. But I had made sure I did my research beforehand.
Have a nice day I apologize for the message, I wanted to ask you about an oscilloscope, I just plan to buy a similar one I read in the manual about the function of recording the waveform from the input channels and the ability to transmit using the built-in generator. But I could not find information, is it possible to record 2 signals from different channels at the same time and transmit them simultaneously using different outputs of the generator Recorded on equipment and reproduced, I want to use it to test IGBT drivers from UPS on the desktop. There is no desire to work near the equipment, as the voltage is about 800 volts. 2 separate channels come to the IGBT control board, if there is no one signal or not at the right time, then the board cannot be checked. Sincerely
Know exactly where you are coming from! My loft is full, under the bed, wardrobe, garage and shed too! Old computers and consoles. Just bought this Oscilloscope now to fix most of them. Arrive Tuesday I hope. Wifey doesn't know and will never find out I hope! Scarey situation for me!
I just added it to my CC debit! Never had an Oscilloscope before but I am excited to learn. Having 150 retro computers and consoles I need to learn how to repair them. Haven't told my wife I have bought one though. She wouldn't understand anyway! I would only get serious ear ache anyway!
This oscilloscope has about 4 noise free bits. At full bandwidth the noise is like 5mV. This not by any chance a precission instrument, more like a toy for chlidren.
i hope you retake the coil gun project and try remember that there are two kind of inventors the one that obey the laws of physics and the one that make the laws of physic obey
11.32 - Did I win a free Rigol now? :D You say in voice: "It's a hundred and seventy eight kilohertz" - but the display on the Rigol shows 148kHz as well as your overlay text :-)
Maybe I am "black-minded", but did you ever ask yourself for the motivation of an anonymus person, just sponsoring quite some money for an idea, that is by no question highly interesting? Interesting in two ways: 1. technically: nice idea, should be feasible, lets do it... 2. application-wise: to be very frank and clear: this coil-gun is a weapon. How would you feel, if you get informed by media, that your technique has been misused by anyone? And how would you feel about having received money from that person/organisation? Don't get me wrong, I looked at your YT-channel driven by technical interest; I like your holistic approach on solving issues, even if you are at the beginning of an (obviously) steep learning curve, and even if I disagree with some of your technical conclusions. Just be careful revealing too much technical details...
The scope has some serious issues (one of the most important stats is waveforms/sec when ur looking for a problem, look up the bug list). this is amateur hour.
As with the 1054z, it takes years to resolve but get there in the end. I decided to take the plunge and order the 5104 too. No investment, no gain. It will evolve.... I hope! At least my credit card debt is hoping so!
