Review/Teardown of a Hantek DSO2D10 Oscilloscope - It Has Builtin AWG, Does Protocol Decoding Too! 

The best introduction and review of this oscilloscope overall! And the reason I purchased this fantastic beginners tool 🙂 Many thanks Kerry!! 🙂

Excellent tutorial video, Kerry... thanks for taking the time to put it together. Regards Joe B.

Just saw this, you do good reviews, answer a lot of questions most others skip. Enjoyed it.

First time I bumped into your channel. Nice job!

Kerry, This is AWESOME my friend! I literally purchased a "HANTEK 2D15" this Thursday, that is scheduled to be delivered Monday the 16th. I truly remembered thinking, "I wish Kerry Wong would do a video on these models, so I would have better insight from a man I trust." Then, to my UTTER amazement, I get a notification this morning that you have just uploaded such a video! LOL!!! Many thanks Kerry! Your knowledge and opinion is one I do TRULY trust. Take care, Patrick

Excellent review. The bandwidth test is really impressive and helpful in deciding whether to go for this o-scope or not.

A Good Review. Thanks for the time spent making it

Outstanding review and analysis! Thank you!

Good job thank you for sharing Kerry 👍

Note 10 for your review, thank you, I'm from Braz

Thank you for your information! Yesterday i bought this but I don't know how to learn all

Great review. I opend my D15 and it is is a copy of your D10 so yes prob the same Just with different software. Thank you for your time and effort to make these video's

Another nice review. Thanks.

Fantastic review very useful many thanks

Wow, the scope alone will work for my basic needs. The PC software is to me overkill. I appreciate very much your linear explanations no filler, down and dirty without half the post being another unboxing. Thank you.

I am very new to oscilloscopes but I must say that it was a comprehensive and useful review.

Thanks Appreciate the video. Learned a lot.

Thanks for the detailed review! I'm rather disappointed with only 4K decode memory depth. It's only about 50-100ms signal length. Have they fixed it in fresh firmware?

Great review. Thanks

Great indepth review.

Great review. Thank you for doing. I will be purchasing for my first Oscilloscope. It seems like the most bang for the buck.

Best review of an Oscope I have seen. If you were to go with Dave Jones, you woulnd't buy anything!!! Thanks for such a great review.

Thanks for the test and teardwon. I've been using a relatively modern $399 Digilent (owned by National Instruments) AD2 USB scope/AWG/PS/DIO gizmo (no screen; UI is a PC you supply) for a few weeks for low level, low frequency, measurements. IIRC it uses a 15-bit ADC, which is very useful for my measurements of low-level (10-20 mV analog) signals from transducers. One of the limitations of the AD2 is it's limited 16K buffer (max) per scope channel. This new low-profit-margin Hantek interests me for my present measurements due to its much larger buffer size. i note that other EE blogs mentions that QFP chip with scrubbed off numbers is a TI ADC08D500 or ADC08D502 and Ti's block diagrams show an 8-bit ADC.

Nice review 👍

I bought one of these, and so far I'm very happy with it. ( Also, I got two probes with mine! ) Thanks for the excellent detailed redview!

Thank you for the very nice detailed video. It will be appreciated if you can help me to choose Hantek DSO2D10 oscilloscope or the OWON HDS2102S. Thank You

thank you for making this video

The most knowledgeable video about an oscilloscope. Thanks a lot. I am going to buy this one. One question, can we resuce the brightens of that grid?

Nice explanation .. ♥️

Installing radiators on both IC inside is highly recommended

Well, given the bandwidth test you performed. It seems the "2D15" (150Mhz) I purchased would possibly handle at least 200Mhz+ and still be VERY useful. That would be AWESOME!! Also, I liked how much more in depth you went with the included software and Arb generator functions. I had been wondering about saving Arb files to the USB thumb drive for later and you confirmed it. SWEET! :-D

There is a lot of great information in this video, but, in the future, please zoom in more on the scope, as it's often hard to make out what's going on on the screen.

Well done !

Everyone is an expert ;-) ...... MY contribution is that at 19:45 you could/should have used the "zoom window" function by depressing the Horizontal time base knob and then you could have seen a NICE - SECONDARY window showing the original waveform and also the expanded - zoomed portion of the signal. I know you can't remember to cover everything, but, it may be advantageous to hit the Horiz knob and have both displayed.... Just a friendly FYI ;-) Thanks for all your work, (fun), in presenting good stuff to know about scopes....

I find in this osciloscope the need to make a calibration when there is subtle ambient temperature variations. Before this calibration channel 1&2 offsets are visible in the 2mV/DIV.

How would you compare this to the Rigol DSO1102z-e ? I’ve got both of them on my shortlist for a new scope and I’m looking for opinions before I decide. Thanks!

When you tested the X-Y mode, you seemed to be connected to one signal output from the FNIRSI UTG962E and one to the FSK/CNT/Sync.

Great video. I am looking for an oscilloscope to do some nikola tesla experiments! What do you think of the HANTEK DSO5102P?

Since you have this Hantek for a while now, how is it doing? any freezing or overheating or Lock-up? how is the accuracy? thanks

Hola, en ambas entradas, el componente que está entre el relé mecánico y el de estado sólido, de forma redonda en su parte superior, que es y para que sirve ?

These small scopes are good opportunity for battery power - plenty of room in case, low power likely.

You do not mention maximun amplitude for the wave generator, do you have that info?

Hi, Great Review. As well as general use, I'm interested in analyzing stereo audio signals for phase issues. The xy test at 29:16 you state the frequency is 100 Hz, but assume you mean 100 MHz. I can just about make out the frequency on the generator display does read 100 MHz. Can I assume this will give a useful display at audio frequencies? Thanks.

Good video! What is that blue mat you have, is it one of those anti ESD?

Hello! Create review! For some reason, I cannot get the scope to show up on Keysight IOL software. Any tips?

Thanks.Nice

do you think i could use a RYOBI 150-Watt Power Source for ONE+ 18V Battery with this for very long? i was going to get the FNIRSI-1014D until i saw your review, thanks

Great and very informative video. I’m planning to getting a scope for audio work. Mostly for troubleshooting/calibrate cassette deck. How should one to connect scope input to cassette deck output? BNC scope input to RCA deck output? Or using probe clip? Thanks in advance

Thank you for the review. It was very informative and helpful. I was looking at this on Amazon, and see in the Product Information states: PC software only supports windows7/8/10 32-bit and 64-bit, do not support OS." Would you know if it would run on Windows 11?

Hello can i ask .. what is the no. Of diode in the output of the signal generator .. because they blow..

Thank you very much for making and posting this video. (Very nice scope, and cost effective). Thank you again for this excellent review. God[Bible] Bless.

Did you test deep memory. I heard it stalls with 4m to 8m.

thanks a lot

Kerry. If you use an arbitrary function from the usb stick I think its possible to save it to the internal storage of the oscilloscope with the save/recall feature. havent tried it yet but I will eventually. I personally bought the DSP2D15 after researching and watching your video and Im incredibly happy with the scope. I put some custom heatsinks on the chips to keep them cool. The ambient temperature voltage fluctuations are now between 3.2mV and 6.4mV usually at 4.8mV. The coolest feat I have achieved so far with this scope was that at 20mV resolution I managed to measure the sine wave of the wall (50hz) with a peak to peak voltage of 140mV. That without connecting the probe to anything, just having it plugged into the oscilloscope. The closer you move the probe to a powercable the higher the amplitude of the frequency becomes. Its not noise its an actual sine wave. So for 216 EUR this scope beat my expectations by far and I can only recommend it to everyone starting out.

Hola Buenas Tardes, quisiera hacerle una pregunta si no le importa. Tengo un DSO2D15 con generador de funciones, quisiera saber si me puede Usted informar para ajustar radio a valvulas en AM obtener por ejemplo 468khz modulados para ajustar botes de frecuencia intermedia. Pues los videos que encuentro sobre mi instrumento solo hablan del manejo.Pero sin ningun ejemplo Muchas Gracias

Thank You

Hello. I'm new to this field, so maybe a silly question. But. This device could be used to measure FM deviation on CB radio 4w output according to the example - Thanks to Bessel Curves and doing a bit of maths we know that if we feed in a 1kHz tone, at 2.5kHz deviation it'll null the carrier. So analyse the signal with around 10kHz width so you can see all the peaks, feed a 1kHz tone into the mic at normal speaking levels and as you get towards 2.5kHz deviation you'll see the centre carrier peak will turn into a trough. When its at its lowest you're at 2.5kHz deviation.

Hi please, is this scope good for serial decode? I decide to buy one... thanks :)

Dapatkah alat ini mengukur Duty Cycle kurang dari (misalnya) 1% atau lebih dari (misalnya) 99% , bukan hanya sekedar 0 dan 1 Decoding saja ?

Thank you...

can this scope single trigger at both channels on the same time?

No sweep or Spectrum Analyzer? I need to do audio work.

Interesting that the mainboard was marked 2d15, which is the model above this one.

Are there any open source updates for this?

I don't know why there is no mention of an output tone from the Signal Generator.... I know that the generator outputs a sine-wave because I can see it on the scale... but is there also a signal tone for a radio speaker that you can physically hear from a speaker ? I'm trying to do a shortwave radio alignment and I need to physically hear the 455Khz audio signal tone from the generator.

Continuation: I've opened the scope ,power supply is radiating only 5 cm in back. But display is radiating in front to 1-2 meters. I can hear on FM wave between stations the increasing noise when scope is powered. So no fast cure for this issue because is for no use to shield the power supply.

Can this scope measure inrush current from input of a SMPS and also the DC output spike/surge ? Compare to Siglent SDS-1202X-E, would it better of for me to purchase Siglent ?

Thank you very much for this great review (and all of the others)! Do you recommend this or buying a second hand old Rigol DS1052E?

What is your dream scope? Tektronix mso72304dx?

Please review SDS 1102 Owon. Thank you

Excellent video! But I have a doubt. Please, can you check for me if it is possible to measure the phase angle between two sinusoidals with this equipment? That is, what is the phase angle between channels 1 and 2 when both channels have a sine wave, but the frequencies of channels 1 and 2 are different? Does it do this measurement automatically? Thanks.

I was actually looking for a fan header or place to install one..

I am having problems decoding canbus, it constantly says adjust timebase.

Thanks for your video. I have the same model for only 8 months and developed issue with Channel # 2 reading lower than Ch#1 by about 46% when I connect the same probe to the square wave test output post of the scope. I used the calibration function(found in Utility bottom) and it came back with error code : 511d6. I also downloaded the latest firmware from Hantek. It did not improve and same error code. Tried email to Hantek service and no responses. Do you have any suggestions what to do? From your post of the input board it appears to have a trim pot. Is this for the input scaling?

So, I wonder, does the 150mhz scope have an even higher bandwidth, or are they really the same scope sold at two different price points. Or perhaps there are quality control issues where some scopes have worse bandwidth than others, so they bin then.

I'm pretty sure you could get a better XY display. Settings can be tricky compared to more intuitive analog scopes. Perhaps sampling rate is not high enough? Clipping?? Etc. I once wrote a whole article about getting an analog clock face display looking good on a digital scope...

Thank you, great video!

What better Hantek 2c10 or Owon Hds2102 (hds272)?

is this scope support LabVIEW program?

To be brutally honest I am thankful these reviews exist, and those on Amazon, and I've decided against it. I've read too many problems and shortcomings with these units. Probably a good idea if it was properly debugged, stable, had an accompanying manual in local language, XY view would be reliable, would pick up less noise. For about 150 EUR more one can buy a proper basic scope like the Siglent SDS1202X which has a vastly superior architecture and build quality (especially inside) and I couldn't justify to spend on this unit and be my one and ONLY oscilloscope, knowing that even if it wouldn't freeze, I wouldn't incur a dozen times per day into the beetles... I still would not trust it completely and still had to double check each time, fearful of the outcome and probably sometimes run into hard to read results because of it.

what wave generater did you conect it to ?

Greetings 🙏 Please recommend which is better for a beginner. Hantek DSO2D15 or Fnirsi 1014D.

How can I save a capter to USB with a pre selected incremental name? This toy store image file with random number and date filename is always December 1979 :/

will the protocol decoder decode to ASCII or does it just do hex?

35:10 "MISSED OFF THE SERIAL PORT" - Looks to me like the pad layout is for a rj45.

Is there any overvoltage protection? I am noob.😅

Friend of mine I download from his website in the HANTEK DSO 5102P case. but when he goes to read the file on the Pendriver, the message appears that it did not find any file, Note that I already updated it about 6 years ago and it worked well. Can anyone help. Is it because I'm using Windows 11?

Thank you for making the hantek video. trying to decide between a Hantek 2D15 w/waveform 150Mhz ($259.99) vs Siglent. I'm a hobbiest, any advice is helpful on this choice. also read that Hantek freezes a lot, and needs heat sinks added to IC to prevent locking up/freezing issues, and other people had to do firmware updates because of all the freezing issues, so this has me concerned. some people still have issues with firmware. see Eevblogs and all the problems that Techcorner guy had with DSO2Dxx after his initial review he spent the next months trying to fix continuous freezing.

I have a general question about oscilloscopes. I recently got into Arduino stuff and I'm branching off into learning electronics in general I'm an older guy programming is easy for me I'm having a little bit difficulty with oh converting schematics to wiring diagrams but I'm starting to get that. I have heard a lot of people say if you really wanna learn electronics that and oscilloscope can help a great deal with the learning process is this true in your opinion?. I have had problems with circuits with noise in them already it would have saved me a lot of troubleshooting to figure this out with a oscilloscope but I don't know how common this is going to be in my projects. You seem to really know your stuff and I need to ask a few people their opinion before I spend even just a couple $100 on one. Thank you in advance

Thanks! Setting the probes back to 10x is a life saver! Is there a way to change the “default” to 10x” or higher?

Nice

Dear Mr. Wong, ¿do you think this scope would capture & display small amplitude signals (low volts, 1 to ~5 or so, as from a 555 timer) running at very low freq, as 1,2,4, or 6, or 8 Hz, kindly? (To display the curve signals, in parallel with LED as indicators). (My interest at this time is mainly only learning/displaying oscillators' & op-amps' workings and the like. With a possible [much later time] use on my own CD player). (I'm not knowledgeable of such equipment, and currently only own a DMM and and an ESR meter). Thank you and please forgive my impertinence.

Hello, what is the difference between the model you shows and the DSO5102 ? thanks

A 256 count DVM ..fantastic accuracy ! :) ..yeah a gimmick :)

Brother Please Review Hantek 6022BE....

Does it suck (test) & blow (sig-gen) at the same time ?

First of all, thank you for making such a great and well informed video. I have learned alot from your video. - I read somewhere that the probes that come with these cheap units are junk. Have you tried to use "good" probes with them and if so, does it help to get more accurate results? - Can you suggest or link to better probes we should get when we purchase any of these units? Maybe something that is budget friendly for us hobbyists, but still give better performance then the ones you get with the scope? Same question for both 100Mhz and 150Mhz probes. - is there a accuracy difference between the Hantek 100Mhz and 150Mhz versions? If the cost was the same, would the 150Mhz version be the better choice to get? - Do you see an easy way to install a 12v dc computer fan in there for cooling? Other reviews mention that this unit locks up due to heat and there is a russian video where the guy installed two pretty beefy heatsinks on both FPGA chips which supposedly solved this problem. Maybe running a 12v fan at 8v would be enough just to get some air moving in there to prevent overheating? Thoughts? - As I don't have a scope of my own and really am only a hobbyist at best, is this scope good enough to start with or should I save up for a better scope? I don't like to waste money buying the same tool over again, however I'd rather buy a scope that will last me several years until I know more about them and have a better understanding on what other higher end features I might need/want. Thanks again and much love from Canada !!

The silkscreen on the PCB says DCO2D15_V1.7, have you noticed that?

Just got mine, but display is in wrong language, How do get to display in English?

Great video. I bought one of this. All good but it radiates a lot of harmonics ! When I put a FM radio near it, to adjust IF 10.7Mhz, well is almost impossible because of radiation. Only above 2 meters in front the radiation is down. Did someone else experienced the same? Compared with a Tektronix digital and also with a very old analog oscilloscope: this is far away. I did not imagine it can radiates like this. Could be power supply that needs a shield? It seems on the right front side it radiates also till 2 meters. At 1 m on the lateral left side the radiation is weak. If someone needs other details Ii can give.