Siglent SDS-1102CML, experience ??? thoughts ??? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: 84GKSIG
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 25, 2013, 07:30:54 am
content: Hey guys, just thought id post see what those of you who are familiar with the unit think. Ive been looking around for the past couple months for a Digital Storage scope, I looked at the rigol and I dont mind it, I imagine ill reach some point where ill own more than one of these thingsim a hobbyist and I like to mess around with audio equipment making my own equipment and on occasions mess with microprocessors, switch mode power supplies, car audio amps and power inverters as well.I dont need something super flash or super amazing but I also dont want to end up buying something which will make my life harder, id like something I can use reliably for a while without having to upgrade to a whole new unit because it wont do this or that and be kicking my self for not grabbing something slightly better to begin with.so as i was saying ive been looking around online and came past this siglent SDS-1102CMLlinkhttp://www.wavecom.com.au/product_view.php?id_product=827price also dosent seem that bad.product description:http://www.wavecom.com.au/04_product_documents/827/Brochure_SDS1102CML%20Oscilloscope%20Ver_0_Ver_0.pdfwhats winning for me is :the pc software it comes withadjustable sample rate in Xy modecontrols look basic and easy to use3 years warranty and the 7 inch screen is probably something I wouldn't be happy without.any ways if you guys know anything I should know about it or could suggest a better scope roughly the same money let me knowcheers guys!

author: Zbig
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 25, 2013, 10:20:30 am
content: Quote from: 84GKSIG on October 25, 2013, 07:30:54 amThe PC software it comes with is absolutely awful. I wasn't even able to get it to work on Windows 8 at all. Other than that, it's a nice scope. Just forget about the PC software.

author: 84GKSIG
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 25, 2013, 10:26:13 am
content: cheers for your input matecare to elaborate a little more on the pc software? what was it not doing?

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 25, 2013, 10:08:08 pm
content: It is just a pain to use...

author: Zbig
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2013, 02:06:46 pm
content: Quote from: 84GKSIG on October 25, 2013, 10:26:13 amYou're welcome. The EasyScope software topic popped up in several Siglent-related threads. Just use the search function. Here's one example:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/siglent-sds1102cml-scope-and-easyscopex/Generally the software seems hastily slapped together - it's hard to get it to work and disappointing once you manage to. It just tries to (crudely) replicate the physical scope's UI on your PC screen. There was even one guy who came as far as tapping to it with a debugger, pointing out numerous flaws and posting his own version of the software. I didn't follow this thread closely so I'm not sure how far he's gone with it or if he's still working on it. Unfortunately the decent hardware and substandard PC software seems to be more often than not a case with Chinese T&M equipment.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2013, 02:13:57 pm
content: The latter is not just a Chinese problem. The software for my Tektronix logic analyser runs just as slow on my PC (>2GHz) as on the logic analyser itself (200MHz Pentium 1).