rigol bw hack - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: m3vuv
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2022, 03:50:59 am
content: hi all,i have just brought a rigol DS1052D scope,can it be hacked to 100mhz bw like you can with the E model,i dont care if it looses the logic analyzer function.TIA.

author: m3vuv
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2022, 11:24:40 am
content: can no one answer this?

author: gnif
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 26, 2022, 02:13:26 am
content: https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=DS1052D+hack

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2022, 04:02:39 am
content: oh..., you!

author: m3vuv
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2022, 01:09:00 pm
content: i already found that but it seems to morph into a totaly different model,i should get mine on wed so will know sw version+s/r number then,btw is the da pod +cables extra as this is beeing sold without,i thought these would be included from the factory,or was they brought seperatly?.

author: m3vuv
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2022, 01:54:34 pm
content: may wait unill its delivered,all the threads on the E hack seem to turn into a nightmare,needs a simple guide doing for it via usb.

author: m3vuv
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2022, 06:04:14 pm
content: a definative yes or no answer would be nice before i start getting sent to read endless old threads that have mostly dead links and lead no where!

author: bdunham7
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2022, 06:25:19 pm
content: Quote from: gnif on April 26, 2022, 02:13:26 amTo be fair to the OP, absolutely none of the results actually provide any information on hacking the DS1052D. A forum search reveals that there are a few members that claim to have managed the upgrade, but there are many other reports of bricked scopes. And the few DS1052D success claims are a decade or so old and a bit vague.I think the main issue is that time has passed the scope by. Hacking it would be a bit like adding a math coprocessor to your 386SX.

author: m3vuv
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2022, 09:51:32 pm
content: thats the first sensible comment i have seen to one of my posts in a long time,ive spent nearly a full day trying to find an answer to this,every thread goes on for pages with no frm answer!.yes its an old scope but all mine are 30+years old,my most used scope s 56yrs old lol.

author: m3vuv
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 26, 2022, 09:54:06 pm
content: incidently my first laptop was a 386sx,was the size of a suit case,was big news when i got a 486 lol.

author: m3vuv
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2022, 01:13:25 am
content: would this work possibly?https://github.com/szafranski/Rigol_DS1052E-firmware

author: m3vuv
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 27, 2022, 03:41:48 am
content: well i found the 10mhz update fle that checks out ok on checking the md5,its the one from github,it corresponds to the ones used in the fw hack with usb thread,thing is i still dont have an answer if it will work wth the d model,ive no doubt its good for the e model tho,will see tomorow if i finish up with an expensive brick!,is there a way to save the original bootloader and firmware from these scopes easily?,just in case it goes tits up.

author: gnif
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 27, 2022, 05:07:07 am
content: Quote from: bdunham7 on April 26, 2022, 06:25:19 pm2nd link in the comments:https://hackaday.com/2010/03/31/update-50mhz-to-100mhz-scope-conversion/#comment-1002350QuoteThere is information available on this, both on this forum and on external sites although it's limited. The above information is plenty enough to get you started, and as with any hack, you have to be prepared to risk your hardware to do such a thing.If you want a guide/tutorial to hold your hand through the process for your exact model, the fact that tons of people have already asked and there has not been one provided already tells you that there is no such guide/tutorial available.