Hantek DPO6004B(C)/MPO6004D Series - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: amindavid11
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2020, 08:58:01 pm
content: Hello! I am interested in buying the Hantek DPO6084B. After eyeing many different oscilloscopes under 450$ I think I found a bargain. 4 channels, 64M points, 60000 wfps, waveform Generators? 16 digital Channels? etc... Seems to good to be true. I have been searching for a place to buy and only found 1 ebay seller that has this model which seems a bit weird, Also no online threads or videos about it, no mentions, nothing.looking at the ebay listing there is no mention of the function generators nor the 16 digital channels even tho the hantek website mentions it. I know that this model does not come with the bnc for the generator nor the 16 channels but my question is, does it have the function built in? Do I only need to buy the accessories to use the waveform generator and the digital channels? Is there anywhere in the US that I can purchase this oscilloscope from? Is there a possibility to "Hack" the 200Mhz from the 80Mhz model?Thank you in advanceUPDATE:According to the manual "DPO6000C/ MPO6000D built-in 2 channels(MPO6000EDU built-in 3 channels )" Waveform generator so the cheaper B model apparently does not have a working wavegen even tho the pictures online show the output. And "16(4*4) digital channels(MPO6000 series;DPO6000 can update to use digital channels by buying LP104 digital probe)" However this probes are kind of rare,no mention of it on the hantek website and I cant even find them online to buy.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2020, 09:32:31 pm
content: It's major weakness that I spot is it uses a single 1 GSa/s ADC so will struggle with aliasing with 4 channels active at higher frequencies.YMMV

author: amindavid11
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2020, 11:10:45 pm
content: True, but if you use for example only one channel (on the top tier model) you get the full 200mhz bandwidth so there is some flexibility to it. The model that I'm looking at only has 80mhz so it wouldn't be an issue unless it's hackable which usually Chinese scopes tend to be.

author: JohanH
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2020, 07:30:13 pm
content: Quote from: amindavid11 on April 19, 2020, 08:58:01 pmHi! I've also been looking at these, so I did some research (with google). They are interesting because they are cheap and contain a function generator (two channels actually). The new series also have ethernet connector and touch screen, larger memory and optional HDMI (not seen the HDMI on any of the models for sale so far). There are also listed models with Wifi (*EDU in model name), but haven't seen these for sale yet.What has not improved is that sampling rate is still 1 GSa/s (single channel), 500 MSa/s (two channels) and 250 MSa/s (three/four channels). Input is also still 8 bit. There is some sort of high resolution acquisition mode ("up to 12 bits"), where they sacrifice bandwidth to improve accuracy.I think they are a new product series and Hantek is trying to sell also their older product line, that's why these are not much advertised yet. If you look at their Aliexpress home page,https://www.aliexpress.com/store/2792111, they are listing older 2-channel and 4-channel scopes by product name and number (4000 and 5000-series), whereas the new 6000-series is sold only under the name "Hantek Oscilloscope Digital 2 Channels Portable Osciloscopio 100Mhz Bandwidth USB Oscilloscopes + 16 Channels Logic Analyzer". You really have to search to find them, because they are not included in the 2 Channel and 4 Channel oscilloscope sections. They are only listing their 100MHz 2-channel and 4-channel models from the 6000-series so far:2-channel:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000938310393.html(pictures of the 4-channel model are shown, but in the "Package including"-section, correct pictures are shown)4-channel:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000938125478.htmlOf these you can select B, C or D models. The C models have the dual output waveform generator and D models have the logic analyser, too. D models are prefixed MPO* instead of DPO* in the model name. D models come with the digital probe. In the Aliexpress page, this is clearly shown in the "Package including" section.I've also found them advertised in one Polish shop, including the 80 MHz model (https://www.gotronik.pl/dpo6084c-oscyloskop-4-x-80mhz-z-dwukanalowym-generatorem-dds-p-7505.html). Not sure if it is possible to buy from there, but anyway it indicates that they are slowly arriving on the market. Luckily (for Europeans) Hantek ship these from both Spain and Germany (when buying through their Aliexpress shop), so shouldn't be any problem buying them in Europe at least.

author: danymogh
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2020, 06:29:46 am
content: I'm glad I finally found somewhere people talking about those series.I'm stuck between buying the MPO-6102D model and the Goodwill GDS-1072B.I have worked with GDS-1102B model before and liked the quality, and it seems those series are hackable.I know the Hantek has 16 channel logic analyzer and 2 AFG but after comparing the manuals, I can see that goodwill did a much better job at scopes interface and manual writing which is important to me. the Hantek manual doesn't indicate the sample rate of the LA but it seems it's not high and the AFG sampling is 25MHz only.If anyone has bought these models please share your experience and if possible please make a video of the scopes GUI interaction.I found only 1 youtube video where guy is talking about it in chinese and seeing the chinese GUI version I did not like it at all.

author: JohanH
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2020, 06:50:51 am
content: Sorry can't give any more input to this topic. I ended up buying a Siglent SDS 1104X-E (I have it on my desk now). A big factor in my decision was that Siglent have a long list of firmware versions with descriptions of bug fixes etc. It was also a matter of availability and return possibilities. Local dealers are important.

author: CDaniel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2020, 07:22:39 am
content: Yes , the big question is how good the firmware is , if there are bugs and so on ...

author: amindavid11
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2020, 08:18:05 pm
content: If anyone wants to buy one, do not buy them at aliexpress or online, send an email directly to hantek, they will give you almost 50% off (I think the 4 channel basic was at 265$). I did not buy one, went for an tek ths720 for power measurements mostly. As people said here, firmware is pretty important

author: mc2lv
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 12, 2021, 11:38:34 am
content: Hello.I bought DPO6104B.I want to use AFG like 6104C.Hantek said ’Ask your dealer for an upgrade.’However, it seems that the store I purchased does not know.Can anyone please tell me how to enable the features of AFG?Thank you.

author: amindavid11
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 25, 2021, 06:04:19 pm
content: Hi! How is the oscilloscope? Is it any good? were you able to unlock the AFG?