Buttons on Siglent SDS1000X-E seem thicker and better than Siglent SDS2000X Plus - Page 1
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author: pascal_sweden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2020, 12:04:14 pm
content: Is it only an impression or is it really so that the buttons on the low-end Siglent oscilloscope are thicker and better than on the high-end Siglent Oscilloscope?Thick buttons on the Siglent SDS1000X-E series:Thin buttons on the Siglent SDS2000X Plus series:

author: jemangedeslolos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2020, 12:27:37 pm
content: Are you talking about push buttons or rotary knobs ?I never had SDS1000X in my hands but I had the previous SDS2000X and the plastic knobs are not necessarily the problem, but the rotary encoders are very poor quality. I believe the worst I have ever had.

author: Elasia
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2020, 12:40:19 pm
content: Mine are about the same.. they just look unusually low in that pic for whatever reasonAs far as the encoders.. they work.. im not very opinionated over the look of the buttons and knobs, none have ever failed to work so nothing to gripe about

author: jemangedeslolos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2020, 07:16:45 am
content: Yes the encoders worked well, it's just that they are of very poor quality.There is a lot of "clearance" in the axis ( I don't know how it is said in English ).I replaced the universal encoder on my previous Siglent scope because it was difficult to press the button without changing the setting.This must be less annoying on an oscilloscope with a touch screen.....and on an oscilloscope paid 1200 €.I paid mine more than 1800 € so I found it annoying to have such crappy encoders.

author: Elasia
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2020, 09:13:08 am
content: Quote from: jemangedeslolos on June 17, 2020, 07:16:45 amYeah the small ones take no force at all.. a bit annoying but i almost never push them either

author: jemangedeslolos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2020, 09:30:15 am
content: IIRC on my old Siglent, I had to use it to configure a serial bus decoding, and to set a non-standard baudrate I wanted to throw it by the windowThe touch screen and/or mouse control is great for that, it makes life easier.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2020, 09:50:22 am
content: Quote from: jemangedeslolos on June 17, 2020, 09:30:15 amI'd sold my SDS2304X by the time 1.2.2.2R19 firmware was released and I'm surprised custom buadrate wasn't added in this last version.Custom settings have been available in the little X-E models for a good while.QuoteThey certainly do but you still use the encoder some for thresholds.I just done some History decode shots for member snoopy and used touch for everything but thresholds.

author: jemangedeslolos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2020, 10:29:56 am
content: Quote from: tautech on June 17, 2020, 09:50:22 amFrankly I don't remember if there were custom baudrate on that one, but just selecting a standard baudrate from the drop-down list was very annoying.I had to debug a RC bus (SBUS) with a custom baudrateI don't remember if I did it with the Siglent or the Rigol ... but I'm almost sure it was with the Siglent.