Owon PDS 5022 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Jeff1946
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2012, 04:30:05 am
content: Picked up title scope on Craigslist, it is an older model and does not have FFT in the firmware. Actually works quite well for my needs and am happy with it. I downloaded the PC display software from Owon but am not sure how to hook up the USB cable because the scope has a type A usb connector on it. I don't believe you should hook up two USB type A ports together. Anyway has anyone had any experience with one of these scopes? I also downloaded the manual but it is for a newer version with FFT and probably some other features and it just says connect to a computer with a USB cable.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2012, 04:58:00 am
content: Just use a type A male to male .This series of scopes is the very reason why owon is not that popular at all , if you can see where i'm coming from .

author: rf-loop
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2012, 06:29:55 am
content: This model launched 2006.It was Owon (Xiamen Lilliput) first tabletop model. It was segmented somehow to education school markets. Schools etc.Owon is joint venture company with Canada OWON and name come from there. Company is not Owon, it is Lilliput group one brand.It was cheap and just low level school studen scope.Of course it was pity poor model on the educated hobbyists table.It was cheap, poor display. It works of course somehow ok in schools where some places they just have never seen any kind of oscilloscope or any other euipments.Owon get littlebit bad reactions from western hobbyist. (of course)But how it can explain this model is still in production and they sell this. After 6 year, in this segment and still alive in production.Been called a lot of very bad and useless and a poor quality junk.Still in production and they sell still this model.--Why this does not sound completely logical.One reason is that the reading of opinions on the Internet lead to a systematic distortion.--I have meet one real world people who have time ago (inside one year) byu this model from normal electronic component / equipment store. Professional (electronic) people who also is electronic hobbyist.Why these peoples buy this from shop where is available also many other oscilloscopes just nearly same price, including Rigol, UNI-T etc..Personally I have fast looked in live this scope and building quality seems ok, signal guality better than I expect, totally silent without fan, small size but big display. It feels well made robust product but of course with its specifications what are today poor. (simultaneously 2 channel) 100MSa/s, 5k, no USB memory, nearly 8" VGA display, but very poor becouse old color STN with extremely poor contrast and also display is slow but still it can use and it is not at all piece of crap toy IF do not need more than specs.After 6 year continuously in production, still on the market and still under develop (upgraded to 8" TFT 680x480).And opinions around of world are just as poor piece of bullshit.Something do not match in my mind.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2012, 04:20:29 pm
content: Doesn't actually make any sense at all to meBut schools still use it , but it costs around the same price of a rigol (well it's true the ds1052e might not have been released when schools wanted them)Especially if the students have not seen a digital scope before