Siglent SDS1102X - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: firworks
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 26, 2016, 03:42:44 am
content: Thought I would make my own thread instead of clouding up the oscilloscope advice thread further.I just bought an SDS1102X and it arrived today:I've gotten to mess with it a bit and so far it seems fairly nice. As long as you aren't using the FFT function it stays pretty responsive. The display looks great and none of the menus are too obtuse.I've just tried usingScopeViewXEasyScopeX though and... boy is it rough. After a few tries I got the driver loaded and got SVX to recognize the scope. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense and while I can get the virtual instrument panel up to control the scope, I can't figure out how to get the screen to refresh. Also it takes probably 5 seconds to refresh the image upon load so I'm guessing this will have limited usability. However, I'm wondering if maybe it is more responsive or has a better refresh rate over LAN. I don't have an ethernet cable handy but I'll try to connect using ethernet soon instead of USB to see if there's an improvement.It's current home is perched atop the analogue scope that came before it.I think it's about 1/4 the depth of the Leader.I'm going to need to figure out the best way to record the screen for video. It might just be placing a camera on a tripod in front of the display as it's pretty low glare. I bought this scope to aid in probing around inside some power tools to see what makes them tick for my YT channel.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 29, 2016, 05:15:32 pm
content: Your thread does not mention which NI VISA driver you are using. We recommend for all X series instruments to install on your PC the VISA Runtime Environment (VISA 5.4) available for download at the following link:http://www.ni.com/download/ni-visa-5.4/4230/en/If you have any other questions you can contact me at: info@siglent.comScott

author: firworks
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 29, 2016, 07:33:29 pm
content: I installed the Labview driver from here:http://siglentamerica.com/gjjrj-xq.aspx?id=2600&tid=204I'll try downloading the one from the link you sent though to see if it's any quicker or more stable when I get home.Also, I did a video on updating the firmware on this scope:You might want to update the instructions that come with the firmware download. The instructions say to wait until the scope says the update was complete and then restart the scope, but the actual firmware fixes an issue where it will never notify you that the update is complete. For future firmware updates those instructions are correct, but for this particular one the instructions should say to restart the scope when it shows 100% updated.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2016, 08:54:09 pm
content: Quote from: firworks on March 26, 2016, 03:42:44 amRan FFT while demo'ing a SDS1kX yesterday and yes there is a little latency, but it is little.QuoteDon't you mean EasyscopeX?http://www.siglentamerica.com/USA_website_2014/Firmware&Software/Software/EasyScopeX.rarAnd yes, you'll need the NI VISA drivers too for LAN and USB connection as linked by Scott:http://www.ni.com/download/ni-visa-5.4/4230/en/Install thisfirst^^^