I was thinking about upgrading my 2 ch rigol to a 4 and noticed they now have reasonably priced (around a k) 12 bit scopes. Has anyone used one? Are they really 12 bits or 8 bits and 4 bits of noise? The effective number of bits is spec'ed as >8, which is not inspiring.
The question I have is similar… will the vertical resolution actually be 12bit? If yes, the FFT function will have significantly more resolution, but if not, then the advantage is merely it being the latest generation, which is still going to be beneficial overall.
Hi,
I'd suggest to look for HDO1000 and HDO4000 threads at the eevblog forum.
There have already been teardowns showing a seemingly decent Hardware, whereas the Software appears premature, or iow. a pile of bugs.
Seems that it could be quite good Oscis once -or in case of Rigol- if they come up with corrective firmware updates.
What Rigol can't correct for -at least not with this hardware- are the unprofessionally layouted front panels.
jauu
Calvin
I'd suggest to look for HDO1000 and HDO4000 threads at the eevblog forum.
There have already been teardowns showing a seemingly decent Hardware, whereas the Software appears premature, or iow. a pile of bugs.
Seems that it could be quite good Oscis once -or in case of Rigol- if they come up with corrective firmware updates.
What Rigol can't correct for -at least not with this hardware- are the unprofessionally layouted front panels.
jauu
Calvin
