29-01-2016, 02:55 PM
Knew you would 
When you think that the current version of your favourite multimeter retails for £480, it really brings it home.
Lots and lots about them on the EEVBlog forum - I've just read the most amazing argument between two folk debating the quality of the LCD screen vs the 2000-series. Astonishing what goes on when moderation is non-existent! It's a full-colour high resolution TFT screen on a £300 DSO for goodness sake. They seem to have forgotten that full-colour 'scope screens is a recent occurrence. We have an Owon here that is just terrible by comparison - TN rather than TFT, so slow, and absolutely terrible viewing angles. In fact, the slow response serves to do visual averaging in lieu of intensity grading! Just horrid. The Rigol is as sharp as any TFT I've seen. Just as well, because some of the smaller text is into reading glasses territory for me these days.
The FFT mode is a bit pointless, but that's usually the case for budget scopes. But there's plenty of other cool things to play with. Simple stuff impresses, like being able to change the vertical units to amps rather than volts (great for current probes).
If you ever decide to "upgrade" yours, here's where you go: http://gotroot.ca/rigol/riglol/
Don't enable the 500µV option; the hardware doesn't support it. Much more here: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/ne...illoscope/
When you think that the current version of your favourite multimeter retails for £480, it really brings it home.
Lots and lots about them on the EEVBlog forum - I've just read the most amazing argument between two folk debating the quality of the LCD screen vs the 2000-series. Astonishing what goes on when moderation is non-existent! It's a full-colour high resolution TFT screen on a £300 DSO for goodness sake. They seem to have forgotten that full-colour 'scope screens is a recent occurrence. We have an Owon here that is just terrible by comparison - TN rather than TFT, so slow, and absolutely terrible viewing angles. In fact, the slow response serves to do visual averaging in lieu of intensity grading! Just horrid. The Rigol is as sharp as any TFT I've seen. Just as well, because some of the smaller text is into reading glasses territory for me these days.
The FFT mode is a bit pointless, but that's usually the case for budget scopes. But there's plenty of other cool things to play with. Simple stuff impresses, like being able to change the vertical units to amps rather than volts (great for current probes).
If you ever decide to "upgrade" yours, here's where you go: http://gotroot.ca/rigol/riglol/
Don't enable the 500µV option; the hardware doesn't support it. Much more here: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/ne...illoscope/
