DS1054Z Digital Oscilloscope 50 MHz DSO 4 Channels

This is my first oscilloscope. I started off in Computer Science in college, and programming was my main passion for most of my life. I only discovered electronics about 5-6 years ago, and it's been my life since then! I've built many projects involving microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi, single-board computers, etc. So far, I've gotten by with mainly my voltmeter and studying my circuit issues on paper. I've delayed getting an oscilloscope for years due to the high cost. Well not anymore! I looked into it time and time again, but this particular one caught my eye. It has very good reviews in the hobbyist community, and seems like a solid choice. So given my background, I have a solid concept of how I would use it, but have yet to use mine for anything other than learning about it. This is why I trust the reviews of other more experienced people out there. I only received my scope a few days ago, and the first thing I did was adjust the compensation of all my probes using the built-in square wave generator, which was cool. So far everything seems to work as expected, and the device is very well packaged for protection (double-walled box, thick closed-cell foam brackets). The probes seem quite nice, and work as I would expect. The manual covers the basics, but it is NOT a oscilloscope tutorial. I've been poking around the menus and the other basic functions, but there's so much there, I probably will never use most of it. It's nice to know it's there, though. The help function is really cool. The overall unit feels very solid. The screen is very nice - it's got a nice matte surface and the color looks good to me. It does lose a lot of brightness when viewed from below the screen (ie. when the scope is above you and you need to look up at it). There's no problem when viewing from above or from the sides by my eyes. People have complained about the fan, and while it's a little noisy, it's not THAT big of a deal for me. Yes, I would prefer it was more quiet. There is info out there on people replacing their fans. It appears to be a 60mm fan, and I'd probably try to put a Noctua fan in there, since I'm a big fan (pun intended) of theirs. Once I confirmed that my probes were basically working, I went online to do my "upgrade hack". My machine is very new, and has software version 00.04.03.SP2. I can confirm that the online hack DOES work on this firmware version. As soon as I entered it, the installed options all lost their "expiration time" readings, indicating they are permanently functional. Haven't yet tested them. I'm hoping to get to know my new scope much more in the upcoming months. I'll probably start off checking the power rails on a single-board computer I'm building now, and then probably check the system clocks just to familiarize myself with looking at pretty simple signals, and getting the graphs to appear in a way that makes sense to me. Maybe then I'll get into figuring out how to trigger stuff in a way that makes sense. So I'm very happy with it, and so far I would recommend it.

I've only had it a few hours, but so far its great. I've been using Tek and Agilent scopes at work for years, this Rigol seems just as capable, maybe even more so, at a fraction of the cost. It took me a little while to find everything, but it all seems to be there. Meaurement functions are easier to get to than on any other scope I have used. It has plenty of triggering options. What Tek calls "zoom" is under the horizontal menu and labelled "delay". Every function I thought to look for was there somewhere, as well as a few I've never seen on a scope. One nice surprise was the Trigger Out function on the rear connector. I've used this in the past to use a scope to do a fairly complex trigger sequence and then trigger a separate frequency counter to measure the frequency of a short burst. I doubt I'll ever use it on this scope (its for home/hobby use) but its nice to know its there if I need it. One thing to note: the scope comes with a bunch of optional features enabled in time-limited demo mode. After 35 hours of use, they will be disabled. However, if you look around a bit you should be able to find how to unlock these premium features permanently. Even without the optional features this is a great scope for the money. With them its an unbeatable deal. BTW...the description says "Comes with 2 (RP2200 double passive probe)", so I thought it only included 2 probes. But what they apparently mean by "double" is that there are two probes in each package (and 2 packages)...so 4 probes total, as one would expect with a 4 ch scope.

Revised my prior review. This is an affordable yet robust entry level scope that is upgradable. I gave it 5 stars because what you get significantly outweighs the shortcomings. But understand a few things. 1. The the cooling fan creates a lot of noise. But if you’re looking into buying one of these things then you probably know enough to competently open the device - at your own risk - and replacing and/or shielding it better. 2. Not the best probes but certainly not the worst. Maybe I got a bad batch but mine are obnoxiously difficult to tune. Again, this is an impressive device for the price so you have to accept the tradeoff to be fair. The $5000 analog scopes I recall using in undergrad couldn’t do half of the things this is capable of and took up twice the bench top real estate. 3. It’s a bit slow at times to trigger but again. This is easily one of the ‘highest-end-budget-scopes’ … at least available on Amazon. If anyone from Rigol is reading this please also consider making a detailed series [See Keystone] on how to use this scope. There are a lot of reviews, and many videos on oscilloscopes readily available, however there is something left to be desired on practical ways to use the versatility of this scope for more intermediate and advanced folks.

Ottimo articolo risponde pienamente alle aspettative di un hobbista

Good product at this price point. Works as described.

Todo correcto salvo que viene sin el cd de instalacion de los drivers para el pc

Für 400€, 4 Channel, mit kostenloser Modifizierung 100MHz, 1 GSa/s und so viele Optionen und Feautures. Man fühlt durchgehend die Qualität.

Au début, j'hésitais entre plusieurs oscilloscopes. Maintenant, je ne regrette plus mon choix. L'oscilloscope DS1054Z est un oscilloscope excellent et d'une très bonne qualité. Il fonctionne très bien. Le colis était très bien emballé et il est arrivé rapidement. Je le recommande vivement ! ;)