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I ordered from Batronix in Germany. Their shipping rates are reasonable so getting one from them would be around 420 dollars including shipping to the US. Maybe there would be some additional import taxes on top, I'm not too familiar with how this works in the US. However, I found the scope at Tequipment for a lower total price as they do free shipping within the US. Edit:There's no indicator showing that they are in stock at Tequipment however.
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Wolfram wrote ...
I ordered from Batronix in Germany. Their shipping rates are reasonable so getting one from them would be around 420 dollars including shipping to the US. Maybe there would be some additional import taxes on top, I'm not too familiar with how this works in the US. However, I found the scope at Tequipment for a lower total price as they do free shipping within the US. Edit:There's no indicator showing that they are in stock at Tequipment however.
I stand corrected on the pricing, there is no reason to take the DS1052E over the DS1054Z.
However you do want to get yourself a differential probe to be able to measure isolated from the oscilloscope ground. You can find 2nd hand Tektronix P5200 at ebay at around 250$. You do not need a pearson current monitor, a homemade like the ones we use for feedback could do, there is just a much larger error margin without a calibrated unit.
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That looks great. I noticed the Tektronics Scope below it. Very similar model to what I have now. Digital and capture features aside, how does the 1054 compare?
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I am interested in some story about its USB memory stick interfacing, PC communication etc. How well does it handle this?
The DS1052E USB support is very selective and could fill a wrong formatted/sixe/whatever stick with random chinese signs and 4GB files. The PC software was next to useless, never used it after the day I got the scope.
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Graham Armitage wrote ...
That looks great. I noticed the Tektronics Scope below it. Very similar model to what I have now. Digital and capture features aside, how does the 1054 compare?
They're different tools, even if they have the same purpose. I love my old Tek 2225 (and my 2465B), but this is my first digital scope that seriously threatens them. For practical reasons, I guess the Rigol will be used much more than my old analog scopes, but they are still the main priority when looking at low level audio signals and things like that. For these reasons, I'll keep both on my bench, and get the best of both worlds.
As far as file saving goes, I haven't tried it yet, but I haven't heard anything about major bugs. The scope also has a USB slave port for direct connection to a computer, and an LXI-compliant ethernet port for remote readout and control.
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