Siglent Technologies SDS1052DL+ 50 MHz Digital Storage Oscilloscope

I am an electronics hobbyist and need a basic two-channel scope for my work. This scope has a very nice, large screen; almost 2 inches wider than my old analog scope. The scope is very light weight and very portable. However, by in large its best attribute is its functionality.I have yet to explorer all the great features, but a few of the main ones I have encountered so far are: triggering is very visual and easy to set up; I love having cursors for measuring both horizontal and vertical values; it has a built in frequency counter that shows on the main screen; it can display a summary of all the values of a particular waveform; it has Math functions, particularly FFT for doing a bit of frequency domain analysis; and a built in help system. The user's manual is a bit sparse but very helpful if you are new to oscilloscopes, particularly digital storage scopes. I did take the pdf file to my local Post Net store and had it printed out using both sides of the page.I haven't really found any definite cons yet, but I am sure there will be a few things that could be made easier to find and/or use. No machine is perfect.I'll end by saying that this is an entry level scope with features often found only in more expensive scopes. However, this is a 50MHz scope with 500M samples per second. If you are doing much RF work in the higher frequencies, you might want to consider at least 100MHz with a 1G samples per second, although I am finding this scope adequate for doing stuff in HF ham frequencies.

This has to be the greatest oscilloscope I have ever owned. I have never had a digital 'scope before but they have so much more to offer than a CRT analog 'scope. I didn't have a lot of money to upgrade, as this is just a hobby. I restore antique radios and tinker on all kinds of other electronic projects.So after months of research and reading many reviews and watching unboxings on youTube; I narrowed it down to the Siglent SDS1052DL. There were a couple other brands in the same price range but comparing them by feature and specifications, as well as the customer reviews, I had made my choice. And I am so glad I chose this one.As I was opening the packing I quickly realized that this was made very well. The finish of the case feels clean and well fitted, the bezel marking sheets are very straight and clean around the edges and easy to read. And the unit has some gravity in it. This is no cheap light weight. Setup was very easy and the UI is excellent. There is even a built-in "dictionary", for lack of any other word for it, that explains every key on the panel. The display is also super bright and clear. Very easy to read with lots if information displayed.I highly recommend this brand to anyone.

I wasn't going to review this scope, until I saw online that many other have had this issue over the years. I purchased this scope in 2018, used it a few dozen times over the years with the latest about a month ago. It worked great. Then this morning, it would not boot up, just stuck on the logo screen. The fan works and the buttons light up. I tried unplugging the unit for over an hour, I tried repeatedly pushing the math button after power up, all to no avail. I emailed Seglent, but I am not optimistic.

My Tek finally died - the high voltage section was fried. I went on Amazon to see what was available. I service audio equipment as a side line. After reading the specifications of the Siglent scope I decided to buy it. It is rated as a 50 MHz scope - but I have no trouble displaying a 100 MHz signal. On feature which I did not see listed is it has a frequency counter. The frequency counter is dead on and is actually more sensitive than my TEK 5316. My signal generator only goes up to 108 MHz and it only takes about 15 Millivolts of RF for the counter to lock in.One other thing about this scope is when I use it with a sweep generator and use channel 2 as the horizontal reference, there is no drift in the display. With both analog scoped that I had owned, the scope would need a warmup time of 10 minutes or so to be stable. There is no warm up time needed with this Siglent.If you are looking for a general purpose scope the Siglent is excellent. I am 100% happy with it. There is only one thing about it that I had to change in my equipment stack up. On the top of my stack was the frequency counter, then the scope, then the RF generator and finally the distortion analyzer. Well with the small size of the Siglent I could not stack the frequency counter on it. So I took my 5316 out of service because my new scope is actually a better frequency counter.The TFT display is excellent. There is a on screen menu display that will let you quickly set up the scope. The scope comes with a set up guide, a CD, two very nice probes and a USB cable. It is a compact unit that is only

I had bought this as a home and hobby scope so I could do most of my homework at.. well, not the EE labs on campus. Being a student, I am no expert at using quality lab equipment, but I can say that compared to the ~slightly~ more expensive Rigol units I use on campus it has it's ups and downs.PROS (compared with Rigol DSE110...)- The screen is large, one of my favorite features compared to what I use at school- Has all the features of the Rigol, and the Print button works as a direct screenshot to a USB drive which I like, a lot.CONS- The wave forms are not exactly stable, they jump around much more than the scopes at the U.- The cursor function is quite as good as the scopes at the U, for example: If I set Cursor A and then Cursor B there is no way to move them both at the same time. I have to move one at a time. To do this I need to directly access the menu. Whereas, on the Rigol units, a press down on the Adjustment knob makes the switch from Cursor A -> Cursor B -> Both. This seems like such an easy feature to implement it's frustrating not to have it handy at home.Again, my skills at using O-scopes is rudimentary. All in all, this is a good scope for the money, and if I had to recommend a scope to someone in the under 300$ range I would definitely recommend this one.