Thank you for all of your kind comments on these videos. It's very clear to me that more parts are desired for this series. I apologise for the lack of updates to this series, I don't have the cash to buy an oscilloscope at the moment. I'd like to carry on with this in the future when I can.
Great to see/hear an introduction to oscilloscopes that I can follow with relative ease (being a complete novice). Has this excellent series been abandoned? If so that is a big shame. Please would you consider picking this up again, I know I am not the only one who would be very happy to see a continuation.
My 30-year-old Tektronix gave up the good fight a while back and I bought the Rigol scope in this video. I don't use one often, but when a scope is needed, nothing else will do - so I got mine out today for the first time in a year, to use it for (almost) the first time. The difference between the Tektronix and the Rigol is like the difference between DOS and Windows, so I could hardly make it go at all. It took a while to find the mains on/off switch, so this video was very useful. Thank you. I watched #1 (general understanding of scopes - which didn't help much) and #2. I'll search your channel ion the next day or two for #3, #4, #5 etc. Excellent explanations, by the way!
Mine just showed up and I haven't used one since blowing one up in college some 45 years ago. Grounding issue. I'm watching your videos and reading - taking my time getting ready. Goal is to diagnose a few circuits I've built.
While I may be late in this series. I thought you did a pretty good job on them. too bad you didnt continue with them. like 3, 4,5 etc... Lots of useless Oscillo vids on you tube where it come out of the gate good then simply dies. most of them dedicated to certain models. perhaps rename your vides first and last. the #1 and #2 implies their will be more. or better yet. do a number 3!
@@ZippletTech How did you got that scope to record that video? Just try it again. Maybe they send you a scope to record more videos explaining features! I just came across this video and I was looking for the advanced triggering one!
Great video. Thanks for explaining the basics nicely. Hope you get ahold of an oscilloscope and get to make #3 etc. with the more advanced triggering options.
Hi, don't know if anyone already said this but if you press the option buttons on the right of the screen (blue ones) multiple times, it scrolls through the options so you don't have to always use the intesity knob. I find it quite handy when changing settings that have few options like slope and trigger channel for instance. For the ones with a lot of options the knob is easier.
I just bought the 1054Z model and i also find this video really great. Rigol should give you a free scope to demo. You should email them about this. Thanks very much. Excellent stuff
THANK You ! Tried to watch a lot of scope tutorials, not easy to find a god one to get started. This one was straight on. One thing that would be very nice bunch of tutorials is to for example use arduino, create different things with that one, and then make an scope tutorial with code, connections and how to measure, and also doing math, even on the easiest things. Most of the tutorials is reviews, or, like one guy, "Learn Oscilloscopes Basics with an Arduino uno and a scope, then not showing where he puts his probes, quite useless lession. Could have been so good. Thank you again
This is the first scope I have had since owning a Hameg analogue one back in the 1980's. What a difference, so much control now. I've had the DS1054z for around a year but not really used it much yet. I like Rigol equipment though. I bought the DP832 power supply last week which is an amazing piece of kit. Now I am off to dig the scope out for a play.
I have the DS1054Z and You know theres a code online you can use to unlock all the features, even up 100mhz bandwidth and all the serial protocol decoding .. I did it on mine the first day i got it lol
Brilliant presentation, I'm not a newbie but if i was I feel sure i would have gone away thniking this stuff easy when explained well. You should be a teacher
OBTW ZT I bought mine 2 weeks ago and I struggled to get up to speed till your site vids - me coming from a tradition cro scope bg. The front panel is a new strange i/f at first but tis a dream. The latest offer from Teleonics (uk agent) included all the s/w apps. What isnt explained is how you get to load Ultra Sigma and Ultra scope ( shows your dso on pc via usb it works for me), they kind imply you have to buy their 1104 or mso versions etc - dirty marketing trick - also theres a whole world of connectivity available via IVI - they just dont want to tell you about it. Why do they cripple themselves BTSOOM
Such great videos. Brilliantly explained. Gutted there were only 2! I'll go and watch some of your other videos. Would love to see something on MSO as I'm starting to learn about that to fix my old arcade boards! Address and data lines... Blowing my.mind.
A Rigol and a Vanishing Point, I fully approve. I have the same black VP in a stub Though I use my Lamy 2k much more just wish it came in a stub, and my Rigol is a 1054Z. This seems to be the last video in this series you did, I hope you return to it. I got my scope to measure and calibrate Eurorack synth modules I am building but want to learn a lot more.
@@ZippletTech That is unfortunate. Rigol, if you are listening please send this kind individual a free scope so he can produce more videos, not just a loaner. I don't know how familiar you are with the scopes as to if you can answer this from memory. I'm hoping I can capture Xms then wait a while and capture Xms again and compare them to see how much drift there is. Analog synthesizer circuits tend to have some drift as they warm up. Not as much with newer more stable analog components but there is still some and being able to measure that on older and newer equipment would be useful to me. First to see how much drift there is from power to N minutes to know how long is a good warmup time and how much if any there is after the hardware has warmed up. I don't know if that is possible but it's what I would like to do on scope without using the pc usb interface to do it.
Thank you for this great video series! I own the DS1054Z and it’s my first scope, this videos help a great deal when you don’t have a lot of experience with the scope, as in my case. I’m looking forward to more videos on this series based on the DS1054Z, I think you explain in a very clear and ease to understand way, good job! 👍🏼👍🏼. You got a new subscriber here.
Awesome video bud, i'm brand spanking new to the art and your first 2 videos on the subject have really helped to orient me with your clear voice and thought out ideas, hopefully you'll keep them going!
I’m half tempted to buy you a scope so you can continue. Great videos so far! Was really hoping to see how to operate mine in XY properly. It just seems super slow and choppy despite my best efforts.
What a great video.. I just got a DS1054 and to be honest I am new to the use of a scope, but these videos are very help full.. Hope you can continue making videos with this same model it would be a great help for me. Thumbs up!!!
Mr. Delphi these videos are great I just purchased a Rigol scope and I'm relatively new to scopes. I can't say specifically what I want to see in episode 3 but your doing a great job explaining how these things work. I like eevblog but he can be much to advanced for me so a lot of what he says is over my head.
Mr. Delphi sounds perfect I'm getting ready to upgrade my cheap power supply to a Rigol dp 832. It will be interesting to do some comparisons between the two.
First you introduce me to the joys of waking up wives with Bhutanese passport (which I did the other night) now this. I got my EE degree nearly 15 years ago and all of this reminded me of spending many hours in the lab with defiant equipment, angry professors and a constantly hungry stomach.
First Two in the series are excellent. But I understand hard to keep it going.. It would be great if you could do a 3rd where you apply the basics and probe around an Arduino that's say speed controlling a DC motor with pwm.. that would be great.. Cheers. Oh still in Japan?
Is this series still alive, or has it been abandoned? It's been more then a year since part two, so just thinking perhaps this series will not be continued? I enjoyed both parts one and two, and was looking forward to part 3....
I'd sure love to see further episodes. This video completely demystified triggering for me. Glad you got the explanation of single-shot triggering into this video...👍
Hello. Very Nice vídeo. Can you teste a situation of Hight Frequency Transient with one of your less espensive oscilloscope? Like a mini-motor conect to the eletricity home net. I'm a geobiologiste and the so call "durty eletricity" it's an important matter of safety at home. I'm from Portugal and I'm already a fun. Thank you very much!!!
I'm learning to use an oscilloscope, these videos have explained a lot and helped, thank you! I have question: do I always have to connect the oscilloscope grounding cable to something in order to view the waveform, or can I just touch it to a device and not have the ground cable connected to anything?
Ohh, I thought it was just there to make sure you didn't blow something up (I didn't know it would affect the signal you are reading). I have a handheld oscilloscope that is battery powered; it has a built in ground lead to it, can I just use that for convenience?...or is it best to use the ground connector in my electrical outlets in my house (I am mainly studying things like body voltage and how it is effected by ambient electrical devices)
Hello fellow fountain pen geek... I love your pilot vanishing point! That is just conformation that I have found my kind! I went with the Pilot Custom 74 and am about to buy and 823. How do you like your vanashing point?
There's a lot of good content here. I would like to offer some constructive suggestions. Being from the US I have to listen more closely than someone from GB. That's my issue, not yours. However, your voice tends to trail off at the ends of your sentences and your enunciation isn't clear. The suggestion is to watch your videos with that in mind and practice speaking so that your sentences end with the same strength as the beginning. I had to replay sections more than once to catch what you were saying. Again, good explanations and content.
Great video's! Hope you will have a scope soon and will continue in the near future. ==> @Rigol: Give this man a scope! He is doing a very good job in promoting your stuff!!
brill zt just what i needed to know to look at bounce, i will pass you around. Hey dude go crowd funding. your vids are sooooooo good that hobbyists will surely cough up a few bucks if you make foolow up vids on the excellent DS1054Z (which is hack to 100mhz v easy btw so is the same as the one you have. need to know what the Ultra Sigma is all about, also how to get Ultra scope on you r pc, also how to use, explain more on timbase stuff, delay etc How to use it for audio . Some of the neat math functions like FFT, looking at PWM sigs for controlling motors, using encoders, can it be slowed and configured as a data logger trace. So many fun things but its a big leap from a CRO scope for a newbie. OBTW Rigol lent you the scope 6 years ago, go back to them and say their vids are crap and trivial info mercials They are seriously shooting themselve in the foot by not being customer friendly. Get me an important name and i will mail him and tell him their user info is rubbish (typical chinese, they hate giving out information)
@@ZippletTech Too bad they aren't providing a loaner unit for you. I am looking for a nice beginner scope, and your first two tutorials were weighing heavily on my choosing a Rigol scope. These sorts of tutorials are excellent advertising for their brand, and I would have thought they would realize that fact.
This is a very helpful video, but it could be so much better. You don’t really explain what triggering is. It is really just a stroboscope, like on a turntable, which by synchronising the viewing window with the speed of the waveform makes it appear stationary. That’s what the timebase is. Second, a script and some editing can be godsends. That would enable you to get rid of the ‘you knows’ - I don’t, that’s why I’m watching - ums, OKs and basicallys. It’s human nature to have three goes at saying something. Editing allows you to choose just one. Say it once and quite slowly.
Thank you for all of your kind comments on these videos. It's very clear to me that more parts are desired for this series. I apologise for the lack of updates to this series, I don't have the cash to buy an oscilloscope at the moment. I'd like to carry on with this in the future when I can.
Please, continue with your explanation, you are an EXCELLENT instructor.
Great to see/hear an introduction to oscilloscopes that I can follow with relative ease (being a complete novice). Has this excellent series been abandoned? If so that is a big shame. Please would you consider picking this up again, I know I am not the only one who would be very happy to see a continuation.
got this exact model today, thanks for the quick run down videos
Gratz, I just snagged a dho804! Lots to learn
Watched whole video again and took notes. Really great stuff in this for newbies. You are a great teacher using examples and great clarity
My 30-year-old Tektronix gave up the good fight a while back and I bought the Rigol scope in this video. I don't use one often, but when a scope is needed, nothing else will do - so I got mine out today for the first time in a year, to use it for (almost) the first time. The difference between the Tektronix and the Rigol is like the difference between DOS and Windows, so I could hardly make it go at all. It took a while to find the mains on/off switch, so this video was very useful. Thank you. I watched #1 (general understanding of scopes - which didn't help much) and #2. I'll search your channel ion the next day or two for #3, #4, #5 etc.
Excellent explanations, by the way!
Got the DS1054Z, not used it but dug it out especially today when I found this series. I may now get my money's worth, thank you :)
Please continue this great series!
Mine just showed up and I haven't used one since blowing one up in college some 45 years ago. Grounding issue. I'm watching your videos and reading - taking my time getting ready. Goal is to diagnose a few circuits I've built.
While I may be late in this series. I thought you did a pretty good job on them. too bad you didnt continue with them. like 3, 4,5 etc... Lots of useless Oscillo vids on you tube where it come out of the gate good then simply dies. most of them dedicated to certain models. perhaps rename your vides first and last. the #1 and #2 implies their will be more. or better yet. do a number 3!
@@ZippletTech This is really shame, I recently bought Rigol DS1054 and your tutorial was really helpful.
@@V_i_j_a_y919 ditto
@@ZippletTech How did you got that scope to record that video? Just try it again. Maybe they send you a scope to record more videos explaining features! I just came across this video and I was looking for the advanced triggering one!
@@scottmurdoch4783 ditto
Great video. Thanks for explaining the basics nicely. Hope you get ahold of an oscilloscope and get to make #3 etc. with the more advanced triggering options.
Very clean and nice explanation! Especially loved example of button bouncing. My DS1054z OTW now.
Hi, don't know if anyone already said this but if you press the option buttons on the right of the screen (blue ones) multiple times, it scrolls through the options so you don't have to always use the intesity knob. I find it quite handy when changing settings that have few options like slope and trigger channel for instance. For the ones with a lot of options the knob is easier.
I just bought the 1054Z model and i also find this video really great. Rigol should give you a free scope to demo. You should email them about this. Thanks very much. Excellent stuff
Part 3 when 😢? This is good stuff, thanks !
Great video,thank you very much. Looking forward for a third part.
THANK You !
Tried to watch a lot of scope tutorials, not easy to find a god one to get started.
This one was straight on.
One thing that would be very nice bunch of tutorials is to for example use arduino, create different things with that one, and then make an scope tutorial with code, connections and how to measure, and also doing math, even on the easiest things.
Most of the tutorials is reviews, or, like one guy, "Learn Oscilloscopes Basics with an Arduino uno and a scope, then not showing where he puts his probes, quite useless lession.
Could have been so good.
Thank you again
Needs part 3, your a great teacher.
Very ueful video for beginners like me, many thanks. But Where is part 3?
Excellent tutorial. So very clearly explained. Thank you for taking the time to make the video.
Looking forward to the next video. I have the DS1054z which is very similar apart from half the bandwidth.
This is the first scope I have had since owning a Hameg analogue one back in the 1980's. What a difference, so much control now. I've had the DS1054z for around a year but not really used it much yet. I like Rigol equipment though. I bought the DP832 power supply last week which is an amazing piece of kit.
Now I am off to dig the scope out for a play.
I have the DS1054Z and You know theres a code online you can use to unlock all the features, even up 100mhz bandwidth and all the serial protocol decoding .. I did it on mine the first day i got it lol
gotroot.ca/rigol/riglol/
Brilliant presentation, I'm not a newbie but if i was I feel sure i would have gone away thniking this stuff easy when explained well. You should be a teacher
OBTW ZT I bought mine 2 weeks ago and I struggled to get up to speed till your site vids - me coming from a tradition cro scope bg. The front panel is a new strange i/f at first but tis a dream. The latest offer from Teleonics (uk agent) included all the s/w apps. What isnt explained is how you get to load Ultra Sigma and Ultra scope ( shows your dso on pc via usb it works for me), they kind imply you have to buy their 1104 or mso versions etc - dirty marketing trick - also theres a whole world of connectivity available via IVI - they just dont want to tell you about it. Why do they cripple themselves BTSOOM
best tutorial ever thank you so much unfortunately there's only 2 you really made it easy for me
Such great videos. Brilliantly explained. Gutted there were only 2! I'll go and watch some of your other videos. Would love to see something on MSO as I'm starting to learn about that to fix my old arcade boards! Address and data lines... Blowing my.mind.
A Rigol and a Vanishing Point, I fully approve. I have the same black VP in a stub Though I use my Lamy 2k much more just wish it came in a stub, and my Rigol is a 1054Z. This seems to be the last video in this series you did, I hope you return to it. I got my scope to measure and calibrate Eurorack synth modules I am building but want to learn a lot more.
@@ZippletTech That is unfortunate. Rigol, if you are listening please send this kind individual a free scope so he can produce more videos, not just a loaner.
I don't know how familiar you are with the scopes as to if you can answer this from memory. I'm hoping I can capture Xms then wait a while and capture Xms again and compare them to see how much drift there is. Analog synthesizer circuits tend to have some drift as they warm up. Not as much with newer more stable analog components but there is still some and being able to measure that on older and newer equipment would be useful to me. First to see how much drift there is from power to N minutes to know how long is a good warmup time and how much if any there is after the hardware has warmed up. I don't know if that is possible but it's what I would like to do on scope without using the pc usb interface to do it.
Thank you for this great video series!
I own the DS1054Z and it’s my first scope, this videos help a great deal when you don’t have a lot of experience with the scope, as in my case.
I’m looking forward to more videos on this series based on the DS1054Z, I think you explain in a very clear and ease to understand way, good job! 👍🏼👍🏼.
You got a new subscriber here.
Are there only 2 parts to this series? Please, please continue making them.
Excellent! Looking forward to the next videos!
Awesome video bud, i'm brand spanking new to the art and your first 2 videos on the subject have really helped to orient me with your clear voice and thought out ideas, hopefully you'll keep them going!
This is probably the easiest coverage on oscilloscopes so far.
Not a fan of the huge delay on the UI of the Rigol scopes though.
nice fountain pen, i use the exact same one for my uni notes -which led me to this video
*Would be nice if you would continue with this series.*
I’m half tempted to buy you a scope so you can continue. Great videos so far! Was really hoping to see how to operate mine in XY properly. It just seems super slow and choppy despite my best efforts.
What a great video.. I just got a DS1054 and to be honest I am new to the use of a scope, but these videos are very help full.. Hope you can continue making videos with this same model it would be a great help for me. Thumbs up!!!
Mr. Delphi that would be really nice. Let's hope Rigol do... Take care!!
Love this series. Extremely helpful as a newbie. Looking forward to #3!
Mr. Delphi these videos are great I just purchased a Rigol scope and I'm relatively new to scopes. I can't say specifically what I want to see in episode 3 but your doing a great job explaining how these things work. I like eevblog but he can be much to advanced for me so a lot of what he says is over my head.
Mr. Delphi sounds perfect I'm getting ready to upgrade my cheap power supply to a Rigol dp 832. It will be interesting to do some comparisons between the two.
thanks for making that, nice tutorial series!
First you introduce me to the joys of waking up wives with Bhutanese passport (which I did the other night) now this.
I got my EE degree nearly 15 years ago and all of this reminded me of spending many hours in the lab with defiant equipment, angry professors and a constantly hungry stomach.
better than expected.
Awesome video! Really helped with my journey in oscilloscopes. Been awhile since your last upload but regardless I have subscribed. Cheers 👍
First Two in the series are excellent. But I understand hard to keep it going..
It would be great if you could do a 3rd where you apply the basics and probe around an Arduino that's say speed controlling a DC motor with pwm.. that would be great..
Cheers.
Oh still in Japan?
Awsome videos. Thanks very much. Please carry on. I would also like some stuff on electronics if you can. Applied electronics.
Nice introduction. I hope to see #3 but I can't find it. Please continue
Excellent info thanks
Great work
If you setup one channel for triggering are you stuck with the other channels running continuously, unless you manually hit the RUN / STOP???
beautiful series! When is episode three?
Very informative, thanks!
Very useful.
Is this series still alive, or has it been abandoned? It's been more then a year since part two, so just thinking perhaps this series will not be continued? I enjoyed both parts one and two, and was looking forward to part 3....
@@ZippletTech OK, thank you for your reply. Your videos are SO GOOD(the two parts I watched). Completely correct, and they were a pleasure to watch.
I'd sure love to see further episodes. This video completely demystified triggering for me. Glad you got the explanation of single-shot triggering into this video...👍
Does the trigger level control adjust the vertical position of the waveform?
Hello. Very Nice vídeo. Can you teste a situation of Hight Frequency Transient with one of your less espensive oscilloscope? Like a mini-motor conect to the eletricity home net.
I'm a geobiologiste and the so call "durty eletricity" it's an important matter of safety at home. I'm from Portugal and I'm already a fun. Thank you very much!!!
I'm learning to use an oscilloscope, these videos have explained a lot and helped, thank you! I have question: do I always have to connect the oscilloscope grounding cable to something in order to view the waveform, or can I just touch it to a device and not have the ground cable connected to anything?
Ohh, I thought it was just there to make sure you didn't blow something up (I didn't know it would affect the signal you are reading). I have a handheld oscilloscope that is battery powered; it has a built in ground lead to it, can I just use that for convenience?...or is it best to use the ground connector in my electrical outlets in my house (I am mainly studying things like body voltage and how it is effected by ambient electrical devices)
Hello fellow fountain pen geek... I love your pilot vanishing point! That is just conformation that I have found my kind! I went with the Pilot Custom 74 and am about to buy and 823. How do you like your vanashing point?
Please make more vijayos. Thanks
There's a lot of good content here. I would like to offer some constructive suggestions. Being from the US I have to listen more closely than someone from GB. That's my issue, not yours. However, your voice tends to trail off at the ends of your sentences and your enunciation isn't clear. The suggestion is to watch your videos with that in mind and practice speaking so that your sentences end with the same strength as the beginning. I had to replay sections more than once to catch what you were saying. Again, good explanations and content.
Nice video! It's been a while lol
So, where is promised part 3???!!!
Great video's! Hope you will have a scope soon and will continue in the near future.
==> @Rigol: Give this man a scope! He is doing a very good job in promoting your stuff!!
is there going to be a part 3 ever?
we need part 3 please
where's your third video???? :(
bugger! Really liked the two that you uploaded. please keep them coming once you have another loan unit. cheers for the content!
brill zt just what i needed to know to look at bounce, i will pass you around. Hey dude go crowd funding. your vids are sooooooo good that hobbyists will surely cough up a few bucks if you make foolow up vids on the excellent DS1054Z (which is hack to 100mhz v easy btw so is the same as the one you have. need to know what the Ultra Sigma is all about, also how to get Ultra scope on you r pc, also how to use, explain more on timbase stuff, delay etc How to use it for audio . Some of the neat math functions like FFT, looking at PWM sigs for controlling motors, using encoders, can it be slowed and configured as a data logger trace. So many fun things but its a big leap from a CRO scope for a newbie.
OBTW Rigol lent you the scope 6 years ago, go back to them and say their vids are crap and trivial info mercials They are seriously shooting themselve in the foot by not being customer friendly. Get me an important name and i will mail him and tell him their user info is rubbish (typical chinese, they hate giving out information)
Very good; where are parts 3,4, 5, ,,,,,,,,,etc PS. Please stop saying 'ok' at the end of every statement :)
I don't have a scope/funds to buy one right now, so this is on hold. I am glad you liked this!
@@ZippletTech that's a pity. Hopefully you will be able to afford soon and do more videos
Can you not ask Rigol or bangood to supply free sample as you have got almost 10k view and lot of viewers are really interested??
@@ZippletTech Too bad they aren't providing a loaner unit for you. I am looking for a nice beginner scope, and your first two tutorials were weighing heavily on my choosing a Rigol scope. These sorts of tutorials are excellent advertising for their brand, and I would have thought they would realize that fact.
Great video! Audio sucks.
This is a very helpful video, but it could be so much better. You don’t really explain what triggering is. It is really just a stroboscope, like on a turntable, which by synchronising the viewing window with the speed of the waveform makes it appear stationary. That’s what the timebase is.
Second, a script and some editing can be godsends. That would enable you to get rid of the ‘you knows’ - I don’t, that’s why I’m watching - ums, OKs and basicallys. It’s human nature to have three goes at saying something. Editing allows you to choose just one. Say it once and quite slowly.
Do your own video dickweed.