Rigol DS1202Z-E Digital Oscilloscope 200Mhz Bandwidth,2 Channels,1GSa/s Sampling Rate,24Mpts Memory Depth

The RIGOL DS1000Z-E Series is an absolute gem for anyone who needs a reliable, feature-packed oscilloscope. The 7-inch display is bright and clear, making it easy to analyze waveforms, and the UltraVision technology is a game-changer. The deep memory depth and real-time waveform recording let me dig into the details without missing a beat.It’s packed with features you’d expect from higher-priced models, like multiple trigger types, FFT functions, and even waveform playback. The controls are intuitive, and I had no trouble getting it set up and running. For the price, this scope is an unbeatable deal—I’d recommend it to hobbyists and professionals alike!

This scope will do more than what most people in Electronics will ever need to do. It is compact, well made, well designed, and is fast enough (you need atleast 2GS/s) for virtually any electronics or embedded design project. Can't say enough good things about Rigol. It sits proudly next to my Tektronix scope. I've also bought these for people whom I help to learn electronics.

I am used to using my $8,000 Tektronix scope in the lab. Bought this one for less demanding work I sometimes do at my desk. Works great, considering the price of less than $400.

For $300? That's ridiculous. This is comparable to one of those Tek lunchboxes.It's substantial, had more heft to it than I expected. Industrial design is pretty nice. The fan was audible even at first turn on. Almost like something was rubbing, but not that bad. Shake it and it goes away and then comes back when you shift the position around. I'm not concerned.The probes are pretty nice. Shrouded BNCs, nice pointy tips, decent lead length. These also feel substantial and good quality.The screen is spacious. I was kind of shocked when I took it out of the box. Some things are pretty small, like the vertical scale, but still legible. What's important is the capture is huge and bright. Brightness is set to 60% by default and that seems maybe a little too much. There's menus on either side of the trace, they never go away, but it doesn't feel cramped at all.I see in here where people had trouble with operation. Did not have that problem in the slightest. The knobs are not marked very well but duh. I had it mastered in ten minutes. There's some stuff that is less than intuitive, for instance changing variables in the menus when there's more than one. The UI logic seems pretty sound. Previous menu is always selected next, vertical control closes open menus (with selected variables), single automatically lights stop, stuff like that. Storage is easy, so many maths, saves to png, types A and B and an RJ45. There's all kinds of stuff I'm never going to use. I'm never connecting this to a network. It's in my garage. So I will likely never press the print button. Will I ever use a delayed trigger? Not likely either, I'm troubleshooting audio equipment.I didn't rate the accuracy because I lack a standard. I guess I could compare it to my old Fluke 87 III that hasn't been calibrated in two decades. Or maybe not. I just want to get to probing things. Is that so wrong?

In a world I used to know many years ago, this scope would have cost thousands of dollars. So here it is now, a scope that can practically do anything for a fraction of the olden days cost and I am not exaggerating. 200 MHz bandwidth is pretty astounding at this price. It has measurements, deep storage, big screen, print screen, and a depth of functions so deep that they defy my ability or patience to list them all. Go to Rigol's site and read the manual and data sheet for this little beast. It is astounding. Ok, enough hyperbole, here's what you may actually want to know.In short, nothing about this scope feels cheap. The scope feels like it has a quality build. No unusually wiggly knobs, for example. It has a reasonable weight. Scopes used to weigh 30 pounds or more and we had to roll them around on carts. This thing is no heavier than a lunchbox with a thermos inside. The handle supports the thing quite well. The plastic body is nicely molded to the contours of the inner chassis so it does not take up any more space than it needs to. The knobs and buttons are excellent for their smoothness and placement. Coming from analog scopes, it takes some time to become used to the lack of horizontal timebase markings and separate controls for each channel. It does not take long to become accustomed to this scope, though. Some of the legends on the screen are very tiny but luckily you can enlarge the font on many of them. Some folks like to gripe about fan noise in equipment and I agree that some are pretty loud. This fan is very docile and it does not annoy me at all. Even so, my hand cannot detect even the slightest warmth in the case after an hour's operation. The display is plenty bright. The display is big (wide) but the sides are permanently occupied by the legends for the soft keys. You can't turn them off as you can on some scopes. No big loss, in my opinion. The scope has built-in help for just about every function. It really is well written and actually, well, helpful. No printed manual comes with the scope. You have to download it. The scope has a speaker to announce button presses but it is inaudible to my old ears. The included probes are nice and not at all the junky things I was expecting. In operation, it took me a while to get used to dialing in for a stable signal. Not the scope's fault. After an hour or two I got adept at capturing the signal I wanted. In fact, if you get hopelessly lost, you can just press the Auto button and you've got about a 90% chance of locking on to your waveform. With practice, you don't need Auto any longer but it's nice to have it available. The scope as it is being sold now has all the options running with no time limit so you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars more optioning up the scope. My favorite thing about this scope, beside the beauty of its operation, is its ability to display dozens of measurement about the signal. I don't have to count squares and do math in my head to figure out the p-p or the rms. It even displays the frequency of the signal.If I have any complaint, it is that some of the functions are way down in the menus. However, once you learn where they are, the problem is over for you. You will spend some time learning to use this scope but the results will be worth it.What I don't like: Just small things. The multifunction knob is too sensitive. It is frustrating as it often overshoots the selection. While pressing the knob to finalize your selection it often jumps to an adjacent selection. This needs to be fixed in firmware. Also, it bothers me that unused positions behind the front panel illuminate during startup for buttons that are not even installed on this scope. The power cord is really thick. You would think this scope has the amp draw of an arc welder. The thick cord is a bit difficult to handle. As I said, small stuff all.This is a terrific scope. I recommend it and don't see how you could do better at this price.