Siglent Review SDS 1104X-E Review

[@Skeptic2006]

I learn by trial and error and I would love to press those soft sexy illuminated buttons. Bitluni can you make a cat litterbox project? Maybe with Wemos and some nema23 motors? Weight sensors and mp3 shield to play sound effects :D The self cleaning part would be helpful

[@bitluni]

You won the scope! I need your shipping address... Please contact me on google+ (I added you to my contacts) or any other way I see that it is actually you.

[@Skeptic2006]

I won? I have never won anything this great! What are the odds? Whatever the case, lucky me and thank you so much! I'm speechless and a little bit intimidated. The oscilloscope seems pretty next level.Thank you again I'll contact you asap.

[@bitluni]

Is your first name Tuomas? need to check if it's you that posted on Google+

[@Skeptic2006]

Yes that's me.

[@Skeptic2006]

Bazinga!!!1 :)

[@TruckerRollie]

Fantastic review!!! Had me sold in the first 30 seconds. I love that you got right to the point and didn't waste 10 minutes introducing yourself and explaining how and what you are going to do in your video. Other people that waste my time doing that , lose me in 2 seconds. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. :)

[@UnexpectedMaker]

Great review!!! I just got the 1204X-E and you taught me more about my scope in 19mins than I’ve learnt in the last week! Thanks :)

[@wesleykrause5795]

Hi unexpected maker, I'm from Brazil and I would like to get a 1204X-E as well. How is it after 2 years? Is it working well? Have you noticed some bug or something like that?

[@blaharadek666]

@@wesleykrause5795 just bought it yesterday, so iam leaving coment here :) Want to know too

[@raindropsrising7662]

Thanks for the review! It was really helpful and got me to decide what I need versus what I want. Just ordered from Amazon. Can't wait to get it. Appreciate your time putting this video together.

[@Sk1tch3r]

Great review and awesome addition to your lab! I'm an EE student and I'm currently working on designing and building a multi channel, programmable SMPS-based Lab supply and it would be great to see the transient response and overshoot of the voltage and current limiting with a scope. Btw, good luck to everybody else :)

[@TheDefpom]

Awesome that you got to keep it, when I do reviews for Siglent I have to give the items back 😞, I reviewed this scope when they first came out.

[@onezerodigits]

Thanks for this product review. As a beginner, I haven’t used one of these before, but I anticipate getting my projects sophisticated enough to benefit from such a tool, eventually. I have much to learn.

[@richardperritt9680]

I'm a lone developer working on Assistive Devices for children with special needs. As a lone, self-funded developer such devices are drastically out of my affordability. I am currently completing assembly of a DSO138 but it does not have the specs required. It will help but not in most instances. Thanks for the videos. Very interesting and useful

[@lordsebastian4136]

Finally a good review on this scope. Bummer I missed the giveaway, as I had never heard of this channel before. I'm an instant fan. Subscribed!

[@jeanjacques9462]

Great review. I am learning more about my new scppe every time I watch this review

[@theawt]

Let's turn it on, not take it apart! LOL

[@TurboHawkV6]

I chuckled at that one.

[@IcE-Hero]

@@TurboHawkV6 thats good one tho

[@istvanzilizi6194]

Great review! The scope has more feature than a beginner is required. For me the protocol decoding is the most interesting feature.

[@gregclare]

Wow, what an excellently concise review. You covered a lot of functionality in just 19 mins! An ideal scope for any electronics maker. It’s quite amazing the power and functionality you get these days, in a scope described as “entry level”. I suspect most owners will only just scratch the surface of it’s full set of capabilities! I think a couple of the stand-out features are the built in serial decoding, and the lower frequency spectrum analyser capability. Other than that, I have 4 channel envy! :-)

[@ThisNameWasAvaliblle]

I've been watching your last bundle of uploads like clockwork. Somehow you always upload a video related to what I'm working on! This time is NO EXCEPTION! I'd really love this amazing SDS 1104X-E scope to fine tune my circuits connected to my multiplexed RGB LED matrix. I'm attaching it to a set of FPV goggles, but shhhh for now ;). I promise to send you a Google drive link when it's up and running! ( If I get it up and running that is... Dang LiPo discharge *fist shake*)

[@HoustonEuph]

Amazed by the protocol decoding. When I had a scope, it was a cheap, portable, single channel type without much more than a trigger! Would love to have a scope, especially one as great as this, as I'm currently scraping by without one. Anyways, love your videos, and keep up the great work!

[@philipdonovan5127]

Thank you for this well done video. I'm getting one of these for Christmas and I see that beyond the things I would normally use on a scope, I have my work cut out for me in getting to the more refined and complex analyzing that this scope will offer. Thank you - Phil Donovan

[@StuartCGadgetRev]

Brilliant review! You're always so easy to understand. I'm new to electronics (only just got hold of a proper soldering iron) and have been looking around for a scope. I'm a software engineer but I have caught the IOT maker bug. Started with a simple module that's easy to code for and is drawing me into building my own sensor and actuation circuits! I'd immediately use it for debugging I2C and also helping with a low power radar sensor (need the FFT).

[@kluehusky1463]

I'm 19 and i'm planning on becoming an electronic engineer. An oscilloscope would definitely be a great addition :)

[@ianboard544]

Nice review. Adding my $0.10 ... I'm a firmware engineer and bought one for working at home - partly because I wanted one, also didn't want to lug my employers equipment back and forth during covid. I got this one to be able to add the digital probe later. Out of all my equipment, along with the DMM I probably get the most usage out of a logic analyzer. Being able to set up triggers based on digital patterns is really nice. The bandwidth of the scope fits well with the kind of stuff I work on. I also like being able to put it on the LAN to view the screen on my PC - really convenient to just use clipping tool to paste scope traces into emails. So far, I've been very happy with it. One of my personal tests is how easy something is to figure out without resorting to the manual. It has been excellent that way. The controls seem intuitive (perhaps its from having used many Tek and Keysight scopes, who knows?). I can't really complain about anything. BTW - Siglent makes excellent 'value for money' benchtop DMMs too.

[@davidpatry4195]

I'm working on a spectrum analyser that will display on LEDs columns the frequencies my audio signal has. Currently an electrical engineer student. I can't work from home so this oscilloscope would be great :) in any case, Thank you so much for you videos, it inspired me greatly to do what I do today. Love the humour in your videos :)

[@embeddedbastler6406]

My oscilloscope is a 1979 one from eBay for 20 bucks. It's capable of 30Mhz and is good enough for most of all applications. But since I'm into digital electronics, there is no way around a digital oscilloscope. It would be an honor to receive such a device :)

[@youngji273]

As an EECS student this would really come in handy as our school doesn't allow us to check out any oscilloscopes or logic analyzers, and I've been looking at getting my own. Really great looking scope!

[@ke4est]

This scope would be an upgrade to the one I have. I would use it on my many ham radio and micro-controller projects. You did awesome job on reviewing this scope!

[@AgimRamqaj]

Thumbs up for the review.. keep those videos coming :) It could become my first scope and could extend my knowledge and speed up the learning curve in electronics...

[@TakeoffForFun]

Thanks for the detailed review! I love your videos and I‘m learning alot from you. I never had an osciloscope and would die for winning this great device!!!

[@ThomasDwyer187]

I love the topic list in the description!

[@3dgussner958]

Really detailed review of the functions. It would be a great addition to our maker space.

[@iNans04]

I would need this for my (still buggy) connected coffee maker project ! With this, no more failed coffee at the morning !

[@laurawerner]

Nice review! Did you ever do a follow-on review of the optional digital logic analyzer? It's pretty amazing that this "entry-level" scope has the ability to do that.

[@uzaiyaro]

If you’re still interested all this time later; I’m hopefully gonna be buying one of these in the next week or two, and while I won’t be getting the LA straight away, this is like half the reason for me to buy the thing (maybe a third; the other two thirds being the AWG and the fact that it seems even better bang for buck than the Rigol, thanks to the hardware options.) I will be making extensive use of the serial decode which comes at standard straight away though. This might give me an idea, and I’m happy to pass this on once I’ve had time with it.

[@BenVonHandorf]

This was a great review that covered a ton of scope features and gave a great sense of what they're used for! This looks like a great scope for both digital stuff and low end RF stuff... I'd love to get this for HAM work as I'm starting to get into building my own transceivers and I'll need some way to debug things when they (inevitably) don't work quite right.

[@littleraki]

Nice review. I really like the decode feature with 4 probes with the support for all the protocols. Very cool

[@SamuelCarreira]

That scope will be a nice addition to my poor mans electronic lab (the only equipment that I have near an oscilloscope it’s a cheap logic analyzer). Keep the good work and I will waiting for the part 2

[@Ringer1982]

Glad you asked - I want to know: 1. How to set a trigger on some signal transmission? 2. Why I even need the math functions? 3. Why these set of math functions presented in the menue and not something else? 4. Suppose I have a LCD from an old tablet (which I do) with a SPI buss, can the oscilloscope be useful to set up the connection and display a picture? 5. How to measure the noise of a power supply? 6. Can I measure high voltage sources?

[@cyrilc4858]

Hey. Thanks for the review. I am an InfoSec engineer and I am interested in the logic analyzer. It can come handy to reverse engineer some embedded hardware devices. Anyhow, thanks for what you do and please continue the good work! Your ESP32 composite output videos are awesome.

[@ilicz]

Trying to supply basic equipment to my small "mancave corner" this scope would be definitelly great addition allowing me to do the "one step further". Thanks for the review.

[@drawingforall6735]

Great review and very accurate information regarding the capabilities of the device. Thanks

[@davidc9441]

Great review. detailed but straight to the point. Thank you.

[@secraiskille]

bough it and just arrived. As a EE student, im verry pleased with it, thanks!

[@andidotro]

one of the best and most explanatory reviews out there. bitluni do you still use the sds1104x-e or moved to something else?

[@mannhansen9337]

I purchased the same scope after watching this video. Picked it up at the Post office today. Looking forward to test it for my hobby projects. Will retire my old Tektronix 465 from ca 1980.

[@jpindter]

Excellent review, thanks a lot! Definitely I would like to use it for debugging I2C communications. Moreover, this device looks very promising for helping me experimenting around vlf wireless analysis. Greetings from Mexico!

[@shinevisionsv]

Wow, thats a pretty handy scope! i personally would use it for serial Debugging and Power Supply noise checking, and much more.

[@TMITLT]

thanks for the review - the 100MHz bandwidth, the 4 channels, protocol decoders and additional logic probes would be a great improvement over my Rigol 1052; but I see from the comments that some people need it more than I do

[@peterthefoxx]

Nice one!. I have started putting together many more ESP based projects and been inspired by your channel to take this further. I have usually used modules but started experimenting with making custom circuit designs with many more devices and custom circuitry so this scope would be great for debugging the various digital coms and trying out new circuit patterns and theories. I have a old low end siglent scope but it’s two channel and doesn’t have any features over the basics so this scope would get past the limitations I hit with my current one.

[@jlobeiras]

Nice review. This oscilloscope would be a great improvement over my DSO150, which was very cheap (price edited because KZbin thinks my post is an advertisement) but only offers single channel and very basic functionality. I would use it mainly for Arduino and other microcontroller projects. By the way, I am really impressed about your ESP32 project to generate composite video signals, looking forward to a VGA version.

[@gatisozols]

Very detailed review! I would love to have one of these. I'm a software developer and like to tinker with mcus. But without an oscilloscope it is very hard to debug my projects, tons of guesswork :D

[@richardnelson1684]

I love my 1104X-E. I use it mostly for audio and was disappointed with the usability of the FFT. Guess I need a considerably more expensive audio analyzer. That was a great overview video. Would like more details on some functions. But your video has inspired me to investigate more. I also do BODE PLOTS with a Siglent waveform generator connected to the 1104X-E. THANK YOU!

[@lindsay.newman]

thank you for a very good and thorough review

[@3rdbrain]

As always to the point review and no bias. I am myself work with android and rassberry pi, and specially need this scope for detail analysis of real time clock and timer functions. It will also help me to get the timing of RF signal from rf remotes .

[@pepper669]

Hi, I've been learning electronics for 3 years now and it's a lot of fun! An oscilloscope would allow me to study the behavior of electonic components under AC. I have already bought a cheap signal generator and I'd like to play with it!

[@kenwallace6493]

This review sold me. I now have one. Now if only there was a wide band (50MHz) AC/DC current probe powered by USB that didn't cost a fortune.

[@tenlittleindians]

Wow! That scope has functions that are light years ahead of the JYE Tech DSO Shell scope I built and the cheap digital logic probe that plugs into the USB port on my computer! I'm no where near experienced enough to say what it's best feature is but for me it would be nice to have it's multiple inputs to capture timed events both digital and analog and see the events on the screen at the same time! It really cleans up the work bench to have so much packed into one device. Circuits I design with the EveryCircuit app and others don't always work the same built on a bread board and it would be nice to monitor multiple points during part value substitutions to view the effects on the circuits. This scope has a huge market in the growing hobby electronics community.

[@TheColumna1]

I'm a computer science student who has been a hobbyist programmer since I was around 15. recently within the past few years I took a class on electronics and was fascinated. I started getting into Arduino and other microprocessors and such, hacking devices and making my own projects. This has been extremely fun and educational for me but I often run into roadblocks like when determining what speed I can push a microcontroller or what protocol something might be using. It is also very hard and frustrating trying to observe what my code does with higher speed signals and such, it's almost impossible. I've wanted a scope for a while now but I can't afford one being the student I am. If I get this scope I would love to share it with EE students or a local makerspace or the like. I know how frustrating it can be without one so I would love to share this tool and help other budding electronic engineers, hobbyists, or makers move forward on their projects and learn a lot in the process. Thank you.

[@steiniapproved]

Thanks for the review! I'm just an electronics hobbyist to counterbalance my IT related work. I'm interested in the oscilloscope to support retro computing repairs, my microcontroller projects and so on. I really like the possibility to decode the protocols and the logic analyzer.

[@judgeguilty]

Thank you for the detailed review. I need this DSO to complete my DeathStar.

[@additudeobx]

Thanks for the nice review. One of the features that I think is missing is to be able to save a short video of a dynamic waveform(s). A 5 or 10 second video would be nice that I or colleagues could review later.

[@pascalfo]

Great and thorough review thank you! I need this scope because i don't have one and can't afford to get one, even the cheapest ones. Budget is not easy when you try and go further into electronic projects.

[@awo256]

Nice review. If you had to choose between DZ1054Z and SDS1104X-E, which one would you get?

[@bitluni]

I'm using only the siglent now. rigol annoys with the locked protocols.. no time to hack it

[@CyrilM68]

I don't think there is any missing functionality, and the "serial" triggers and decoders seems really cool (maybe not the best features, but clearly one of the most interesting for me). I wanted to change my 1980's oscilloscope for a while, so let's try to get it !

[@tjagusz]

Hi again :) I'm watching Your channel almost from the beginning. Because of You I'm using Wemos at daily basics and with every day I'm more and more fascinated with what I can doby my own! I'm thinking about using RF to build data loggers for my bee hives (measure temperature, humidity etc). Besides that oscilloscope is a must have for more advanced projects (for example to build single remote for multiple devices). Best of luck with future projects! P.S. maybe they will be with ESP32 and Bluetooth devices (for example how to pair iTag with ESP32)? :)

[@BillySugger1965]

Thank you, that was a very useful review indeed!

[@herrgeozeichen2344]

Awesome! Thanks for the great review! The SDS would be a perfect upgrade for my analog Hameg from the 80s!

[@KrisCochrane]

I'd love to use this on my little channel. It would certainly be an upgrade from my DSO128 kit scope! Serial decoding would be the best feature...for me anyway. Good luck to all who enter!

[@espenbgh2540]

A very fine overall review

[@qguitar1]

Thank you for the review. I liked the detail. Did the logic analyzer work well for you? TY

[@fleshTH]

This is an excellent honest review. I would love to have a scope like this. I'm new to electronics and trying to dive in as much as possible. I've been a programmer for many years, but I never got into the electronics side of things until recently. An Oscilloscope would really help me visualize what is happening. My goal is robotics.

[@stevendoesburg6555]

Have you published a review of the the SLA1016 logic analyser and the networking features of the scope? I enjoyed this review and I'd like to see those too. Since you've now had the scope for almost two years could you do some sort of long term review or update?

[@TonySesek]

Dang, makes me wish I had the cash for one! I just graduated high school and have been slowly getting little bits and pieces of tech from my robotics lab but nothing more complex than a multi-meter. A scope such as this would be a huge boon to what I, and probably my robotics lab as a whole, could make! The logic analyzer seems great for debugging our robots that use a combo of I2C and UART and even CAN sometimes. Especially when noobies forget to send the commands. Thank you for the video!

[@tpjs]

I am a Geodesy and Geoinformatics student from Hnanover. I would love to have this device, because im planning in building my own digital H0 modeltrain, where every decoder is selfbuild. Also my goal is to use Computervision on an Raspberry Pi, to know, where every train is at every moment. The final step would be to implement an Autopilot with more than one train on each track, since autopiloting/selfdriving cars fit well into my studying area. I have had no oszilloscope so far. keep up your great work. Sincerely Tim Schimansky

[@ZanteF12R]

I would really like to see an in-depth review of the FFT resolution (sidebands distinguishability in an AM/FM signal for instance) , since this scope should do FFT with 1Mpts, much more than other pricey scopes. I am a physics Graduate student with a passion for electronics, I have a cheap Analog scope but I would like to get into the digital world.

[@bitrax644]

I'm currently working on dual microwave 5.8 GHz and laser radar with STM32 uC with CAN interface with UDS and XCP capabilities - debug would go faster with 2ch oscilloscope. Keep up the good work!

[@zolatanaffa87]

Too many things for an entry level :-)) This is not an oscilloscope but a complete center of analysis of the waveforms ... what else to add, if not: wonderful! In the lucky case I was extracted, I promise to use it with all the respect it deserves :-))) Hi

[@kaihatkeinenaccount]

Gimme da scope!! Oh, wrong channel.

[@thomasboos2470]

I would need especially the logic analyser functions too. I'm at the beginning of building an 8-bit computer, startet with the power supply, clock signal and reset circuit. Next step will be minimal system with a Z80, RAM, EPROM and a LCD Text display for output. A scope containing a logic analyser would come handy when running into some issues with the signals on the buses.

[@ivanzahariev4448]

Great review. It will be nice to have such device in my home lab.

[@lieschenmuller9530]

I'm not very well versed on what makes a good scope. Well, not at all, but the bandwidth is what is recommended in several books if you want to be able to make all kinds of repairs and not be limited by your osci. The sampling rate seems great. It's really difficult to decide on an entry-level oscilloscope since you're going to sink a lot of money either way but you just can't make the judgement call of what features you will and won't need. So there is this osci from a competitor that you surely know about which has a known "unofficial upgrade path" so you'll get quite a capable device, but how would a beginner know for example that the probes are up to the task after "upgrading"? I just wish that one of the most important pieces of equipment wouldn't be either a gamble or a money sink. Anyways, keep up the great work :) Apropos... you have quite a bit of videos that I didn't notice before. There goes my time I guess.

[@TechnoAutomation]

Standard protocol decoder is very impressive to me. I don't get any major Missing in this scope. All & all its price worthy , & offcours you have explained lots of functions in this video.

[@poorman-trending]

The 16 channel logic cable plus the licensing fee to use it is more than the scope! Hardware manufacturers should not be charging for software.

[@ArnoudvanLeijden]

This scope would indeed be good value for my ATMEL projects!

[@wi_zeus6798]

Really good review, I'm waiting for the second part. Would love to own this scope ;)

[@lgeo_al]

really nice oscilloscope. I'm actually in need of one, for my plan to conquer the world. Nice review btw.

[@muntasiralsabiry8081]

Hello Bitluni, I can not understand how to measure power consumption or current consumption of a integrated circuit with using this oscilloscope. Thank you

[@avejst]

Thanks for sharing :-) decoding I2c and Xbee-data test

[@adamdufton4525]

If I was to get the oscilloscope I would use it to extend my learning of micro electronics and expand already on my customised home automation software which I have built with help from you. All the best :)

[@darkundergroundorg]

I need a scope for my elektronic hobby, at the moment i dont have the money. Thanks for the video, i like your projects!

[@bunnatang2081]

Could you do audio music signal probe vs analog oscilloscope? I doubt digital oscilloscope produce a lot of delay. and I want to see which one is closer to zero lag.

[@HomeAwesomation]

Would you buy this today over the DS1104S-Z Plus with two channel wave generator and MSO module? This is quite a bit cheaper but has no MSO or wave generator. However it does have canbus triggering which may be important to me. It also looks like the on screen information and the controls might be better on this versus the Rigol.

[@fredhayes145]

Thank you. I have a long interest in electronics; my present area is exploration of signal analysis using FFT. I propose to use an oscilloscope to examine basic signal characteristics of generated waveforms.

[@jloup35]

Great review. It will be nice to have such device.

[@robertc7682]

Very helpful, I believe I will purchase this scope for my inventions lab.

[@joetke]

Great job! Siglent guys would not have made such a great review of their device.

[@iBildermacher]

Very interesting review! Way better than the most other oscilloscope reviews I have seen so far! Thank you :) I would love to use the scope to figure out my problems with my student research (Studienarbeit, ich hoffe das ist die richtige englische Übersetzung). My prototype has a few problems I can not solve, because I don't know if the DAC etc. Is working correctly. I would be really nice to win the scope:)

[@spiritcore1]

Thanks for the review! I always wanted an oscilloscope :) I had some projects that I couldn't solve some issues and scope would really help debugging those issues.

[@erickbermudez8219]

Great video, I learn a lot. It looks that you have an Rigol too, which one do you prefer the Rigol or the Siglent? Tell me more about your experience working with them. It looks to me that both have same screen size 7", however, it looks to the Siglent use better the space.

[@FredDeckerNC]

Hi and thank you. Could you provide a link to the second part of the video that shows using the logic analyzer?

[@suomynona4607]

Nice features. Thanks for the detailed review. I don't have a scope with a logic analyzer and this one would help with my power generator project.

[@josiahmarsh2051]

Well informed review! I would love to get this oscilloscope because currently I do not own one. I am a student so I cannot afford to spend that much on a scope. I would use it for a home automation system I am currently developing. This would aid me in being able to turn regular devices into smart devices without major modification.

[@cardre]

Looks like a great scope and very good value for money with all the decoders etc. built in. I'd like to use it for watching my low power (coin cell) ATtiny projects as they wake from sleep, read some sensors and then go back to sleep. This way I can check the timing and current draw as well as energy used (math integral function) for each wake up event.

[@hellmann72]

Hier! Hier! ;) Great review! Compact and showed all the interesting bits (I2C and UART Decoder, Triggers, X-Y Mode...). I would donate my trusty Rigol to the attraktor Makerspace to make some space for this nice scope. :D

[@pekkagronfors7304]

I'm building a MIDI controller for my hardware synths. But it is so hard to troubleshoot when you cant see the signals. This scopes serial protocols features should really make my day.