New firmware available:
2000
3000
The 2000 got some serious love:
• SW option DSOX2MEMUP has been added to allow all channels up to 1 Megabyte of MegaZoom acquisition memory.
• The standard memory has been upgraded to 100 Kilobytes of MegaZoom acquisition memory per channel.
• SW option DSOX2EMBD has been added to support hardware accelerated I2C and SPI serial triggering and analysis, including decode, lister, and search capabilities.
• SW option DSOX2AUTO has been added to support hardware accelerated CAN and LIN serial triggering and analysis, including decode, lister, and search capabilities.
• SW option DSOX2COMP has been added to support hardware accelerated RS232/UART serial triggering and analysis, including decode, lister, and search capabilities.
I was in your exact scenario, and I finally went with the two channel 2000. Don't do it. You think you only need two channels, but once you start really getting into your microcontroller projects, you'll start saying, "damn, I wish I had a couple more channels!". I sold that scope and now I have a four channel 3000. Two more channels and the extra memory depth is totally worth it for me. There have been times already that I wish I had even more memory depth than what the 3000 has. The serial decode options on the 3000 are also nice.
Hi ToBeFrank,
I saw a couple of your posts that I merged together in the quote above.
Given your experience with the Agilents, I have some questions for you. Thx
In the EEV video on the 2024A at about 20:30 I thought Dave said there is no serial decode capability, but at about 30:30 Dave seems to show serial decoding. (No doubt, I'm confused
) And in your list of firmware updates for the 2000 it looks like some good serial updates were included - maybe they are only available if you have the DSOX2EMBD option?
Also, according Agilent's literature serial search isn't available - is that correct? (It looks like some level of serial review is available but maybe not "search"?)
Moving onto your post about the 2000 vs. the 3000, any chance you can update us on what are the top several reasons you are glad you made the move from the 2000 to the 3000 ? I'm especially interested in anything related to managing the digital signals (serial and parallel) and anything that has to do with simulataneously displaying and time correlating the analog and digital signals. Also, any info on the relative search and navigate features on the 2000 and 3000 would be great to understand.
One last question, specifically on I2C and SPI in case you have been working with these - what is the feasiblity of using the DSOX2EMBD with just 4 analog channels (vs. using the 8 channel LA probe)? If this is practical, theoretically a user could start with DSOX2024A and the DSOX2EMBD and then add the MSO (8 channel LA) later if it's needed. (Related to this, have you found any difference between the DSOX2EMBD and the DSOX3EMBD?)
Thanks! EF