TE Boot up times and Boot cycles #

[Deathwish]

If i win anything, find the names of the youngest posters under 16 still active on here and send one of them whatever it is. I'm sure one of them would be ecstatic to get something they could get better use of than I.

[poot36]

Here is my HP 1661C Logic Analyzer from 1996 booting up: http://youtu.be/UbQ_zhDukKE

about 12 seconds!

Sorry about the poor quality it was shot from my Nintendo 3DS.

[Isad]

Hello

So i saw this thread and thought i might give it a
try i really need a function generator and living were i live its hard.

So the OP said evry TE equipment
These are my only 3 TE equipment i have so:

Rigol Ds1074z 31-34sec to boot and show waveform instant

Hameg HM 204 4 second and after it was heated up it would take 1-2 second

I wouldnt really describe this as somthing to enter here but hey
my crappy multimieter does 1-2 seconde.

Sry but i cant seem to acquier the boot times in the Rigol but i think it has done mroe then 200 times
And as for the HM-204 i have no clue i have turned it on 10 times since i got it but  it probably has more then
800 times and as for the meter well lets say 300-400 times.

Ps: the hameg probably has more then 2000 but i didnt want to brag.

[Howardlong]

Folks, you have nothing to lose by entering, your chances of winning are really rather good judging from my experience:

[BravoV]

Tektronix THS710A boot time, about 13 seconds.

Sorry for the overexposed screen as its difficult to compensate against the black body using crappy camera. 

http://youtu.be/zOvu_RDwrxk

Boot cycles or powerups count : 128

[poot36]

Her is a couple of my test equipment boot up times.

Tektronix 465 (~4 seconds to display 1 or 2 seconds after full brightness)



Canadian SG-1 Signal Generator (cold boot vacuum tube you see ~12 seconds)



Canadian SG-1 Signal Generator (warm boot vacuum tube you see ~7 seconds)



Eico 950b capacitor tester (warm boot vacuum tube you see ~3 seconds (magic eye tube not warmed up yet but there is the correct voltage)



Dim bulb tester (40W light bulb less then 0.3 seconds, I turn on power at 1 second in to the video)



60W



75W



I don't know if it counts or not but hey it is used to test and limit the current into a circuit with a fault so I think it should count.

Atwater Kent homemade power supply (90V rail unloaded 170V ~8 seconds due to cap charge (current limited)



Atwater Kent homemade power supply (6V rail unloaded 8V ~2 seconds due to cap charge (NOT current limited!)



Mastercraft 52-0052-2 multimeter (measuring Ni-Mh battery 1.366V ~1.5 to 2 seconds)



All of the tests including and after the dim bulb tester I turn on the equipment after 1 second according to the camera timer (Camera Nintendo 3DS 20FPS 480x240 resolution).

The HP logic analyzer was shot in night mode so it was only 5FPS Sorry 

[poot36]

Some more of my test equipment on different settings:

Eico 950b capacitor tester on Paper-Mica test (cold boot tubes you see ~60 seconds or so)

https://youtu.be/amF-0ibjeIk

Eico 950b capacitor tester on Paper-Mica test magic eye (warm boot tubes you see ~16 seconds or so)

https://youtu.be/dswHS4TL7Kc

This tester does need its caps replaced and may preform better after that.  Both of these tests were done by pressing record and turning on the equipment at the same time.

[Jorpy]

My Hantek DSO5102P has been booted 63 times. It's about a year old, so I don't use it that often.. But when I use it, I tend to have it on for several hours. The boot-up time is 12.18 s.

[jasonh]

I got this last week from Rob (Tautech).

    It took five minutes to pick up the scope and two hours to chat with him, we found we had a lot of common interests

[Belgarion]

My DS1052E takes 10 seconds to boot and has a startup count of 171.



Other devices that I was unable to find a startup counter on:

HP 8591A: takes approximately 8 seconds to boot to full brightness on display.

HP 34401A: 3 seconds.

Rigol DP832: 6 seconds.

Rigol DS1054Z: 24 seconds.

[Deckert]

Hi!

Atten 1102CML (which is really just a Siglent SDS1102CML in a different box).

Boot up time: 14 seconds
Power on times: 281



--deckert

[idpromnut]

Found it on my HDG2002B.  33 boot cycles!  And a 13.7s boot up time.

EDIT: I shot a video of this as well

https://youtu.be/gL1eQlYJisE

[Isad]

My DS1052E takes 10 seconds to boot and has a startup count of 171.



Other devices that I was unable to find a startup counter on:

HP 8591A: takes approximately 8 seconds to boot to full brightness on display.

HP 34401A: 3 seconds.

Rigol DP832: 6 seconds.

Rigol DS1054Z: 24 seconds.

How do you show the power up times on the rigol
i have a ds107z but i cant seem to finde the option.

[Howardlong]

Got me new toy this week, thanks to Siglent and their July draw, and hooked it up to the 1980B boat anchor for some old school lissajous.



(1980B boots up from warm in <1 second)


Can I enter again? 

Hantek DSO1062 50 boots, 23 second boot time


Hantek HDG2002B 68 boots, 14 second boot time

[tautech]

How do you show the power up times on the rigol
i have a ds107z but i cant seem to finde the option.

AFAIK the 1000Z and 2000 series do not have a boot counter that is available in the User menus. 

[tautech]

Got me new toy this week, thanks to Siglent and their July draw......

As it seems you have much TE Howard, I'm sure Siglent would appreciate some comments as to how your new SDG1025 AWG compares against your other equipment.

Maybe some comments in this thread would be appropriate:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/the-sdg1000-and-sdg800-thread/

[Howardlong]

As it seems you have much TE Howard,

You can never have enough apparently. Until a year or so ago,  when I first registered on EEVBlog, I lived under a rock with just one scope, a TDS2024B. I've lost count how many I have now.

Regarding function/AWGs, I have an old 3MHz analogue unit that I've had for a decade or so, the AWG inside the Rigol MSO1074Z-S and the Hantek HDG2002. The Hantek is nearly useless, it's half finished, so previously I've used the Rigol's built in AWG which is far more trustworthy than the Hantek. But being inside a scope, the UI is fiddly to use and setup, so I'm looking to the Siglent to help out there being a dedicated unit.

A bit early to comment on the Siglent, I've not had need to used it in anger yet, I only picked it up from the delivery depot yesterday.

[tautech]

A bit early to comment on the Siglent, I've not had need to used it in anger yet......

Of course it is, it needs to get used to you for a bit first.   

[nctnico]

My HP E4421B RF generator takes about 22 seconds to start. Not that many power cycles but it has been on for almost 4 years!

[Muttley Snickers]

Ok I got here finally, pictured below are my Tektronix TDS-1002 boot up times were on average 33.20 seconds and when I got the unit boot cycles were about 67 and I put on another 30 or so and recently whilst in the systems menu I decided to reset it to zero for that new equipment feeling we all enjoy. I never anticipated anyone wanting to know the boot cycles except for maybe the person that I sell it to which is highly unlikely and we are now at 5 boots.

I've also included a picture of my function generators GW GFG-8016Gs and a unit I built whilst doing an electronics course 20 years ago, the GWs came from a local university and are badly sun damaged as you can see but I cant get the knobs off to make and replace the front template, it's a sad sight.

The built unit is can go from 20Hz to 200kHz and for many years thats all I needed for counters and timers and it also has an onboard power supply which I dont use as I have others, most of my work applications revolve around voltage, current and resistance so more often than not multimeters are the go to tool in our case.

Wishing everybody the best of luck and many thanks to Siglent for the opportunity to perhaps own a flashy thing....


Muttley

[tautech]

Ok I got here finally........and when I got the unit boot cycles were about 67 and I put on another 30 or so and recently whilst in the systems menu I decided to reset it to zero for that new equipment feeling we all enjoy. I never anticipated anyone wanting to know the boot cycles except for maybe the person that I sell it to which is highly unlikely and we are now at 5 boots.

Memo to self:
Don't buy SH TE from Muttley, don't buy SH TE from Muttley, don't buy SH TE from Muttley. 

Good luck finding out how to reset the boot counter on a Siglent if you win one.

[Muttley Snickers]

Good luck finding out how to reset the boot counter on a Siglent if you win one.

Oh dont you worry, I want that brand new experience again in the future from the same bit of kit.

I dont have a hope in hell of winning anyway, the luckiest I ever got was finding two, yes two flavour satchels in a packet of Aldi two minute noodles and thats about as good as it gets for me anyhow.

Any chance that they could add the SDM-3055 to the draw as an option, I would be happy to make up the difference in price if necessary should god strike me lucky all of a sudden.

[tautech]

Good luck finding out how to reset the boot counter on a Siglent if you win one.

Oh dont you worry, I want that brand new experience again in the future from the same bit of kit.

I dont have a hope in hell of winning anyway, the luckiest I ever got was finding two, yes two flavour satchels in a packet of Aldi two minute noodles and thats about as good as it gets for me anyhow.

Any chance that they could add the SDM-3055 to the draw as an option, I would be happy to make up the difference in price if necessary should god strike me lucky all of a sudden.

I'll put in good word should the Gods smile on you. 

[tszaboo]

Ok I got here finally........and when I got the unit boot cycles were about 67 and I put on another 30 or so and recently whilst in the systems menu I decided to reset it to zero for that new equipment feeling we all enjoy. I never anticipated anyone wanting to know the boot cycles except for maybe the person that I sell it to which is highly unlikely and we are now at 5 boots.

Memo to self:
Don't buy SH TE from Muttley, don't buy SH TE from Muttley, don't buy SH TE from Muttley. 

Good luck finding out how to reset the boot counter on a Siglent if you win one.

That is like turning back the odometer (KM counter) in a car!

[idpromnut]

That is like turning back the odometer (KM counter) in a car!

I would normally say that's like wrecking the smell of a fine aged wine.  The only issue with my Hantek is that it is none of fine, aged, OR wine.