Siglent Technologies SDS2202X-E 200MHz Super Phosphor Oscilloscope

I wanted one and finally bought one.. now i'm going to take some advanced courses so i can fully utilize this machine.

It indicates 200Mhz on the front panel but real maximum frequency I could measure on it was about 540Mhz. Which is great for such a class of oscilloscope. Has all features I need in my home hobby projects. Pretty precise measurements. I like it.

As already help me locate problems that my old analog scope wouldn't

The media could not be loaded. Was thrilled with the features of this scope at the reasonable price but found that Siglent may have quality issues with their scopes (or maybe it's simply a design flaw). Within 5 minutes of turning it on for the first time I found that the probe compensation circuit at the 100 mV/div level was seriously flawed. NOTE: See update below.The scope is unusable at this level due to both a skewed waveform and a shift downward (see attached video). I was using the built in square wave generator to test. I tried several different working probes including a high quality Tektronix brand; all yielded the same results.In doing some research I noticed the Siglent SDS1202X-E had probe compensation issues and that it was a design flaw in all scopes that had a "BA" in the serial number. Apparently in scopes with "BB" serial numbers the issue had been resolved in hardware. This scope, model SDS2202X-E also had "BA" in the serial number so I'm not sure if it is just coincidence but I have requested a replacement and we'll see what I get back and if it has the same issue (hopefully not). Will update this review with my findings.UPDATE: The new scope came and had the same issue.I noticed that when using the probe without attenuation (1X) the problem occurs however when using the probe at 10X (with ten times signal attenuation) the scope works as I expected it should. Technically in this way you can get all the way to 500 µV/div but I doubt that it would be useful in that range. I very rarely use an oscilloscope below 1 V/div anyway so I'm happy with it. It would have been better to specify the lower end of the range at 200 mV/div... honestly if that had been the case then I would have had nothing to complain about and I'd have given it 5 stars.

As a retired and seasoned electronics engineering technician I can say that I really like this Scope! I just received it a few minutes ago and have become very familiar with it most essential features! Yes the screen quality is excellent and the user interface is easy for me to navigate, probably because I am very familiar with electronic instruments of all types! A beginner should be able to figure out the menus with a bit of work!Any scope for a beginner can be daunting and a bit bewildering but can be mastered with familiarity!Electronics is not an easy subject to master and neither are the instruments used in its practice! But yes, I would recommend this instrument, because of its features, to seriously motivated beginners, as well as to experienced professionals!

So I just got the Scope and the AWG module, also bought a licence for it too. I have found out the AWG doesn't generate arbitrary waveforms when used with the SDS2202X-E. Support claimed it doesn't work unless you have a 4 channel scope. However their product websites and manual for the scope claims it does. I am currently awaiting their resolution to this misleading or vaporware feature. Also the cost of the licence is another 130 dollars on top of the 160 bucks for the SAG1021I, it look like you are better off(more features) just spending an extra 30 dollars for their cheaper stand alone units. I have not had a chance to push the scope, but this issue has irked me, so we will give only 3 stars.

I purchase this direct from Siglent about a year ago. I use it as a general purpose scope and I have found it to be very accurate and easy to use. It has all the math functions including FFT. The sales dept. at Siglent was very helpful in making my selection for my needs. I have used it to build and analyze my first SMPS Flyback power supply and found it to be indispensable. I have not pushed the limits of the scope as of yet but based on my experience I would not hesitate to purchase a Siglent product.