Hantek DSO5072P Digital Oscilloscope 70MHz Bandwidth 1GSa/s 7.0-inch

Well packaged budget digital oscilloscope. Have used it a few times since purchase and it performs faultlessly. For the money I have no quibbles at all. I am happy with this as it is so will not be looking to hack / upgrade the unit as detailed on the net / youtube. Delivered next day through Amazon who have always provided good service.

I've had this for quite some time and I'm sure it may have been updated by now. It gets occasional use but does everything we need it to without any fuss. Good budget scope with so many more functions than we had a few years ago.

Great buy.

This is one amazing instrument! I am still learning all the things it does! I was worried that maybe 8-bit resolution would not be enough, but it works just fine or everything I need it for. Think of this as more than just a DSO (Digital Storage Oscilloscope). It is a multi-tester - you can get realtime readouts of many many different measurements right next to the waveform, such as Vrms, Vp-p, frequency, Mean volts, max volts, min volts, etc. So kind of like having a DMM right in the scope. The screen is extremely clear, bright, and easy to read. Many trigger modes, acquire modes - like I said, still learning how to use it. FFT built-in, I could go on and on. The spec sheet does not give this unit justice, because it is difficult to describe all of the things it does. You can even trigger on the width of a pulse! Set a width (time), and it can be set to trigger for smaller pulses, larger pulses, or pulses within 5% of your setting. While I have not needed that, I can imagine that might be extremely useful! Catch a 5ns glitch! Set to trigger for less than 6ns width! WOW. Yes, you can see some digital artifacts but they are down in the noise - like 24 dB down. In other words, working with 1 volt full scale (that would be 8 major divisions) you would have digitization noise at 4mv - which is 1/32 of a major division. This is so small, it is not really an issue for almost all cases. I included a photo of the scope showing it reading the built-in square wave for testing the scope probes, and showing the "measurement" display next to the waveform. This measurement is accessed by pressing a single button, what you want to measure can be changed with a single button (F6), and the panel can be removed with a single button (F0). I love it! And yes, I realize that this level of technology is only available from China because of the extremely low wages... Sigh.

I ordered the Hantek DSO5072P from Realsun. These guys are great, got it very quickly. The DSO5072P seems to be quite a capable scope for my needs. I did a quick test of the various inputs with different signals and the unit seems to be working well. Quite straight forward to use once you start looking at the screen instead of looking for marks on the dials (like on an analog scope, since digital scopes have menus instead of marked dials) This is the first two channel digital scope I have owned, my last scope is a rather old single channel analog scope. This unit makes things so much quicker to measure with the voltage, frequency and other readouts. It even has an Auto mode that, for a lot of signals, will set up the scope for you. The scope will remember what you have it set to if it is powered off (wait at least 5 seconds after your last setting change). It also has setting memories, but I haven't played with them yet. It has many trigger / pre-triggering options, including line (60/50Hz AC power line), ch1, ch2, swap (which will alternately triggers ch1 & ch2 so both waveforms can be locked independently), a dedicated trigger input BNC, video (NTSC, PAL, SECAM field or line), and more. The screen is quite easy to read and very adjustable. You can set the colours of your channels, math function output, and more. I haven't played with the storage functions, or connected it to a computer as of yet. It can also be set to a 2nS time base (even though it is a 70MHz scope), though the highest frequency I have tested it with was 25MHz (so far). This seems to save the bother of 'hacking' the software on the scope. It is probably not as accurate above 70MHz/100Mhz as the DSO5202P (200MHz) scope, but is still a great deal for the price. The scope has lots of vents and a small, very quiet fan. Auto calibration can also be preformed and is recommended when you move the unit to an area that has a temperature difference of more than 5 deg C. (leave unit running for 20min or more before cal) There are so many more functions and settings that this unit has I could probably write a book! There is a PDF manual that Hantek sends on a mini-CD (along with drivers and software), and you can also get this content from their website. Have a look at the manual in PDF format and see if it fits what you need it for. The english isn't perfect, but it is a lot better than some and is fairly easy to understand. My DSO5072P included a standard north american power cord (looks like the box was opened to check or include the correct one). Along with two nice 80MHz 1/10x probes (PP-90) which included 7 coloured rings, two tip attachments, setting screwdriver, and a pouch per probe set. Also, included an USB (A to B) cable, some paperwork and a mini-CD (the CD was slightly scratch, but I had no problems reading it on my PC) Would recommend this to anyone that doesn't need to spend mega-$$$$ on a super-highend industrial oscilloscope. Probably overkill for most DIY / hobbyist activities, but at this price more is always better!

I use this one at work, and it replaces on my bench a ca. 1994 HP... not Agilent, that has screen burn-in so bad that you can clearly read text on it without power applied. Since that one is certified annually, I still use it for testing equipment on the production lines and this one for troubleshooting product. I don't calibrate product so it doesn't have to be certified, and the company won't pay for the annual certification of Personally Owned Tools. Yes, I regularly use POT at work, LOL. Anyway, this one has a nice, bright display, does a whole bunch of measurements at once, and pretty much everything else that you need. It was less than half the price of the big names and it probably came off the same assembly line. Like someone else observed, the power switch is a little wonky, but it seems like just recessed a little too far, not defective. I'm still wrestling with the control syntax, but that's on me; for example, setting measurements and clearing them when done. After nearly a quarter century with my old one, it takes a few seconds. One nice touch, several of the buttons are back lit and color coded. Time Will Tell if this one lasts as long, although at my age that's not an issue, but it would be nice if I can take it home with me when I retire. Oh, and unlike the HP, I haven't figured out how to play Tetris on it. Has anyone found an Easter-Egg of any kind on this one?

DSO5072P is a great digital scope, perfect fit for a hobbyist. Functionally, this oscilloscope is very similar to some well known (and expensive) brands. Don't think anyone would particularly benefit from a "hacking" procedure found on the Internet, since scope's software can already display and measure signals over 100MHz, although with reduced accuracy. I was able to successfully capture waveforms of 150MHz signals. Included probes are good up to 60-70MHz, and are good enough for usual tasks.