Comments on: Rigol DS1052E 50MHz to 100MHz scope hack

By: Figo

Figo — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:24:35 +0000

Hi there,
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By: anli

anli — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:46:16 +0000

Jeff,

Thanks, I have read that blog.

At any case it seems like DS1022C (BTW, it is older and cheaper) has another “right way” (or has not it at all). Say, :INFO:MODEL? returns nothing, ‘:IO:TEST ABC’ also returns nothing (*IDN?, :INFO:SERIAL? do work – so connection is OK).

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:21:05 +0000

Anli – I am not aware of a hack for the DS1022C. I don’t know if the same weakness in the 1052E applies to any other scopes. I think the DS1052E was the first target because it is common and cheap.

More info about the software hack is here:
http://oreskovic.me/wp/?p=27

By: anli

anli — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:17:07 +0000

I have tried this software hack with DS1022C without success. Does it mean there isn’t a way to apply the hack to this model?

By: Dimlow

Dimlow — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:07:48 +0000

OOPS, HIT THE SUBMIT BEFORE I WAS FINISHED!

Here is the rest

No change the serial (X is your own serial)
:INFO:SERIAL DS1EBXXXXXXXXX

Switch off the scope then back on and calibrate.

Job Done, you now have a 100Mhz DS1102E

By: Dimlow

Dimlow — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:04:26 +0000

Here is the detail for you.
Connect a straight through serial cable to scope and computer.

Open up a terminal program on the PC, set to 9600 baud 8 data bits, no parity,1 stop bit, no flow control, set it to echo back what you type and send only Linefeeds.

to test coms send :IO:TEST testing
it should come back with “testing”

great, now to hack your scope

:INFO:MODEL DS1102E

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:37:21 +0000

That is very exciting!

For anyone else following along, software hack to update model # and SN seems to unlock 100MHz bandwidth of Rigol DS1052E: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=30.210

By: Dimlow

Dimlow — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:35:01 +0000

This Hack is now obsolete, there is now a simple software hack.