Now lets talk about a totally legal hack to make my Fluke 8845A use a PTC to show temperature, offical only supported in the 8846A
but with the maths functions you can do offset and multiplier to show the temperature reading in the kOhms range
Also build me for 5$ a probe instead paying 500$ for a way too big Fluke probe
Both of these are just your opinion. I’m sure Rigols opinion is different than yours. Since Rigol makes the product and sets the prices, their opinion is what matters.
If they see a rise in the lower model sales and a drop in the higher model sales they might figure out people are just hacking the lower models so then they might go to the trouble of leaving certain hardware pieces out of the lower models. Time will tell. Hack while you can. :+1:
Yeah, but the point is that if they are able to sell it at the lower price for a profit, with no hardware or firmware changes, then the top price model is over-priced. There’s actually a good business reason to do that. Some people are not happy unless they spend a lot on a product. They will buy the over-priced stuff because to them, it is not over-priced. Even if you told those people that the only difference is the “A” being included on the end of the name, and showed them how it worked, they wouldn’t believe you. They would swear that the “A” model is objectively better in some way. This is a confirmed psychological effect. Some companies choose to make money off of this effect. In a way, they’re meeting a very real “need” for those people. :money_mouth_face:
I can tell you one absolutely fantastic feature the A has
Its screen is actually not anymore monocromatic, wow colorful display
anyway I will also break the warranty label on the 832 installing a 92mm silent fan with maglev bearing instead the noisy original 80mm fan
a little bit more airflow at at about 14dB less noise
same with the DG1022Z, way too noisy fan
Well, there you go! It’s worth the extra $$$ for that color screen! /s
and actually I liked the monocromatic more, as it also used a different 7 element digits and was better to read
I think a monochromatic screen is best for text. The old amber (or green) computer monitors were very readable. I’d still say that would be best for any text-only output. But the world has grown accustomed to “full-color” displays, even in places where it doesn’t make sense! :person_facepalming:
On the 811A I can not even change the color of the digits what was possible in the 811 one
so they made the more expensive version worse
Since I got a D4SV2 I’m a big fan of Andruil with 1634 and RGB LEDs.
Do you have any plans to migrate some of your drivers to that architecture eventually?
some new ones
Acebeam X45 the latest gen with programming port
21mm replacing all previous ones
What are the features of this 21mm driver of yours? What software is compatible?
its now combined 1/2S
2S without AMCs using small FET and up to 4 13 Ohm resistors
Programming pads for firmware update from battery side with flash key
Is there a demand for X45 drivers?
Maybe the stock drivers tend to go bad due to a flaw or something?
BLF Firmware
a bit more Output 13.3V 15A
Do your drivers include necessary software? Why are there no feature descriptions for your drivers? Are the pictures expected to tell the story?
This is just one of more driver related topics
I have plenty of information in the other topics, this one should list just an overview for current models
I have also a complete topic with guide for the 2 mostly used firmware, of course firmware got their own Topics especially from Toykeeper
Try this thread. [Sale] 7. batch DD 1S/2S Bistro HD OTSM/NarsilM/Anduril drivers 12-47.5mm size S2+, C8, H03, MT03, Q8 Clicky or E-switch
Software is installed and tested.
Ok thanks.
See edited post above. That’s the order thread.
Since I got a D4SV2 I’m a big fan of Andruil with 1634 and RGB LEDs.
Lexel, do you have any plans to migrate some of your drivers to that architecture eventually?