Hi Bert,
On 09/02/11 19:56, Bert, VE2ZAZ wrote:
Hi everyone.
I own an HP 5370A. I do GPIB and Labview, KE5FX Utilities, DF6JB's Plotter,
spreadsheets etc. Always looking to improve my setup...
Here is a simple question: Why should I try to get an HP 5372A (or 5371A)? What
are the benefits over the 5370A? Worth spending?
The HP5371A and HP5372A has not as great single-shot resolution (200 ps)
vs the HP5370A/B (20 ps) but they outshines in high speed measurement
bursts, more elaborate trigger programming and higher histogram speeds,
especially the HP5372A which has hardware accelerated histogram which
the HP5371A doesn't have. The trigger rate can be as high as 10 MHz (100
ns between two time-stamps) with full data and 13,33 MHz (75 ns between
two time-stamps). They have built-in display functionality with a
variety of measures which can be very nice to work with. The user
interface has a few warts, but like any dinosaur it takes a bit of work
to "get into" it.
For me they are different animals, so I have both.
The HP5370A/B, HP5335A, HP5372A, SR-620, DTS-2070C and CNT-90 has
components of functionality which if combined and extended in the right
direction would provide a great counter.
Cheers,
Magnus
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