Keysight Oscilloscopes Reviews

Our primary use case is the IBIS-AMI Model.

We are using the Advanced Design System (ADS). We are doing the IBIS model for our customers. We develop our service, then our customer will evaluate it and comeback after checking whether our service has good correlation.

The application space that we target is high-speed serial, like PCIe, SAS, or SATA, which are all the industry standard. We develop it and deliver it to our customer.

Before silicon came back, our customers' performance was affected. Using these tools, we are able to deliver performance to our customers. 

The user interface is pretty good.

There is definitely a learning curve. It is a more advance software, which not everyone can use just by looking at it.

It should be easier to debug.

If the simulation runs for a long time, it will suddenly crash. If they can debug that, the product would be better.

The solution feels does feel upgradable, but we have any plans to take advantage of this yet.

We are using the full bandwidth of the product.

I would normally call technical support, if needed. They would respond with an email or come to our site.

Keysight is more advanced as a solution. That's why we switched.

We got a demo before purchasing it. We learned what type of interface it had and how easy it is to use it.

The pricing is always high.

It is a good tool to use. If they had a debug feature, it would be helpful.

We use the tool to measure some waveforms, which we normally give to our customers for use in data center applications.

We are not using this product to support connected devices, like IoT development, nor do we have plans to do so going forward.

We use them for experimental measurements.

Since this equipment does a lot of different things, it's hard to say what is most valuable. It's a one-stop solution. It does everything we need. The combined functionality is the biggest benefit.

Regarding the user interface, since we are so familiar with it, it's easy to work with.

The biggest challenge for us is getting to higher frequencies, higher data rates. The higher-data product is always more expensive so if it could be cheaper for high-frequency measurement, that is what we would ideally want.

There is room for improvement in the upgradability of the products. When we buy a platform, we would like that platform to survive two or three generations, because it is very expensive. If they could provide a more modular type of design, so if we want to upgrade one functionality then we could upgrade that module, rather than all the equipment, that would be helpful. That modularity is something we would like to see.

Keysight has been very helpful, their technical support is great.

We did not switch to this product from something else. Some equipment works up to 30 gigahertz. When we started developing the newer product, which has higher frequencies, obviously we needed to buy the newer generation. When we made those changes we evaluated different vendors.

We are looking at $600,000 and it's obviously expensive, but compared to others, everybody is in the same ballpark.

It is between Tektronix, Keysight, and LeCroy. Those are the three we look at.

We did trials and learned about the features, how easy to use the products are, how consistent the data measurements are, and things like that.

My advice would be to evaluate the Keysight product.

In our company we have been using the Keysight equipment for at least 15 years. We use many different versions so I do not remember specific model numbers but we use a lot of the scopes, as well as PPD.

Technology advances in this field so we are always in a learning curve because there is always new technology, new products, new features come out.

I would rate this product at eight out of ten because of the features, ease of use, and the support.

We are using it to do research. We're currently doing optimal links research.

We are measuring PAM-4 signals with it.

We generate a waveform from the AWG. We using the scope to sample the waveform, then do offline processing.

We use the high-end scope and high-end AWG, having the bandwidth and signal rates forwarded to us.

Its resolution is very good. It has the highest bandwidth and resolution on the market.

We are using the full bandwidth of the product.

The technical support is good, and it has very strong customer support. They sent an engineer to us who gave us some training and tutorials.

The pricing is very expensive.

They sent their device to demo to us before purchasing.

We also evaluated Teledyne LeCroy.

We use a 40-gigahertz network analyzer to look at in-session loss or retention loss at 28 gigahertz. For us, the solution targets high-speed switches and routers, high-speed PCB. We are measuring 400-gig Ethernet. We're definitely using the full bandwidth of the product.

We need the results to be repeatable. By using the Keysight network analyzer, we get pretty reliable results. We like it.

• Accurate
• Fast
• High-bandwidth

Also, the PLTS is pretty convenient.

Some of the models have only two ports. It takes much longer to use a two-port. If they had a four-port, it would be much better.

Technical support is pretty responsive.

Keysight is on the high side. If they could make the price lower without sacrificing the quality that would be great.

We looked Tektronix, Keysight, and a few others. The reasons we went with Keysight are accuracy, reliability, and ease of use.

Create a shortlist and have a demo with each of them. Try each one. Once you do some trials, experiments, you will know what you want to choose. There are several things we look at: One is the accuracy, the second is the reliability of the equipment, and the third is how easy it is to use.

There is no learning curve because I've been using it for so long and it's pretty simple.

The solution is field-upgradable. We may add more functionality to the PLTS.

I would rate the product at eight out of ten. It's pretty easy to use, pretty reliable. It doesn't break, so it can work in a very harsh environment. But for a lot of additional functionality, we need to pay extra. So that is where there is room for improvement.

We are using Keysight for characterization.

The signals that I'm evaluating are basic analog signals for hard disk drives.

It improves the functionality of our products and the products that I design. It does this every day. I use it for characterization every day, and it directly helps.

Its 4 port has true differential with quite a few de-embedding features. It goes up to 40 GHz with high performance.

There was a long learning curve. It's a bit difficult to get used to, so it took about six months to really fully get up to speed with it.

The user interface is not that good. It's not very intuitive. It's functional, but it's not designed for ease of operation. It's designed for functionality. Interface could be improved a bit. It could be a bit easier to use. 

One thing that should be improved is how reliable the product is. I have found it to be very unreliable. It breaks down a lot. That is one feature I'm definitely not happy about.

I am utilizing the full bandwidth of the product.

It will become upgradable if the hardware becomes more reliable, then I would take advantage of it. While I can't think of any other functionality that they can add, as it's pretty good as is, the reliability is the main thing for me.

I have contacts within Keysight. They usually give us evaluation hardware. They're pretty good about it.

We were using a previous solution. It was bulky. It did not have good de-embedding features, so we found out about a newer solution, and there was enough value to switch.

The pricing is on the high side.

We also looked at LeCroy and Anritsu. However, Keysight was overall an excellent package.

We did demo Keysight before choosing it and learned it was functional.

The functionality is excellent, but the reliability is poor.

The application space that the solution is targeting is PC components: hard disk drives.

We are not using this product to support connected devices.

We are using Keysight Oscilloscopes and software for assimilations. 

Their new features are very useful for our jobs and workflows because they are very accurate.

Its versatility and accuracy are the most valuable features.

The user interface is very simple. Everyone can use it.

They can improve, but I don't know how.

We are utilizing the full bandwidth of the product.

I don't know if its upgradable for our parts. I think we use all of the features that can be used.

We have often needed technical support often. They were always ready to help us. They have been very useful. 

If you need help, there is always someone who will help you.

The pricing is good for what they offer.

Once we knew that we needed this type of software, we decided on Keysight.

I suggest looking over their use case site.

We are using it to connect IoT to our products.

We're measuring high-speed signals, like USB, PCI Plus, HDMI, DDR, memories, power rails, etc.

The application space the solution targets is embedded systems. For example, an embedded PC for industry automation, including wellness in strength machines or bicycles.

With telecommunications. The protocol standard needs to be created, then it uses 4G or some type of 5G for preliminary spec. Afterwards, we can create a pattern, major it, then we can see some of the IDOCs run or have some of the special masks to test it.

While it depends on the field, the learning curve is usually really quick.

The user interface is getting better. A graphical interface would be good, but having been a test engineer previously, it is nice to have some script programming.

The integration between different software and hardware panels could be improved. In the software, it's not as strong as the other solutions.

They should have more training resources accessible.

Usually, we don't ask too much of the technical support. 

There are a lot of secondhand models in the market, so that is how we first accessed it. Then, we bought the newer version after that.

We did do a demo with the company first.

If we rented the product, it would be more affordable than buying new. I would like it to be more affordable.

The application space the solution targets is usually telecommunications, like 4G and 5G.

We are measuring RX and TX signals.