SainSmart DDS120

SainSmart DDS120

The SainSmart DDS120 is a USB-based, 2-channel oscilloscope with an analog bandwidth of 20MS/s and 48MS/s sampling rate.

See SainSmart DDS120/Info for more details (such as lsusb -v output) about the device.

• USB: Cypress CY7C68013A-100AXC (FX2LP) (datasheet)
• 256-byte I²C EEPROM: Microchip 24LC641 (datasheet)
• Crystal: 24MHz
• AD: AD8065ART-R2: (datasheet)

or in newer hardware

• AD: MXT2088 (datasheet)
• Opamp: Analog devices AD8065 (OPAMP)
• MUX: Texas Instruments CD4052B (2 x 1:4 MUX)

Firmware

The Sainsmart firmware is contained on a i2c eeprom. The FX2 boots directly into that firmware which makes it hard to replace the firmware without hardware modification.

Vendor Protocol

Oscilloscope command	bRequest value	Notes
Set CH0 coupling	0x24	Possible values: 0x00, 0x08 (AC-coupling, DC-coupling).
Set CH1 coupling	0x25	Possible values: 0x20, 0x10 (AC-coupling, DC-coupling).
Set CH0 voltage range	0x22	Possible values: 0x08, 0x04, 0x00, 0x06, 0x02 (50mV, 100mV, 200mV, 500mV, 1-5V).
Set CH1 voltage range	0x23	Possible values: 0x20, 0x10, 0x00, 0x12, 0x02 (50mV, 100mV, 200mV, 500mV, 1-5V).
Set sampling rate	0x94	Possible values: 0x11, 0x01, 0x10 (240kHz, 2.4MHz, 48MHz).
Trigger oscilloscope	0x33	Possible values: 0x00 == start sampling.

Photos

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Resources

• EEVBlog forum thread
• Detailed description of the hardware

Gain stage

The gain stage is 2 stage approach. -6dB and -20dB on the first stage (attentuator). The second stage is then doing the gain by 3 different resistor values switched into the feedback loop.

#Channel 0:
PC1=1; PC2=0; PC3= 0 -> Gain x0.1 = -20dB
PC1=1; PC2=0; PC3= 1 -> Gain x0.2 = -14dB
PC1=1; PC2=1; PC3= 0 -> Gain x0.4 =  -8dB
PC1=0; PC2=0; PC3= 0 -> Gain x0.5 =  -6dB
PC1=0; PC2=0; PC3= 1 -> Gain x1   =   0dB
PC1=0; PC2=1; PC3= 0 -> Gain x2   =  +6dB

#Channel 1:
PE1=1; PC4=0; PC5= 0 -> Gain x0.1 = -20dB 
PE1=1; PC4=0; PC5= 1 -> Gain x0.2 = -14dB
PE1=1; PC4=1; PC5= 0 -> Gain x0.4 =  -8dB
PE1=0; PC4=0; PC5= 0 -> Gain x0.5 =  -6dB
PE1=0; PC4=0; PC5= 1 -> Gain x1   =   0dB
PE1=0; PC4=1; PC5= 0 -> Gain x2   =  +6dB

AC/DC coupling

The coupling is controlled via 2 PhotoMOS chips.

#Channel 0:
PE3=0 Disable AC-coupling capacitor (DC-Coupling)
PE3=1 Enable AC-coupling capacitor

#Channel 1:
PE0=0 Disable AC-coupling capacitor (DC-Coupling)
PE0=1 Enable AC-coupling capacitor

1kHz Calibration square wave

Pin PE2 controlls the level of the calibration output on the pcb. This is most likely driven by an ISR timer from the 8051 core of the FX2 chip.