Pico Technology (www.picotech.com) has launched a 500 MHz oscilloscope from its PicoScope 6000 Series — the PicoScope 6404 PC Oscilloscope. The four-channel oscilloscope features a real-time sampling rate of five GS/s and a deep one gigasample buffer memory, allowing it to capture and analyze complex waveforms while sampling at full speed. Aside from the advanced […]
Archives for July 2011
Important specifications in evaluating oscilloscopes
To maximize the design margins of an oscilloscope, various key specifications must be considered when evaluating it. Each specification can and will affect the margins. In evaluating oscilloscopes, vendors provide varying ideas on which specifications are the most important. The oscilloscope’s noise floor is considered one of the most important specifications when margin testing a […]
GW Instek unveils GDS-2000 Series Oscilloscope
GW Instek (www.gwinstek.com) has introduced a new series of digital oscilloscope that seamlessly combines one GSa/s real-time sampling rate with 25 kpts record length to deliver the highest value platform among comparable products available in the market today — the GDS-2000 Series. Featuring bandwidths of 60 MHz, 100 MHz and 200 MHz and inputs of […]
LeCroy’s WaveJet 354A Oscilloscope
LeCroy (www.lecroy.com) has unveiled a 500 MHz oscilloscope from its 300A Oscilloscopes portfolio, the WaveJet 354A oscilloscope. This four channel oscilloscope allows users to view rapidly updating waveforms to locate rare events or signal anomalies. With the oscilloscope’s replay mode and fast acquisition, users can determine if a runt has occurred and allow them to […]