Pico Technology (www.picotech.com) has introduced a 60 MHz oscilloscope from its family of highest-performance USB oscilloscope, the PicoScope 3204B.
Accurate to within three percent, this dual channel oscilloscope features eight-bit resolution. It combines with large buffer memory of eight MS, a high sampling rate of 500 MS/s and a bandwidth of 60 MHz. This makes the PicoScope 3204B ideally suited for use in all aspects of test and measurement, starting from manufacturing and repair, to development and research.
The oscilloscope features a maximum zoom factor of 100 million that combines with its industry-leading zoom controls to allow users to clearly and easily view all the details of the waveform. Its segmented memory eliminates the usual problem of seeing a glitch on the display as the oscilloscope stores each captured waveform in the buffer, allowing users to rewind and review previous waveforms.
Unlike traditional benchtop oscilloscopes, PicoScope 3204B is small and light enough to carry around, making it ideally suited for engineers who are always on the move. Since it is USB powered, it does not need an external power supply.
Most digital oscilloscopes offered in the market nowadays utilize an analog trigger architecture based around comparators, which can cause time as well amplitude errors that cannot be calibrated out. It can also limit the trigger sensitivity and create long trigger “re-arm” delay.
The PicoScope 3204B employs fully digital triggering that use actual digitized data. This allows the oscilloscope to trigger even on the tiniest signals and reduce trigger errors, even at full bandwidth.
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