Agilent Technologies Inc. (www.agilent.com) has expanded its award-winning oscilloscope series, the InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series, with the addition of four 1-GHz models.

Increasing the bandwidth of the oscilloscopes addresses the much requested upgrade for this oscilloscope range. The company’s 2000 and 3000 X-Series continually receive acclaim from industry opinion-leaders and engineers for their seamless combination of value, performance and innovative features such as WaveGen, which offers fixed function as well as arbitrary waveform stimulus and oscilloscope response measurements.

Now both the 2000 and 3000 X-Series provide the option to add a five digit counter and a three-digit voltmeter (DVM) that operate via probes similar to the oscilloscope channels. Decoupling these measurements from the oscilloscope triggering system enables engineers to make triggered oscilloscope and DVM measurements with the same connection. The results from the DVM are presented with a seven-segment always-on display, offering engineers with quick characterization measurements within their fingertips.

“Our customers tell us they are expected to do more with less,” commented Jay Alexander, Vice President and General Manager of Oscilloscope Products Division at Agilent.

“No wonder they’ve responded so strongly to the 3000 X-Series. The integrated four-in-one features [analog, digital, and protocol analysis, plus function generator] offer unmatched insight into their designs at an affordable price. Adding low-cost 1-GHz bandwidths and the new DVM capability extends this benefit to an even higher performance point.”

The Agilent 2000 and 3000 X-Series oscilloscope bagged the 2011 EDN China Innovation Award in December for the best product in the test and measurement category. Both series were also included in the list of finalists for this year’s T&M Magazine’s “Best in Test” oscilloscopes category.