USB oscilloscopes are compact and low-cost. If properly specified, they can be highly capable instruments. This FAQ reviews some important USB oscilloscope specifications including the number of channels, sample rate, bandwidth, refresh rate, and memory depth. Part 2 of this series considers specifications (available Sept. 8) for triggering, input ranges and probes, zooming, and control […]
Oscilloscope Descriptions
Tektronix wins coveted 2022 Leap Award
Instrument maker Tektronix took home a bronze medal in the recently completed 2022 Leap Awards. The LEAP Awards celebrates the most innovative and forward-thinking products serving the design engineering space. Tektronix won in the test and measurement category covering equipment as typically used by design and development engineers engaged in product design and development. The […]
Liquid Instruments wins coveted Leap Award.
Instrument maker Liquid Instruments, Solana Beach, Calif., has won a gold medal in the recent Leap Awards 2022 competition for product innovation. The LEAP Awards celebrates the most innovative and forward-thinking products serving the design engineering space. Liquid Instruments won in the test and measurements category for test and measurement equipment as typically used by […]
Isolated scope optimized for high-voltage, fast-slew-rate signals
The Cleverscope CS548 Oscilloscope is a 2-kV dc isolated-channel oscilloscope designed to be used wherever isolation and high CMRR are needed. It improves on the previous and successful CS448 for power electronics and high side test measurements. The CS548 is an individually isolated-channel high CMRR oscilloscope with four channels that has been designed for measurements […]
New oscilloscopes feature super-fast 4.5 M acquisitions/sec update rate
The new R&S MXO 4 series oscilloscopes feature the world’s fastest real-time update rate of over 4.5 million acquisitions per second. Development engineers can now see more signal detail and infrequent events than with any other oscilloscope. The 12-bit ADC in the R&S MXO 4 series has 16 times the resolution of traditional 8-bit oscilloscopes at […]
New 12-bit high-def oscilloscopes target high-speed signal integrity applications
The HDO Series of High Definition Oscilloscopes feature true 12-bit resolution and are available in 70 MHz – 800 MHz bandwidths and two or four channels. The HDO Series is powered by the new UltraVision III platform featuring a custom ASIC chipset, which also provides for dramatically lower front-end noise. The higher resolution and lower […]
High-def 12-bit scopes target high-speed signal integrity needs
The HDO Series of High Definition Oscilloscopes features true 12-bit resolution and are available in 70 MHz – 800 MHz bandwidths and two or four channels. The HDO Series is powered by the new UltraVision III platform featuring a custom ASIC chipset, which also provides for dramatically lower front-end noise. The higher resolution and lower […]
Scope features automotive diagnostic presets package, 32 Mpt memory, 1 GSa/sec sampling
The Micsig SATO1004 Automotive Tablet Oscilloscope features four channels, a bandwidth of 100 MHz, an easy-use touchscreen operation and a comprehensive set of vehicle diagnostics. With its signal sample rate of 1 GSa/sec, the SATO1004 is a powerful, professional, and affordable vehicle testing tool for evaluating systems such as: ABS, Accelerator Pedal, Throttle Position, Fuel […]
Battery-powered portable oscilloscopes sport 280Mpts memory, 2 GSa/sec sampling, up to 270,000 wfm/sec refresh rate
The Micsig STO2000C Series two-channel Portable Oscilloscopes offer a bandwidth choice of 200 or 300 MHz, a huge 280 Mpts of memory, fast 2 GSa/sec sampling rate (single channel), up to 270,000 wfm/sec refresh rate, and a 7.5-Ah Li battery for extended field use. This innovative portable instrument combines a capacitive 8-in TFT LCD touch […]
Battery portable 4-channel scopes feature 70-Mpt memory, 1 GSa/sec sampling, 130,000 wfm/sec refresh rate
The Micsig STO1004 four-channel battery-powered portable oscilloscope offers 100 MHz bandwidth, 70 Mpts memory, 1 GSa/sec sampling (single channel), 130,000 wfm/sec refresh rate, and a 7.5-Ah lithium battery for extended field use. Improvements over previous Micsig models include an intelligent bidirectional Universal Probe Interface for accommodating and powering smart probes such as those with differential […]