The PicoScope 9400 Series is a new class of SXRTO oscilloscopes that combine the benefits of real-time sampling, equivalent-time sampling and high analog bandwidth. The PicoScope 9404 Series SXRTO oscilloscopes have four input channels up to 16 GHz with market-leading ADC, timing and display resolutions for accurately measuring and visualizing high-speed analog and data signals. […]
Oscilloscope Descriptions
New mid-range oscilloscopes feature large touchscreen displays
New 3 Series MDO and 4 Series MSO oscilloscopes feature a highly intuitive touchscreen user interface, the largest and highest resolution display in their class and modern industrial design. Now with more options across an array of demanding applications, Tektronix’ state-of-the-art product portfolio delivers advanced measurement and analysis capabilities and provides a comprehensive range of […]
Economical scope offers 1 GHz bandwidth, 5 GS/sec sample rate
The SIGLENT SDS5000X is available with bandwidths of 350, 500, and 1 GHz, and features a maximum sample rate of 5 GS/sec. It also features 250 Mpts of acquisition memory and a waveform-update rate of up-to 110,000 wfm/sec. To help maintain high test speeds, many of its waveform analysis features are implemented in hardware. The […]
Economical scope samples at 5 GSa/sec, sports 250 Mpts/channel record length
The SDS5000X series of advanced digital storage oscilloscopes are available in 2 or 4-channel versions with bandwidths of 350 MHz, 500 MHz, and 1 GHz. With a maximum sample rate of 5 GSa/sec, these premium scopes offer a maximum record length of 250 Mpts to allow for deep memory investigation of glitches and infrequent events, […]
Entry level 200-MHz scope includes 4-wire SPI decode
The 200 MHz, 4-channel models of the InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series oscilloscopes provide professional-level measurements and capabilities at an affordable price, including 4-wire Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) decode and remote connection via local area networks (LANs). The new InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series oscilloscopes use the same user interface and measurement technology found in the higher performance Keysight […]
Economical scopes sample at 2 GSa/sec with standard record length of 28 Mpts/channel
New economical, high-performance Siglent SDS2000X-E Series Super Phosphor Oscilloscopes are available in 200 MHz and 350 MHz bandwidths. They feature a maximum sampling rate of 2 GSa/sec and a standard record length of 28 Mpts/ch (interleaved mode). With an impressive waveform capture rate of up to 400,000 frames/sec (sequence mode) Siglent’s newest oscilloscope series supports […]
Oscilloscope technology – What lies ahead?
Oscilloscope technology advanced rapidly from its early 19th Century roots through the triggered sweep and digital/flat-screen transformation in the 1980s. The trend has accelerated. Bandwidth and sampling rates have expanded exponentially. Additionally, new features and measuring and display capabilities have emerged. In this context, one wonders what lies ahead. The major oscilloscope manufacturers maintain robust […]
Economical MSO delivers 350 MHz bandwidth, 8 GSa/sec sample rate, 500,000 wfms/sec waveform capture rate
The New MSO5000 Series Digital Oscilloscope is part of RIGOL’s UltraVision II architecture with its Phoenix chip-set. Two custom ASICs provide analog front end and signal processing performance. These chips are surrounded by a high-performance hardware design including a Xilinx Zync-7000 SoC, dual-core ARM-9 processors, a Linux +Qt operating system, high-speed DDR system memory, and […]
Working with the PicoScope PC-based oscilloscope
A PC-based oscilloscope, or USB oscilloscope as it is also known, has a lot going for it. For one thing, it costs substantially less than a bench model with equivalent specifications, given that most users already own the major component. The PC or Mac provides the processing and display parts of the equation. (The computer, […]
Digital phosphor oscilloscopes, persistence, and eye patterns
The digital phosphor oscilloscope takes its name from the old analog phosphor scope, but the resemblance is superficial. It was difficult to see the trace on the CRT screen in an analog scope because the electron beam dissipated instantly. To solve this problem, early engineers came up with the idea of coating the inner surface […]