Deep-memory high-performance USB scopes
The PicoScope 6000 Series is the
ultimate USB oscilloscope. High-end features such as serial decoding, mask
limit testing and segmented memory are included as standard.
- 4 channels
- 500 MHz bandwidth
- 5 GS/s real-time sampling
- 2 GS ultra-deep memory
- 170,000 waveforms per second
- Arbitrary waveform generator (AWG)
- USB 3.0 interface
- Windows, Linux and Mac software
Best-in-class bandwidth, sampling rate and memory depth
With 250 MHz to 500 MHz analog
bandwidths complemented by a real-time sampling rate of 5 GS/s, the PicoScope
6000 Series scopes can display single-shot pulses with 200 ps time resolution.
Equivalent time sampling (ETS) mode boosts the maximum sampling rate to 50
GS/s, giving an even finer timing resolution of 20 ps for repetitive signals.
The PicoScope 6000 Series gives you
the deepest buffer memory available as standard on any oscilloscope at any
price. The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface and hardware acceleration ensures that
the display is smooth and responsive even with long captures. Other
oscilloscopes have high maximum sampling rates, but without deep memory they
cannot sustain these rates on long timebases. The 2-gigasample buffer on the
PicoScope 6404D can hold two 200 ms captures at the maximum sampling rate of 5
GS/s. To help manage all this data, PicoScope can zoom up to 100 million times
using a choice of two zoom methods. There are zoom buttons as well as an
overview window that lets you zoom and reposition the display by simply
dragging with the mouse.
Hardware acceleration ensures fast
screen update rates even when collecting 10,000,000 samples per waveform
Hardware
Acceleration Engine (HAL4)
Some oscilloscopes struggle when you
enable deep memory; the screen update rate slows and controls become
unresponsive. The PicoScope 6000 Series avoids this limitation with use of a
dedicated hardware acceleration engine inside the oscilloscope. Its massively
parallel design effectively creates the waveform image to be displayed on the
PC screen and allows the continuous capture and display to the screen of 2.5
billion samples every second.
PicoScope oscilloscopes manage deep
memory better than competing oscilloscopes, both PC-based and benchtop.
The PicoScope 6000 Series is
fitted with fourth-generation hardware acceleration (HAL4). This speeds up
areas of oscilloscope operation such as allowing waveform update rates in
excess of 170 000 waveforms per second and the segmented memory/rapid trigger
modes. The hardware acceleration engine ensures that any concerns about the USB
connection or PC processor performance being a bottleneck are eliminated.
170
000 waveforms per second
An important specification to
understand when evaluating oscilloscope performance is the waveform update
rate, which is expressed as waveforms per second. While the sample rate
indicates how frequently the oscilloscope samples the input signal within one
waveform, or cycle, the waveform capture rate refers to how quickly an
oscilloscope acquires waveforms.
Oscilloscopes with high waveform
capture rates provide better visual insight into signal behavior and
dramatically increase the probability that the oscilloscope will quickly
capture transient anomalies such as jitter, runt pulses and glitches – that you
may not even know exist.
PicoScope deep memory oscilloscopes
use hardware acceleration to achieve over 170 000 waveforms per second.
Waveform
buffer and navigator
Ever spotted a glitch on a waveform,
but by the time you’ve stopped the scope it has gone? With PicoScope you no
longer need to worry about missing glitches or other transient events.
PicoScope can store the last ten thousand oscilloscope or
spectrum waveforms in its circular waveform buffer.
The buffer navigator provides an
efficient way of navigating and searching through waveforms, effectively
letting you turn back time. Tools such as mask limit testing can also be
used to scan through each waveform in the buffer looking for mask violations.
Signal
integrity
Most oscilloscopes are built down to
a price. PicoScopes are built up to a specification.
Careful front-end design and
shielding reduces noise, crosstalk and harmonic distortion. Years of
oscilloscope design experience can be seen in improved bandwidth flatness and
low distortion.
We are proud of the dynamic
performance of our products and, unlike most oscilloscope manufacturers,
publish our specifications in detail. The result is simple: when you probe a
circuit, you can trust in the waveform you see on the screen.
USB
connectivity
The USB connection not only allows
high-speed data acquisition and transfer, but also makes printing, copying,
saving, and emailing your data from the field quick and easy.
PicoScope 6000 Series oscilloscopes
feature a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connection, making the already-optimized process
of data transfer and waveform update rates even faster. Further benefits of a
USB 3.0 connection include faster saving of waveforms and faster gap-free
continuous streaming of over 150 MS/s when using the SDK, while the scope
is still backward-compatible with older USB systems.
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