Date: 02/05/2012

PicoScope 6000 series USB oscilloscopes to offer sampling rate of 5 GS/s

The PicoScope 6000 series oscilloscopes have the highest sampling rates and deepest memories of any oscilloscope in this price range. The six oscilloscopes in the series offer 4 channels with a maximum sampling rate of 5 GS/s, a range of input bandwidths from 250 MHz to 500 MHz, and buffer memory depths from 128 M to 1 G samples. With an option of either a built-in function generator or a built-in arbitrary waveform generator, these scopes make a complete test bench in a single unit.

The PicoScope oscilloscope software includes all the standard oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer functions, as well as serial decoding, mask limit testing, segmented memory and advanced triggers. Other built-in features include persistence displays with fast waveform update rates, math channels, automatic measurements with statistics, programmable alarms, and decoding of I²C, UART/RS232, SPI, CAN and LIN bus signals.

The advanced triggering modes include pulse width, interval, window, window pulse width, level dropout, window dropout, runt pulse, variable hysteresis, and logic. Digital triggering ensures lower jitter, greater accuracy and higher voltage resolution than the analog triggering found on many competing scopes. The AUX input can be used as an additional trigger or as an external sampling clock.

A software development kit (SDK) is also supplied free of cost that allows you to control the new scopes from your own custom applications.

The PicoScope 6000 Series oscilloscopes are available now. Prices range from £1995 for the 250 MHz PicoScope 6402A with function generator to £4495 for the 500 MHz PicoScope 6404B with AWG, including a 5-year warranty