PicoScope® 5000 Series – Flexible Resolution USB Oscilloscope

8 February, 2019

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Today’s electronic designs employ a wide range of signal types: analog, digital, serial (both high- and low-speed), parallel, audio, video, power distribution and so on. All need to be debugged, measured and validated to ensure that the device under test is functioning correctly and within specification.

To handle this variety of signal types, PicoScope 5000D FlexRes hardware employs multiple high-resolution ADCs at the input channels in different time-interleaved and parallel combinations to optimize either the sampling rate to 1 GS/s at 8 bits, the resolution to 16 bits at 62.5 MS/s, or other combinations in between – you select the most appropriate hardware resolution for the requirements of each measurement.

2 and 4 channel models are available, all featuring a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connection, providing lightning-fast saving of waveforms while retaining compatibility with older USB standards. The PicoSDK^® software development kit supports continuous streaming to the host computer at rates up to 125 MS/s. The product is small and light, and operates silently thanks to its low-power fanless design.

Specifications

FlexRes 8 to 16-bit hardware resolution
Up to 200 MHz analog bandwidth
1 GS/s sampling at 8-bit resolution
62.5 MS/s sampling at 16-bit resolution
Up to 512 MS capture memory
16 digital channels on MSO models
130 000 waveforms per second
Built-in arbitrary waveform generator
18 serial decoding protocols as standard
Up to 200 MHz spectrum analyzer

Software

PicoScope 5000D Series oscilloscopes have waveform capture memories ranging from 128 to 512 million samples – many times larger than traditional benchtop scopes. Deep memory enables the capture of long-duration waveforms at maximum sampling speed. In fact, the PicoScope 5000D Series can capture waveforms over 500 ms long with 1 ns resolution. In contrast, the same 500 ms waveform captured by an oscilloscope with a 10 megasample memory would have just 50 ns resolution.

Overview Video

We are honoured that the PicoScope 5000D Series has been recognised with this prestigious Elektra award,” said Trevor Smith, Business Development Manager for Test & Measurement products at Pico. “Introduced on 4th June 2018 the 5000D Series builds on the success of the previous generation PicoScope 5000A/B Series flexible resolution oscilloscopes. The 5000D gives designers and test engineers the versatility they need to make measurements on the wide range of waveforms encountered in today’s embedded systems.

The PicoScope® 5000 Series prices start from ~€1000 for the 60MHz – 2 channel oscilloscope and it is available from various distributors online.

..more information: www.picotech.com

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