YE AR PicoScope 3000 Series THE HIGHEST-PERFORMANCE USB-POWERED OSCILLOSCOPES AVAILABLE Power and portability. Why compromise 200 MHz spectrum 128 MSample buffer Serial decoding Arbitrary waveform memory analyzer generator 200 MHz bandwidth HUGE 128 MS buffer size 500 MS/s real-time sampling 10 GS/s repetitive sampling Advanced digital triggers 200 MHz spectrum analyzer Built-in function generator/AWG USB-connected and powered High-end features as standard. Why compromise Serial decoding Mask limit testing Segmented memory www.picotech.comcan not always be calibrated out. The use of comparators often limits the PicoScope: Power, portability and versatility trigger sensitivity at high bandwidths and can also create a long trigger Pico Technology continues to push the limits of USB-powered re-arm delay. oscilloscopes. The new PicoScope 3000 Series offers the highest performance available from any USB-powered oscilloscope on the market Since 1991 we have been pioneering the use of fully digital triggering today. using the actual digitized data. This reduces trigger errors and allows our The PicoScope 3000 Series has the power oscilloscopes to trigger on the smallest signals, even at the full bandwidth. to perform in many applications, such as Trigger levels and hysteresis can be set with great precision and resolution. design, research, test, education, service Digital triggering also reduces re-arm delay and this combined with the and repair. segmented memory allows the triggering and capture of events that Pico USB-powered oscilloscopes are also happen in rapid sequence. At the fastest timebase you can use rapid small, light and portable. They easily slip triggering to collect 10,000 waveforms in under 20 milliseconds. Our into a laptop bag making them ideal for mask limit testing function can then scan through these waveforms to the engineer on the move. There is no need for an external power supply, highlight any failed waveforms for viewing in the waveform buffer. making them ideal for field use. Custom probe settings High bandwidth, high sampling rate The custom probes feature allows you to correct for gain, attenuation, Most USB-powered oscilloscopes have real-time sampling rates of only offsets and nonlinearities in special probes, or to convert to different units 100 or 200 MS/s. The PicoScope 3000 Series offers a market-leading of measurement (such as current, power or temperature). You can save 500 MS/s. ETS mode boosts the maximum effective sampling rate further definitions to disk for later use. Definitions for standard Pico-supplied to 10 GS/s, allowing more detailed display of repetitive signals. oscilloscope probes and current clamps are included. Huge buffer memory Arbitrary waveform and function generator The PicoScope 3000 Series offers memory depths up to 128 million All units have a built-in function samples, more than any other oscilloscope in this price range. generator (sine, square, Other oscilloscopes have high maximum sampling rates, but without triangle, DC level). As well as deep memory they cannot sustain these rates on long timebases. The basic controls to set level, offset PicoScope 3206B can sample at 500 MS/s at timebases all the way down and frequency, more advanced to 20 ms/div. controls allow you to sweep over a range of frequencies. x1 x32 Combined with the spectrum peak hold option this makes a powerful tool for testing amplifier and filter responses. The B versions of the PicoScope 3000 Series also include a full arbitrary waveform generator. Waveforms can be created or edited using the built-in AWG editor, imported from oscilloscope traces, or loaded from x256 x6500 a spreadsheet. Spectrum analyzer Managing all this data calls for some powerful tools, so PicoScope has a maximum zoom factor of 100 million combined with a choice of two zoom methods. Theres a conventional set of zoom controls, plus an overview window that shows you the whole waveform while you zoom and reposition the display by simply dragging with the mouse. Another use for the huge memory is our segmented memory. Each captured waveform is stored in the buffer so you can rewind and review 1000s of previous waveforms. No longer will you see a glitch on the screen only for it to vanish before you stop the scope. Advanced triggers With the click of a button, you can display a spectrum plot of the selected As well as the standard range of channels. The spectrum analyzer allows signals up to 200 MHz to be triggers found on all oscilloscopes, viewed in the frequency domain. A full range of settings gives you control the PicoScope 3000 Series offers over the number of spectrum bands, window types and display modes: a class-leading set of advanced instantaneous, average, or peak-hold. triggers including pulse width, You can display multiple spectrum views with different channel selections windowed and dropout triggers to and zoom factors, and PicoScope allows you to see these alongside time- help you capture the data you need. domain waveforms of the same data. A comprehensive set of automatic Digital triggering frequency-domain measurements, including THD, THD+N, SNR, SINAD Most digital oscilloscopes sold today still use an analog trigger architecture and intermodulation distortion, can be added to the display. b a s e d a ro u n d co m p a r at o r s . T h i s c a n c a u s e t i m e a n d a m p l i t u d e e r ro r s t h at PicoScope 3000 Series PC Oscilloscopes