Datasheet
FUNCTION GENERATOR
Standard output signals Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage, ramp, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine, white noise, PRBS
Standard signal frequency DC to 1 MHz
Sweep modes Up, down, dual with selectable start/stop frequencies and increments
Triggering
Can trigger a counted number of waveform cycles or sweeps (up to 1 billion)
from the scope trigger or manually from software.
Output frequency accuracy ±20 ppm
Output frequency resolution < 20 mHz
Output voltage range ±2 V
Output voltage adjustments Signal amplitude and offset within ± 2V range. Adjustable in approx 300 μV steps.
Amplitude flatness < 0.5 dB to 1 MHz typical
DC accuracy ±1% of full scale
SFDR 87 dB typical
Output characteristics Rear panel BNC, 600 Ω output impedance
Overvoltage protection ±10 V
ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR
Update rate 80 MS/s
Buffer size 16 kS
Resolution 14 bits
Bandwidth 1 MHz
Rise time (10% to 90%) 150 ns
SPECTRUM ANALYZER
Frequency range DC to 20 MHz
Display modes Magnitude, average, peak hold
Windowing functions Rectangular, Gaussian, triangular, Blackman, Blackman-Harris, Hamming, Hann, flat-top
Number of FFT points Selectable from 128 up to 1 million in powers of 2
MATH CHANNELS
Functions
−x, x+y, x−y, x*y, x/y, x^y, sqrt, exp, ln, log, abs, norm, sign, sin, cos, tan, arcsin,
arccos, arctan, sinh, cosh, tanh, freq, derivative, integral, min, max, average, peak, delay
Operands Input channels A to H, reference waveforms, time,
π
AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS
Scope mode
AC RMS, true RMS, cycle time, DC average, duty cycle, falling rate, fall time, frequency, high pulse width,
low pulse width, maximum, minimum, peak to peak, rise time, rising rate.
Spectrum mode
Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, average amplitude at peak,
total power, THD %, THD dB, THD+N, SFDR, SINAD, SNR, IMD
Statistics Minimum, maximum, average and standard deviation
SERIAL DECODING
Protocols CAN, LIN, I²C, I²S, UART/RS-232, SPI, FlexRay
MASK LIMIT TESTING
Statistics Pass/fail, failure count, total count
DISPLAY
Interpolation Linear or sin(x)/x
Persistence modes Digital color, analog intensity, custom, or none
GENERAL
PC connectivity SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compatible)
Power requirements Powered from single USB 3.0 port or two USB 2.0 ports
Dimensions (including connectors) 190 x 170 x 40 mm
Weight < 0.55 kg
Temperature range Operating: 0 °C to 45 °C (20 °C to 30 °C for stated accuracy). Storage: −20 °C to +60 °C.
Humidity range Operating: 5% to 80% RH non-condensing. Storage: 5% to 95% RH non-condensing.
Safety approvals Designed to EN 61010-1:2010
Compliance RoHS, WEEE, and LVD compliant. Tested to meet EN61326-1:2006 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B.
Software included PicoScope 6. Windows and Linux SDK. Example programs (C, Visual Basic, Excel VBA, LabVIEW).
PicoScope software PC requirements Microsoft Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (not Windows RT)
Languages (full support) English, Chinese (simplified), French, German, Italian, Spanish
Languages (UI only)
Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian,
Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish
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