Datasheet
PicoScope 2000 Series
Common specifications
SPECTRUM ANALYZER
Frequency range DC to analog bandwidth of oscilloscope
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 to half available buffer memory in powers of 2, up to a maximum of 1 048 576 points
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, duty, highpass,
lowpass, bandpass, bandstop
Operands
A, B (input channels), C, D (input channels, 4-channel models only),
T (time), reference waveforms, constants, pi, digital channels (MSO models only)
AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS
Scope mode
AC RMS, true RMS, frequency, cycle time, duty cycle, DC average, falling rate, rising rate,
low pulse width, high pulse width, fall time, rise time, minimum, maximum, peak to peak
Spectrum mode
Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, THD dB, SNR, SINAD, SFDR,
total power, average amplitude at peak, THD %, THD+N, IMD,
Statistics Minimum, maximum, average and standard deviation
SERIAL DECODING
Protocols
1-Wire, ARINC 429, CAN, DCC, DMX512, FlexRay, Ethernet 10Base-T, USB 1.1, I²C, I²S, LIN, PS/2, SPI,
SENT, UART/RS-232 (subject to bandwidth and sampling rate of chosen oscilloscope model)
MASK LIMIT TESTING
Statistics Pass/fail, failure count, total count
DISPLAY
Interpolation Linear or sin(x)/x
Persistence modes Digital color, analog intensity, custom, fast or none
Signal generator specifications: all models
PicoScope 2204A
PicoScope 2205A
PicoScope 2405A
PicoScope 2205A MSO
All B models
FUNCTION GENERATOR
Standard output signals
Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage,
ramp, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine
Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage, ramp, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine
Pseudorandom output signals None White noise, PRBS
Standard signal frequency DC to 100 kHz DC to 1 MHz
Sweep modes
Up, down, dual with selectable start/
stop frequencies and increments
Up, down, dual with selectable start/stop frequencies and increments
Triggering None
Free-run or up to 1 billion waveform cycles or frequency sweeps.
Triggered from scope trigger or manually.
Output frequency accuracy
Oscilloscope timebase accuracy ±
output frequency resolution
Oscilloscope timebase accuracy ± output frequency resolution
Output frequency resolution < 0.02 Hz < 0.01 Hz
Output voltage range ±2 V ±2 V
Output adjustments
Any amplitude and offset within ±2 V
range
Any amplitude and offset within ±2 V range
Amplitude flatness (typical) < 1 dB to 100 kHz < 0.5 dB to 1 MHz
DC accuracy ±1% of full scale ±1% of full scale
SFDR (typical) > 55 dB at 1 kHz full-scale sine wave > 60 dB at 10 kHz full-scale sine wave
Output characteristics
Front panel BNC, 600 Ω output
impedance
Front panel BNC, 600 Ω output impedance
Overvoltage protection ±20 V ±20 V
ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR
Update rate 1.548 MHz 20 MHz
Buffer size 4 kS 8 kS 32 kS
Resolution 12 bits 12 bits
Bandwidth > 100 kHz > 1 MHz
Rise time (10% to 90%) < 2 µs < 120 ns