Datasheet

PicoScope
®
5000D Series oscilloscopes
All PicoScope 5000D units have a
built-in 14-bit 200MS/s arbitrary waveform
generator (AWG). You can create and
adapt arbitrary waveforms using the
built-in editor, import them from existing
oscilloscope traces, or load a waveform
from a spreadsheet.
The AWG can also act as a function
generator with a range of standard output
signals, including sine, square, triangle, DC
level, white noise and PRBS.
As well as the basic controls to set level,
offset and frequency, more advanced
controls allow you to sweep over a
range of frequencies. Combined with the
spectrum peak hold option, this makes a
powerful tool for testing amplier and lter
responses.
Trigger tools allow you to output one or
more cycles of a waveform when various
conditions are met, such as the scope
triggering or a mask limit test failing.
Arbitrary waveform and function generator
PicoScope 6 persistence mode options
allow you to see old and new data
superimposed, with newer waveforms
drawn in a brighter color or deeper shade.
This makes it easy to spot glitches and
dropouts and estimate their relative
frequency – useful for displaying and
interpreting complex analog signals
such as video waveforms and analog
modulation signals.
The PicoScope 5000D Series’ HAL3
hardware acceleration means that, in Fast
Persistence mode, waveform update rates
of up to 130 000 waveforms per second
are achievable.
Color-coding or intensity-grading shows
which areas are stable and which are
intermittent. Choose between analog
intensity, digital color and fast display
modes or create your own custom setup.
Persistence mode
The PicoScope 5000D MSO models add
16 digital channels to the 2 or 4 analog
channels, enabling you to accurately
time-correlate analog and digital channels.
Digital channels may be grouped and
displayed as a bus, with each bus value
displayed in hex, binary or decimal or
as a level (for DAC testing). You can set
advanced triggers across both the analog
and digital channels.
The digital inputs also bring extra power
to the serial decoding options. You can
decode serial data on all analog and digital
channels simultaneously, giving you up
to 20 channels of data – for example
decoding multiple SPI, I²C, CAN bus, LIN
bus and FlexRay signals all at the same
time.
Mixed-signal models