Datasheet
PicoScope 2000 Series
Detailed specifications: 2-channel oscilloscopes
PicoScope 2204A PicoScope 2205A PicoScope 2206B PicoScope 2207B PicoScope 2208B
VERTICAL
Bandwidth (–3 dB) 10 MHz 25 MHz 50 MHz 70 MHz 100 MHz
Rise time (calculated) 35 ns 14 ns 7 ns 5 ns 3.5 ns
Software lowpass filter Not applicable Configurable software lowpass filter
Vertical resolution 8 bits 8 bits
Enhanced vertical resolution Up to 12 bits Up to 12 bits
Input ranges
±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV,
±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V, ±20 V
±20 mV, ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV,
±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V, ±20 V
Input sensitivity 10 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions) 4 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions)
Input coupling AC / DC AC / DC
Input connector Single-ended, BNC(f) Single-ended, BNC(f)
Input characteristics 1 MΩ ± 1% ∥ 14 pF ± 2 pF 1 MΩ ± 1% ∥ 16 pF ± 1 pF
Analog offset range
(vertical position adjustment)
None
±250 mV (20 mV to 200 mV ranges)
±2.5 V (500 mV to 2 V ranges)
±25 V (5 V to 20 V ranges)
Analog offset control accuracy Not applicable ±1% of offset setting, additional to basic DC accuracy
DC accuracy ±3% of full scale ±200 μV ±3% of full scale ±200 μV
Overvoltage protection ±100 V (DC + AC peak) up to 10 kHz ±100 V (DC + AC peak) up to 10 kHz
HORIZONTAL (TIMEBASE)
Maximum sampling rate 1 ch.
(real-time) 2 ch.
100 MS/s
50 MS/s
200 MS/s (Ch. A)
100 MS/s
500 MS/s
250 MS/s
1 GS/s
500 MS/s
Equivalent sampling rate (ETS) 2 GS/s 4 GS/s 5 GS/s 10 GS/s
Maximum sampling rate (USB streaming) 1 MS/s 9.6 MS/s (31 MS/s with SDK)
Shortest timebase 10 ns/div 5 ns/div 2 ns/div 1 ns/div
Longest timebase 5000 s/div 5000 s/div
Buffer memory (block mode, shared
between active channels)
8 kS 16 kS 32 MS 64 MS 128 MS
Buffer memory (USB streaming mode,
PicoScope software)
100 MS (shared between active channels) 100 MS (shared between active channels)
Buffer memory (USB streaming mode, SDK) Up to available PC memory Up to available PC memory
Waveform buffers (PicoScope software) 10 000 10 000
Maximum waveforms per second 2000 80 000
Initial timebase accuracy ±100 ppm ±50 ppm
Timebase drift ±5 ppm/year ±5 ppm/year
Sample jitter 30 ps RMS typical 20 ps RMS typical 3 ps RMS typical
ADC sampling
Simultaneous sampling on all enabled
channels
Simultaneous sampling on all enabled channels
DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE (typical)
Crosstalk (full bandwidth, equal ranges) Better than 200:1 Better than 300:1
Harmonic distortion < –50 dB at 100 kHz, full-scale input, typical < –50 dB at 100 kHz, full-scale input, typical
SFDR (100 kHz, full-scale input, typical) > 52 dB
±20 mV range: > 44 dB
±50 mV range and higher: > 52 dB
Noise
< 150 µV RMS
(±50 mV range)
< 220 µV RMS
(±20 mV range)
< 300 µV RMS
(±20 mV range)
Bandwidth flatness (+0.3 dB, –3 dB) from DC to full bandwidth (+0.3 dB, –3 dB) from DC to full bandwidth