Datasheet
PicoScope 2000 Series
Detailed specifications: mixed-signal oscilloscopes (continued)
PicoScope
2205A MSO
PicoScope
2206B MSO
PicoScope
2207B MSO
PicoScope
2208B MSO
HORIZONTAL (TIMEBASE)
Maximum sampling rate 1 analog ch.
(real-time) 1 digital port
2 analog ch., 2 digital ports or 1 of each
Other
500 MS/s
500 MS/s
250 MS/s
250 MS/s
1 GS/s
500 MS/s
500 MS/s
250 MS/s
Equivalent sampling rate (ETS) 5 GS/s 10 GS/s
Maximum sampling rate (USB streaming) 1 MS/s (5 MS/s with SDK) 9.6 MS/s (31 MS/s with SDK)
Shortest timebase 2 ns/div 2 ns/div 1 ns/div
Longest timebase 5000 s/div 5000 s/div
Buffer memory (block mode, shared
between active channels)
48 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 ±50 ppm ±50 ppm
Timebase drift ±5 ppm/year ±5 ppm/year
Sample jitter 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 Better than 300:1 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)
±20 mV range: > 44 dB
±50 mV range and higher: > 52 dB
±20 mV range: > 44 dB
±50 mV range and higher: > 52 dB
Noise (±20 mV range) < 150 µV RMS < 220 μV RMS < 300 μV RMS
Bandwidth flatness
(+0.3 dB, –3 dB) from DC to full
bandwidth, typical
(+0.3 dB, –3 dB) from DC to full bandwidth, typical
TRIGGERING
Sources Ch A, Ch B, Digital 0–15 Ch A, Ch B, Digital 0–15
Trigger modes
None, auto, repeat, single, rapid
(segmented memory)
None, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory)
Advanced triggers
(analog inputs)
Edge, window, pulse width, window
pulse width, dropout, window
dropout, interval, runt pulse, logic
Edge, window, pulse width, window pulse width, dropout, window
dropout, interval, runt pulse, logic
Advanced triggers
(digital inputs)
Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval,
logic, pattern, mixed signal
Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic, pattern, mixed signal
Trigger types, ETS
Rising or falling edge (available on
Ch A only)
Rising or falling edge (available on Ch A only)
Segmented memory buffers (SDK) 96 128 000 256 000 500 000
Segmented memory buffers (PicoScope
software)
96 10 000
Trigger sensitivity, real-time
(analog channels)
Digital triggering provides 1 LSB
accuracy up to full bandwidth
Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth
Trigger sensitivity, ETS
(analog channels)
10 mV p-p, typical, at full bandwidth 10 mV p-p, typical, at full bandwidth
Maximum pre-trigger capture 100% of capture size 100% of capture size
Maximum post-trigger delay 4 billion samples 4 billion samples
Trigger rearm time < 2 μs at 500 MS/s sampling rate < 1 μs at 1 GS/s sampling rate
Maximum trigger rate
96 waveforms in a 192 µs burst, at
500 MS/s sampling rate, typical
10 000 waveforms in a 6 ms burst, at 1 GS/s sampling rate, typical