Datasheet

Custom probe settings
The custom probes menu allows you
to correct for gain, attenuation, offsets
and nonlinearities of probes and
transducers, or convert to different
measurement units. Definitions for
standard Pico-supplied probes are
built in, but you can also create your
own using linear scaling or even an
interpolated data table.
Arbitrary waveform and function generator
Every model includes a built-in DC to 20 MHz function generator
with sine, square, triangle and DC waveforms. D models add a
built-in 12-bit, 200 MS/s arbitrary waveform generator. You can
import arbitrary waveforms from data files or create and modify
them using the built-in graphical AWG editor.
Spectrum analyzer
With the click of a button, you can open a new window
to display a spectrum plot of selected channels up to the
full bandwidth of the oscilloscope. The spectrum view
can optionally be displayed together with a time-domain view. A
comprehensive range of settings give you control over the number
of spectrum bands, window types and display modes.
PicoScope performance and reliability
With over 20 years’ experience in the test and measurement
industry, we know what’s important in a new oscilloscope. The
PicoScope 6000 Series scopes give you the best value for money
of any oscilloscope, with outstanding bandwidth, sampling rate
and memory depth specifications. These features are backed up
by advanced software optimized with the help of feedback from
our customers.
High bandwidth, high sampling rate
With 250 MHz to 500 MHz analog bandwidths complemented by
a real-time sampling rate of 5 GS/s, the PicoScope 6000 Series
scopes can display single-shot pulses with 200 ps time resolution.
Equivalent time sampling (ETS) mode boosts the maximum
sampling rate to 50 GS/s, giving an even finer timing resolution of
20 ps for repetitive signals.
Huge buffer memory
The PicoScope 6000 Series gives you the deepest buffer memory
available as standard on any oscilloscope at any price. The
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface ensures that the display is smooth
and responsive even with long captures. Other oscilloscopes have
high maximum sampling rates, but without deep memory they
cannot sustain these rates on long timebases. The 2-gigasample
buffer on the PicoScope 6404D can hold two 200 ms captures at
the maximum sampling rate of 5 GS/s. To help manage all this data,
PicoScope can zoom up to 100 million times using a choice of two
zoom methods. There are zoom buttons as well as an overview
window that lets you zoom and reposition the display by simply
dragging with the mouse.
To help you find you way around the buffer memory, you can
divide it into as many as 10,000 individually triggered segments.
Use the visual buffer navigator to scan through the segments, or
set up a mask to filter out the waveforms of interest.
Deep memory allows you to zoom in... and in... and in
PicoScope 6000 Series PC Oscilloscopes