Scope family gets larger screen
Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 2/1/2006
LeCroy's WaveRunner Xi series of oscilloscopes takes its small footprint from the Wavesurfer line while adding increased specifications and features. The WaveRunner Xi comes in three models: one 400-MHz version (four channels, $8500) and two 600-MHz versions (two or four channels, $7500 and $10,000). All models sample at 5 Gsamples/s, with the 600-MHz models interleaving channels to get 10 Gsamples/s. All models provide 2 Msamples/channel of waveform memory.
With its 6-in. depth and its 10.4-in. touch-screen display, the scope consumes little bench space. It even comes with a screen pointer and a place to store it.
Among the features now available in the upright form factor is fast-viewing with color-gradient displays. The scope updates the screen 8000 times/s. The triggers now operate at the scope's full bandwidth. I/O buses include USB and Ethernet, with IEEE 488 optional.
Options include a 32-channel logic probe, CAN bus triggering and decoding, power measurements, jitter measurements, digital filtering, disk-drive measurements, and up to 24 Msamples of waveform memory. LeCroy, www.lecroy.com .
