Pico Technology's PC-based scopes sample at 1 Gsample/s
-- Test & Measurement World, 9/4/2007 12:03:00 PM
The PicoScope 5000 series of USB PC oscilloscopes from Pico Technology delivers the bandwidth, sampling, and memory depth of expensive conventional benchtop oscilloscopes at prices starting at just over $2400.
Both the PicoScope 5203 and PicoScope 5204 provide two channels plus an external trigger, a probe-tip bandwidth of 250 MHz, 8-bit resolution, and a real-time sampling rate of 1 Gsample/s (single channel). For repetitive signals, an equivalent time sampling mode increases sampling to 20 Gsamples/s. The 5203 has a record length of 32 Msamples, while the 5204 has a record length of 128 Msamples.
PicoScope 5000 oscilloscopes come with PicoScope 6 oscilloscope software, which lets you use your PicoScope as an oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, and meter. PicoScope 6 is just as easy to use as its predecessor and includes new features, such as draggable axis, improved zoom tools, and a waveform replay tool that automatically records the last 32 waveforms.
The PicoScope 5000 is supplied in a tough carrying case that includes a USB cable, two 250-MHz x1/x10 oscilloscope probes, PicoScope 6 software, and a universal power adapter that allows you to use your oscilloscope almost anywhere in the world.
Pico Technology, www.picotech.com.
