The new PicoScope 3000D Series Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes (MSOs) are ideal for engineers working on a diverse range of embedded systems.
These compact USB-connected devices form a complete portable test system, with two or four analog channels and sixteen digital channels as well as a built-in arbitrary waveform generator.
The PicoScope 3000D Series offers a comprehensive suite of advanced features as standard, including math channels, automatic measurements with statistics, spectrum analysis and color persistence display mode. Also built in are advanced digital triggering with pulse width, window, dropout, channel logic, digital pattern and other qualifiers, mask limit testing and alarms. Serial decoding supports SPI, I2C, I2S, RS-232/UART, CAN, LIN and FlexRay protocols on up to 20 analog and digital channels, even with a mixture of protocols at the same time. All these features are included in the purchase price, not expensive optional extras as on many competing products.
A free SDK is available for developing applications in popular programming languages such as C, Microsoft Visual Basic® and Excel VBA, and National Instruments LabVIEW®, with example code included.
To view the digital signals in the PicoScope 6 software, simply click the digital channels button. Channels can be added to the view by dragging and dropping, and can then be reordered, grouped, and renamed.
The 16 digital inputs can be displayed individually or in arbitrary groups labelled with binary, decimal or hexadecimal values. A separate logic threshold from -5 V to +5 V can be defined for each 8-bit input port. The digital trigger can be activated by any bit pattern combined with an optional transition on any input.
Advanced logic triggers can be set on either the analog or the digital input channels, or both.
The PicoScope 3000 Series MSO models bring extra power to the serial decoding features outlined in Serial decoding for analog signals. You can decode serial data on all analog and digital inputs simultaneously, giving you up to 20 channels of data with any combination of serial protocols!
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Model | PicoScope 3203D MSO (PP956) |
PicoScope 3204D MSO (PP931) |
PicoScope 3205D MSO (PP932) |
PicoScope 3206D MSO (PP933) |
PicoScope 3403D MSO (PP957) |
PicoScope 3404D MSO (PP934) |
PicoScope 3405D MSO (PP935) |
PicoScope 3406D MSO (PP936) |
Input channels | 2 channels, BNC single-ended | 4 channels, BNC single-ended | ||||||
Bandwidth (-3dB) | 50MHz | 70MHz | 100MHz | 200MHz | 50MHz | 70MHz | 100MHz | 200MHz |
Rise time (calculated) | 7.0 ns | 5.0 ns | 3.5 ns | 1.75 ns | 7.0 ns | 5.0 ns | 3.5 ns | 1.75 ns |
Vertical Resolution | 8 bits | |||||||
Input Ranges | ±20 mV to ±20 V full scale in 10 ranges | |||||||
Input Sensitivity | 4 mV/div to 4 V/div in 10 vertical divisions | |||||||
Input Coupling | AC/DC | |||||||
Input Characteristics | 1 MΩ ±1% in parallel with 14 pF | |||||||
DC Accuracy | ±3% of full scale ±200 µV | |||||||
Analogue Offset Range (vertical position adjust) |
±250 mV (20 mV, 50 mV, 100 mV, 200 mV ranges) ±2.5 V (500 mV, 1 V, 2 V ranges) ±20 V (5 V, 10 V, 20 V ranges) |
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Offset adjust accuracy | ±1% of offset setting, additional to DC accuracy | |||||||
Overvoltage Protection | ±100V (DC+AC peak) |
Vertical (digital) | |
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Input Channels | 16 channels (2 ports of 8 channels each) |
Input Connectors | 2.54 mm pitch, 10 x 2 way connector |
Maximum Input Frequency | 100 MHz (200Mb/s) |
Minimum detectable pulse width | 5 ns |
Input Impedance (with TA136 cable) | 200 kΩ ±2% || 8 pF ±2 pF |
Digital threshold range | ±5 V |
Input Dynamic Range | ±20 V |
Overvoltage Protection | ±50 V |
Threshold Grouping | Two independent threshold controls: Port 0 (D0 to D7), Port 1 (D8 to D15) |
Threshold Selection | TTL, CMOS, ECL, PECL, user-defined |
Threshold Accuracy | ±100 mV |
Minimum Input Voltage Swing | 500 mV pk-pk |
Channel-to-Channel Skew | < 2 ns typical |
Minimum Input Slew Rate | 10 V/μs |
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Maximum Sampling Rate (real-time) |
1 GS/s (1 analog channel in use) 500 MS/s (Up to 2 analog channels or digital ports* in use) 250 MS/s (Up to 4 analog channels or digital ports* in use) 125 MS/s (5 or more analog channels or digital ports* in use) *A digital port contains 8 digital channels |
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Maximum equivalent-time sampling rate (repetitive signals)* | 2.5 GS/s | 2.5 GS/s | 5 GS/s | 10 GS/s | 2.5 GS/s | 2.5 GS/s | 5 GS/s | 10 GS/s |
Maximum Sampling Rate(streaming) |
10 MS/s in PicoScope software, divided between active channels (PC-dependent) 125 MS/s using the supplied SDK, divided between active channels (PC-dependent) |
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Timebase Ranges | 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div | 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div | 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div | 500 ps/div to 5000 s/div | 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div | 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div | 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div | 500 ps/div to 5000 s/div |
Buffer Memory | 64 MS | 128 MS | 256 MS | 512 MS | 64 MS | 128 MS | 256 MS | 512 MS |
Buffer Mmemory (Streaming) | 100 MS in PicoScope software. Up to available PC memory when using supplied SDK. | |||||||
Maximum Waveform Buffer Segments **using the supplied SDK | 10 000 in Picoscope software | |||||||
130 000** | 250 000** | 500 000** | 1 000 000** | 130 000** | 250 000** | 500 000** | 1 000 000** | |
Timebase Accuracy | ±50 ppm | ±50 ppm | ±2 ppm | ±2 ppm | ±50 ppm | ±50 ppm | ±2 ppm | ±2 ppm |
Timebase Drift per Year | ±5 ppm | ±5 ppm | ±1 ppm | ±1 ppm | ±5 ppm | ±5 ppm | ±1 ppm | ±1 ppm |
Sample Jitter | < 3 ps RMS typical | |||||||
ADC Sampling | Simultaneous sampling on all enabled channels | |||||||
Maximum Capture Rate | 100 000 waveforms per second (PC dependent) |
Accessories Included (MSO kit contents) | |
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Additional Hardware | Switchable x1/x10 probes in carrying case (quantity to match the number of analog channels) USB cable |
Software | Software and reference CD |
Documentation | Quick Start Guide |
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