PicoScope 3000E 4 Channel Oscilloscope Kits - 3417E kit

4 Channels
Two models: 350 MHz & 500 MHz Bandwidth
5 GS/s sampling rate
10 bit resolution
2 GS Ultra-deep capture memory
200 MS/s 14-bit AWG / Function generator
USB 3.0 Type-C® connected and powered

The PicoScope 3000 series is expanding with the introduction of the world's first USB-powered 5 GS/s oscilloscopes. Two models, with 350 MHz and 500 MHz bandwidth respectively, have 5 GS/s sampling rate and 10 bits resolution (up to 14 bits with Enhanced Resolution).

They set the standard for next generation waveform measurement and analysis with power, performance and portability in the field of test and measurement equipment.

The latest additions to the PicoScope 3000 series combine cutting-edge technology with user-friendly design to meet the diverse needs of engineers, technicians and researchers worldwide.

$6450.00*

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Specifications
Included in Kit

Model

3417E (350MHz)

3418E (500MHz)

Vertical (analog channels)

Input channels

Bandwidth (–3 dB)

350 MHz

500 MHz

Rise time (10% to 90%, −2 dB full scale)

1.2 ns

925 ps

Selectable bandwidth limit 8-bit mode

20, 50, 100, 200, 350 MHz

20, 50, 100, 200, 350, 500 MHz

Selectable bandwidth limit 10-bit mode

20, 50, 100, 200 MHz

Vertical resolution

8 bits, 10 bits

Enhanced vertical resolution (software)

Hardware resolution + 4 bits

Input connector

BNC(f)

Input characteristics 50 Ω

50 Ω ±2 %

Input characteristics 1 MΩ

1 MΩ ±1 % ∥ 13 pF ±2 pF

Input coupling 50 Ω

Input coupling 1 MΩ

AC/DC

Input sensitivity 50 Ω

1 mV/div to 1 V/div (10 vertical divisions)

Input sensitivity 1 MΩ

1 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions)

Input ranges (full scale) 50 Ω

±5 mV^[1], ±10 mV^[2], ±20 mV^[3], ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V

Input ranges (full scale) 1 MΩ

±5 mV^[1], ±10 mV^[2], ±20 mV^[3], ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V, ±20 V

^[1] ±5 mV only available up to 100 MHz
^[2] ±10 mV only available up to 200 MHz
^[3] ±20 mV only available up to 350 MHz

DC gain accuracy

±(1% of signal + 1 LSB)

DC offset accuracy

±(2% of full scale + 200 µV)

LSB size (quantization step size) 8-bit mode

< 0.4% of input range

LSB size (quantization step size) 10-bit mode

< 0.1% of input range

Analog offset range (vertical position adjustment)

±250 mV (±5 mV to ±200 mV ranges)

±2.5 V (±500 mV to ±2 V ranges)

±5 V (±5 V range, 50 Ω input)

±20 V (±5 V to ±20 V ranges, 1 MΩ input)

Analog offset control accuracy

±1% of offset setting, additional to DC accuracy above

Overvoltage protection 1 MΩ

±100 V (DC + AC peak) up to 10 kHz

Overvoltage protection 50 Ω

5.5 V RMS max, ±20 V pk max

Horizontal

Maximum sampling rate (real time, 8-bit mode)

5 GS/s on 1 channel, 2.5 GS/s on 2 channels, 1.25 GS/s on 3-4 channels

Maximum sampling rate (real time, 10-bit mode)

2.5 GS/s on 1 channel, 1.25 GS/s on 2 channels, 625 MS/s on 3-4 channels

Max. sampling rate, USB 3.0 streaming mode^[4] (PicoScope 7)

~50 MS/s

Max. sampling rate, USB 3.0 streaming mode^[4] (PicoSDK)

~300 MS/s (8-bit mode), ~150 MS/s (10-bit mode)

Max. sampling rate, USB 2.0 streaming mode^[4] (PicoScope 7)

~10 MS/s

Max. sampling rate, USB 2.0 streaming mode^[4] (PicoSDK)

~30 MS/s (8-bit mode), ~15 MS/s (10-bit mode)

^[4] Split between active channels, PC dependent

Capture memory^[5]

2 GS (8-bit mode), 1 GS (10-bit mode)

^[5]Split between active channels

Maximum single capture duration at maximum sampling rate (PicoScope 7)

200 ms

Maximum single capture duration at maximum sampling rate (PicoSDK)

400 ms

Capture memory (continuous streaming) (PicoScope 7)

250 MS

Capture memory (continuous streaming) (PicoSDK)

Buffering using full device memory, no limit on total duration of capture

Waveform buffer (number of segments) (PicoScope 7)

40 000

Waveform buffer (number of segments) (PicoSDK)

2 000 000

Timebase ranges

1 ns/div to 5000 s/div

Initial timebase accuracy

±5 ppm

Timebase drift

±1 ppm/year

ADC sampling

Simultaneous sampling on all active channels

Dynamic performance (typical)

Crosstalk

Better than 500:1 (from DC to bandwidth of victim channel, equal voltage ranges)

Harmonic distortion (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 8-bit

Better than –50 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges

Harmonic distortion (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 10 bit

Better than –60 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges

SFDR (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 8-bit

Better than 50 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges

SFDR (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 10-bit

Better than 60 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges

RMS noise

Range	/Div	Bandwidth filter: 20 MHz 10-bit	Bandwidth filter: 50 MHz 10-bit	Bandwidth filter: 100 MHz 10-bit	Bandwidth filter: 200 MHz 10-bit	Bandwidth filter: 350 MHz 8-bit	Bandwidth filter: 500 MHz 8-bit
±5 mV	1 mV	0.023 mV	0.036 mV	0.051 mV	0.080 mV	0.10 mV	0.11 mV
±10 mV	2 mV	0.023 mV	0.036 mV	0.051 mV	0.083 mV	0.11 mV	0.12 mV
±20 mV	4 mV	0.024 mV	0.036 mV	0.052 mV	0.10 mV	0.15 mV	0.17 mV
±50 mV	10 mV	0.049 mV	0.052 mV	0.071 mV	0.13 mV	0.27 mV	0.33 mV
±100 mV	20 mV	0.098 mV	0.098 mV	0.098 mV	0.20 mV	0.46 mV	0.63 mV
±200 mV	40 mV	0.20 mV	0.20 mV	0.20 mV	0.37 mV	0.91 mV	1.30 mV
±500 mV	100 mV	0.49 mV	0.54 mV	0.72 mV	1.30 mV	2.30 mV	3.40 mV
±1 V	200 mV	0.98 mV	0.98 mV	0.98 mV	2.0 mV	4.10 mV	6.30 mV
±2 V	400 mV	2.0 mV	2.0 mV	2.0 mV	3.70 mV	8.10 mV	12 mV
±5 V	1 V	4.9 mV	5.5 mV	7.6 mV	14 mV	23 mV	34 mV
±10 V	2 V	9.8 mV	9.8 mV	9.8 mV	22 mV	41 mV	63 mV
±20 V	4 V	20 mV	20 mV	20 mV	41 mV	81 mV	125 mV

Linearity

≤ 2 LSB 8-bit mode
≤ 4 LSB 10-bit mode

Bandwidth flatness

(+0.5 dB, –3 dB) from DC to full bandwidth

Low frequency flatness

< ±6% (or ±0.5 dB) from DC to 1 MHz

Triggering

Source

Any analog channel, AUX trigger

Trigger modes

None, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory)

Advanced trigger types (analog channels)

Edge (rising, falling, rising-or-falling), window (entering, exiting, entering-or-exiting), pulse width (positive or negative or either pulse), window pulse width (time inside, outside window or either), level dropout (including high/low or either), window dropout (including inside, outside or either), interval, runt (positive or negative), transition time (rise/fall), logic
Logic trigger capabilities: AND/OR/NAND/NOR/XOR/XNOR function of any trigger sources (analog channels and aux input) User-defined Boolean function of any combination of analog channels plus aux input (PicoSDK only)

Trigger sensitivity (analog channels)

Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth of scope with adjustable hysteresis

Pre-trigger capture

Up to 100% of capture size

Post-trigger delay - PicoScope 7

Zero to > 4x10⁹ samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range at 5 GS/s of 0.8 s in 200 ps steps)

Post-trigger delay - PicoSDK

Zero to > 1x10¹² samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range at 5 GS/s of > 200 s in 200 ps steps)

Trigger holdoff by time

Delay re-arming the trigger after each trigger event by a user-set time up to 4 x 10⁹ sample intervals.

Rapid trigger mode rearm time

< 700 ns on fastest timebase

Maximum trigger rate - PicoScope 7

40 000 waveforms in 20 ms

Maximum trigger rate - PicoSDK

Number of waveforms up to memory segment count, at a rate of 2 million waveforms per second.

Waveform update rate

Up to 300 000 waveforms per second in PicoScope 7 fast persistence mode

Trigger time-stamping

Each waveform is timestamped with time from previous waveform, with sample-interval resolution.

Auxiliary trigger

Trigger types (triggering scope)

Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic

Trigger types (triggering AWG)

Rising edge, falling edge, gate high, gate low

Input bandwidth

> 10 MHz

Input characteristics

3.3 V CMOS Hi-Z input, DC coupled

Input threshold

Fixed threshold, low < 1 V, high > 2.3 V suitable for 3.3 V CMOS

Input hysteresis

1.3 V max (V_IH < 2.3 V, V_IL > 1 V)

Auxiliary output function

Trigger output

Output voltage

3.3 V CMOS (V_OH > 3.2 V, V_OL < 0.1 V into Hi-Z)

Output impedance

Approx. 270 Ω

Output rise time

Measured directly at BNC: < 15 ns

Coupling

Overvoltage protection

±20 V peak max

Connector type

BNC(f)

Function generator

Standard output signals

Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage, ramp up, ramp down, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine

Output frequency range

100 μHz to 20 MHz

Output frequency accuracy

Oscilloscope timebase accuracy ± output frequency resolution

Output frequency resolution

< 1 μHz

Sweep modes

Up, down, dual with selectable start/stop frequencies and increments

Triggering

Free-run, or from 1 to 1 billion counted waveform cycles or frequency sweeps. Triggered from scope trigger, aux trigger or manually.

Gating

Waveform output can be gated (paused) via aux trigger input or software

Pseudorandom output signals

White noise, selectable amplitude and offset within output voltage range Pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS), selectable high and low levels within output voltage range, selectable bit rate up to 20 Mb/s

Output voltage range

±2.0 V into Hi-Z (±1.0 V into 50 Ω)

Output voltage adjustment

Signal amplitude and offset adjustable in approx. 0.3 mV steps within overall ± 2 V range

DC accuracy

±1 % of full scale, into Hi-Z load

Amplitude flatness

< 1.5 dB to 20 MHz, typical, sine wave into 50 Ω

SFDR

> 70 dB, 10 kHz full scale sine wave

Output resistance

50 Ω ±1%

Overvoltage protection

±20 V peak max

Connector type

Front-panel BNC

Arbitrary waveform generator

Update rate

200 MS/s

Buffer size

32 kS

Vertical resolution

14 bits (output step size 0.3 mV)

Bandwidth (−3 dB)

> 20 MHz

Rise time (10% to 90%)

< 10 ns (50 Ω load)

Spectrum analyzer

Frequency range

DC to 350 MHz

DC to 500 MHz

Display modes

Magnitude, average, peak hold

Y axis

Logarithmic (dBV, dBu, dBm, arbitrary dB) or linear (volts)

X axis

Linear or logarithmic

Windowing functions

Rectangular, Gaussian, triangular, Blackman, Blackman−Harris, Hamming, Hann, flat-top

Number of FFT points

Selectable from 128 to 1 million in powers of 2

Math channels

Functions

−x, x+y, x−y, x*y, x/y, x^y, sqrt, exp, ln, log, abs, norm, sign, sin, cos, tan, arcsin, arccos, arctan, sinh, cosh, tanh, delay, average, frequency, derivative, integral, min, max, peak, duty, highpass, lowpass, bandpass, bandstop, coupler, top, base, amplitude, positive overshoot, negative overshoot, phase, delay, moving, deskew, true power, apparent power, reactive power, power factor

Operands

A to D (input channels), T (time), reference waveforms, pi, constants

Automatic measurements

Scope mode

AC RMS, amplitude, apparent power, base, cycle time, DC average, duty cycle, edge count, fall time, falling edge count, falling rate, frequency, high pulse width, low pulse width, maximum, minimum, negative duty cycle, negative overshoot, peak to peak, phase, positive overshoot, power factor, reactive power, rise time, rising edge count, rising rate, top, true power, true RMS

Spectrum mode

Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, average amplitude at peak, total power, THD%, THD dB, THD+N, SINAD, SNR, IMD

Statistics

Minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation

DeepMeasure

Parameters

Cycle number, cycle time, frequency, low pulse width, high pulse width, duty cycle (high), duty cycle (low), rise time, fall time, undershoot, overshoot, max. voltage, min. voltage, voltage peak to peak, start time, end time

Serial decoding

Protocols

1-Wire, 10BASE-T1S, ARINC 429, BroadRReach, CAN, CAN FD, CAN J1939, CAN XL, DALI, DCC, Differential Manchester, DMX512, Ethernet 10BASE-T, Extended UART, Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX, FlexRay, I2C, I2S, I3C BASIC v1.0, LIN, Manchester, MIL-STD-1553, MODBUS ASCII, MODBUS RTU, NMEA-0183, Parallel Bus, PMBus, PS/2, PSI5 (Sensor), Quadrature, RS232/UART, SBS Data, SENT Fast, SENT Slow, SENT SPC, SMBus, SPI-MISO/MOSI, SPI-SDIO, USB (1.0/1.1), Wind Sensor

Mask limit testing

Statistics

Pass/fail, failure count, total count

Mask creation

Auto-generated from waveform or imported from file

Display

Display modes

Scope, XY scope, persistence, spectrum.

Interpolation

Linear or sin(x)/x

Persistence modes

Time, frequency, fast

Output file formats

csv, mat, pdf, png, psdata, pssettings, txt

Output functions

Copy to clipboard, print

Data transfer

Captured waveform data USB transfer rate to PC

On USB 3.0, PC dependent: 8-bit mode: up to 360 MS/s; 10-bit mode: up to 180 MS/s
On USB 2.0, PC dependent: 8-bit mode: up to 40 MS/s; 10-bit mode: up to 20 MS/s

Hardware accelerated waveform display rate

Hardware acceleration enables over 2 GS of data to be displayed on screen per second (8-bit mode, 4 channels, 250 MS per channel at max sample rate)

General specifications

PC connectivity

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (USB 2.0 compatible)

PC connector type

USB 3.0 Type C

Power requirement

Powered from single USB Type-C 3 A port or from USB port plus external Type-C PSU (5V 3A)

Status indicators

RGB LED per BNC connector plus power and sampling

Thermal management

Automatic fan speed control for low noise

Dimensions

221 x 173 x 30 mm

Weight

< 0.7 kg

Ambient temperature range - Operating

0 to 40 °C

Ambient temperature range - For quoted accuracy

15 to 30 °C after 20-minute warm-up

Ambient temperature range - Storage

–20 to +60 °C

Humidity range - Operating

5 to 80 %RH non-condensing

Humidity range - Storage

5 to 95 %RH non-condensing

Altitude

Up to 2000 m

Pollution degree

EN 61010 pollution degree 2: “only nonconductive pollution occurs except that occasionally a temporary conductivity caused by condensation is expected”

Safety compliance

Designed to EN 61010-1:2010 + A1:2019

EMC compliance

Tested to EN 61326-1:2021 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B

Environmental compliance

RoHS, REACH & WEEE

Software

Windows software (64-bit)^[6]

PicoScope 7, PicoLog 6, PicoSDK (Users writing their own apps can find example programs for all platforms on the Pico Technology organization page on GitHub).

macOS software (64-bit)^[6]

PicoScope 7, PicoLog 6 and PicoSDK

Linux software (64-bit)^[6]

PicoScope 7 software and drivers, PicoLog 6 (including drivers) See Linux Software and Drivers to install drivers only

Raspberry Pi 4B & 5 (Raspberry Pi OS)^[6]

PicoLog 6 (including drivers) See Linux Software and Drivers to install drivers only

^[6] See the picotech.com/downloads page for more information.

PC requirements

Processor, memory and disk space: as required by the operating system Ports: USB 3.0 (recommended) or 2.0 (compatible)

Up-to 350 MHz bandwidth
5 GS/s Sample rate
2 GS Memory
10-bit Resolution

PicoScope 3000E Oscilloscope - 350MHz

350 MHz bandwidth
1:1/10:1 switchable
Upgraded high durability probe cable

4 x TA536 Passive Oscilloscope Probes

For the 5 mm range

1 x TA537 BNC Adaptor

1 x TA532 USB Type-C to Type-C cable, 1.8m

1 x TA534 USB 3.2 Type-A to Type-C, 0.9m

1 x PS017 USB-C power supply