USB-powered oscilloscopes feature real-time 1 G-sample/sec rates

摘要

Pico Technology recently introduced the USB-powered PicoScope 2000 series oscilloscopes, which have real-time sampling rates of 1G samples/sec. Targeting engineers and technicians needing a complete test bench in a single unit, the devices feature two channels, bandwidths of 50 to 200 MHz, a built-in function generator, an arbitrary-waveform generator, and an external trigger input. The scopes are supplied with a full version of Pico-Scope oscilloscope software. In addition to standard oscilloscope and spectrum-analyzer functions, PicoScope includes additional features, such as serial decoding, mask-limit testing, segmented memory, and advanced triggers. Other advanced features include intensity- and color-coded persistence displays, math channels, automatic measurements with statistics, and decoding of I2C, UART, RS-232, SPI, and CAN-bus data. The vendor fre- quently releases free software updates.