Atec Agilent-DSO8104A User Manual

Infiniium 8000 Series Oscilloscopes

Superior Mixed-Signal Analysis with Next-Generation MegaZoom Deep Memory

Data Sheet

The Infiniium 8000 Series oscilloscopes offer designers the industry’s first oscilloscope family with responsive deep memory, superior signal viewing and advanced analysis. The four digital storage oscilloscopes (DSOs) and mixed signal oscilloscopes (MSOs) combine the best in signal viewing with patented next-generation MegaZoom technology that maps the industry’s deepest and most responsive memory to a high-definition display system

that uncovers even the most subtle details in long, complex waveforms. Next-generation MegaZoom technology enables designers to capture analog and digital signals over long time spans, easily view critical events, and perform robust signal analysis all with a single instrument. Several memory options are available and are affordably priced to meet your performance needs and fit within your budget.

• 1 GHz and 600 MHz bandwidth

models

• MSO models with integrated

16 digital channels

• 4 GSa/s sample rate

• Up to 128 Mpts of industry-leading

deep memory

• Next-generation MegaZoom

technology:

• Fastest, most responsive

deep memory

• Highest-definition display with

XGA resolution

• Third-dimensional viewing with

256 color intensity grades

• Extensive application software suite

• Unrivaled InfiniiMax active probes

and accessories

• Award-winning usability

• Standard touch screen display

• Open Windows®XP Pro

operating system

• High-performance CPU system for

faster processing

Infiniium Benefits

Infiniium 8000 Series oscilloscopes

Model Bandwidth Channels Sample rate Standard memory Maximum memory

DSO8064A 600 MHz 4 4 GSa/s 1 Mpts 128 Mpts

MSO8064A 600 MHz 4 + 16 4 GSa/s 1 Mpts 128 Mpts

DSO8104A 1 GHz 4 4 GSa/s 1 Mpts 128 Mpts

MSO8104A 1 GHz 4 + 16 4 GSa/s 1 Mpts 128 Mpts

Dramatically speed debug time with mixed signal oscilloscope (MSO) models that integrate 16 digital channels

As embedded designs continue to increase in complexity with integration of higher-speed digital buses such as SDRAM and PCI, along with 16- or 32-bit processors, it becomes increasingly important for engineers to have flexible test instrumentation at their fingertips. When you need to isolate events of interest or monitor critical relationships between multiple signals, you need an instrument that is capable of viewing and triggering on more than just two or four signals at a time.

Agilent’s Infiniium MSOs tightly integrate four 4 channels and 16 digital channels in the same acquisition system to provide time-correlated viewing and triggering across 20 channels. Since an MSO is first and foremost an oscilloscope, no trade-offs in scope functionality are made; the instrument retains the usability and the real-time waveform capture of an oscilloscope. MSOs reduce the need for expensive multi-box solutions and can dramatically speed debug time.

Infiniium Benefits (continued)

MSO viewing and triggering

No matter how complicated the signals you are dealing with, the Infiniium MSO comes with powerful viewing and triggering capabilities to help you untangle them. The Infiniium MSO can trigger across all 16 digital channels and four scope channels. There are no limitations on the combination of analog and digital channels that can be used for a particular pattern or state trigger setting. This enables you to easily isolate and analyze complex interactions between digital signals and analog content in your design. Once your trigger condition is set, seamlessly view the cause-and-effect relationships and make measurements across all 20 channels.

MSO application

With more sophisticated memory buses such as SDRAM being deployed in embedded designs, it is important to be able to isolate a particular cycle of the memory bus that may be causing a problem. Isolating a SDRAM write cycle requires triggering across four digital channels when CS, CAS, and WE signals are low and RAS is high, along with one analog channel on a rising edge of Clk. You need a second analog channel

to capture a data bit of the SDRAM bus that you suspect has signal integrity problems. With the write cycle isolated, you can create an eye diagram of the data bit with fast waveform update rates and then worst-case setup and hold time measurements can be made, while also revealing anomalies or glitches. Doing this type of analysis with a traditional two or four-channel oscilloscope, or with a two-box logic analyzer and traditional oscilloscope, would be difficult or impossible.

Infiniium Benefits (continued)

Up to 128 Mpts industry-leading deep memory

Sample rate and memory depth go hand-in-hand. Deep memory in oscilloscopes sustains a high sample rate over longer time spans. With up to 128 Mpts of acquisition memory, the Infiniium 8000 Series offers superior resolution when capturing long, complex waveforms. Deep memory is critically important in embedded designs implementing slow analog

with fast digital, serial buses, and RF communication.

Infiniium’s segmented memory acquisition mode adds additional capability to deep memory acquisition when you are capturing bursted or packetized signals. With segmented memory, only the packets of interest are captured and stored into acquisition memory for viewing and analysis — no valuable memory is consumed during

periods of inactivity between packets. Coupled with 128 Mpts of acquisition memory, 1000s of packets can be captured at the oscilloscope’s maximum sample rate over seconds, or even days of time. With precise time-tags on each segment, segmented memory acquisition mode effectively provides gigabytes of acquisition memory in a single, high sample rate acquisition by efficiently utilizing the real acquisition memory it has.

Infiniium Benefits (continued)

MegaZoom technology enables ultra-fast waveform update rates

Responsiveness and waveform update rate slow down dramatically on traditional deep memory oscilloscopes when they capture longer memory records, making them difficult and frustrating to use. The Infiniium 8000 Series oscilloscopes feature patented MegaZoom technology that provides the fastest waveform update rates, even when using the deepest memory records up to 128 Mpts. At the heart of MegaZoom technology is a custom ASIC built into the acquisition system that performs data acceleration from the ADC to waveform memory and display. With MegaZoom, deep memory is always available and always fast, so you never have to think about manually turning it on and incurring reduced responsiveness.

Next-generation MegaZoom provides best-in-class waveform viewing

In addition to providing the fastest, most-responsive deep memory, the Infiniium 8000 Series oscilloscopes feature best-in-class waveform viewing powered by next-generation MegaZoom technology. Next-generation MegaZoom supports a high-resolution XGA display system and maps the

industry’s deepest memory to 256 levels of color intensity grades, delivering unmatched real-time insight into signal details. Next-generation MegaZoom’s dynamic range in the Z-axis provides designers a third-dimensional view of subtle details never before seen in an analysis-based oscilloscope. Up to this point, responsive deep memory capture, waveform analysis, and superior signal viewing have not coexisted.

With the Infiniium 8000 Series, you can have it all — deepest memory acquisition with fast waveform update rates, a high-definition display system, a powerful suite of application solutions, and integrated mixed-signal analysis capabilities.

Infiniium: “It’s like someone who sits down and actually uses a scope designed this one.”

Steve Montgomery

Director of Engineering, Linx Technologies

Get fast answers to your questions

with the comprehensive built-in information system. The task-oriented setup guide provides step-by-step instructions for several measurement procedures.

QuickMeas+ key gives you any five

automated measurements with the push of a button. You can also configure this key to print/save screen images among other functions.

Up to 128 Mpts of industry-leading deep memory sustains maximum

sample rates for the longest time captures.

Remote access via web browser or

programming environment with GPIB commands over LAN allows you to access your oscilloscope from any networked PC.

E-mail-on-trigger allows you to leave

your oscilloscope, and when that intermittent event is captured, Infiniium sends you an e-mail that tells you exactly when it happened with an attached screen image.

10/100 Mbps LAN interface lets you

easily print to network printers, save files to network drives, and control the oscilloscope remotely.

Label waveforms and add comments

to Infiniium’s display for thorough documentation before saving screen images.

Context-sensitive right-click menus

allow quick access to oscilloscope settings, controls, and display properties.

High-definition XGA color display with 256 levels of intensity uncovers

subtle signal details that most oscilloscopes won’t show you…enabled by next-generation MegaZoom technology.

Measurement markers can be easily

controlled via front-panel arrow keys or dragging and dropping them with the pointer.

Drag-and-drop measurements from

the measurement bar provide an intuitive way to make a measurement on a particular cycle of your waveform.

Touch screen display

comes standard for mouse-free operation.

USB 2.0 port directly on front panel

makes it easy to save files to a USB mass storage device.

Next-generation MegaZoom

technology enables you to quickly pan and zoom through the deepest waveforms for detailed analysis.

Mixed signal oscilloscope (MSO) models seamlessly integrate four

analog scope channels with 16 digital channels that provide full-width viewing and triggering across many embedded signal interactions.

AutoProbe interface completely

configures your oscilloscope and provides power to various current and active probes, including InfiniiMax active probes.

Hands-free operation is available with

Infiniium’s VoiceControl option.

Internal 40 GB hard drive provides

large storage capacity for storing waveforms, screen images, and setup files. An optional removable hard drive is available for operation in secure environments.

Fast 2.9 GHz CPU with 1 GB RAM

enables two times faster task processing compared to previous generations.

Built-in CD-ROM drive on real panel

allows you to conveniently update the system software and install third-party application packages.

Open Windows XP Pro platform

enables you to install third-party applications such as Excel, LabVIEW, and MATLAB®to perform custom analysis and processing, all inside the oscilloscope.

XGA video monitor out provides the

ability to run third-party applications on a large external display while the internal display continues to display acquired waveforms.

Easy access to advanced features

is enabled by the Windows-based graphical user interface. In addition, graphical equivalents to all front-panel controls are available.

Award-winning ease-of-use can be

seen from Infiniium’s simple analog-like front panel controls, color-coded to correspond to displayed waveforms.

Infiniium Features

Drag-and-drop measurements

It’s simple: drag an icon from the measurement bar and drop it on the cycle you want to measure. You can make up to five measurements on your waveforms, on up to five different cycles. All the measurements appear at the bottom of the display with statistics and are color coded to the channel you are measuring. Scope measurements have never been this powerful or this easy.

Dialog boxes for easy setup

With Infiniium, you don’t need to navigate through annoying softkey menus. Dialog boxes display all the choices you need for measurement setups, all in one place. Help is available for each field, guiding you through each step.

Bus mode display

Bus mode display on MSOs allows quick and easy read-out of hexa-decimal representation of logic signals. Bus state mode display allows the bus readout to be updated only upon the edge of the clock source you select. Available only with Infiniium MSO models.

Simple zooming

Zooming with Infiniium’s graphical user interface is simple and convenient. Just use the mouse to draw a box around the area of interest and click inside. Zoom uses the full display so you get meaningful vertical as well as horizontal resolution gains. Use multiple zoom boxes to see deep inside your signal. Zooming couldn’t be simpler or faster.

Segmented memory acquisition mode

Are you trying to capture communications or radar signals that are bursting in nature? The new segment memory acquisition mode allows you to capture the short bursts at maximum sample rate while not consuming memory during the periods of inactivity. Both analog and digital signals can be captured.

Infiniium Features (continued)

AutoMask and mask test

Mask testing is simplified with AutoMask. Acquire a waveform, define tolerance limits, and create a test envelope. Mask testing provides a pass/fail comparison of an incoming signal to the test envelope. Easily test your design’s conformance to industry standards with the Communication Mask Test Kit option.

Advanced triggering

Advanced triggers are essential when investigating known problems. Infiniium offers a full range of advanced triggers to help you isolate and capture the condition you need to characterize. Advanced trigger setups are simplified by using intuitive dialog boxes with descriptive graphics.

Color-graded persistence with histograms

By providing seven levels of color grades for a visual representation of waveform distribution, color-graded persistence makes it easy to pick out signal anomalies and see how often they occur. Histograms quantify both noise and jitter in your target system.

High/low pass filter

This function applies a real-time digital filter to the source waveform that you choose. This filtering feature enhances your ability to examine important signal components by filtering out unwanted frequency components.

QuickMeasure and statistics

Instantly make five common measurements on your signal, with easy-to-read statistics, by pressing the QuickMeas+ button on the front of your Infiniium. The measurements displayed can be easily customized.

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