Atec MSO4000 User Manual

Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes

MSO4000 Series, DPO4000 Series Data Sheet

Connectivity

USB 2.0 Host P
for Quick and Easy Data Storage, Printing, and Connecting a USB
Keyboard

USB 2.0 Device Port on Rear Panel for Easy Connection to a PC or
Direct Print

Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Port for Network Connection and Video Out
Port to Export the Oscilloscope Display to a Monitor or Projector

Optional Serial Triggering and Analysis

Automated Serial Triggering, Decode, and Search Options for I2C, SPI,
USB, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, RS-232/422/485/UART, and I

ort on the Front Panel and Two on the Rear Panel

ingtoaPictBridge

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-compatible Printer

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S/LJ/RJ/TDM

Features & Benefits

Key Performance Specifications

1 GHz, 500 MHz, 350 MHz Bandwidth Models

4 Analog Channel Models

16 Digital Channels (MSO Series)

Up to 5 GS/s Sample Rate on All Channels

10 Megapoint Record Length on All Channels

>50,000 wfm/s M aximum Waveform Capture Rate

Suite of Advanced Triggers

Ease of Use Features

Wave Inspector®Controls provide Easy Navigation and Automated
Search of Waveform Data

29 Automated Measurements, Waveform Histograms, and FFT Analysis
for Simplified Waveform Analysis

TekVPI®Probe Interface supports Active, Differential, and Current
Probes for Automatic Scaling and Units

10.4 in. (264 mm) XGA Color Display

Small Footprint and Lightweight – Only 5.4 in. (137 mm) deep and 11 lb.
(5 kg)

Mixed Signal Design and Analysis (MSO Series)

Automated Triggering, Decode, and Search on Parallel Buses

Per-channel Threshold Settings

Multichannel Setup and Hold Triggering

MagniVu™ High-speed Acquisition Provides 60.6 ps Fine Timing
Resolution on Digital Channels

Optional Application Support

Power A na

HDTV and Custom Video Ana lysis

lysis

Feature-rich Tools for Debugging Mixed
Signal Designs

With the M
analyze up to 20 analog and digital signals with a single instrument to
quickly find and diagnose problems in complex designs. Bandwidths up to
1 GHz and a minimum of 5x oversampling on all channels ensure you have
the performance you need to see fast-changing signal details. To capture
long windows of signal activity while maintaining fine timing resolution, the
MSO/DPO
channels.

With Wav
serial and parallel bus analysis, and automated power analysis – the
MSO/DPO4000 Oscilloscope Series from Tektronix provides the feature-rich
tools you need to simplify and speed debug of your complex design.

SO/DPO4000 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope Series, you can

4000 offers a deep record len gth of 10M po ints standard on all

e Inspector

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controls for rapid waveform navigation, automated

Data Sheet

Discover –
of capturi

Fast waveform capture rate - over 50,000 wfm/s - maximizes the probability

ng elusive glitches and other infrequent events.

Comprehensive Features Speed Every Stage
of Debug

The MSO/DPO4000 Series offers a robust set of features to speed every
stage of debugging your design – from quickly discovering an anomaly and
capturing it, to se arching your waveform record for the event and analyzing
its characteristics and your device’s behavior.

Discover

To debug a design problem, first you must know it exists. E very
design engineer spends time looking for problems in their design, a
time-consuming and frustrating task without the right debug tools.

The MSO/DPO4000 Series o ffers the industry’s most complete visualization
of signals, providing fast insight into the real operation of yo ur device. A
fast waveform capture rate - greater than 50,000 waveforms per second ­enables you to see glitches and other infrequent transients within seconds,

ing the true nature of device faults. A digital phosphor disp lay with

reveal
intensity grading shows the history of a signal’s activity by intensifying areas
of the signal that occur more frequently, providing a visual display of just
how often anomalies occur.

Capture – T
complete s
quickly ca

riggering on a specific transmit data packet going across an RS-232 bus. A

et of triggers, including triggers for specific serial packet content, ensures you

pture your event of interest.

Capture

Discovering a device fault is only the first step. Next, you must capture the
event of interest to identify root cause.

The MSO/DPO4000 Series provides a complete set of triggers - including
runt, logic, pulse width/glitch, setup/hold violation, serial packet, and parallel
data - to help quickly find your event. With up to a 10M point record length,
you can capture many events of interest, even thousands of serial packets,
in a single acquisition for further analysis while maintaining high resolution
to zoom in

on fine signal details.

From triggering on specific packet content to automatic decode in multiple

mats, the MSO/DPO4000 Series provides integrated support for

data for
the industry’s broadest range of serial buses – I
FlexRay, RS-232/422/485/UART, and I

2

2

C, SPI, USB, CAN, LIN,

S/LJ/RJ/TDM. The ability to decode
up to four serial and/or parallel buses simultaneously means you gain
insight into system-level problems quickly.

To f urther help troubleshoot system-level interactions in complex embedded
systems, the MSO4000 Series offers 16 digital channels in addition to its
analog channels. Since the digital c hannels are fully integrated into the

scope, you can trigger across all input channels, automatically time

oscillo
correlating all analog, digital, and serial signals. The MagniVu™ high-speed
acquisition enables you to acquire fine signal detail (up to 60.6 ps
resolution) around the trigger point for precision measurements. MagniVu
is essential for making accurate timing measurements for setup and hold
measurements, clock delay, signal skew, and glitch characterization.

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Search–I2C decode showing results from a Wave Inspector search for Address value

50. Wave Inspector controls provide unprecedented efficiency in viewing and navigating
waveform data.

Search

Finding your event of interest in a long waveform record can be time
consuming without the right search tools. With today’s record lengths
pushing beyond a million data points, locating your event can mean scrolling
through thousands of screens of signal activity.

The MSO/DPO4000 Series offers the industry’s m o st comprehensive
search and waveform navigation with its innovative Wave Inspector

®

controls. These controls speed panning and zooming through your record.
With a unique force-feedback system, you can move from one end of your

o the other in just seconds. User marks allow you to mark any

record t
location that you may want to reference later for further investigation. Or,
automatically search your record for criteria you define. Wave Inspector
will instantly search your entire record, including analog, digital, and serial
bus data. Along the way it will automatically mark every occurrence of your
defined event so you can quickly move between events.

Analyze – W
(jitter) o
data. A com
performan

aveform histogram of a falling edge showing the distribution of edge position

ver time. Included are numeric measurements made on the waveform histogram

prehensive set of integrated analysis tools speeds verification of your design’s

ce.

Analyze

Verifying that your prototype’s performance m atches simulations and meets
the project’s design goals requires analyzing its behavior. Tasks can range
from simple checks of rise times and pulse widt hs to sophisticated power
loss analysis and investigation of noise sources.

The MSO/DPO4000 Series offers a compre hensive set of integrated
analysis tools including waveform- and screen-based cursors, 29
automated measurements, advanced waveform math including arbitrary

n editing, waveform histograms, FFT analysis, and trend plots for

equatio
visually determining how a measurement is changing over time. Specialized
application support for serial bus analysis, power supply design, and video
design and development is also available.

For extended analysis, National Instrument’s LabVIEW SignalExpress™
Tektronix Edition provides over 200 built-in functions including time and
frequency domain analysis, limit testing, data logging, and customizable
reports.

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Data Sheet

Wave Inspector controls provide unprecedented efficiency in viewing, navigating, and
analyzing waveform data. Zip through your 10M point record by turning the outer pan
control (1). Get from the beginning to end in seconds. See something of interest and want
to see more details? Just turn the inner zoom control (2).

Wave Inspector®Navigation and Search

A 10M point record length represents thousands of screens of information.
The MSO/DPO4000 Series enables you to find your event in seconds with
Wave Inspector, the industry’s best tool for navigation and search.

Wave Inspector offers the following innovative controls:

Zoom/Pan

A dedicated, two-tier front-panel control provides intuitive c ontrol of both
zooming and panning. The inner control adjusts the zoom factor (or zoo m
scale); turning it clockwise activates zoom and goes to progressively higher
zoom factors, while turning it counterclockwise results in lowe r zoom factors
and eventually turning zoo m off. No longer do you need to navigate through

le menus to adjust your zoom view. The outer control pans the zoom

multip
box across the waveform to quickly get to the portion of waveform you are
interested in. The outer control also utilizes force feedback to determine
how fast to pan on the waveform. The farther you turn the oute r control, the
faster the zoom box moves. Pan direction is changed by simply turning the
control the other way.

Play/Pause

A dedicated Play/Pause front-panel button scrolls the waveform across the
display automatically while you look for anomalies or an event of int erest.
Playback speed and direction are controlled using the intuitive pan control.
Once again, turning the control further makes the waveform scroll faster and

ing direction is as simple as turning the control the other way.

chang

Search ste

Search step 2: Wave Inspector automatically searches through the record and marks each
event with a hollow white triangle. You can then use the Previous and Next buttons to
jump from one event to the next.

p 1: You define what you would like to find.

User Marks

Press the Set Mark front-panel button to place one or more marks on
the waveform. Navigating between marks is as simple as pressing the
Previous (←)andNext (→) buttons on the front panel.

Search Marks

The Search button allows you to automatically search through your lon g
acquisition looking for user-defined events. All occurrences of the event
are highlighted with search marks and are easily navigated to, using the
front-panel Previous (←) and Next (→) buttons. Search types include

, pulse width/glitch, runt, logic, setup and hold, rise/fall time parallel

edge
bus, and I

2

I

2

C, SPI, USB, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, RS-232/422/485/UART, and

S/LJ/RJ/TDM packet content.

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osphor technology enables greater than 50,000 wfm/s waveform capture rate

Digital ph

ime intensity grading on the MSO/DPO4000 Series.

and real-t

Digital Phosphor Technology

The MSO/DPO4000 Series’ digital phosphor technology provides you with
fast insight into the real operation of your device. Its fast waveform capture
rate - greater than 50,000 wfm/s - gives you a high probability of quickly
seeing the infrequent problems commo n in digital systems: runt pulses,
glitches, timing issues, and more.

Waveforms are superimposed with one another and waveform points that
occur more frequently are intensified . This quickly highlights the events

r time occur more often or, in the case of infrequent anomalies,

that ove
occur less often.

With the

MSO/DPO4000 Series, you can choose infinite persistence
or variable persistence, determining how long the previous waveform
acquisitions stay on-screen. This allows you to determine how often an
anomaly is occurring.

Mixed Signal Design and Analysis
(MSO Series)

The MSO4000 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes provide 16 digital
channels. These channels are tightly integrated into the oscilloscope’s user

ace, simplifying operation and making it possible to solve mixed-signal

interf
issues easily.

The MSO Ser
time-corr

With the color-coded digital waveform display, groups are created by simply placing digital
channels t ogether on the screen, allowing the digital channels to be moved as a group.
You can set threshold values for each channel, enabling support for up to 16 different
logic families.

Colo

ies provides 16 integrated digital channels enabling you to view and analyze

elated analog and digital signals.

r-coded Digital Waveform Display

The MSO4000 Series has redefined the way you view digital waveforms.

ommon problem shared by both logic analyzers and mixed signal

One c
oscilloscopes is determining if data is a one or a zero when zo omed in far
enough that the digital trace stays flat all the way across the display. The
MSO4000 Series has color-coded digital tra ces, displaying ones in green
and zeros in blue.

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Data Sheet

White edges indicate additional information is available by zooming in. As shown here,
zooming in on the white edge reveals a hidden glitch.

The MagniVu high-resolution record provides 60.6 ps timing resolution, enabling you to
make critical timing measurements on your digital waveforms.

The multiple transition detection hardware of the MSO4000 Series will
show you a white edge on the display when the system detects multiple
transitions. White edges indicate that more information is available by
zooming in or acquiring at faster sampling rates. In most cases zooming in

veal the pulse that was not viewable with the previous settings. If the

will re
white edge is still present after zooming in as far as possible, this indicates
that increasing the sample rate on the next acquisition will reveal higher
frequency information than the previous settings could acquire.

The P6516 M
device.

SO probe offers two eight-channel pods to simplify connecting to your

The MSO4000 Series simplifies chan nel setup by allowing you to group
digital waveforms and enter waveform labels by using a USB keyboard.
By simply placing digital waveforms next to each other, they form a group.
Once a group is formed, you can position all the channels contained in that
group col

lectively. This greatly reduces the normal setup time associated

with positioning channels individually.

MagniVu™ High-speed Acquisition

Themaind

igital acquisition mode on the MSO4000 Series will capture up
to 10M points at 500 MS/s (2 ns resolution). In addition to the main record,
the MSO4000 provides an ultra high-resolution record called MagniVu which
acquires 10,000 points at up to 16.5 GS/s (60.6 ps resolution). Both main
and MagniVu waveforms are acquired on every trigger and can be switched
between in the display at any time, running or stopped. MagniVu provides

antly finer timing resolution than comparable MSOs on the market,

signific
instilling confidence when making critical timing measurements on digital
waveforms.

P6516 MSO Probe

This unique probe d esign offers two eight-channel pods. Each channel ends
with a probe tip featuring a recessed ground for simplified connection to the
device under test. The coax on the first channel of each pod is colored blue
making it easy to identify. The common ground uses an automotive-style
connector making it easy to create custom grounds for c onnecting to

ice under test. When connecting to square pins, the P6516 has

the dev
an adapter that attaches to the probe head extending the probe ground
flush with the probe tip so you can attach to a header. The P6516 offers
outstanding electrical characteristics, applying only 3 pF of loading.

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gonaspecific OUT Token packet on a USB full-speed serial bus. The yellow

Triggerin
waveform i
packet con
Stop.

s the D+ and the blue waveform is the D–. A bus waveform provides decoded

tent including Start, Sync, PID, Address, End Point, CRC, Data values, and

Serial Triggering and Analysis (Optional)

On a serial bus, a single signal often includes address, control, data, and
clock information. This can make isolating events of interest difficult. The
MSO/DPO4000 Series offers a robust set of tools for debugging serial
buses with automatic trigger, decode, and search for I
LIN, FlexRay, RS-232/422/485/UART, and I

2

S/LJ/RJ/TDM.

Serial Triggering

Trigger on packet content such as start of packet, specific addresses,
specific data content, unique identifiers, etc. on popular serial interfaces

2

such as I

2

I

C, SPI, USB, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, RS-232/422/485/UART, and

S/LJ/RJ/TDM.

Bus Display

s a higher-level, combined view of the individual signals (clock, data,

Provide
chip enable, etc.) that make up your bus, making it easy to identify where
packets begin and end and identifying subpacket components such as
address, data, identifier, CRC, etc.

Bus Decoding

Tired of having to visually inspect the waveform to count clocks, determine
if each bit is a 1 or a 0, combine bits into bytes, and determine the hex

2

C, SPI, USB, CAN,

Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes — MSO4000 Series, DPO4000 Series

Event table showing decoded Identifier, DLC, DATA, and CRC for every CAN packet in
alongacquisition.

value? Let the oscilloscope do it for you! Once you’ve set up a bus, the
MSO/DPO4000 Series will decode each packet on the bus, and display the
value in hex, binary, d ecimal (USB, LIN, and FlexRay only), signed decimal

2

(I

S/LJ/RJ/TDM only), o r ASCII (USB and RS-232/422/485/UART only) in

the bus waveform.

Event Table

In addition to seeing decoded packet data on the bus waveform itself, you
can view all captured packets in a tabular view much like you would see in
a software listing. Packets are time stamped and listed consecutively with
columns for each component (Address, Data, etc.).

Search

Serial triggering is very useful for isolating the event of interest, but once
you’ve captured it and need to analyze the surrounding data, what do
you do? In the past, users had to manually scroll through the waveform
counting and converting bits and looking for what caused the event. With
the MSO/DPO4000 Series, you can have the oscilloscope automatically

through the acquired data for user-defined criteria including serial

search
packet content. Each occurrence is highlighted by a search mark. Rapid
navigation between marks is as simple as pressing the Previous (←)and
Next (→) buttons on the front panel.

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Data Sheet

Safe opera
accurate a

ting area measurement. Automated power measurements enable quick and

nalysis of common power parameters.

Power Analysis (Optional)

Ever increasing consumer demand for longer battery-life devices and for
green solutions that consume less power require power-supply designers
to characterize and minimize switching losses to improve efficiency. In
addition, the supply’s power levels, output purity, and harmonic feedback
into the power line must be characterized to comply with national and

l power quality standards. Historically, making these and many

regiona
other power measurements on an oscilloscope has been a long, manual,
and tedious process. The MSO/DPO4000 Series optional power analysis
tools greatly simplify these tasks, enabling quick and accurate analysis
of power quality, switching loss, harmonics, safe operating area (SOA),
modulation, ripple, and slew rate (di/dt, dv/dt). Completely integrated into

lloscope, the power analysis tools provide automated, repeatable

the osci
power measurements with a touch of a button; no external PC or complex
software setup is required.

Viewing an
ability to

NTSC video signal. Notice the intensity-graded view provided by the DPO’s

represent time, amplitude, and distribution of amplitude over time.

Video Design and Development

Many video engineers have remained loyal to analog oscilloscopes,
believing the intensity gradations on an analog display are the only way
to see certain video waveform details. The MSO/DPO4 000 Series fast
waveform capture rate, coupled with its intensity-graded view of the signal,
provides the same information-rich display as an analog oscilloscope, but
with much

Standard features such as IRE and mV graticules, holdoff by fields, video
polarity
MSO/DPO4000 Series the easiest to use oscilloscope on the market for
video applications. And with up to a 1 GHz bandwidth and four analog
inputs, the MSO/DPO4000 Series provides ample performance for analog
and digital video use.

The MSO/DPO4000 Series video functionality is further extended with
the optional DPO4VID video application module. DPO4VID provides the
industry’s most complete suite of HDTV and custom (nonstandard) video
trigger

more detail and all the benefits of digital scopes.

, and an Autoset s mart enough to detect video signals, make the

s.

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The MSO/DP
display sh
A USB host p
settings,

O4000 is designed to make your work easier. The large, high-resolution

ows intricate signal details. Dedicated front-panel controls simplify operation.

ort on the front panel allows you to easily transfer screenshots, instrument

and waveform data to a USB thumb drive.

Designed to Ma ke Your Work Easier

Large, High-resolution Display

The MSO/DPO4000 Series features a 10.4 inch (264 mm) XGA color
display for seeing intricate signal details.

Dedicated Front-panel Controls

Per-channel vertical controls provide simple and intuitive operation. No
longer do you need to share one set of vertical controls across all four
channels.

Connectivity

A USB host port on the front panel enables easy transfer of screenshots,
instrument settings, and waveform data to a USB thumb drive. The rear
panel contains two additional USB host ports and a USB device port for
controlling the oscilloscope remotely from a PC or for connecting a USB

rd. The USB device port can also be used to print directly to a

keyboa
PictBridge
easy connection to networks and a Video Out port allows the oscilloscope
display to be exported to an external monitor or projector.

Compact Form Factor

A compact, portable form factor allows the MSO/DPO4000 Series to be
easily moved between labs and, with a depth of just 5.4 inches (137 mm),
it saves you valuable space on your test bench.

®

-compatible printer. An integrated 10/100 Ethernet port enables

The MSO/DPO4000 Series’ compact form factor frees up valuable space on your bench or
desktop.

TekVPI probe interface simplifies connecting your probes to the oscilloscope.

TekVPI®Probe Interface

The TekVPI probe interface sets the standard for ease of use in probing.
TekVPI probes feature status indicators and controls, as well as a probe
menu button right on th e comp box itself. This button brings up a probe
menu on

the oscilloscope display with all relevant settings and controls for
the probe. The TekVPI interface enables direct attachment of current prob es
without requiring a separate power supply. TekVPI probes can be controlled
remotely through USB, GPI B, or Ethernet, enabling more versatile solutions
in ATE environments.

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Data Sheet

W SignalExpress™ Tektronix Edition is a fully interactive measurement

NI LabVIE

ion and analysis software developed jointly with National Instruments and

acquisit

d for the MSO/DPO Series.

optimize

Extended Analysis

Acquiring data and measurements from the MSO/DPO4000 Series is as
simple as connecting a USB cable from the o s cilloscope to your PC. Key
software applications - NI LabVIEW SignalExpress™ Tektronix Edition
LE, OpenChoice
included standard with each oscilloscope to enable fast and easy direct
communi

®

Desktop, and Microsoft Excel and Word toolbars - are

cation with your Windows PC.

OpenChoice®Desktop software enables seamless connection between the oscilloscope
and your PC.

NI LabVIEW SignalExpress Tektronix Edition LE enables you to insta ntly

generate, analyze, compare, import, and save measurement data

acquire,
and signals using an intuitive drag-and-drop user interface that does not
require any programming. The optional Professional Version offers over
200 built-in functions that provide additional signal processing, advanced
analysis, sweeping, limit testing, and user-defined step capabilities.

For simple tasks, the included OpenChoice Desktop enables fast and easy
communication between the oscilloscope and your PC through USB or LAN
for transferring settings, waveforms, and screen images.

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Characteristics

Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes — MSO4000 Series, DPO4000 Series

Vertical Syst

Characteristic DPO4034

Input Channels
Analog Bandwidth (–3 dB) 5 mV/div -

em Analog Channels

MSO4034

DPO4054
MSO4054

DPO4104
MSO4104

444

350 MHz 500 MHz

1GHz

1V/div
Calculated Rise Time 5 mV/div (typical)

1 ns 700 ps 350 ps
Hardware Bandwidth Limits 20 MHz or 250 MHz
Input Coupling AC, DC, GND
Input Impedance

1MΩ ±1%, 50 Ω ±1%
Input Sensitivity, 1 MΩ 1mV/divto10V/div
Input Sensitivity, 50 Ω 1mV/divto1V/div
Vertical Resolution
Max Input Voltage, 1 MΩ
Max Input Voltage, 50 Ω

8 bits (11 bits with Hi Res)

250 V

with peaks ≤ ±400 V

RMS

5V

with peaks < ±20 V

RMS

DC Gain Accuracy ±1.5% with offset set to 0 V
Channel-to-Channel Isolation ≥100:1 at ≤100 MHz and ≥30:1 at >100 MHz up to the rated bandwidth for any two channels having equal volts/div settings

Offset Range

Range

to 50 mV/div

1mV/div

div to

50.5 mV/

div

99.5 mV/
100 mV/div to 500 mV/div

505 mV/div to 995 mV/div
1V/divto5V/div

5.05 V/div to 10 V/div

1MΩ 50 Ω,75Ω

±1 V ±1 V

±0.5 V ±0.5 V

±10V ±10V

±5 V ±5 V

±100 V ±5 V

±50 V NA

Horizontal System Analog Channels

Characteristic DPO4034

Maximum Sample

MSO4034

2.5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 5 GS/s

DPO4054
MSO4054

Rate (All channels)
Maximum

10M points
Record Length
(All channels)

Maximum Duration

4ms 4ms 2ms
at Highest Sample
Rate (All channels)

DPO4104
MSO4104

Time Base Range 1 ns to 1,000 s 400 ps to 1,000 s

Vertical System Digital Channels

Characteristic All MSO4000 Models

Input Channels 16 Digital (D15 - D0)
Thresholds Per-channel Thresholds
Threshold Selections TTL, CMOS, ECL, PECL, User Defined
User-defined Threshold

+5 to –2 V

Time Base Delay
Time Range

Channel-to-Channel
Deskew Range

Time Base
Accuracy

–10 divisions to 5000 s

0ns

±10

±5 ppm over any ≥1 ms interval

Range
Maximum Input Voltage ±15 V
Threshold Accuracy
Input Dynamic Range 6 V
Minimum Voltage Swing
Input Impedance

±(100 mV + 3% of threshold setting)

p-p

500 mV
20 kΩ

Probe Loading 3 pF
Vertical Resolution 1 bit

centered around the threshold

Horizontal System Digital Channels

Characteristic All MSO4000 Models

Maximum Sample Rate

500 MS/s (2 ns resolution)

(Main)
Maximum Record Length

10M points

(Main)
Maximum Sample Rate

16.5 GS/s (60.6 ps resolution)

(MagniVu)
Maximum Record Length

10k points centered around the trigger

(MagniVu)
Minimum Detectable

1.5 ns

Pulse Width
Channel-to-Channel

500 ps typical

Skew

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Data Sheet

Trigger System

Characteristi

Main Trigger Modes

c

Description

Auto, Normal, and Single

Trigger Coupling DC, AC, HF reject (attenuates >50 kHz), LF

reject (attenuates <50 kHz), noise reject (reduces
sensitivity)

Trigger Holdoff

20nsto8s

Range

Trigger Sensitivity

Characteristi

c

Description

Internal DC Coupled 0.4 div from DC to 50 MHz, increasing to 1 div at

rated bandwidth

External
(Auxiliary Input)

200 mV from DC to 50 MHz increasing to 500 mV
at 250 MHz

Trigger Level Range

Characteristic Description

Any Channel ±8 divisions from center of screen

External

±8 V

(Auxiliary Input)

Trigger Modes

Mode Description

Edge

Positive or negative slope on any channel or front-panel auxiliary input. Coupling includes DC, AC, HF reject, LF reject, and noise reject
Sequence (B-trigger) Trigger Delay by Time – 4 ns to 8 s. Or Trigger Delay by Events – 1 to 9,999,999 events
Pulse Width
Runt
Logic

Trigger on width of positive or negative pulses that are >, <, =, or ≠ aspecified period of time

Trigger on a pulse that crosses one threshold but fails to cross a second threshold before crossing the first again

Trigger when any logical pattern of channels goes false or stays true for specified period of time. Any input can be used as a clock to look for the

pattern on a clock edge. Pattern (AND, OR, NAND, NOR) specified for all analog and digital input channels defined as High, Low, or Don’t Care
Setup and
Rise/Fa

Hold

ll Time
Video
Extended Video

(Optional)

n violations of both setup time and hold time between clock and data present on any of the input channels

Trigger o

on pulse edge rates that are faster or slower than specified. Slope may be positive, negative, or either

Trigger

on all lines, odd, even, or all fields on NTSC, PAL, and SECAM video signals

Trigger

on 480p/60, 576p/50, 720p/30, 720p/50, 720p/60, 875i/60, 1080i/50, 1080i/60, 1080p/24, 1080p/24sF, 1080p/25, 1080p/30, 1080p/50,

Trigger

0, and custom bi-level and tri-level sync video standards

1080p/6
I2C (Optional) Trigger on Start, Repeated Start, Stop, Missing ACK, Address (7 or 10 bit), Data, or Address and Data on I2C buses up to 10 Mb/s
SPI (Optional) Trigger on SS, MOSI, MISO, or MOSI and MISO on SPI buses up to 10.0 Mb/s
USB (Optional) Low Speed: Trigger on Sync, Reset, Suspend, Resume, End of Packet, Token (Address) Packet, Data Packet, Handshake Packet, Special

Packet, Error.

Token packet trigger – Any token type, SOF, OUT, IN, SETUP; A ddress can be specified for Any Token, OUT, IN, and SETUP token types. Address
can be further specified to trigger on ≤,<,=,>,≥, ≠ a particular value, or inside or outside of a range. Frame number can be specified for
SOF token using binary, hex, unsigned decimal and don’t care digits.
Data packet trigger – Any data type, DATA0, DATA1; Data can be further specified to trigger on ≤,<,=,>,≥, ≠ a particular data value, or inside
or outside of a range.
Handshake packet trigger – Any handshake type, ACK, NAK, STALL.
Special packet trigger – Any special type, Reserved.

Error trigger – PID Check, CRC5 or CRC16, Bit Stuffing.
Full Speed: Trigger on Sync, Reset, Suspend, Resume, End of Packet, Token (Address) Packet, Data Packet, Handshake Packet, Special
Packet, Error.

Token packet trigger – Any token type, SOF, OUT, IN, SETUP; A ddress can be specified for Any Token, OUT, IN, and SETUP token types. Address

can be further specified to trigger on ≤,<,=,>,≥, ≠ a particular value, or inside or outside of a range. Frame number can be specified for

SOF token using binary, hex, unsigned decimal and don’t care digits.

Data packet trigger – Any data type, DATA0, DATA1; Data can be further specified to trigger on ≤,<,=,>,≥, ≠ a particular data value, or inside

or outside of a range.

Handshake packet trigger – Any handshake type, ACK, NAK, STALL.

Special packet trigger – Any special type, PRE, Reserved.

Error trigger – PID Check, CRC5 or CRC16, Bit Stuffing.
High Speed: Trigger on edge. High Speed support only available on MSO4104 and DPO4104 models.

N (Optional)

CA

igger on Start of Frame, Frame Type (data, remote, error, overload), Identifier (standard or extended), Data, Identifier and Data, End of Frame,

Tr

ssing ACK, or Bit Stuffing Error on CAN signals up to 1 Mb/s. Data can be further specified to trigger on ≤,<,=,>,≥,or≠ aspecific data value.

Mi

ser-adjustable sample point is set to 50% by default

U

LIN (Optional) Trigger on Sync, Identifier, Data, Identifier and Data, Wakeup Frame, Sleep Frame, Errors such as Sync, Parity, or Checksum Errors up to 1 Mb/s (by

LIN definition, 20 kb/s)

FlexRay (Optional) Trigger on Start of Frame, Type of Frame (Normal, Payload, Null, Sync, Startup), Identifier, Cycle Count, Complete Header Field, Data, Identifier and

Data, End of Frame or Errors such as Header CRC, Trailer CRC, Null Frame, Sync Frame, or Startup Frame Errors

RS-232/422/485/UART

Trigger on Tx Start Bit, Rx Start Bit, Tx End of Packet, Rx End of Packet, Tx Data, Rx Data, Tx Parity Error, and Rx Parity Error up to 10 Mb/s

(Optional)
I2S/LJ/RJ/TDM

(Optional)

Trigger on Word Select, Frame Sync, or Data. Data can be further specified to trigger on ≤,<,=,>,≥, ≠ aspecific data value, or inside or outside of
a range
Maximum data rate for I

2

S/LJ/RJ is 12.5 Mb/s

Maximum data rate for TDM is 25 Mb/s

Parallel (Available on

Trigger on a parallel bus data value. Parallel bus can be from 1 to 16 bits in size. Binary and Hex radices are supported

MSO models only)

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Acquisition Modes

Mode Description

Sample

Peak Detect

Acquire sampl

Captures glitches as narrow as 2 ns at all sweep

ed values

speeds

Averaging

Envelope

From 2 to 512 waveforms included in average

Min-max envelope reflecting Peak Detect data over
multiple acquisitions

Hi Res Real-time

and increa

Roll

Scrolls waveforms right to left across the screen at

boxcar averaging reduces random noise

ses vertical resolution

sweep speeds slower than or equal to 40 ms/div

Waveform Measurements

Measurement Description

Cursors Waveform and Screen

Automatic
Measurements

29, of which up to four can be displayed on-screen
at any one time. Measurements include: Period,
Frequency, Delay, Rise Time, Fall Time, Positive
Duty Cycle, Negative Duty Cycle, Positive Pulse
Width, Negative Pulse Width, Burst Width,
Phase, Positive Overshoot, Negative Overshoot,
Peak-to-Peak, Amplitude, High, Low, Max, Min,
Mean, Cycle Mean, RMS, Cycle RMS, Positive
Pulse Count, Negative Pulse Count, Rising Edge
Count, Falling Edge Count, Area and Cycle Area

Measurement

Mean, Min, Max, Standard Deviation

Statistics

Reference Levels User-definable reference levels for automatic

measurements can be specified in either percent
or units

Gating Isolate the specific occurrence within an acquisition

to take measurements on, using either the screen,
or waveform cursors

Waveform Histogram A waveform histogram provides an array of data

values representing the total number of hits
inside of a user-definedregionofthedisplay. A
waveform histogram is both a visual graph of the
hit distribution as well as a numeric array of values
that can be measured.
Sources – Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3,
Channel 4, Ref 1, Ref 2, Ref 3, Ref 4, Math
Types – Vertical, Horizontal

Waveform Histogram
Measurements

Waveform Count, Hits in Box, Pea k Hits, Median,
Max, Min, Peak-to-Peak, Mean, Standard
Deviation, Sigma 1, Sigma 2, Sigma 3

Power Measurements (Optional)

Measurement Description

Power Quality
Measurements

Measurements

Harmonics

V

RMS,VCrest Factor

Power, Appare
Factor, P hase

Power Loss: T

Energy Loss: T

,Frequency,I
nt Power, Reactive Power, Power

RMS,ICrest Factor

Angle

, Conduction, TotalSwitching Loss

on,Toff

, Conduction, Total

on,Toff

THD-F, THD-R, RMS measurements

Graphical

and table displays of harmonics

,True

Test to IEC61000-3-2 Class A and MIL-STD-1399

Ripple
Measurements

Modulation Analysis

V

and I

ripple

ripple

Graphical display of +Pulse Width, –Pulse Width,
Period, Frequency, +Duty Cycle, and –Duty Cycle
modulation types

Safe Operating Area Graphical display and mask testing of switching

device safe operatingareameasurements

dV/dt and dI/dt

Cursor measurements of slew rate

Measurements

Waveform Math

Characteristic Description

Arithmetic

Math Functions

FFT

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide waveforms

Integrate, Differentiate, FFT

Spectral magnitude. Set FFT Vertical Scale
to Linear RMS or dBV RMS, and FFT Window
to Rectangular, Hamming, Hanning, or
Blackman-Harris

Advanced Math

Define extensive algebraic expressions including
waveforms, reference waveforms, math functions
(FFT, Intg, Diff, Log, Exp, Sqrt, Sine, Cosine,
Tangent), scalars, up to two user-adjustable
variables and results of parametric measurements
(Period, Freq, Delay, Rise, Fall, PosWidth,
NegWidth, BurstWidth, Phase, PosDutyCycle,
NegDutyCycle, PosOverShoot, NegOverShoot,
PeakPeak, Amplitude, RMS, CycleRMS, High,
Low, Max, Min, Mean, CycleMean, Area,
CycleArea, and trend plots), e.g.,(Intg(Ch1 –
Mean(Ch1)) × 1.414 × VAR1)

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Software

Software

NI LabVIEW
SignalExpress Tektronix
Edition LE

Description

A fully interactive measurement software environment
optimized for the MSO/DPO4000 Series, enables
you to instantly acquire, generate, analyze, compare,
import, and save measurement data and signals using
an intuitive drag-and-drop user interface that does not
require any programming.
Standard MSO/DPO4000 Series support for acquiring,
controlling, viewing, and exporting your live signal data
is permanently available through the software. The full
version (SIGEXPTE) adds additional signal processing,
advanced analysis, mixed signal, sweeping, limit
testing, and user-defined step capabilities and is
available for a 30-day trial period standard with each
instrument.

OpenChoice

®

Desktop Enables fast and easy communication between a

Windows PC and the MSO/DPO4000 Series, using
USB or LAN. Transfer and save settings, waveforms,
measurements, and screen images. Included Word
and Excel toolbars automate the transfer of acquisition
data and screen images from the oscilloscope into
Word and Excel for quick reporting or further analysis.

IVI Driver Provides a standard instrument programming

interface for common applications such as LabVIEW,
LabWindows/CVI, Microsoft .NET and MATLAB.

eScope Enables control of the MSO/DPO4000 Series over a

network connection through a standard web browser.
Simply enter the IP address or network name of the
oscilloscope and a web page will be served to the
browser.

Display Charact eristics

Characteristic

Display Type
Display Resolution

Description

10.4 in. (264 mm) liquid-crystal TFT color display
1,024 horizontal × 768 vertical pixels (XGA)

Waveform Styles Vectors, Dots, Variable Persistence, Infinite

Persistence

Graticules Full, Grid, Cross Hair, Frame, IRE, and mV
Format

YT and simultaneous XY/YT

Waveform Capture Rate >50,000 wfm/s

Input/Output Ports

Port Description

CompactFlash Drive Front-panel access (Type 1)
USB 2.0 Full-speed Host

Port

Supports USB mass storage devices, printers and
keyboard. Two ports available on rear panel and one
on front panel

USB 2.0 High-speed
Device Port

Rear-panel connector allows for communication/control
of oscilloscope through USBTMC or GPIB
with a TEK-USB-488, and direct printing to all
PictBridge-compatible printers

LAN Port

RJ-45 connector, supports 10/100Base-T

XGA Video Port DB-15 female connector, connect to show the

oscilloscope display on an external monitor or projector

Auxiliary Input

Probe Compensator
Output

Front-panel BNC connector. Input Impedance 1 MΩ.
Max input 250 V

with peaks ±400 V

RMS

Front-panel pins
Amplitude: 2.5 V
Frequency: 1 kHz

Trigger Out Rear-panel BNC connector, provides a positive polarity

pulse when the oscilloscope triggers

Kensington Lock Rear-panel security slot connects to standard

Kensington lock

Power Source

Characteristic

Description

Power Source Voltage 100 to 240 V ±10%
Power Source Frequency 47 to 66 Hz (90 to 264 V)

360 to 440 Hz (100 to 132 V)

Power Consumption

250 W maximum

Physical Characteristics

Dimensions

mm

in.

Height 229 9.0
Width 439 17.3
Depth 137 5.4

Weight kg lb.

Net
Shipping
Rackmount Configuration

5

9.5 22
5U

11

Cooling Clearance 2 in. (51 mm) required on left side and rear

of instrument

Environmental

Characteristic

Description

Temperature

ng

Operati
Nonoperating

0ºCto+5
–20 ºC t

0ºC

o+60ºC

Humidity

ing

Operat

Nonoperating

0 ºC to 50 ºC, 10% to 60% Relative Humidity

High: 4

C to 40 ºC, 10% to 90% Relative Humidity

Low: 0 º
High: 40 ºC to 60 ºC, 5% to 60% Relative Humidity

Low: 0 ºC to 40 ºC, 5% to 90% Relative Humidity

Altitude

ating

Oper
Nonoperating

0 meters (9,843 feet)

3,00

000 meters (39,370 feet)

12,

Random Vibration

rating

Ope

Nonoperating

1G

0.3
3ax

2.46 G
3 axes, 30 minutes total

from 5 to 500 Hz, 10 minutes each axis,

RMS

es, 30 minutes total

from 5 to 500 Hz, 10 minutes each axis,

RMS

Regulatory

Electromagnetic

89/336/EEC

Compatibility
Safety UL61010-1, Second Edition; CSA61010-1 Second

Edition, EN61010-1:2001; IEC 61010-1:2001

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Ordering Information

MSO/DPO4000 Family

Model Description

DPO4000 Models

DPO4034 350 MHz, 2.5 GS/s, 10M record length,

DPO4054 500 MHz, 2.5 GS/s, 10M record length,

DPO4104 1 GHz, 5 GS/s, 10M record length,

MSO4000 Models

MSO4034 350 MHz, 2.5 GS/s, 10M record length,

MSO4054 500 MHz, 2.5 GS/s, 10M record length,

MSO4104 1 GHz, 5 GS/s, 10M record length,

All Models Include: One P6139A 500 MHz, 10x Passive Probe per Analog
Channel, Front Cover (200-4908-xx), User Manual (071-2121-xx), Documentation
CD (063-4022-xx), OpenChoice
Tektronix Edition LE Software, Calibration certificates document measurement
traceability to National Metrology Institute(s) – the Quality System this product is
manufactured in is ISO9001 registered, power cord, accessory bag (016-1967-xx)
and a three-year warranty. Please specify power plug and manual version when
ordering.

MSO Models also Include: One P6516 16-channel logic probe and a logic probe
accessory kit (020-2662-xx).

4-channel digital phosphor oscilloscope

4-channel digital phosphor oscilloscope

4-channel digital phosphor oscilloscope

4+16 channel mixed signal oscilloscope

4+16 channel mixed signal oscilloscope

4+16 channel mixed signal oscilloscope

®

Desktop Software, NI LabVIEW SignalExpress™

Application Modules

Module Description

DPO4AUDIO Audio Serial Triggering and Analysis Module. Enables

triggering on packet level information on I

2

S, LJ, RJ,
and TDM audio buses as well as analytical tools
such as digital views of the signal, bus views, packet
decoding, search tools, and packet decode tables with
time stamp information.
Probing – I

2

S, LJ, RJ, TDM: Single ended.

DPO4AUTO Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis Module.

Enables triggering on packet level information on CAN
and LIN buses as well as analytical tools such as
digital views of the signal, bus views, packet decoding,
search tools, and packet decode tables with time stamp
information.
Probing – LIN: Single ended; CAN: S ingle ended or
differential.

DPO4AUTOMAX Extended Automotive Serial Triggering and Analysis

Module. Enables triggering on packet level information
on CAN, LIN, and FlexRay buses as well as analytical
tools such as digital views of the signal, bus views,
packet decoding, search tools, packet decode tables
with time stamp information, and eye diagram analysis
software.
Probing – LIN: Single ended; CAN, FlexRay: Single
ended or differential.

DPO4COMP Computer Serial Triggering and Analysis M odule.

Enables triggering on packet level information on
RS-232/422/485/UART buses as well as analytical
tools such as digital views of the signal, bus views,
packet decoding, search tools, and packet decode
tables with time stamp information.
Probing – RS-232/422/485/UART: Single ended.

DPO4EMBD Embedded Serial Triggering and Analysis Module.

Enables triggering on packet level information on I

2

and SPI buses as well as analytical tools such as
digital views of the signal, bus views, packet decoding,
search tools, and packet decode tables with time stamp
information.
Probing – I

2

C, SPI: Single ended.

DPO4USB USB Serial Triggering and Analysis Module. Enables

triggering on packet level content for Low-speed and
Full-speed USB serial buses. Also enables analytical
tools such as digital views of the signal, bus views,
packet decoding, search tools, and packet decode
tables with time stamp information for Low-speed,
Full-speed, and High-speed USB serial buses.
Probing – Low Speed, Full Speed: Single ended or
differential; High Speed: Differential.
USB High Speed supported only on MSO4104 and
DPO4104 models.

DPO4PWR

Power Analysis Application Module. Enables quick
and accurate analysis of power quality, switching loss,
harmonics, safe operating area (SOA), modulation,
ripple, and slew rate (dI/dt, dV/dt).

DPO4VID HDTV and Custom (nonstandard) Video Triggering

Module.

C

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Instrument Options

Power Plug Options

Option

Opt. A0
Opt. A1
Opt. A2
Opt. A3
Opt. A5 Switzerland
Opt. A6
Opt. A10 China
Opt. A11
Opt. A99 No power cord or AC adapter

Language Options*

Option

Opt. L0
Opt. L1
Opt. L2
Opt. L3 German manual
Opt. L4 Spanish manual
Opt. L5
Opt. L6
Opt. L7 Simplified Chinese manual
Opt. L8 Traditional Chinese manual
Opt. L9
Opt. L10
Opt. L99

*1Language options include a translated front-panel overlay for the selected language(s).

Service

Option

Options*

Opt. C3 Calibration Service 3 years
Opt. C5 Calibration Service 5 years
Opt. CA1 Provides a single calibration event, or coverage for the

Opt. D1 Calibration Data Report
Opt. D3 Calibration Data Report 3 years (with Opt. C3)
Opt. D5 Calibratio n Data Report 5 Years (with Opt. C5)
Opt. R5 Repair Service 5 years (including warranty)

*2Probes and accessories are not covered by the oscilloscope warranty and service offerings. Refer to the

datasheet of each probe and accessory model for its unique warranty and calibration terms.

Description

North America
Universal Euro
United Kingdom
Australia

Japan

India

1

Description

English manual
French manual
Italian manual

Japanese manual
Portuguese manual

Korean manual
Russian manual
No manual

2

Description

designated calibration interval, whichever comes first.

Recommended Probes*

Probe Description

TAP 1500
TAP1500X2

4

®

1.5 GHz TekVPI

active voltage probe

Bundle of two 1.5 GHz Active Probes, single ended
with TekVPI Interface; Certificate of traceable
calibration standard

TDP0500
TDP1000

500 MHz TekVPI 42 V differential probe
1 GHz TekVPI 42 V differential probe

TCP0030 120 MHz TekVPI 30 Ampere AC/DC current probe
TCP0150 20 MHz TekVPI 150 Ampere AC/DC current probe
TCPA300/400*
P5200
P5205*
P5210*

3

Current measurement systems amplifier

1.3 kV, 25 MHz high-voltage differential probe

3

3

1.3 kV, 100 MHz high-voltage differential probe

5.6 kV, 50 MHz high-voltage differential probe

P5100 2.5 kV, 100x high-voltage passive probe
ADA400A*

3

100x, 10x, 1x, 0.1x high-gain differential amplifier

NEX-HD2HEADER Mictor connector breakout to 0.1 in. header pins
DPO4PWRBND Power

Solution Bundle

Includes P5205 and TDP0500 differential voltage
probes, TCP0030 current probe, TPA-BNC adapter,
deskew pulse generator (TEK-DPG), deskew fixture,
and power analysis module (DPO4PWR) in a
hard-sided carrying case. Bundle discount reflected in
price

*3Requires TekVPI®-to-TekProbe BNC adapter (TPA-BNC).

4

For a full selection of probes please visit the interactive probe selector tool at www.tek.com/probes.

*

Recommended Acces sories

Accessory Description

071-1844-xx

Service Manual (English only)

SIGEXPTE NI LabVIEW SignalExpress™ Tektronix Edition

Software (Full Version)

FPGAView-xx MSO Support for Altera and Xilinx FPGAs
TPA-BNC TekVPI-to-TekProbe BNC Adapter
TEK-USB-488 GPIB-to-USB Adapter
TLAHRA with (2)

196-3476-xx
119-6827-xx

4000

ACD

EK4321

HCT

High-impedance Adapter and Leadsets for P6516 MSO
Probe

pactFlash-to-USB Memory Card Reader

Com

t Transit Case

Sof

d Transit Case (Requires ACD4000)

Har

RM4000 Rackmount Kit
TEK

-DPG

kew Pulse Generator

Des

067-1686-xx Deskew Fixture

Warranty

Three-year warranty covering all parts and labor, excluding probes.

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Product(s) are manufactured in ISO registered facilities.

Product(s) complies with IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, RS-232-C, and with Tektronix
Standard Codes and Formats.

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Contact Tektronix:

ASEAN / Australa

Balkans, Israel, South Africa and other ISE Countries [phone]

Central East Eu

Mexico, Central/South America & Caribbean 52 (55) 54247900

rope, Ukraine, and the Baltics [phone]

Central Europe & Greece [phone]

Luxembourg [phone]

Middle East,

For other areas contact Tektronix, Inc at: 1 [phone]

Asia, and North Africa [phone]

The Netherlands 090 02 021797

People’s Rep

United Kingdom & Ireland [phone]

ublic of China 86 (10) 6235 1230

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sia (65) 6356 3900

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Finland +41526

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USA 1 [phone]

75 3777

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14-3010

Norway 800 16098

901 988 054

2) 2722-9622

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