Agilent InfiniiVision 5000 Series
Portable Oscilloscopes
Data Sheet
The Next Generation of Portable Oscilloscopes
The new standard for everyday scopes
100, 300, and 500 MHz bandwidths
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2 or 4 channels
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Traditional bench scopes are great for characterizing things that you know about. Agilent's
MegaZoom III deep memory and fast update rates
help you find the bugs you don’t know about.
MegaZoom III memory and
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display technology
• Up to 1 Mpts acquisition memory
(page 4)
• Up to 100,000 waveforms per
second real-time update rate
(page 5)
• High-definition XGA (1024 x
768) display with 256 levels of
intensity grading
Triggering and hardware
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accelerated decode for I2C, SPI,
CAN, LIN, RS-232/UART and USB
(trigger only) (page 6)
Up to 12 bits of vertical resolution,
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even in single-shot acquisitions
(page 7)
Complete connectivity – standard
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(page 6)
• USB (2 host, 1 device), LAN,
GPIB, XGA display out
• Full remote control, including
web browser
• LXI class C compliant
Manuals and in-scope help
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available in 11 languages
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If you haven’t purchased an Agilent oscilloscope lately,
why should you consider one now?
Leading-edge technology for all
Industry-leading customer support
Don’t take our word for it
scope users
As the world’s leading test and
The InfiniiVision 5000 Series
oscilloscopes leverage the same
third-generation MegaZoom III
technology blocks used in our
higher performance bench and lab
oscilloscopes – responsive deep
memory, fast update rates with
minimal “dead time,” analog-like
display systems, and integrated
serial analysis – and deliver them in
measurement vendor, Agilent
maintains the largest network of sales
engineers, application engineers,
support engineers and technicians.
From pre-sales collaboration, to
calibration, to training and consulting,
to repair and servicing, Agilent stands
with you throughout the life of your
product. It’s no accident that Agilent
has such loyal customers.
a compact package, at a price similar
to oscilloscopes with older technology
blocks.
Model BW (MHz) Channels Maximum sample rate Memory Update rate
DSO5012A 100 2 2 GSa/s
DSO5014A 100 4 2 GSa/s
Compare the InfiniiVision 5000 Series
with your current bench scope. Or
compare it to one of our competitors’
newest scopes. You’ll see why
Agilent has been the fastest-growing
oscilloscope supplier since 1997
(CAGR, source: Prime Data 2006 Test
Instrument Industry Service Market
Share Analysis).
DSO5032A 300 2 2 GSa/s Up to 1 Mpts
DSO5034A 300 4 2 GSa/s
DSO5052A 500 2 4 GSa/s
DSO5054A 500 4 4 GSa/s
1 Maximum sample rate and memory are achieved when two channels are interleaved
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1
1
(page 4) Up to 100,000 waveforms
per second (page 5)
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Why does deep memory matter?
See more time
Seeing more time is the most easily
understood use of deep memory. The
more samples you acquire, the more
time you can see at a particular sample
rate.
Long capture times give you better
visibility into cause-effect relationships
in your design, which greatly simplifies
root-cause debugging. It also allows
you to capture start-up events (like
the start-up sequence in Figure 1) in a
single acquisition.
You don’t have to stitch together
multiple acquisitions or set precise
triggering conditions. Spend less
time finding events, and more time
analyzing them.
See more details
The relationship between memory
depth and acquisition rate isn’t as
obvious. All scopes have a “banner”
maximum sample rate specification,
but many can only sustain these rates
at a few timebase settings.
In the case of an oscilloscope with a
5 GSa/s acquisition rate and 10-Kpts
of memory (Figure 2), those 10,000
points can only fill 2 µs of time. Since
scopes have 10 time divisions, the
sample rate drops at any time/div
setting below 200 ns/div.
As a result, if you look at “slow/fast”
events like a modulated signal, you
run the risk of aliasing your signal. Or
you may simply miss out on important
signal details when you zoom in on it.
Deep memory oscilloscopes let you
sustain a high sample rate over longer
periods of time.
Always fast, always on
Figure 1.
10 GSa/s
1 GSa/s
100 MSa/s
10 MSa/s
1 MSa/s
Sample Rate
100 kSa/s
10 kSa/s
1 kSa/s
1
ns/div10ns/div
Inflection occurs at
200 ns/div
100
ns/div1µs/div10µs/div
5 GSa/s, 10k memory 4 GSa/s, 1M memory
Inflection occurs at
10 µs/div (20 s with single-shot trigger)
100
µs/div1ms/div10ms/div
Time Base
100
ms/div1s/div
MegaZoom III is the third generation of
the fast and deep memory architecture
that Agilent introduced in 1996. It’s
not a special mode, unlike other
deep-memory oscilloscopes. You have
access to your MegaZoom memory
at all times. And the display will
respond instantly to your commands
as you scale the +/div setting or pan
and zoom in the Delayed (or “zoom”)
window.
You can learn more about
MegaZoom III deep memory in
Application Note 1446 - Deep Memory
Oscilloscopes: The New Tools of
Choice.
Figure 2.
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Why does a fast update rate matter?
If the human eye has trouble
discerning above 30-50 frames per
second, is there really a difference
between 3,600 and 100,000
waveforms per second? If you know
what you’re looking for, the answer
is probably “no.” However, if you are
hunting for unknown signal anomalies
or characterizing jitter, the answer
is “yes.”
Acquisition time Dead time Dead time
Figure 3. Reducing the dead time between
acquisitions …
Acquisition time
If you know that there is a glitch in
your system, it’s easy to capture it
using a pulse-width trigger. However,
if you are just browsing through your
design, your chances of finding a glitch
increase as the oscilloscope’s update
rate increases. If a glitch occurs during
the "dead time" between samples,
you miss it (Figure 3). With MegaZoom
III technology, the dead time is much
smaller (Figure 5). A scope with a
slower update rate will capture the
glitch eventually (if it recurs), but most
engineers and technicians don’t have
the time or patience to wait for their
tools to catch up.
If you are characterizing signal jitter,
a fast update rate gives you accurate
results sooner. And when the fast
update rate is combined with the 5000
Series’ XGA high-definition display
(1024 x 768, 256 intensity levels),
subtle differences in these acquisitions
become obvious.
And like all other aspects of
MegaZoom III technology, this update
rate is delivered as a default real-time
acquisition mode. It’s always fast,
always on.
Learn more about the benefits
of a fast update rate by reading
Application Note 1551 - Improve Your
Ability to Capture Elusive Events: Why
Oscilloscope Waveform Update Rates
Are Important.
100,000
10,000
1,000
100
Update Rate (waveforms per second)
10
Figure 4. … improves your chances of
finding random events like glitches
1
ns/div
Figure 5. Update rates of popular oscilloscopes using their default real-time
acquisition mode
10
ns/div
5000 Series TDS3000B WaveSurfer 400
100
ns/div
Time Base
1
µs/div
10
µs/div
Catch problems sooner and cover more of your debug checklist – our 100,000
100
µs/div
waveforms per second update rate helps you find intermittent problems up to
100x faster than competitive scopes
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Software options
Figure 6. On-screen serial decode of an
2
I
C packet
Figure 7. Real-time totalize functions
provide CAN bus efficiency and quality
measurement statistics
I2C/SPI serial trigger and decode
(N5423A or Option LSS on new
scope purchases)
This application displays real-time
time-aligned decode of I2C and SPI
serial buses. Hardware-assisted
triggering and decode provide the
industries fastest throughput and
update rate. Hardware-assisted
triggering and decode guarantees
CAN/LIN triggering and decode
(N5424A or Option AMS on new
scope purchases)
Trigger on and decode serially
transmitted data based on CAN and
LIN protocols. This application not
only provides triggering on complex
serial signals, but also provides
unique hardware-accelerated decode
capabilities. Hardware-assisted
triggering and decode guarantees
you will never miss a trigger event or
anomaly – unlike other scopes that
have triggering dead time between
acquisitions.
This application requires a 4-channel
DSO.
For more information:
www.agilent.com/find/I2C-SPI
you will never miss a trigger event or
anomaly – unlike other scopes that
have triggering dead time between
acquisitions.
This application requires a 4-channel
DSO.
For more information:
www.agilent.com/find/CAN-LIN
Figure 8. Trigger on and decode
RS-232/UART transmission
Figure 9. Use segmented memory to
optimize available memory
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RS-232/UART serial decode and
trigger (N5457A or Option 232 on
new scope purchases)
The application lets you easily view
the information sent over a RS-232 or
other UART serial bus. Display realtime time-aligned decode of transmit
and receive lines. The application also
enables triggering on RS-232/UART
conditions.
Segmented memory (N5454A or
Option SGM on new scope purchases)
Segmented memory optimizes available
memory for data streams that have
long dead times between activity.
The application is most useful for
analyzing signal activity associated
with laser pulses, serial buses, and
bursty signals such as radar. View an
This application requires a 4-channel
DSO or 4-channel MSO and can use
any combination of the scope or logic
acquisition channels.
For more information:
www.agilent.com/find/RS-232
overlay of all signal segments, including
serial decode, while highlighting
the current segment. Quickly move
between segments to view signal detail
associated with a specific segment.
For more information:
www.agilent.com/find/segmented
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