Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes
MSO4000 Series, DPO4000 Series Data Sheet
Ease of Use Features
Wave Inspect
Waveform Analysis
10.4 in. (264 mm) XGA Color Display
USB and CompactFlash on Front Panel for Qu ick and Easy Storage
USB Plug-and-Play PC Connectivity
Small Footprint and Lightweight – Only 5.4 in. (137 mm) deep and 11 lb.
(5 kg)
TekV P I®Probe Interface Supports Active, Differential, and Current
Probes for A
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Controls Provide Unprecedented Efficiency in
utomatic Scaling and Units
Features & Benefits
Key Performance Specifications
1 GHz, 500 MHz, 350 MHz Bandwidth Models
2 and 4 Channel Models
16 Digital Channels (MSO4000)
Sample Rates U p to 5 GS/s on All Channels
10 Megasample Record Length on All Channels
50,000 wfm/s Maximum Waveform Capture Rate
Suite of Advanced Triggers
Serial Trig
Additional Application Support
Mixed Signal Design and Analysis (MSO4000)
gering and Analysis
Serial Triggering, Decode, and Analysis Options for I2C, SPI,
RS-232/422/485/UART, I
Power Analysis Option
HDTV and Custom Video Analysis Option
Parallel Bus Trigger and Analysis
MagniVu™ 60.6 ps Technology Provides Finer Timing Resolution
Per-channel Threshold Settings
Multichannel Setup and Hold Triggering
Next-generation Digital Waveform Display
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S/LJ/RJ/TDM, CAN, LIN, and FlexRay
Applications
Embedde
Mixed Signal Design and Debug
Investi
Power Measurements
Video D
Automotive Electronics Design and Debug
d Design and Debug
gation of Transient Phenomena
esign and Debug
Data Sheet
MSO/DPO4000 Series Digital Phosphor
Oscilloscopes
The DPO4000 Se
oscilloscopes to offer usable deep memory on all channels, excellent
performance, serial trigger and analysis options, and all in the most compact
form factor in the ir class. The MSO4000 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes
(MSOs) provide all the features and benefits of the DPO4000, but add
16 integrated digital channels, enabling you to visualize and correlate
analog and dig
triggering functionality across all 20 channels providing pattern and state
triggering ideal for debugging mixed analog and digital designs.
ries Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes (DPOs) are the first
ital signals on a single instrument. This integration extends
Designed to Ma ke Your Work Easier
As design co
quickly.
Easy to Setup and Use
The MSO/DPO4000 Series has a large 10.4 inch XGA display, a clean
front panel with familiar knobs - all in a package that is only 5.4 in.
deep and weighs only 11 lb. With USB plug-and-play operation and PC
connectivity, acquiring data and measurements from the instrument is
as simple as connecting a USB cable from the oscilloscope to the PC.
Provided
Edition LE, OpenChoice
enabling fast and easy direct communication with your Windows PC. USB
and CompactFlash ports on the f ront panel enable simple transfer of
screenshots, instrument settings, and waveform data in the palm of your
hand.
When it comes to mixed signal design and debug, you want your instrument
to be intuitive so you can start solving problems quickly. The MSO4000
Series drives like an oscilloscope, the tool you already know how to use.
You do not have to relearn how to use the instrument every time you turn
it on.
Wave Inspector®Navigation
Imagine trying to efficiently use the Internet if search engines such as
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Links didn’t exist, or Internet Service Providers like AOL or MSN weren’t
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mplexity increases, you need tools that help you find problems
applications include NI LabVIEW SignalExpress™ Tektronix
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Desktop and Microsoft Excel and Word toolbars
e and Yahoo didn’t exist, web browser features such as Favorites and
Wave Inspector®controls.
actually use the long record length in their digital oscilloscope.
trying to
Record length, one of the key specifications of an oscilloscope, is the
number of samples it can digitize and store in a single acquisition. The
longer the re co rd length, the longer the time window you can capture with
high timing resolution (high sample rate).
The first digital oscilloscopes could capture and store only 500 points,
whichmadeitverydifficult to acquire all relevant information around the
event being investigated. Over the years, oscilloscope manufacturers have
d longer and longe r record lengths to meet ma rket demands for long
provide
capture windows with high resolution, to the point that most mid-range
oscilloscopes either come standard with, or can be optionally upgraded
to, multi-megapoint record lengths. These megapoint record lengths often
represent thousands of screens worth of signal activity. While standard
record lengths have increased greatly over the years and can now satisfy
t majority of app lications in the marketplace, tools for effectively and
the vas
efficiently viewing, navigating, and analyzing long record length acquisitions
have been sorely neglected until now.
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Wave Inspe
analyzing
The MSO/DPO4000 Series redefines expectations for working with long
record lengths with the following innovative Wave Inspector controls:
Zoom/Pan
of both zooming and panning. The inner knob adjusts the zoom factor (or
zoom scale); turning it clockwise activates zoom and goes to progressively
higher zoom factors, while turning it counterclockwise results in lower zoom
factors and eventually turning zoom off. The outer knob pans the zoom box
across the waveform to quickly get to the portion of the waveform you are
interest
fast to pan on the waveform. The farther you turn the outer knob, the faster
the zoom box moves. Pan direction is changed by simply turning the knob
the other way. No longer do you need to navigate through multiple menus to
adjust your zoom view.
Play/Pause – A dedicated play/pause button on the front panel scrolls the
waveform across the display au tomatically while you look for anomalies
or an event of interest. Playback speed and direction are controlled using
the intuitive pan knob. Once again, turning the knob further makes the
waveform scroll faster and changing direction is as simple as turning the
knob the
User Marks – See something interesting on your waveform? Press the
Set Mark button on the front panel to leave one or more “bookmarks” on
the waveform. Navigating between marks is as simple as pressing the
Previou
controls provide unprecedented efficiency in viewing, navigating, and
waveform data.
A dedicated, two-tier front-panel knob provides intuitive control
–
ed in. The outer knob also utilizes force-feedback to determine how
other way.
s (←) and Next (→) buttons on the front panel.
P6516 Mixed-signal Oscilloscope probe.
Search Marks – Don’t want to take the time to inspect the entire acquisition
to find the event you’re looking for? The MSO/DPO4000 Series features a
robust waveform search feature that allows you to search through your long
acquisition based on user-defined criteria. 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 edge,
pulse width, runt, logic, setup and hold, rise/fall time and parallel, I
RS-232/422/485/UART, I
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S/LJ/RJ/TDM, CAN, LIN, and FlexRay packet
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C, SPI,
content.
P6516 MSO Probe
This unique probe d esign offers two eight-channel pods. Each channel ends
with a new probe tip design that includes a recessed ground for simplified
connection to the device-under-test. This sleek new probe simplifies the
process of connecting to the device-und er-test. The coax on the first
of each pod is colored blue making it easy to identify. T he common
channel
ground uses an automotive style connector m aking it easy to create custom
grounds for connecting to the device-under-test. When connecting to
square pins, the P6516 has an adapter that attaches to the probe head
extending the probe ground flushwiththeprobetipsoyoucanattachtoa
header. The P6516 offers outstanding electrical characteristics applying
only 3 pF
of loading.
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Data Sheet
Multichannel setup and hold triggering highlighting multiple violations (MSO4000).
all channels enables you to capture long windows of signal activity while
maintaining fine timing resolution.
The MSO/DPO4000 Series offers a variety of analytical solutions including
cursors, 29 automatic measurements, statistics, and waveform math.
Despite a tiny f
MSO/DPO4000 Series offers exceptional performance, a large 10.4 in.
XGA display and knob-per-channel vertical controls.
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 utilizes a new probe power management
architectur
a separate, bulky power supply. Finally, TekVPI probes can be controlled
remotely using U SB, GPIB, or Ethernet, enabling more versatile solutions
in ATE environments.
ootprint (only 5.4 in. deep) and lightweight (11 lb.), the
e enabling direct attachment of current probes without requiring
MagniVu™
The main digital acquisition mode on the MSO4000 Series will capture up to
10 M points at 500 MS/s (2 ns resolution). In add ition to the main record,
the MSO4000 Series provides an ultra high-resolution mode called MagniVu
which acquires 10 ,000 points at up to 16.5 GS/s (60.6 ps resolution). Both
main and Mag
switched between at any time, running or stopped. MagniVu provides finer
timing resolution than any other MSO on the market, instilling confidence
when making critical timing measurements on digital wavefo rms.
niVu waveforms are acquired on every trigger and can be
Triggering on a specific data packet going across an RS-232 bus. Bus waveform provides
decoded packet content displayed in ASCII.
The Power to Solve Problems Quickly
The Performance and Feature Set You Expect
The MSO/DPO4000 Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes (DPO) deliver
the performance you need to visualize even your most demanding signals.
Bandwidths range from 350 MHz to 1 GHz, and with all models offering
a minimum o
standard, you can be confident that even the fastest transient events will be
captured and displayed accurately. The standard 10 M record length on
f 5x oversampling on all channels and sin(x)/x interpolation
Serial Triggering and An alysis
One of the mo
data analysis in embedded system design. Embedded systems are literally
everywhere. They can contain m any different types of devices including
microprocessors, microcontrollers, DSPs, RAM, EPROM s, FPGAs, ADCs,
DACs, and I/O. These various devices have traditionally communica ted with
each other and th e outside world using wide pa rallel buses. Today, however,
more and mo
with serial buses due to lower board space requirements, fewer pins, lower
power, embedded clocks, differential signaling for better noise immunity,
and most importantly, lower cost. In addition, there’s a large supply of
off-the-shelf building block components from reputable m anufacturers,
enabling rapid design development.
While serial buses have a large number of benefits, they also present
significant challenges that their predecessors (parallel buses) did not face.
They make d
isolate events of interest, and it’s more difficult to interpret what is displayed
on the oscilloscope screen. The MSO/DPO4000 Series addresses these
st common applications requiring long record len gth is serial
re embedded systems are replacing these wide p arallel buses
ebugging bus and system problems more difficult, it’s harder to
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Packet dec
packet in a
challenges and represents the ultimate tool for engineers w orking with serial
buses such as I
and FlexRay.
Bus Display – Provides a higher level, combined view of the individual
signals (clock, data, chip enable etc.) that make up your bu s, making it
easy to identify where packets begin and end and identifying subpacket
components such a s address, data, identifier, CRC etc.
Serial Triggering – Trigger on packet content such as start of packet,
specific addresses, specific data content, unique identifiers, etc., on popular
serial interfaces such as I
CAN, LIN and FlexRay.
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 value? Let the oscilloscope do it for you! Once you’ve
set up a bus, the oscilloscope will decode each packet on the bus, and
display the value in either hex, binary, decimal (LIN and FlexRay only),
signed d
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
consecutively with columns for each component (Address, Data, etc.).
Search – Serial triggering is very usefu l for isolating the event of interest, but
once you’ve captured it and need to analyze the surrounding data, what
do you do
counting and converting bits and looking for what caused the event. With
the MSO/DPO4000 Series, you can have the oscilloscope search through
the acquired d ata for user-defined criteria including serial packet content.
Each occurrence is highlighted by a search mark. Rapid navigation between
marksisassimpleaspressingthePrevious (←) and Next (→) buttons on
the fro
ode table showing decoded Identifier, DLC, Data, and CRC for every CAN
long acquisition.
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C, SPI, RS-232/422/485/UART, I2S/LJ/RJ/TDM, CAN, LIN
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C, SPI, RS-232/422/485/UART, I2S/LJ/RJ/TDM,
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ecimal (I
S/LJ/RJ/TDM only), or ASCII (RS-232/422/485/UART
would see on a logic analyzer. Packets are time stamped and listed
? In the past, you had to manually scroll through the waveform,
nt panel.
Mixed-Signal Design and Analysis (MSO4000)
As an embedded design engineer, you are faced with the challenge of
ever-increasing system complexity. A typical embedded design may
incorporate various analog signals, high- and low-speed serial digital
communication
protocols such as I
communication, but parallel buses are still used in many applications.
Microprocessors, FPGAs, Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), and
Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) are all examples of ICs that present
unique measurement challenges in today’s embedded designs. The
MSO4000 Serie
channels. These channels are tightly integrated into the oscilloscope’s user
interface, simplifying operation and making it possible to solve mixed signal
issues more easily.
Next-generation Digital Waveform Display
In a continue
the MSO4000 Series has redefined the way you view digital waveforms.
One common problem shared by both logic analyzers and m ixed -signal
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 the digital traces, displaying ones in
green and ze
The MSO4000 Series has multiple transition detection ha rdware. When
the system d
the display. W hite edges indicate that more information is available by
zooming in or acquiring at faster samp ling rates. In most cases zooming in
will reveal the pulse that was not viewable with the previous settings. If the
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 i
Channel setup on an MSO can often be time consuming as compared
to the trad
device-under-test, labeling the channels and positioning the ch annels on
screen. The MSO4000 Series simp lifies this process by allowing the user to
group digital waveforms and enter waveform labels 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 toge
positioning channels individually.
, and microprocessor buses, just to name a few. Serial
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C a nd SPI are used frequently for chip-to-chip
s Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes offer the addition of 16 digital
d effort to make mixed-signal oscilloscopes easy to use,
ros in blue.
etects multiple transitions, the user will see a white edge on
nformation than the previous settings could acq uire.
itional oscilloscope. This process often includes probing the
ther. Th is greatly reduces the normal setup time associated with
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