USB scopes go mixed-signal at Pico Technology

Pico Technology has combined a two-channel oscilloscope with a 16 channel logic analyser in a USB mixed-signal oscilloscope.

The PicoScope 2205 MSO is suitable for general-purpose analogue and digital circuit design, testing and troubleshooting.

The analogue bandwidth is 25MHz and the digital channels can accept signals as fast as 100MHz. Maximum sampling rate is 200MS/s.

The 48k-sample buffer is large enough to store multiple captures in rapid sequence as little as 2µs apart.

The 16 digital inputs can be displayed individually or in arbitrary groups labelled with binary, decimal or hexadecimal values. A separate logic threshold from -5 V to +5 V can be defined for each 8-bit input port.

The digital trigger can be activated by any bit pattern combined with an optional transition on any input. Finally, analog and digital triggers can be combined using Boolean logic to enable complex mixed-signal triggering.

The PicoScope is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Example programs in C, Excel and LabView are included.

The PicoScope 2205 MSO is priced at £349 for the oscilloscope alone or £399 as a kit with two passive x1/x10 probes, a logic cable and test hooks.