PicoScope® 4824
| Oscilloscope — vertical | |
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| Input channels | 8 |
| Bandwidth (−3 dB) | 20 MHz (50 mV to 50 V ranges) 10 MHz (10 mV and 20 mV ranges) |
| Rise time (calculated) | 17.5 ns (50 mV to 50 V ranges) 35.0 ns (10 mV and 20 mV ranges) |
| Input type | BNC, 20 mm spacing |
| Vertical resolution | 12 bits |
| Software-enhanced vertical resolution | Up to 16 bits |
| Input sensitivity | 2 mV/div to 10 V/div (10 vertical divisions) |
| Input ranges | ±10 mV to ±50 V full scale, in 12 ranges |
| Input coupling | Software-selectable AC / DC |
| Input characteristics | 1 MΩ ∥ 19 pF |
| DC accuracy | ±1% of full scale ±300 μV |
| Analog offset range (vertical position adjustment) | ±250 mV (10 mV to 500 mV ranges) ±2.5 V (1 V to 5 V ranges) ±25 V (10 V to 50 V ranges) |
| Overvoltage protection | ±100 V (DC + AC peak) |
| Oscilloscope — horizontal | |
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| Maximum sampling rate (real-time) | 80 MS/s (1 to 4 channels in use) 40 MS/s (5 to 8 channels in use) |
| Maximum sampling rate (continuous streaming mode) | 20 MS/s using PicoScope 6 software 80 MS/s per channel using supplied API, 160 MS/s total across all channels (PC-dependent) |
| Timebase ranges | 20 ns/div to 5000 s/div |
| Buffer memory | 256 MS shared between active channels |
| Streaming buffer memory (PicoScope) | 100 MS |
| Streaming buffer memory (SDK) | Up to available PC memory |
| Maximum buffer segments (PicoScope) | 10,000 |
| Maximum waveforms per second | 100,000 (PC-dependent) |
| Timebase accuracy | ±20 ppm (+5 ppm/year) |
| Sample jitter | 25 ps RMS typical |
| Dynamic performance (typical) | |
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| Crosstalk | 20 000:1, DC to 20 MHz |
| Harmonic distortion | < −60 dB, 10 mV range < −70 dB, 20 mV and higher ranges |
| SFDR | > 60 dB, 20 mV and 10 mV ranges > 70 dB, 50 mV and higher ranges |
| Noise | 45 μV RMS on 10 mV range |
| Bandwidth flatness | DC to full bandwidth (+0.2 dB, −3 dB) |
| Pulse response | < 1% overshoot |
| ADC ENOB | 11.3 bits |
| Triggering | |
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| Source | Channels A to H |
| Trigger modes | Free run, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory) |
| Trigger types | Edge with adjustable hysteresis, pulse width, window, window pulse width, dropout, window dropout, interval, logic level, runt pulse |
| Trigger sensitivity | Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth |
| Maximum pre-trigger capture | Up to 100% of capture size |
| Maximum post-trigger delay | Up to 4 billion samples |
| Trigger rearm time | < 3 μs on fastest timebase |
| Maximum trigger rate | Up to 10 000 waveforms in a 30 ms burst |
| Trigger level | All trigger levels, window levels and hysteresis values settable with 1 LSB resolution across input range |
| Pulse width trigger | Settable with 1 sample resolution from 1 sample (minimum 12.5 ns) up to 4 billion sample intervals |
| Function generator | |
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| Standard output signals | Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage, ramp, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine, white noise, PRBS |
| Standard signal frequency | DC to 1 MHz |
| Sweep modes | Up, down, dual |
| Triggering | Can trigger a counted number of waveform cycles or sweeps (up to 1 billion) from the scope trigger or manually from software. |
| Frequency accuracy | ±20 ppm |
| Frequency resolution | < 20 mHz |
| Voltage range | ±2 V |
| Amplitude and offset adjustment | Signal amplitude and offset within ± 2V range. Adjustable in approx 300 μV steps. |
| Amplitude flatness | < 0.5 dB to 1 MHz typical |
| DC accuracy | ±1% of full scale |
| SFDR | 87 dB typical |
| Output characteristics | Rear-panel BNC, 600 Ω output impedance |
| Overvoltage protection | ±10 V |
| Arbitrary Waveform Generator | |
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| Update rate | 80 MS/s |
| Buffer size | 16 kS |
| Resolution | 14 bits |
| Bandwidth | 1 MHz |
| Rise time (10% to 90%) | 150 ns |
| Spectrum analyzer | ||||||
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| Frequency range | DC to 20 MHz | |||||
| Display modes | Magnitude, average, peak hold | |||||
| Windowing functions | Rectangular, Gaussian, triangular, Blackman, Blackman-Harris, Hamming, Hann, flat-top | |||||
| Number of FFT points | Selectable from 128 up to 1 million in powers of 2 | |||||
| Scale / units | X axis : linear or log 10 Y axis : logarithmic (dbV, dBu, dBm, arbitrary) or linear (volts) |
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| Math channels | |
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| General functions | −x, x+y, x−y, x*y, x/y, x^y, sqrt, exp, ln, log, abs, norm, sign, sin, cos, tan, arcsin, arccos, arctan, sinh, cosh, tanh, derivative, integral, delay |
| Filter functions | Lowpass, highpass, bandstop, bandpass |
| Graphing functions | Frequency, duty cycle |
| Multi-waveform functions | Min, max, average, peak |
| Operands | Input channels, reference waveforms, time, constants, pi |
| Automatic measurements | |
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| Scope mode | AC RMS, true RMS, cycle time, DC average, duty cycle, falling rate, fall time, frequency, high pulse width, low pulse width, maximum, minimum, peak to peak, rise time, rising rate. |
| Spectrum mode | Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, average amplitude at peak, total power, THD %, THD dB, THD+N, SFDR, SINAD, SNR, IMD |
| Statistics | Minimum, maximum, average and standard deviation |
| Serial decoding | |||||
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| Protocols | 1-Wire, ARINC 429, CAN, CAN FD, DALI, DCC, DMX512, Ethernet (10Base-T), FlexRay, I²C, I²S, LIN, Manchester, MODBUS, PS/2, SENT, SPI, UART/RS-232, USB 1.0 | ||||
| Inputs | All input channels with any mixture of protocols | ||||
| Mask limit testing | |
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| Mask generation | Auto generate from captured waveform, manual drawing, manual coordinate entry |
| Actions | Highlight on screen, select in buffer overview, activate alarm |
| Statistics | Pass/fail, failure count, total count |
| Alarms | |
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| Initiating events | Capture, buffer full, mask fail |
| Alarm actions | Beep, play sound, stop/restart capture, run executable, save current buffer/all buffers, trigger signal generator |
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| Interpolation | Linear or sin(x)/x | ||||
| Persistence modes | Digital color, analog intensity, fast, custom | ||||
| Data export | |
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| Output file formats | BMP, CSV, GIF, JPG, MATLAB 4, PDF, PNG, PicoScope data, PicoScope settings, TXT |
| Output functions | Copy to clipboard, print |
| Environmental | ||
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| Temperature range (operating) | 0 °C to 45 °C | |
| Temperature range (stated accuracy) | 20 °C to 30 °C | |
| Temperature range (storage) | –20 °C to +60 °C | |
| Humidity range (operating) | 5% to 80% RH non-condensing | |
| Humidity range (storage) | 5% to 95% RH non-condensing | |
| Physical properties | |
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| Dimensions | 190 x 170 x 40 mm |
| Weight | < 0.55 kg |
| Software | ||
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| Windows software | PicoScope for Windows Software development kit (SDK) Windows 7, 8 or 10 recommended (read more) |
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| macOS software | PicoScope for macOS (beta: feature list) Software development kit (SDK) OS versions: see release notes |
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| Linux software | PicoScope for Linux (beta: feature list) Software development kit (SDK) See Linux Software & Drivers for details of supported distributions |
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| Languages | Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish | |
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| What's in the box? |
PicoScope 4824 high-resolution oscilloscope |
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| PC connectivity | SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compatible) | |||||
| Power requirements | Powered from single USB 3.0 port or two USB 2.0 ports | |||||
| Safety approvals | LVD compliant | |||||
| EMC approvals | Tested to meet EN61326-1:2006 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B | |||||
| Environmental approvals | RoHS and WEEE compliant | |||||
| Total satisfaction guarantee | In the event that this product does not fully meet your requirements you can return it for an exchange or refund. To claim, the product must be returned in good condition within 14 days. | |||||
| Warranty | 5 years | |||||