Space-saving scopes aim to speed, simplify, save on embedded design

Space-saving scopes aim to speed, simplify, save on embedded design

Priced starting under $5,000, 100 to 500-MHz scopes can provide trigger and decode for popular embedded buses

Designed for debugging mixed-signal designs in embedded systems, DPO3000 Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes bring to the design bench features and performance previously seen only in more expensive scopes, and they do so at prices starting under $5,000. The instruments’ combined capabilities let designers find elusive design problems more quickly and efficiently, and thus keep tight development schedules.

The series consists of six models: two- and four-channel versions of 100-, 300-, and 500-MHz analog bandwidth units. Simultaneously, each scope channel can sample at 2.5 Gsamples/s to create 5-Mpoint records, capturing up to 50,000 waveforms/s.

Users can optionally choose the busses which they wish to support with serial triggering and decode; choices includes I2C, SPI, CAN, LIN, and RS-232/422/485/UART. The scopes are also outfitted with Wave Inspector, a feature introduced with the DPO4000 series ( www2.electronicproducts.com/portable_scopes_accelerate_embedded-system_debug-article-xhlrc02-apr2006-html.aspx) that provides waveform searching, zooming, and panning to greatly simplify glitch detection.

The scopes are a lightweight 4.1 kg and a slim 137 mm deep, yet provide a large 9-in. (229-mm) color display. (Basic units, from $4,450 for 100 MHz, two channels; to $10,900 for 500-MHz, four channels — available now.)

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