PicoScope 3000 Series

Common specifications

All PicoScope 3000 Series oscilloscopes

Function generator

Standard output signals

Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage, ramp up, ramp down, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine.

Pseudorandom output signals

White noise, selectable amplitude and offset within output voltage range.

Pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS), selectable high and low levels within output voltage range, selectable bit rate up to 1 Mb/s

Standard signal frequency

0.03 Hz to 1 MHz

Sweep modes

Up, down, dual with selectable start/stop frequencies and increments

Triggering

Free-run, or from 1 to 1 billion counted waveform cycles or frequency sweeps. Triggered from scope trigger, external trigger (where

present) or manually.

Output frequency accuracy

As oscilloscope

Output frequency resolution

< 0.01 Hz

Output voltage range

±2 V

Output voltage adjustments

Signal amplitude and offset adjustable in approximately 1 mV steps within overall ±2 V range

Amplitude flatness

< 0.5 dB to 1 MHz, typical

DC accuracy

±1% of full scale

SFDR

> 60 dB, 10 kHz full scale sine wave, typical

Output impedance

600 Ω

Connector type

Front panel BNC (non-MSO models)

Rear panel BNC (MSO models)

Overvoltage protection

±20 V

Arbitrary waveform generator[2]

Update rate

20 MS/s

Buffer size

32 kS

Resolution

12 bits (output step size approximately 1 mV)

Bandwidth (–3 dB)

> 1 MHz

Rise time (10% to 90%)

< 120 ns

[2]

For additional AWG specifications, see Function generator specifications above.

Probe compensation pin

Output impedance

600 Ω

Output frequency

1 kHz

Output level

2 V peak to peak, typical

Spectrum analyzer

Frequency range

DC to maximum bandwidth of scope

Display modes

Magnitude, average, peak hold

Y axis

Logarithmic (dbV, dBu, dBm, arbitrary dB) or linear (volts)

X axis

Linear or logarithmic