PicoScope® 4000A Series

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PicoScope 4424A

PicoScope 4824A

Dynamic performance (typical)

Crosstalk (full bandwidth)

−76 dB

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

Pulse response

< 1% overshoot

Bandwidth flatness

DC to full bandwidth (+0.2 dB, −3 dB)

Triggering

Source

All channels

Trigger modes

None, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory)

Trigger types

Rising or falling edge

Advanced trigger types

Simple edge, advanced edge, window, pulse width, interval, window pulse width, level dropout, window dropout, runt

Trigger sensitivity

Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth

Pre-trigger capture

Up to 100% of capture size

Post-trigger delay

Zero to 4 billion samples (settable in 1 sample steps)

Trigger rearm time

< 3 μs on fastest timebase

Maximum trigger rate

Up to 10 000 waveforms in a 30 ms burst

Advanced digital trigger levels

All trigger levels, window levels and hysteresis values settable with 1 LSB resolution across input range

Advanced digital trigger time intervals

All time intervals settable with 1 sample resolution from 1 sample (minimum 12.5 ns) up to 4 billion sample intervals

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

Output frequency accuracy

±20 ppm

Output frequency resolution

< 0.02 Hz

Sweep modes

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

Triggering

You can trigger a counted number of waveform cycles or sweeps (from 1 to 1 billion) from the scope trigger or manually from

software.

Output voltage range

±2 V

Output voltage adjustment

Signal amplitude and offset are adjustable in approximately 300 µV steps, within an overall ±2 V range.

DC accuracy

±1% of full scale

Amplitude flatness

< 0.5 dB to 1 MHz, typical

SFDR

87 dB typical

Output resistance

600 Ω

Connector type

Rear-panel BNC

Overvoltage protection

±10 V