PicoScope 5000 Series
Sku: PIC-5000-S
Price: Price range: R31591,65 through R83179,50 incl Vat
High speed and high resolution. Breakthrough ADC technology switches from 8 to 16 bits in the same oscilloscope.
Product Information
Flexible Resolution USB Oscilloscope
- FlexRes 8 to 16-bit hardware resolution
- Up to 200 MHz analog bandwidth
- 1 GS/s sampling at 8-bit resolution
- 62.5 MS/s sampling at 16-bit resolution
- Up to 512 MS capture memory
- 16 digital channels on MSO models
- 130 000 waveforms per second
- Built-in arbitrary waveform generator
- 40 serial decoding protocols as standard
- Up to 200 MHz spectrum analyzer
Today’s electronic designs employ a wide range of signal types: analog, digital, serial (both high- and low-speed), parallel, audio, video, power distribution and so on. All need to be debugged, measured and validated to ensure that the device under test is functioning correctly and within specification.
To handle this variety of signal types, PicoScope 5000D FlexRes hardware employs multiple high-resolution ADCs at the input channels in different time-interleaved and parallel combinations to optimize either the sampling rate to 1 GS/s at 8 bits, the resolution to 16 bits at 62.5 MS/s, or other combinations in between – you select the most appropriate hardware resolution for the requirements of each measurement.
2 and 4 channel models are available, all featuring a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connection, providing lightning-fast saving of waveforms while retaining compatibility with older USB standards. The PicoSDK® software development kit supports continuous streaming to the host computer at rates up to 125 MS/s. The product is small and light, and operates silently thanks to its low-power fanless design.
Supported by the free-of-charge and regularly updated PicoScope software, the PicoScope 5000D Series offers an ideal, cost-effective package for many applications, including design, research, test, education, service and repair.
What is FlexRes?
Pico FlexRes flexible resolution oscilloscopes allow you to reconfigure the scope hardware to increase either the sampling rate or the resolution. This means you can reconfigure the hardware to be either a fast (1 GS/s) 8-bit oscilloscope for looking at digital signals, or a high-resolution 16-bit oscilloscope for audio work and other analog applications. Whether you’re capturing and decoding fast digital signals or looking for distortion in sensitive analog signals, FlexRes oscilloscopes are the answer.
Deep capture memory
PicoScope 5000D Series oscilloscopes have waveform capture memories ranging from 128 to 512 million samples – many times larger than traditional benchtop scopes. Deep memory enables the capture of long-duration waveforms at maximum sampling speed. In fact, the PicoScope 5000D Series can capture waveforms over 500 ms long with 1 ns resolution. In contrast, the same 500 ms waveform captured by an oscilloscope with a 10 megasample memory would have just 50 ns resolution.
Deep memory can be useful in other ways too: PicoScope lets you divide the capture memory into a number of segments, up to a maximum of 10 000. You can set up a trigger condition to store a separate capture in each segment, with as little as 1 µs dead time between captures. Once you have acquired the data, you can step through the memory one segment at a time until you find the event you are looking for. Powerful tools are included to allow you to manage and examine all of this data. As well as functions such as mask limit testing and color persistence mode, PicoScope software enables you to zoom into your waveform by a factor of several million. The Zoom Overview window allows you to easily control the size and location of the zoom area.
Other tools, such as DeepMeasureTM, serial decoding and hardware acceleration work with the deep memory, making the PicoScope 5000D Series among the most powerful oscilloscopes on the market.
Logic analyser / mixed signal ability
The PicoScope 5000D Series includes mixed signal models that include 16 digital inputs so that you can view digital and analog signals simultaneously.
The digital inputs can be displayed individually or in named groups with binary, decimal or hexadecimal values shown in a bus-style display. 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. Advanced logic triggers can be set on either the analog or digital input channels, or both to enable complex mixed-signal triggering.
The digital inputs bring extra power to the serial decoding options. You can decode serial data on all analog and digital channels simultaneously, giving you up to 18 channels of data. You
Arbitrary waveform and function generator
All PicoScope 5000D units have a built in 14-bit 200 MS/s arbitrary waveform generator (AWG). You can create and adapt arbitrary waveforms using the built-in editor, import them from existing oscilloscope traces, or load a waveform from a spreadsheet.
can for example decode multiple SPI, I²C, CAN bus, LIN bus and FlexRay signals all at the same time!
The AWG can also act as a function generator with a range of standard output signals, including sine, square, triangle,
DC level, white noise and PRBS. As well as the basic controls to set level, offset and frequency, more advanced controls allow you to sweep over a range of frequencies.
Combined with the spectrum peak hold option, this makes a powerful tool for testing amplifier and filter responses. Trigger tools allow you to output one or more cycles of a waveform when various conditions are met, such as the scope triggering or a mask limit test failing.
High signal integrity
Here at Pico, we’re proud of the dynamic performance of our
products. Careful front-end design and shielding reduces noise, crosstalk and harmonic distortion.
Over 25 years of high-resolution oscilloscope design experience leads to improved pulse response and bandwidth flatness.
Sensitivity at 1:1 zoom is an impressive 2 mV/div at the full resolution of the oscilloscope. If you need even more sensitivity, simply switch to high-resolution mode and zoom in. Combining 14-bit mode and zoom can provide 200 µV/div sensitivity while still providing more than 8 bits usable resolution.
High resolution for low-level signals
With resolution enhancement the PicoScope 5000D can display
low-level signals at high zoom factors.
This allows you to view and measure features such as noise and ripple superimposed on larger DC or low-frequency voltages. Additionally, you can use the Lowpass Filtering controls on each channel independently, to hide noise and reveal the underlying signal.
Software Development Kit – write your own apps
The software development kit (SDK) allows you to write your own software and includes drivers for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac (macOS) and Linux (including
Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone).
Example code shows how to interface to third-party software packages such as Microsoft Excel, National Instruments LabVIEW and MathWorks MATLAB.
There is also an active community of PicoScope users who share code and applications on the Pico forum and PicoApps section of the picotech.com web site. The
Frequency Response Analyzer shown opposite is one of the most popular third-party applications.
Portability
The PicoScope 5000 oscilloscope is small, light and portable.
In the lab it will take up the minimum of bench space while for the engineer on the move they slip neatly into a laptop bag.
High-end features as standard
High bandwidth, high sampling rate
Despite the compact size and low cost, there is no compromise on performance, with bandwidths up to 200 MHz. This bandwidth is matched by a real-time sampling rate of 1 GS/s, allowing detailed display of high frequencies. With a real-time sampling rate of five times the input bandwidth, PicoScope 5000 Series oscilloscopes are well equipped to capture high-frequency signal detail. For repetitive signals, the maximum effective sampling rate can be boosted to 10 GS/s by using Equivalent Time Sampling (ETS) mode.
Serial bus decoding and analysis
With its deep memory, the PicoScope 5000D Series can decode 1-Wire, ARINC 429, CAN and CAN-FD, DCC, DMX512, Ethernet 10Base-T and 100Base-TX, FlexRay, I²C, I²S, LIN, PS/2, MODBUS, SENT, SPI, UART (RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485) and USB 1.1 protocol data as standard.
Decoding helps you see what is happening in your design to identify programming and timing errors and check for other signal integrity issues.
Timing analysis tools help to show the performance of each design element, identifying parts of the design that need to be improved to optimize overall system performance.
Graph format shows the decoded data (in hex, binary, decimal or ASCII) in a timing diagram format, beneath the waveform on a common time axis, with error frames marked in red. You can zoom in on these frames to investigate noise or distortion, and each packet field is assigned a different color, so the data is easy to read.
Table format shows a list of the decoded frames, including the data and all flags and identifiers. You can set up filtering conditions to display only the frames you are interested in or search for frames with specified properties. The statistics option reveals more detail about the physical layer such as frame times and voltage levels. PicoScope can also import a spreadsheet to decode the data into user-defined text strings.
DeepMeasure
One waveform, millions of measurements
Measurement of waveform pulses and cycles is key to verification of the performance of electrical and electronic devices.
DeepMeasure delivers automatic measurements of important waveform parameters on up to a million waveform cycles with each triggered acquisition. Results can be easily sorted, analyzed and correlated with the waveform display.
Waveform buffer and navigator
Ever spotted a glitch on a waveform, but by the time you’ve stopped the scope it has gone? With PicoScope you no longer need to worry about missing glitches or other transient events. PicoScope can store the last ten thousand oscilloscope waveforms or spectrum plots in its circular waveform buffer.
The buffer navigator provides an efficient way of navigating and searching through captured waveforms, effectively letting you turn back time.
Mask limit testing
Mask limit testing allows you to compare live signals against known good signals, and is designed for production and debugging environments.
Simply capture a known good signal, draw a mask around it, and then attach the system under test. PicoScope will check for mask violations and perform pass/fail testing, capture intermittent glitches, and can show a failure count and other statistics in the Measurements window.
Use the Buffer navigator to find waveforms that violate the mask.
In this case 10 000 waveforms have been captured in the buffer. Just one of those waveforms, which violated the mask, is easily found by selecting “Mask fails on Channel A” in the navigator.
Advanced digital triggering
The majority of digital oscilloscopes still use an analog trigger architecture based on comparators. This causes time and amplitude errors that cannot always be calibrated out and often limits the trigger sensitivity at high bandwidths.
In 1991 Pico pioneered the use of fully digital triggering using the actual digitized data. This technique reduces trigger errors and allows our oscilloscopes to trigger on the smallest signals, even at the full bandwidth. Trigger levels and hysteresis can be set with high precision and resolution.
The sub-1 µs rearm delay provided by digital triggering, together with segmented memory, allows up to 10 000 waveforms to be captured in a 10 ms burst.
The PicoScope 5000 Series offers an industry-leading set of advanced triggers including pulse width, runt pulse, windowed, logic and dropout.
On PicoScope 5000D MSO models the digital channels can be used to form a logic trigger with Boolean operators.
FFT spectrum analyser
The spectrum view plots amplitude against frequency and is ideal for finding noise, crosstalk or distortion in signals. The spectrum analyzer in PicoScope is of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) type which, unlike a traditional swept spectrum analyzer, can display the spectrum of a single, non-repeating waveform.
A full range of settings gives you control over the number of spectrum bands (FFT bins), window types, scaling (including log/log) and display modes (instantaneous, average, or peak-hold).
You can display multiple spectrum views alongside oscilloscope views of the same data. A comprehensive set of automatic frequency-domain measurements can be added to the display, including THD, THD+N, SNR, SINAD and IMD. A mask limit test can be applied to a spectrum and you can even use the AWG and spectrum mode together to perform swept scalar network analysis.
| Model | PicoScope | |||||
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| Bandwidth (–3 dB) | 60 MHz | 100 MHz | 200 MHz | |||
| 2 channel | 5242D | 5242D MSO | 5243D | 5243D MSO | 5244D | 5244D MSO |
| 4 channel | 5442D | 5442D MSO | 5443D | 5443D MSO | 5444D | 5444D MSO |
| Oscilloscope – vertical | ||||||
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| Input type | Single-ended, BNC connector | |||||
| Bandwidth (–3 dB) | 60 MHz | 100 MHz[1] | 200 MHz[1] | |||
| Rise time (calculated) | 5.8 ns | 3.5 ns[1] | 1.75 ns[1] | |||
| Bandwidth limiter | 20 MHz, selectable | |||||
| Vertical resolution[2] | 8, 12, 14, 15 or 16 bits | |||||
| LSB size[2] (quantization step size) | 8 bit mode: < 0.6% of input range 12 bit mode: < 0.04% of input range 14 bit mode: < 0.01% of input range 15 bit mode: < 0.005% of input range 16 bit mode: < 0.0025% of input range |
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| Enhanced vertical resolution | Hardware resolution + 4 bits | |||||
| Input ranges | ±10 mV to ±20 V full scale, in 11 ranges | |||||
| Input sensitivity | 2 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions) | |||||
| Input coupling | AC / DC | |||||
| Input characteristics | 1 MΩ ± 1% || 14 ±1 pF | |||||
| Gain accuracy | 12 to 16 bit modes: ±0.5% of signal ±1 LSB[3] 8 bit mode: ±2% of signal ±1 LSB[3] |
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| Offset accuracy | ±500 µV ±1% of full scale[3] Offset accuracy can be improved by using the “zero offset” function in PicoScope software. |
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| Analog offset range (vertical position adjust) | ±250 mV (10, 20, 50, 100, 200 mV ranges), ±2.5 V (500 mV, 1 V, 2 V ranges), ±20 V (5, 10, 20 V ranges) |
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| Analog offset control accuracy | ±0.5% of offset setting, additional to basic DC offset accuracy | |||||
| Overvoltage protection | ±100 V (DC + AC peak) | |||||
[1] In 16-bit mode, bandwidth reduced to 60 MHz and rise time increased to 5.8 ns.
[2] On ±20 mV range, in 14 to 16-bit modes, hardware resolution reduced by 1 bit. On ±10 mV range, hardware resolution reduced by 1 bit in 12-bit mode, 2 bits in 14 to 16-bit modes.
[3] Between 15 and 30 °C after 1 hour warm-up.
| Vertical (digital channels) – D MSO models only | ||||||
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| Input channels | 16 channels (2 ports of 8 channels each) | |||||
| Input connector | 2.54 mm pitch, 10 x 2 way connector | |||||
| Maximum input frequency | 100 MHz (200 Mbit/s) | |||||
| Minimum detectable pulse width | 5 ns | |||||
| Input impedance | 200 kΩ ±2% || 8 pF ±2 pF | |||||
| Input dynamic range | ±20 V | |||||
| Threshold range | ±5 V | |||||
| Threshold grouping | Two independent threshold controls. Port 0: D0 to D7, Port 1: D8 to D15 | |||||
| Threshold selection | TTL, CMOS, ECL, PECL, user-defined | |||||
| Threshold accuracy | < ±350 mV including hysteresis | |||||
| Threshold hysteresis | < ±250 mV | |||||
| Minimum input voltage swing | 500 mV peak to peak | |||||
| Channel-to-channel skew | 2 ns, typical | |||||
| Minimum input slew rate | 10 V/µs | |||||
| Overvoltage protection | ±50 V (DC + AC peak) | |||||
| Horizontal | |||||||||||
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| Max. sampling rate Any 1 channel Any 2 channels Any 3 or 4 channels More than 4 channels |
“Channel” means any analog channel or 8-bit digital port |
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| Maximum equivalent sampling rate (repetitive signals; 8-bit mode only, ETS mode) | 2.5 GS/s | 5 GS/s | 10 GS/s | ||||||||
| Maximum sampling rate (continuous USB streaming into PC memory)[5] | USB 3, using PicoScope software: 15 to 20 MS/s USB 3, using PicoSDK: 125 MS/s (8-bit) or 62.5 MS/s (12 to 16 bit modes) USB 2, using PicoScope software: 8 to 10 MS/s USB 2, using PicoSDK: ~30 MS/s (8-bit) or ~15 MS/s (12 to 16 bit modes) |
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| Timebase ranges (real time) | 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div in 39 ranges | ||||||||||
| Fastest timebase (ETS) | 500 ps/div | 200 ps/div | 100 ps/div | ||||||||
| Buffer memory[6] (8-bit mode) | 128 MS | 256 MS | 512 MS | ||||||||
| Buffer memory[6] (≥ 12-bit mode) | 64 MS | 128 MS | 256 MS | ||||||||
| Buffer memory[7] (continuous streaming) | 100 MS in PicoScope software | ||||||||||
| Waveform buffer (no. of segments) | 40 000 in PicoScope software | ||||||||||
| Waveform buffer (no. of segments) when using PicoSDK (8 bit mode) | 250 000 | 500 000 | 1 000 000 | ||||||||
| Waveform buffer (no. of segments) when using PicoSDK (12 to 16 bit modes) | 125 000 | 250 000 | 500 000 | ||||||||
| Initial timebase accuracy | ±50 ppm (0.005%) | ±2 ppm (0.0002%) | ±2 ppm (0.0002%) | ||||||||
| Timebase drift | ±5 ppm/year | ±1 ppm/year | ±1 ppm/year | ||||||||
| Sample jitter | 3 ps RMS, typical | ||||||||||
| ADC sampling | Simultaneous on all enabled channels | ||||||||||
[5]Shared between enabled channels, PC dependent, available sample rates vary by resolution.
[6]Shared between enabled channels.
[7]Driver buffering up to available PC memory when using PicoSDK. No limit on duration of capture.
| Dynamic performance (typical; analog channels) | ||||||
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| Crosstalk | Better than 400:1 up to full bandwidth (equal voltage ranges) | |||||
| Harmonic distortion | 8-bit mode: −60 dB at 100 kHz full scale input. 12-bit mode or higher: −70 dB at 100 kHz full scale input |
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| SFDR | 8 to 12-bit modes: 60 dB at 100 kHz full scale input. 14 to 16-bit modes: 70 dB at 100 kHz full scale input. |
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| Noise (on most sensitive range) | 8-bit mode: 120 μV RMS 12-bit mode: 110 μV RMS 14-bit mode: 100 μV RMS 15-bit mode: 85 μV RMS 16-bit mode: 70 μV RMS |
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| Bandwidth flatness | (+0.3 dB, –3 dB) from DC to full bandwidth | |||||
| Triggering (main specifications) | ||||||
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| Source | Analog channels, plus: MSO models: Digital D0 to D15. Other models: Ext trigger. | |||||
| Trigger modes | None, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory). | |||||
| Advanced trigger types (analog channels) | Edge, window, pulse width, window pulse width, dropout, window dropout, interval, runt, logic. | |||||
| Trigger types (analog channels, ETS) | Rising or falling edge ETS trigger available on ChA only, 8-bit mode only. | |||||
| Trigger sensitivity (analog channels) | Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth of scope. | |||||
| Trigger sensitivity (analog channels, ETS) | At full bandwidth: typical 10 mV peak to peak | |||||
| Trigger types (digital inputs) | MSO models only: Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic, pattern, mixed signal. | |||||
| Maximum pre-trigger capture | Up to 100% of capture size. | |||||
| Maximum post-trigger delay | Zero to 4 billion samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range on fastest timebase of 0 – 4 s in 1 ns steps) | |||||
| Trigger rearm time | 8-bit mode, typical: 1 μs on fastest timebase 8 to 12 bit modes: < 2 μs max on fastest timebase 14 to 16 bit modes: < 3 μs max on fastest timebase |
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| Maximum trigger rate | 10 000 waveforms in a 10 ms burst, 8-bit mode | |||||
| External trigger input – not MSO models | ||||||
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| Connector type | Front panel BNC | |||||
| Trigger types | Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic | |||||
| Input characteristics | 1 MΩ ± 1% || 14 pF ±1.5 pF | |||||
| Bandwidth | 60 MHz | 100 MHz | 200 MHz | |||
| Threshold range | ±5 V | |||||
| Threshold range | ±5 V, DC coupled | |||||
| External trigger threshold accuracy | ±1% of full scale | |||||
| External trigger sensitivity | 200 mV peak to peak | |||||
| Coupling | DC | |||||
| Overvoltage protection | ±100 V (DC + AC peak) | |||||
| Function generator | ||||||
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| 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 20 Mb/s |
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| Standard signal frequency | 0.025 Hz to 20 MHz | |||||
| Sweep modes | Up, down, dual with selectable start / stop frequencies and increments | |||||
| Triggering | Can trigger a counted number of waveform cycles or frequency sweeps (from 1 to 1 billion) from the scope trigger, external trigger or from software. Can also use the external trigger to gate the signal generator output. | |||||
| Output frequency accuracy | Oscilloscope timebase accuracy ± output frequency resolution | |||||
| Output frequency resolution | < 0.025 Hz | |||||
| Output voltage range | ±2 V | |||||
| Output voltage adjustments | Signal amplitude and offset adjustable in approx 0.25 mV steps within overall ±2 V range | |||||
| Amplitude flatness | < 1.5 dB to 20 MHz, typical | |||||
| DC accuracy | ±1% of full scale | |||||
| SFDR | > 70 dB, 10 kHz full scale sine wave | |||||
| Output resistance | 50 Ω ±1% | |||||
| Connector type | BNC(f) | |||||
| Overvoltage protection | ±20 V | |||||
| Arbitrary waveform generator | ||||||
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| AWG update rate | 200 MHz | |||||
| AWG buffer size | 32 kS | |||||
| AWG resolution | 14 bits (output step size approximately 0.25 mV) | |||||
| AWG bandwidth | > 20 MHz | |||||
| AWG rise time (10% to 90%) | < 10 ns (50 Ω load) | |||||
Additional AWG specifications including sweep modes, triggering, frequency accuracy and resolution, voltage range, DC accuracy and output characteristics are as the function generator
| Probe compensation pin | ||||||
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| Output characteristics | 600 Ω | |||||
| Output frequency | 1 kHz | |||||
| Output level | 3 V peak to peak, typical | |||||
| Overvoltage protection | 10 V | |||||
| Spectrum analyser | ||||||
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| Frequency range | DC to 60 MHz | DC to 100 MHz | DC to 200 MHz | |||
| Display modes | Magnitude, average, peak hold | |||||
| Y axis | Logarithmic (dbV, dBu, dBm, arbitrary dB) or linear (volts) | |||||
| X axis | Linear or logarithmic | |||||
| Windowing functions | Rectangular, Gaussian, triangular, Blackman, Blackman–Harris, Hamming, Hann, flat-top | |||||
| Number of FFT points | Selectable from 128 to 1 million in powers of 2 | |||||
| Math channels | ||||||
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| Functions | −x, x+y, x−y, x*y, x/y, x^y, sqrt, exp, ln, log, abs, norm, sign, ceiling, floor, top, base, amplitude, derivative, integral, rise time, fall time, RMS, RMS ripple, phase, delay, deskew, true power, apparent power, reactive power, power factor, DC power, crest factor, area AC, positive area at AC, negative area at AC, absolute area at AC, area at DC, positive area at DC, negative area at DC, absolute area at DC, sin, cos, tan, arcsin, arccos, arctan, sinh, cosh, tanh | |||||
| Filter functions | Low pass, high pass, band stop, band pass | |||||
| Graphing functions | Frequency, duty cycle (positive and negative) | |||||
| Buffered functions | Min, max, average, peak | |||||
| Operands | A, B, C, D (input channels), T (time), reference waveforms, pi, D0−D15 (digital channels), constants | |||||
| Automatic measurements | ||||||
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| Scope mode | Amplitude measurements: Minimum, maximum, base, top, negative overshoot, positive overshoot, peak to peak, amplitude, mean, RMS, RMS ripple Time measurements: Frequency, cycle time, negative duty cycle, positive duty cycle, edge count (rising, falling, either) high pulse width, low pulse width, rise time, fall time, rising rate, falling rate Multi-channel measurements: Phase, delay Power measurements: True power, apparent power, reactive power, power factor, DC power, crest factor, area at AC, positive area at AC, negative area at AC, absolute area at AC, area at DC, positive area at DC, negative area at DC, absolute area at DC |
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| Spectrum mode | Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, total power, THD %, THD dB, THD+N, SFDR, SINAD, SNR, IMD | |||||
| Statistics | Minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation | |||||
| DeepMeasure™ | ||||||
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| Parameters | Cycle number, cycle time, frequency, low pulse width, high pulse width, duty cycle (high), duty cycle (low), rise time, fall time, undershoot, overshoot, max. voltage, min. voltage, voltage peak to peak, start time, end time | |||||
| Serial decoding | ||||||
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| Protocols | 1-Wire, 10BASE-T1S, ARINC 429, BroadR-Reach, CAN, CAN FD, CAN J1939, CAN XL, DALI, DCC, DMX512, Ethernet (10Base-T), Fast Ethernet (100Base-TX), FlexRay, I²C, I²S, I³C BASIC v1.0, LIN, Manchester (single ended and differential), MIL-STD-1553, MODBUS (ASCII and RTU), NMEA-0183, Parallel bus, PMBUS, PS/2, PSI5 (Sensor), Quadrature, SBS Data, SENT (Fast, SPC, Slow), SMBUS, SPI (SDIO and MISO/MOSI), UART/RS-232, Extended UART, USB (1.0/1.1), Wind sensor. Subject to number of channels available and oscilloscope bandwidth. | |||||
| Inputs | All input channels (analog, digital if available) with any mixture of protocols | |||||
| Mask limit testing | ||||||
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| Statistics | Pass/fail, failure count, total count | |||||
| Mask creation | User-drawn, table entry, auto-generated from waveform or imported from file | |||||
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| Interpolation | Linear or sin(x)/x | |||||
| Persistence modes | Digital color, analog intensity, custom, fast | |||||
| Software | ||
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| Windows software (64-bit)* | PicoScope 7, PicoLog 6, PicoSDK (Users writing their own apps can find example programs for all platforms on the Pico Technology organization page on GitHub). | |
| macOS software (64-bit)* | PicoScope 7, PicoLog 6 and PicoSDK. | |
| Linux software (64-bit)* | PicoScope 7 software and drivers, PicoLog 6 (including drivers). See Linux Software and Drivers to install drivers only. | |
| Languages | PicoScope 7: English (UK), English (US), Bulgarian, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Netherlands Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazilian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish PicoLog 6: English (UK), English (US), Simplified Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish |
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| General | ||||||
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| Package contents | PicoScope 5000D Series oscilloscope 1 x TA155 Pico blue USB 3 cable 1.8 m 60 MHz models: 2/4 x TA375 probes 100 MHz models: 2/4 x TA375 probes 200 MHz models: 2/4 x TA386 probes 4-channel models: 1 x PS011 5 V 3.0 A PSU MSO models: 1 x TA136 MSO cable MSO models: 2 x TA139 set of MSO clips Quick start guide |
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| PC connectivity | Recommended USB 3.0 SuperSpeed or higher (USB 2.0 minimum) | |||||
| Power requirements | 2-channel models: powered from single USB 3.0 port 4-channel models: AC adaptor supplied. Can use 2 channels (plus MSO channels if fitted) powered by USB 3.0 or charging port supplying 1.2 A. |
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| Dimensions | 190 x 170 x 40 mm including connectors | |||||
| Weight | < 0.5 kg | |||||
| Temperature range | Operating: 0 to 40 °C 15 to 30 °C for quoted accuracy after 1 hour warm-up Storage: –20 to +60 °C |
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| Humidity range | Operating: 5 to 80 %RH non-condensing Storage: 5 to 95 %RH non-condensing |
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| Environment | Up to 2000 m altitude and EN61010 pollution degree 2 | |||||
| Safety approvals | Designed to EN 61010-1 | |||||
| EMC approvals | Tested to EN61326-1 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B | |||||
| Environmental approvals | RoHS and WEEE compliant | |||||
| PC requirements | Processor, memory and disk space: as required by the operating system Port(s): USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 |
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| Warranty | 5 years | |||||
| Model number | Description |
| PicoScope 5242D | 60 MHz 2-channel oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5242D MSO | 60 MHz 2-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5442D | 60 MHz 4-channel oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5442D MSO | 60 MHz 4-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5243D | 100 MHz 2-channel oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5243D MSO | 100 MHz 2-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5443D | 100 MHz 4-channel oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5443D MSO | 100 MHz 4-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5244D | 200 MHz 2-channel oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5244D MSO | 200 MHz 2-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5444D | 200 MHz 4-channel oscilloscope |
| PicoScope 5444D MSO | 200 MHz 4-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope |
| Accessories | ||
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Passive oscilloscope probe: 100 MHz bandwidth 1:1/10:1 switchable, BNC TA375 |
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Passive oscilloscope probe: 200 MHz bandwidth 1:1/10:1 switchable, BNC TA386 |
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Replacement spring probe tips, 5 pack TA385 Recommended |
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Replacement rigid probe tips, 5 pack TA384 Recommended |
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20-way digital input cable for MSOs TA136 Recommended |
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Logic test clips, pack of 10 TA139 Recommended |
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25 MHz 700 V differential oscilloscope probe 10:1/100:1 TA041 |
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25 MHz 1400 V differential oscilloscope probe 20:1/200:1 TA057 |
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50 MHz 70 V differential oscilloscope probe 10:1 TA058 |
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70 MHz 7000 V differential oscilloscope probe 100:1/1000:1 TA044 |
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100 MHz 700 V differential oscilloscope probe 10:1/100:1 TA043 |
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100 MHz 1400 V differential oscilloscope probe 100:1/1000:1 TA042 |
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200 MHz 20 V differential oscilloscope probe 10:1 TA045 |
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30 A AC/DC precision current probe, BNC connector TA189 |
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60 A AC/DC current probe, BNC connector TA018 |
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200 A / 2000 A AC/DC current probe, BNC connector TA167 |
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600 A AC/DC current probe, BNC connector TA019 |
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30/300/3000 A AC flex current probe, BNC connector TA326 |
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30/300/3000 A AC 3-phase flex current probe, BNC connector TA325 |
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Three-axis accelerometer and oscilloscope interface PP877 |
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Attenuator set: 3-6-10-20 dB, 1 GHz 50 Ω 1 W BNC (m-f) TA050 |
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Terminator: feed-through, 1 GHz 50 Ω 1 W BNC (m-f) TA051 Recommended |
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BNC to BNC cable, 1.1 m MI030 |
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USB 3.0 cable, 1.8 m TA155 |
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Hard carry case – medium PP969 Recommended |
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5 V AC power adaptor PS011 |
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Calibration certificate for high performance PicoScope oscilloscopes: 4824, 5000 and 6000 CC028 Recommended |
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| Resource | Language | Version | Size | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Sheets: | ||||
| PicoScope 5000D Series Data Sheet | English | 4 | 5 MB | December 14 2021 |
| Datenblatt PicoScope 5000D-Serie | Deutsch | 4 | 5 MB | December 14 2021 |
| Ficha Técnica de la serie PicoScope 5000D | Español | 4 | 5 MB | December 14 2021 |
| Fiche technique de la série PicoScope 5000D | Français | 4 | 5 MB | December 14 2021 |
| Scheda tecnica PicoScope serie 5000D | Italiano | 4 | 5 MB | December 14 2021 |
| PicoScope 5000D 系列 数据表 | 中文 (简体) | 4 | 5 MB | December 14 2021 |
| PicoScope 5000Dシリーズデータシート | 日本語 | 4 | 5 MB | December 14 2021 |
| PicoScope 5000D 시리즈 데이터 시트를 | 한국어 | 4 | 5 MB | December 14 2021 |
| User’s Guides: | ||||
| PicoScope 5000D Series User’s Guide | English | 2 | 745 KB | August 05 2022 |
| PicoScope 7 User’s Guide | English | 1 | 62 MB | May 07 2025 |
| PicoScope serie 5000D Guía del usuario | Español | 2 | 755 KB | October 26 2022 |
| PicoScope 5000D-Serie Benutzerhandbuch | Deutsch | 2 | 752 KB | October 26 2022 |
| PicoScope Série 5000D manuel d’utilisation | Français | 2 | 759 KB | October 26 2022 |
| PicoScope serie 5000D Guida all’uso | Italiano | 2 | 754 KB | October 26 2022 |
| PicoScope 5000D 系列用户指南 | 中文 (简体) | 2 | 1 MB | October 26 2022 |
| PicoScope 5000Dシリーズユーザーガイド | 日本語 | 2 | 1 MB | October 26 2022 |
| PicoScope 5000D 시리즈 사용 설명서 | 한국어 | 2 | 1 MB | October 26 2022 |
| Programmer’s Guides: | ||||
| PicoScope 5000 Series (A API) Programmer’s Guide | English | 4 | 2 MB | August 20 2018 |
| Triggering a PicoScope signal generator using the PicoScope API functions | English | 2 | 197 KB | August 12 2019 |
| Quick Start Guides: | ||||
| PicoScope USB Oscilloscope Quick Start Guide | English Français Deutsch Italiano Español 中文 (简体) 한국어 日本語 |
22 | 5 MB | September 02 2022 |
| Application Notes: | ||||
| Using oscilloscope advanced triggers with PicoSDK | English | 1 | 498 KB | June 23 2021 |
| Declarations: | ||||
| PicoScope 5000D Series EU Declaration of Conformity | English | 3 | 409 KB | September 15 2025 |
| PicoScope 5000D Series FCC Declaration of Conformity | English | 1 | 213 KB | September 27 2022 |