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PicoScope 3000E Series 500 MHz 5 GS/s MSO USB oscilloscope
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The ground-breaking PicoScope 3000E Series

The PicoScope 3000E Series achieves several firsts for USB powered scopes: first to 500 MHz, first to 5 GS/s sampling, first with over 1 GS of buffer memory.

Small, light and portable

Small, light and portable

Pico is once again redefining PC-based oscilloscopes with up to 500 MHz bandwidth and 5 GS/s in a compact, lightweight and portable, USB powered package. 

 

The PicoScope 3000E Series is a range of USB-powered PC oscilloscopes offering 4 analog channels plus 16 digital logic analyzer channels on MSO models. PicoScope 3000E oscilloscopes provide high-performance specifications ideal for engineers working on advanced electronics and diverse embedded system technologies, either in the laboratory or on the move.

 

The advanced PicoScope 7 software (Windows, Mac or Linux) is easy to use while offering high-end features including 40 serial decoders, mask limit testing and an array of advanced measurements and maths functions.
 

A software development kit (PicoSDK) is also available for customers wanting to write their own software or use 3rd party applications such as LabVIEW and MATLAB.

High bandwidth, high sampling rate, deep memory

High bandwidth, high sampling rate, deep memory

The 500 MHz bandwidth is matched by a real-time sampling rate of 5 GS/s, enabling a detailed display of high-frequency signal detail. 
 
The PicoScope 3000E Series offers an industry-leading 2 GS of capture memory which can be used to sample at 5 GS/s all the way down to 20 ms/div (200 ms total capture time).  Alternatively, the memory can be split into segments to capture thousands of waveforms in quick succession into the waveform buffer. 
 
A range of powerful tools allow you to make the most of this deep buffer memory. Easy-to-use zoom functions let you zoom and reposition the display by simply dragging with the mouse or touchscreen, mask tests can scan through 1000s of waveforms and DeepMeasureTM can make millions of measurements on a waveform to quickly identify areas to investigate.

 

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface and hardware acceleration ensure that the display is smooth and responsive while still letting you see every glitch in huge waveforms.
 

PicoScope 3417E / 3418E inputs, outputs and indicators

Front panel

Channel trace color indicators

Rear panel

SuperSpeed® USB-C® connection

The front panel of the oscilloscope brings together the indicators for the four channels, the BNC connectors for those channels, and the LEDs that show power and status. It also includes BNCs for AUX I/O which can be used as an external trigger input or output and an AWG (arbitrary waveform generator / signal generator) output.

PicoScope 3000E Mixed-signal models

The PicoScope 3000E MSO models add 16 digital channels, enabling you to accurately time-correlate analog and digital signals.

Digital channels may be grouped and displayed as a bus, with each bus value displayed in hex, binary or decimal or as a level (for DAC testing). You can set advanced triggers across both the analog and digital channels. 

 

The digital inputs also bring extra power to the serial decoding options. You can decode serial data on all analog and digital channels simultaneously, giving you up to 20 channels of data – for example decoding multiple SPI, I2C, CAN bus, LIN bus and FlexRay signals all at the same time.

All MSO models are supplied with the 20-way 25 cm digital MSO cable and MSO test clips.

PicoScope 7 - the best keeps getting better

Discover why PicoScope 7 PC oscilloscope software outshines traditional benchtop oscilloscopes and why it's the choice for professionals seeking performance, efficiency and value.

 

Comprehensive features at no extra cost: PicoScope 7 includes all essential features as standard, eliminating the need for costly upgrades. Unlike benchtop oscilloscopes that charge extra for options like serial decoders, PicoScope 7 offers 40 decoders included right from the start. Often, it's more cost-effective to purchase a new PicoScope than to buy just a single serial protocol upgrade for an old benchtop.

Superior display and processing power: leverage the power of your existing computer's high-resolution display to view up to 10x more detail than a typical benchtop scope. The advanced processing capabilities of your PC allow PicoScope 7 to deliver sophisticated mathematics, measurement, and analysis tools that surpass the capabilities of traditional oscilloscopes.

Seamless connectivity and data management: connecting PicoScope to your PC simplifies saving, sharing, and manipulating data. Effortlessly integrate results into reports, work offline, and share data with colleagues—even those without a PicoScope. This convenience streamlines your workflow and enhances collaboration.

Intuitive and customizable user interface: PicoScope 7 features a user-friendly interface that works seamlessly with both mouse and touchscreen inputs. Available on Windows, Mac, and Linux, you can personalize your workspace by naming channels, choosing color schemes and themes, defining custom probes, pinning frequently used tools for quick access, and selecting from 27 languages.

Future-proof investment: with over 30 years of providing free software updates and feature enhancements, PicoScope ensures your investment remains valuable. Buy the hardware once, and enjoy continuous improvements and new features year after year.

 

Choose PicoScope 7 for a comprehensive, powerful, and future-proof oscilloscope solution that enhances your productivity and ensures you stay ahead of the curve.

The oscilloscope for serial decoding

Experience unparalleled serial data analysis with PicoScope USB oscilloscope software, now featuring the capability to decode 40 different protocols, including 10BASE-T1S, 1-Wire, I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, and many more (see the image for full details). The PicoScope 3000E Series, with its deep memory and high sampling rates, is perfect for complex serial data analysis, enabling simultaneous decoding of multiple protocols.

 

On MSO models both the analog and digital channels can be used to decode up to 20 channels of serial data, giving you the flexibility to decode multiple buses simultaneously.


Key features:

 

Comprehensive protocol support: Decode multiple different protocols currently using all the channels of your oscilloscope, providing extensive versatility for complex applications.

High-resolution data visualization: View decoded data in hex, binary, decimal, or ASCII directly beneath the waveform on a common time axis. Error frames are highlighted in red for quick identification and can be zoomed in for a detailed investigation of noise or signal integrity issues.

Detailed table format: See a comprehensive list of decoded frames, including all data, flags, and identifiers. Use filtering to focus on specific frames or search for frames with particular properties. The statistics option gives deeper insight into the physical layer, revealing frame times and voltage levels. Click any frame in the table to zoom into its corresponding waveform.

Export and offline analysis: Easily export table view data for offline viewing and analysis, ensuring you can work with your data whenever and wherever you need.

Link file feature: Accelerate your analysis by cross-referencing values to human-readable text.

Discover why PicoScope is the preferred choice for professionals demanding precision and efficiency in serial decoding. 

Carry your electronics lab with you.

Say goodbye to bulky oscilloscopes. The PicoScope 3000E Series offers high performance in a sleek, lightweight, portable design.

In the lab, it takes up less space than a benchtop while offering all the advantages of using your PC's high-resolution display, processing power, storage, and connectivity.

For the engineer on the move you can now carry your scope in your laptop bag ready for use on-site.  No need to travel to the lab, the lab travels with you.

Arbitrary waveform and function generator

The PicoScope 3000E models come with a sophisticated built-in function generator. This generator is not limited to standard waveforms like sine and square but also supports a wide range of additional waveforms, including Gaussian and PRBS. With a frequency range from 100 μHz to 20 MHz and frequency sweeping capabilities, it is ideal for use with the spectrum analyzer function to test amplifier and filter responses. 

All models also include a 14-bit 200 MS/s arbitrary waveform generator (AWG). AWG waveforms can be created or edited using the built-in editor, imported from oscilloscope traces or imported from a CSV file.

Advanced tools allow one or more cycles of a waveform to be output when various conditions are met, such as the scope triggering, an event on the aux input, a mask test failing or a measurement being outside set limits.

Signal fidelity & quality

The PicoScope 3000E Series boasts low noise, minimal crosstalk, and low harmonic distortion. High-resolution processing ensures detailed and accurate waveform representation, even at high zoom levels.
 
To ensure precision, high accuracy and repeatability, all processing of sampled data is carried out at a higher resolution than the original ADC samples, and a minimum of 16 bits. This means that when using functions like math channels, interpolation, filtering or resolution enhancement, you can really see the extra detail revealed in your signal.

We are proud of the dynamic performance of our products and publish our specifications in detail. The result is simple: when you probe a circuit, you can trust in the waveform you see on the screen.

High resolution for low-level signals

 

With their 8- to 14-bit resolution (with resolution enhance) and 1 mV/div input sensitivity, the PicoScope 3000E can display low-level signals at high zoom factors. The screenshot shows a 100 kHz sine wave injected onto a 1 kHz square wave, viewed with enhancement to 14-bit resolution. Although the ripple is riding on a signal that is fifty times its size, the high resolution and deep memory of the PicoScope 3000E allow you to zoom in to see, and measure, every detail. 

The PicoScope 3000E Series not only has a much wider set of filters (20 MHz, 50 MHz, 100 MHz, 200 MHz) than other scopes, but they're also more effective as they include both analog and digital components. This means that noise from the whole signal chain including the ADC is attenuated.  For example, a combination of 10-bit mode and 20 MHz filter allows very small signals to be viewed with noise levels as low as 23 µV RMS.

FFT spectrum analyzer

The integrated FFT spectrum analyzer provides detailed frequency domain analysis, ideal for identifying noise, crosstalk, and signal distortion. 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. With up to a million points and comprehensive measurement tools, PicoScope's spectrum analysis capabilities are second to none.

With a click of a button, you can display a spectrum plot of the active channels, with a maximum frequency up to the bandwidth of your scope. To focus on a specific frequency range you can directly set the start and stop values of the analyzer frequency axis.

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. You can even use the AWG and spectrum mode together to perform swept scalar network analysis.
 

The spectrum works with the waveform buffer so you can capture and rewind through thousands of spectrum plots or why not use the mask limit tests to scan through them all automatically? Spectrum masks can also work with PicoScope actions so you can leave the spectrum running continuously and choose to save mask fails to disk or even sound an audible alarm. 

 

FFT spectrum settings

 

A full range of settings gives you control over the number of spectrum bands (FFT bins), scaling (including log/log) and display modes (instantaneous, average, or peak-hold). A selection of window functions allows you to optimize for selectivity, accuracy or dynamic range.

The deep memory oscilloscope

PicoScope 3000E Series oscilloscopes have waveform capture memories of up to 2 billion samples – many times larger than competing scopes. Deep memory enables the capture of long-duration waveforms at maximum sampling speed which is invaluable for capturing signals ranging from fast serial data through to complex power supply start-up sequences.  The waveform shows a capture of 500 million samples with a zoom factor of 10,000 to reveal details of individual pulses.


As well as long, deep captures PicoScope lets you divide the capture memory up to 40,000 segments. You can set up a trigger condition to store a separate capture in each segment, with as little as 700 ns dead time between captures (an effective rate of 2 million waveforms per second). This is ideal for applications such as laser and radar where there are often long gaps between pulses. 

Whether you have captured one long waveform or thousands of shorter ones, PicoScope has an array of powerful tools to manage and examine all of this data.

Other functions included such as mask limit testing and DeepMeasure, PicoScope software enables you to zoom into your waveform up to 100 million times. The Zoom window allows you to easily control the size and location of the zoom area. Other tools, such as the waveform buffer, serial decoding and hardware acceleration work with the deep memory, making the PicoScope 3000E Series a powerful, compact package. 

Have you ever seen a glitch on an oscilloscope screen but by the time you stop the scope it has gone? PicoScope can store the last 40,000 oscilloscope or spectrum waveforms in its circular waveform buffer, effectively letting you turn back time to find that elusive waveform.

The buffer navigator provides an efficient way of viewing, navigating and searching through waveforms.  The PicoScope 3000E also features hardware-based trigger time stamping so the gap between each waveform is displayed in high resolution.

Tools such as mask limit testing and measurement limits can also be used to scan through each waveform in the buffer automatically with options to only show those that pass or fail - no need to search for that needle in a haystack. 

More advanced tools such as serial decoding and DeepMeasure work to analyze data packets or events across all waveform buffers in the deep memory, making the PicoScope 3000E Series some of the most capable oscilloscopes on the market.

Hardware acceleration engine (HAL4)

Some oscilloscopes struggle when you enable deep memory; the screen update rate slows and the controls become unresponsive. The PicoScope 3000E Series avoids this limitation with the use of a dedicated fourth-generation hardware acceleration (HAL4) engine inside the oscilloscope.

 

Its massively parallel design effectively creates the waveform image to be displayed on the PC screen and allows the continuous capture and display to the screen of up to 2 billion samples every second.

 

The hardware acceleration engine eliminates any concerns about the USB connection or PC processor performance being a bottleneck.

The oscilloscope for measurements and math

Measurements: Introduction

 

PicoScope 7 provides dozens of automated measurements both for the oscilloscope and spectrum, not just standard ones like frequency but more complex ones such as overshoot, edge count, phase, power factor, THD and SINAD.  Statistics can be displayed to show the Average, Mean, Maximum, Minimum, Standard Deviation and a count of the number of waveforms.  Measurements are highly configurable allowing you to measure across the whole waveform, between rulers or just a single cycle.  

 

Measurements: pass/failure limits

 

PicoScope software offers pass/failure limits for any measurement. This gives a visual indication within the measurement window whenever the measurement result goes above or below a specified value. Pass/failure limits can be combined with actions to immediately alert the user or execute other actions when a measurement threshold has been exceeded, either above or below set limits. By filtering the waveform buffer to show only those waveforms failing a measurement limit, you can quickly identify points of interest out of the thousands of waveforms captured in the deep memory of your PicoScope.

Measurements: logging (trending)

 

PicoScope allows the results of measurements to be recorded in a file for later analysis. The resulting log can be used to characterize the performance of a circuit over medium or long-duration tests – such as when evaluating drift due to thermal and other effects, or can be used to check functionality against an externally controlled variable such as supply voltage.

DeepMeasureTM - One waveform, millions of measurements

 

The measurement of waveform pulses and cycles is key to verifying the performance of electrical and electronic devices. 

 

DeepMeasure delivers automatic measurements of important waveform parameters, such as pulse width, rise time and voltage, for every individual cycle in the captured waveforms. Up to a million cycles can be displayed with each triggered acquisition or combined across multiple acquisitions. Results can be easily sorted, analyzed and correlated with the waveform display, or exported as a .CSV file or spreadsheet for further analysis. 

 

For example, use DeepMeasure with PicoScope’s rapid trigger mode to capture 40 000 pulses and quickly find those with the largest or smallest amplitude, or use your scope’s deep memory to record a million cycles of one waveform and export the rise time of every single edge for statistical analysis.

Math channel and filters

 

Math channels add additional traces to your waveform. You can select simple functions such as addition and inversion with a click, or you can use the equation editor to take things to the next level and create functions involving math, trigonometry, exponentials, logarithms, statistics, integrals and derivatives. 

Math channels also provide multiple filter options (lowpass, highpass, bandpass and bandstop) to allow for example both the raw view of a signal and one with a lowpass filter added to be viewed at the same time.

Many measurement functions are available as math channels which combined with deep memory captures reveal new details about your signal - you can plot changing frequency, duty cycle or phase as extra channels alongside the originals.
 
Display up to eight real or calculated channels in each scope view. If you run out of space, just open another scope view and add more. 

Power measurements and math

PicoScope software offers a suite of power measurements (with more in development) and associated power math channels which include:

• True power
• Apparent power
• Reactive power
• Power factor
• DC power
• Crest factor
• Area at AC		       • +Area at AC
• −Area at AC
• Abs area at AC
• Area at DC
• +Area at DC
• −Area at DC
• Abs area at DC


 

With PicoScope you can graph your power measurements using math channels or display continuous values or statistics on screen using the measurements option.

 

PicoScope model PicoScope 3417E and 3417E MSO PicoScope 3418E and 3418E MSO
Vertical (analog channels)
Input channels 4
Bandwidth (–3 dB) 350 MHz 500 MHz
Rise time (10% to 90%, −2 dB full scale) 1.2 ns 925 ps
Selectable bandwidth limit 8-bit mode 20, 50, 100, 200, 350 MHz 20, 50, 100, 200, 350, 500 MHz
Selectable bandwidth limit 10-bit mode 20, 50, 100, 200 MHz
Vertical resolution 8 bits, 10 bits
Enhanced vertical resolution (software) Hardware resolution + 4 bits
Input connector BNC(f)
Input characteristics 50 Ω 50 Ω ±2 %
Input characteristics 1 MΩ 1 MΩ ±1 % ∥ 13 pF ±2 pF
Input coupling 50 Ω DC
Input coupling 1 MΩ AC/DC
Input sensitivity 50 Ω 1 mV/div to 1 V/div (10 vertical divisions)
Input sensitivity 1 MΩ 1 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions)
Input ranges (full scale) 50 Ω ±5 mV[1], ±10 mV[2], ±20 mV[3], ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V
Input ranges (full scale) 1 MΩ ±5 mV[1], ±10 mV[2], ±20 mV[3], ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V, ±20 V
[1] ±5 mV only available up to 100 MHz
[2] ±10 mV only available up to 200 MHz
[3] ±20 mV only available up to 350 MHz
DC gain accuracy ±(1% of signal + 1 LSB)
DC offset accuracy ±(2% of full scale + 200 µV)
LSB size (quantization step size) 8-bit mode < 0.4% of input range
LSB size (quantization step size) 10-bit mode < 0.1% of input range
Analog offset range (vertical position adjustment) ±250 mV (±5 mV to ±200 mV ranges)
±2.5 V (±500 mV to ±2 V ranges)
±5 V (±5 V range, 50 Ω input)
±20 V (±5 V to ±20 V ranges, 1 MΩ input)
Analog offset control accuracy ±1% of offset setting, additional to DC accuracy above
Overvoltage protection 1 MΩ ±100 V (DC + AC peak) up to 10 kHz
Overvoltage protection 50 Ω 5.5 V RMS max, ±20 V pk max

 

 

PicoScope model 3417E MSO 3418E MSO
Vertical (digital channels) - MSO only
Input channels 16 (2 logical 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
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 range ±5 V
Threshold accuracy < ±350 mV (inclusive of hysteresis)
Threshold hysteresis < ±250 mV
Input dynamic range ±20 V
Minimum input voltage swing 500 mV peak to peak
Input impedance 200 kΩ ± 2% || 8 pF ± 2 pF
Channel-to-channel skew 2 ns, typical
Minimum input slew rate 10 V/µs
Overvoltage protection ±50 V (DC + AC peak) up to 100 kHz

 

 

PicoScope model All non-MSO and MSO 3000E models
Horizontal
Maximum sampling rate (real time)   8-bit mode, analog channels 8-bit mode, digital channels[4] 10-bit mode, analog channels 10-bit mode, digital channels[4]
1 channel[5] 5 GS/s 1.25 GS/s 2.5 GS/s 1.25 GS/s
2 channels 2.5 GS/s 1.25 GS/s 1.25 GS/s 1.25 GS/s
3 or 4 channels 1.25 GS/s 1.25 GS/s 625 MS/s 625 MS/s
>4 channels 625 MS/s 625 MS/s 312.5 MS/s 312.5 MS/s
Max. sampling rate, continuous USB streaming into PC memory[6] (PicoScope 7)   On USB 3.0 port On USB 2.0 port
1 channel ~50 MS/s ~10 MS/s
2 channels ~25 MS/s ~5 MS/s
3 or 4 channels ~12 MS/s ~2 MS/s
>4 channels ~6 MS/s ~1 MS/s
Max. sampling rate, continuous USB streaming into PC memory[6] (PicoSDK)   On USB 3.0 port, 8-bit resolution On USB 3.0 port, 10-bit resolution On USB 2.0 port, 8-bit resolution On USB 2.0 port, 10-bit resolution
1 channel ~300 MS/s ~150 MS/s ~30 MS/s ~15 MS/s
2 channels ~150 MS/s ~75 MS/s ~15 MS/s ~8 MS/s
3 or 4 channels ~75 MS/s ~38 MS/s ~8 MS/s ~4 MS/s
>4 channels ~38 MS/s ~18 MS/s ~4 MS/s ~2 MS/s
Max. sampling rate, USB streaming of downsampled data[7] (PicoSDK)   8-bit resolution 10-bit resolution
1 channel 1 GS/s 500 MS/s
2 channels 500 MS/s 250 MS/s
3 or 4 channels 250 MS/s 125 MS/s
>4 channels 125 MS/s 62.5 MS/s
[4] MSO models only
[5] Channel means the total number of enabled analog channels and/or 8-bit digital ports.
[6] Max. sampling rates in streaming mode are dependent on the host computer performance and workload.
[7] Downsampled (min/max/average/decimated) data returned continuously to PC during streaming at up to USB data bandwidth. Raw data available to read from device buffer after streaming is completed.
Capture memory (per channel)   8-bit resolution 10-bit resolution
1 channel 2 GS 1 GS
2 channels 1 GS 500 MS
3 or 4 channels 512 MS 256 MS
>4 channels 256 MS 128 MS
Maximum single capture duration at maximum sampling rate (PicoScope 7) 200 ms
Maximum single capture duration at maximum sampling rate (PicoSDK) 400 ms
Capture memory (continuous streaming) (PicoScope 7) 250 MS
Capture memory (continuous streaming) (PicoSDK) Buffering using full device memory, no limit on total duration of capture
Waveform buffer (number of segments) (PicoScope 7) 40 000
Waveform buffer (number of segments) (PicoSDK) 2 000 000
Timebase ranges 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div
Initial timebase accuracy ±5 ppm
Timebase drift ±1 ppm/year
ADC sampling Simultaneous sampling on all active channels

 

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Dynamic performance (typical)
Crosstalk Better than 500:1 (from DC to bandwidth of victim channel, equal voltage ranges)
Harmonic distortion (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 8-bit Better than –50 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges
Harmonic distortion (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 10 bit Better than –60 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges
SFDR (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 8-bit Better than 50 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges
SFDR (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 10-bit Better than 60 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges
RMS noise Click to see table
Linearity ≤ 2 LSB 8-bit mode
≤ 4 LSB 10-bit mode
Bandwidth flatness (+0.5 dB, –3 dB) from DC to full bandwidth
Low-frequency flatness < ±6% (or ±0.5 dB) from DC to 1 MHz

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Triggering
Source Any analog channel, AUX I/O trigger
MSO models: digital D0-D15
Trigger modes None, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory)
Advanced trigger types (analog channels) Edge (rising, falling, rising-or-falling), window (entering, exiting, entering-or-exiting), pulse width (positive or negative or either pulse), window pulse width (time inside, outside window or either), level dropout (including high/low or either), window dropout (including inside, outside or either), interval, runt (positive or negative), transition time (rise/fall), logic

Logic trigger capabilities:
AND/OR/NAND/NOR/XOR/XNOR function of any trigger sources (analog channels and aux input)
User-defined Boolean function of any combination of analog channels plus aux input (PicoSDK only)
Trigger sensitivity (analog channels) Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth of scope with adjustable hysteresis
Advanced trigger types (digital channels) Edge (rising, falling, rising-or-falling), pulse width (positive or negative or either pulse), level dropout (including high/low or either), interval, digital pattern (combination of any digital input states qualified by one edge), logic (mixed signal)
Pre-trigger capture Up to 100% of capture size
Post-trigger delay - PicoScope 7 Zero to > 4x109 samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range at 5 GS/s of 0.8 s in 200 ps steps)
Post-trigger delay - PicoSDK Zero to > 1x1012 samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range at 5 GS/s of > 200 s in 200 ps steps)
Trigger holdoff by time Delay re-arming the trigger after each trigger event by a user-set time up to 4 x 109 sample intervals.
Rapid trigger mode rearm time < 700 ns on fastest timebase
Maximum trigger rate - PicoScope 7 40 000 waveforms in 20 ms
Maximum trigger rate - PicoSDK Number of waveforms up to memory segment count, at a rate of 2 million waveforms per second.
Waveform update rate Up to 300 000 waveforms per second in PicoScope 7 fast persistence mode
Trigger time-stamping Each waveform is timestamped with time from previous waveform, with sample-interval resolution.
   
   
   

 

 

PicoScope model PicoScope 3417E and 3417E MSO PicoScope 3418E and 3418E MSO
Auxiliary trigger
Trigger types (triggering scope) Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic
Trigger types (triggering AWG) Rising edge, falling edge, gate high, gate low
Input bandwidth > 10 MHz
Input characteristics 3.3 V CMOS Hi-Z input, DC coupled
Input threshold Fixed threshold, low < 1 V, high > 2.3 V suitable for 3.3 V CMOS
Input hysteresis 1.3 V max (VIH < 2.3 V, VIL > 1 V)
Auxiliary output function Trigger output
Output voltage 3.3 V CMOS (VOH > 3.2 V, VOL < 0.1 V into Hi-Z)
Output impedance Approx. 270 Ω
Output rise time Measured directly at BNC: < 15 ns
Coupling DC
Overvoltage protection ±20 V peak max
Connector type BNC(f)

 

 

PicoScope model PicoScope 3417E and 3417E MSO PicoScope 3418E and 3418E MSO
Function generator
Standard output signals Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage, ramp up, ramp down, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine
Output frequency range 100 μHz to 20 MHz
Output frequency accuracy Oscilloscope timebase accuracy ± output frequency resolution
Output frequency resolution < 1 μHz
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, aux trigger or manually.
Gating Waveform output can be gated (paused) via aux trigger input or software
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
Output voltage range ±2.0 V into Hi-Z (±1.0 V into 50 Ω)
Output voltage adjustment Signal amplitude and offset adjustable in approx. 0.3 mV steps within overall ± 2 V range
DC accuracy ±1 % of full scale, into Hi-Z load
Amplitude flatness < 1.5 dB to 20 MHz, typical, sine wave into 50 Ω
SFDR > 70 dB, 10 kHz full scale sine wave
Output resistance 50 Ω ±1%
Overvoltage protection ±20 V peak max
Connector type Front-panel BNC

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Arbitrary waveform generator
Update rate 200 MS/s
Buffer size 32 kS
Vertical resolution 14 bits (output step size 0.3 mV approx.)
Bandwidth (−3 dB) > 20 MHz
Rise time (10% to 90%) < 10 ns (50 Ω load)

 

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Spectrum analyzer
Frequency range DC to 350 MHz DC to 500 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

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Math channels
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, rise time, fall time, delay, average, frequency, derivative, integral, min, max, peak, duty, highpass, lowpass, bandpass, bandstop, coupler, top, base, amplitude, positive overshoot, negative overshoot, phase, delay, moving, deskew, true power, apparent power, reactive power, power factor, area AC, positive area AC, negative area AC, abs area AC, area DC, positive area DC, negative area DC, abs area DC
Operands A to D (input channels), D0-D15 (digital channels), T (time), reference waveforms, pi, constants

 

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Automatic measurements
Scope mode Absolute area at AC/DC, AC RMS, amplitude, apparent power, area at AC/DC, base, crest factor, cycle time, DC average, DC power, duty cycle, edge count, fall time, falling edge count, falling rate, frequency, high pulse width, low pulse width, maximum, minimum, negative area at AC, negative area at DC, negative duty cycle, negative overshoot, peak to peak, phase, positive area at AC, positive area at DC, positive overshoot, power factor, reactive power, rise time, rising edge count, rising rate, top, true power, true RMS
Spectrum mode Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, average amplitude at peak, total power, THD%, THD dB, THD+N, SINAD, SNR, IMD
Statistics Minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation

 

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
DeepMeasure
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
PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Serial decoding
Protocols 10BASE-T1S, 1-Wire, ARINC 429, BroadRReach, CAN, CAN FD, CAN J1939, CAN XL, DALI, DCC, Differential Manchester, DMX512, Ethernet 10BASE-T, Extended UART, Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX, FlexRay, I2C, I2S, I3C BASIC v1.0, LIN, Manchester, MIL-STD-1553, MODBUS ASCII, MODBUS RTU, NMEA-0183, Parallel Bus, PMBus, PS/2, PSI5 (Sensor), Quadrature, RS232/UART, SBS Data, SENT Fast, SENT Slow, SENT SPC, SMBus, SPI-MISO/MOSI, SPI-SDIO, USB (1.0/1.1), Wind Sensor

 

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Mask limit testing
Statistics Pass/fail, failure count, total count
Mask creation Auto-generated from waveform or imported from file

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Display
Display modes Scope, XY scope, persistence, spectrum
Interpolation Linear or sin(x)/x
Persistence modes Time, frequency, fast
Output file formats csv, mat, pdf, png, psdata, pssettings, txt
Output functions Copy to clipboard, print

 

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Data transfer
Captured waveform data USB transfer rate to PC On USB 3.0, PC dependent: 8-bit mode: up to 360 MS/s; 10-bit mode: up to 180 MS/s
On USB 2.0, PC dependent: 8-bit mode: up to 40 MS/s; 10-bit mode: up to 20 MS/s
Hardware accelerated waveform display rate Hardware acceleration enables over 2 GS of data to be displayed on screen per second (8-bit mode, 4 channels, 250 MS per channel at max sample rate)

 

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
General specifications
PC connectivity USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (USB 2.0 compatible)
PC connector type USB 3.0 Type C
Power requirement Powered from single USB Type-C 3 A port or from USB port plus external Type-C PSU (5V, 3A)
USB cables included Type C-A 0.9 m and Type C 1.8 m
Status indicators RGB LED per BNC connector plus power and status
Thermal management Automatic fan speed control for low noise
Dimensions 221 x 173 x 30 mm
Weight < 0.7 kg
Ambient temperature range - Operating 0 to 40 °C
Ambient temperature range - For quoted accuracy 15 to 30 °C after 20-minute warm-up
Ambient temperature range - Storage –20 to +60 °C
Humidity range - Operating 5 to 80 %RH non-condensing
Humidity range - Storage 5 to 95 %RH non-condensing
Altitude Up to 2000 m
Pollution degree EN 61010 pollution degree 2: “only nonconductive pollution occurs except that occasionally a temporary conductivity caused by condensation is expected”
Safety compliance Designed to EN 61010-1
EMC compliance Tested to EN 61326-1 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B
Environmental compliance RoHS, REACH & WEEE
Warranty 5 years

 

 

PicoScope model 3417E and 3417E MSO 3418E and 3418E MSO
Software
Windows software (64-bit)[8] 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)[8] PicoScope 7, PicoLog 6 and PicoSDK
Linux software (64-bit)[8] PicoScope 7 software and drivers, PicoLog 6 (including drivers) See Linux Software and Drivers to install drivers only
Raspberry Pi 4B & 5 (32-bit Raspberry Pi OS)[8] PicoLog 6 (including drivers) See Linux Software and Drivers to install drivers only
 
Languages supported - PicoScope 7 English-US, English-UK, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, French, Korean, Croatian, Italian, Hungarian, Netherlands Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese-Brazilian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovene, Serbian, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Languages supported - PicoLog 6 Simplified Chinese, Dutch, English (UK), English (US), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish
PC requirements Processor, memory and disk space: as required by the operating system Ports: USB 3.0 (recommended) or 2.0 (compatible)

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Documents for PicoScope 3000E Series

Title Language Issue Size Updated  
PicoScope 3000E Series Data Sheet
  • English
 2 10 MB Sep 25 2024  
Datenblatt PicoScope 3000E-Serie
  • Deutsch
 2 10 MB Oct 09 2024  
Fiche technique de la série PicoScope 3000E
  • Français
 2 10 MB Oct 09 2024  
Scheda tecnica PicoScope serie 3000E
  • Italiano
 2 10 MB Oct 09 2024  
Ficha Técnica de la serie PicoScope 3000E
  • Español
 2 10 MB Oct 09 2024  
PicoScope 3000E 系列 数据表
  • 中文 (简体)
 2 10 MB Oct 09 2024  
PicoScope 3000Eシリーズデータシート
  • 日本語
 2 10 MB Oct 09 2024  
PicoScope 3000E 시리즈 데이터 시트를
  • 한국어
 2 10 MB Oct 09 2024  
PicoScope 3000E Series User’s Guide
  • English
  • Français
  • Deutsch
  • Italiano
  • Español
  • 中文 (简体)
  • 한국어
  • 日本語
 2 5 MB Oct 16 2024  
Picoscope 3000E Series psospa API Programmer’s Guide
  • English
 2 7 MB Dec 12 2024  
PicoScope 3000E (PS3417E, PS3418E and PS3417E MSO, PS3418E MSO) EU Declaration of Conformity
  • English
 2 509 KB Nov 04 2024  
PicoScope 3000E (PS3417 and PS3418) FCC Declaration of Conformity
  • English
 2 302 KB Jan 30 2025  

 

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