More scope

The InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series offers entry-level price points to fit your budget with superior performance and optional capabilities that are not available in any other oscilloscope in its class. Agilent’s breakthrough technology delivers more scope for the same budget.

With more scope, you can:

• See more of your signal more of the time with the largest screen in its class, the deepest memory and the fastest waveform update rates
• Do more with the power of 4 instruments in 1: oscilloscope, logic timing analyzer, WaveGen built-in function generator (optional) and protocol analyzer (optional)
• Get more investment protection with the industry’s only fully upgradable scope, including bandwidth

Engineering for the best signal visibility starts with the largest display. Our 8.5-inch WVGA display offers 50% more viewing area with 3.4 times the resolution (WVGA 800x480 versus WQVGA 480x234).

Fastest update rate

With Agilent-designed MegaZoom IV custom ASIC technology, the 3000 X-Series delivers up to 1 million waveforms per second. If an oscilloscope updates waveforms slowly, it can make using the oscilloscope very frustrating. Fast waveform update rates can improve oscilloscope display quality to show subtle waveform details such as noise and jitter with display intensity modulation. Most importantly, fast waveform update rates improve the probability of capturing random and infrequent events that would not be captured using an oscilloscope with a lower waveform update rate.
 

Deeper memory for longer time capture   With up to 4 Mpts of MegaZoom IV deep memory, you can capture long, non-repeating signals while maintaining a high sample rate, then quickly zoom in on areas of interest. The InfiniiVision X-Series optimizes your deep memory oscilloscope measurements by using MegaZoom IV technology to make the most effective trade-offs in sample rate, memory depth and waveform update rate. Although you may think deeper memory is always better, using deep memory means making tradeoffs for many other scopes on the market today. Scopes with deep memory are typically priced higher, and require additional waveform processing time to acquire deep memory waveforms. This typically means waveform update rates will be reduced, sometimes significantly. For this reason, most other scopes have manual memory-depth selections, and the typical default memory depth setting is usually relatively shallow (10 to 100 kpts). If you want to use deep memory in these other scopes, you must manually turn it on and deal with the update rate tradeoff. So you have to know when it is important to use deep memory and when it is not. Agilent’s exclusive MegaZoom IV technology automatically selects deeper memory when needed in order to maintain fast sample rates while also updating fast.

How does Agilent do that? Agilent-designed MegaZoom IV custom ASIC technology combines the capabilities of an oscilloscope, logic analyzer, protocol analyzer, and WaveGen built-in function generator in a compact form factor at an affordable price. 4th generation MegaZoom technology enables the industry’s fastest waveform update rate with responsive deep memory acquisitions.

Best-in-class oscilloscope The InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series features the deepest memory in its class with up to 4 Mpts of Agilent’s patented MegaZoom IV technology that is always enabled and always responsive providing the industry’s fastest update rate at up to 1 million waveforms per second, with no compromise if you turn on measurements or add digital channels. In addition, the 3000 X-Series offers 33 automated measurements, nine parametric triggers, six serial protocol triggers, as well as seven waveform math functions including FFT. All of this at a comparable price to the Tektronix DPO2000 oscilloscope.

Industry’s only upgradable, integrated mixed signal oscilloscope (MSO) The 3000 X-Series is the first instrument in its class to offer an integrated and upgradable logic timing analyzer. Digital content is everywhere in today’s designs and traditional 2 and 4 channel oscilloscopes do not always provide enough channels for the job at hand. With an additional 16 integrated digital timing channels, you now have up to 20 channels of time-correlated triggering, acquisition and viewing on the same instrument. Buy a 2 or 4 channel DSO and at anytime, upgrade it yourself to an MSO with a license to turn on those integrated 16 digital timing channels.

Industry-exclusive WaveGen built-in function generator An industry first, the 3000 X-Series offers an integrated 20 MHz function generator. Ideal for educational or design labs where bench space and budget are at a premium, the integrated function generator provides stimulus output of sine, square, ramp, pulse, DC, and noise waveforms to your device under test. No need to buy a separate function generator when you can get one integrated in your new oscilloscope. Turn on WaveGen at any time by ordering the DSOXWaveGen option and install the license yourself.

Hardware-based serial protocol decode and triggering Embedded serial triggering and analysis (I2C, SPI) Computer serial triggering and analysis (RS232/422/485/UART) Automotive and industrial serial triggering and analysis (CAN,LIN) Audio serial triggering and analysis (I2

Agilent’s InfiniiVision Series oscilloscopes are the industry’s only scopes to use hardware-based serial protocol decoding. Other vendors scopes use software post-processing techniques to decode serial packets/frames. With these software techniques, waveform and decode-update rates tend to be slow (sometimes seconds per update). That’s especially true when using deep memory, which is often required to capture multiple packetized serial bus signals. And when analyzing multiple serial buses simultaneously, decode update rates can be even slower. Faster decoding with hardware-based technology enhances scope usability, and more importantly, the probability of capturing infrequent serial communication errors. After capturing a long record of serial bus communication using the InfiniiVision scope’s MegaZoom IV deep memory, you can easily perform a search operation based on specific criteria, and then quickly navigate to bytes/frames of serial data that satisfy that search criteria. Sometimes it may be necessary to correlate data from one serial bus to another. Agilent’s InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series oscilloscope can decode two serial buses simultaneously using hardware-based decoding. Plus it is the only scope on the market that can also display the captured data in a time-interleaved “Lister” display.

Upgradeability:

Project needs change, but traditional oscilloscopes are fixed – you get what you pay for at the time of purchase. With the 3000 X-Series, your investment is protected. If you need more bandwidth (up to 500 MHz), digital channels, WaveGen or measurement applications in the future, you can easily add them all after the fact.

Add at the time of your purchase or upgrade later:

• Bandwidth
• Digital channels (MSO)
• WaveGen
• Measurement applications
  • Serial protocol analysis
  • Mask testing
  • Segmented memory
  • Educators’ lab kit

Mask testing Whether performing pass/fail tests to specified standards in manufacturing or testing for infrequent signal anomalies in R&D debug, the mask test option can be a valuable productivity tool. The 3000 X-Series features the industry’s only hardware-based mask testing and can perform up to 280,000 tests per second.

Segmented memory When capturing low-duty cycle pulses or data bursts, you can use segmented memory acquisition to optimize acquisition memory. Segmented memory acquisition lets you selectively capture and store important segments of signals without capturing unimportant signal idle/deadtime. Segmented memory acquisition is ideal for applications including packetized serial buses, pulsed laser, radar bursts and high-energy physics experiments. Up to 1000 segments can be captured on the 3000 X-Series models with a minimum re-arm time under 1 µs.

Reference waveforms Store up to two waveforms in the scope’s non-volatile reference waveform memory locations. Compare these reference waveforms with live waveforms, and perform post analysis and measurements on stored data. You can also store waveforms on a removable USB memory device in *.h5 format and recall them back into scope’s reference waveform memory later. Save and/or transfer waveforms to a PC as XY data pairs in a comma-separated values format (*.csv) or store bitmap images and transfer them to a PC for documentation purposes in a variety of image formats including: 8-bit bitmaps (*.bmp), 24-bit bitmaps (*.bmp), and PNG 24-bit images (*.png).

Localized GUI and help

Operate the scope in the language most familiar to you. The graphical user interface, built-in help system, front panel overlays, and user’s manual are available in 11 languages. Choose from: English, Japanese, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese and Italian. During operation, access the built-in help system just by pressing and holding any button.

Probe solutions and compatibility Get the most out of your 3000 X-Series scope, by using the right probes and accessories for your application. Agilent offers a complete family of innovative probes and accessories for the InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series scopes. Also available is the N2744A T2A (Tektronix TekProbe® interface to Agilent AutoProbe) probe interface adapter. This adapter allows users of Tektronix TekProbe active probes to connect directly to the InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series AutoProbe interface BNC input. Protect your previous probe investment while taking advantage to the InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series’ unique capabilities and value.

Autoscale Quickly display any active signals and automatically set the vertical, horizontal and trigger controls for optimal viewing with the press of the autoscale button. (This feature can be disabled or enabled for the education environment).

Connectivity Built-in USB host (one front, one back) and USB device ports make PC connectivity easy. Operate the scope from your PC and save and recall stored waveforms as well as set-up files via LAN. An optional LAN/VGA module gives you network connectivity if you need it as well as the ability to connect to an external monitor. An optional GPIB module is also available. Only one module may be used at a time.

Keep accessories with the scope A built-in storage compartment allows you to easily keep your probes, power cords and other accessories with the oscilloscope.

Find more glitches and infrequent events quickly Debugging and fixing designs is one of the most important tasks of R&D engineers so that they can ship reliable products to their customers. Finding the infrequent and random circuit problem is often like looking for a needle in a haystack. In addition to fast waveform updates, which improve a scope’s probability of capturing infrequent anomalies, it is often necessary to search waveform records and/or trigger on specific pulse parametric violation conditions. Agilent’s InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series oscilloscope provide the most comprehensive set of Search & Navigation capabilities, as well as the most advanced set of pulse parameter triggering selections of any oscilloscope in its class.

Search and Navigation When capturing long complex waveforms using the scope’s deep acquisition memory, manually scrolling through stored waveform data to find specific events of interest can be slow and cumbersome. But with the InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series scope’s automatic Search & Navigation capability, you can easily set up specific search criteria and then quickly navigate to “found and marked” events using the scope’s front panel forward and back navigation keys. Available search criteria include: Edges, Pulse Width (time-qualified), Rise/Fall Times (time-qualified), Runt Pulses (time- and level-qualified), and Serial. In the example shown in the screen image on the right, the scope was set up to capture a 1 millisecond time-span of a complex digital data stream. Using the scope’s Search & Navigation capability, the scope was able to find, mark (white triangles shows location of each runt), and then quickly navigate to 20 occurrences of “runt” pulses.

Advanced Parametric and Serial Bus Triggering With today’s more complex signals, it is also often necessary to trigger on complex signal conditions in order to synchronize the scope’s acquisition on specific events of interest. Agilent’s InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series scopes can trigger on the following conditions: Edge, Pulse Width (time-qualified), Pattern, Rise/Fall Time, Nth Edge Burst, Runt, Setup & Hold, Video, USB, Serial1, and Serial2.

Quickly and easily set up or upgrade a teaching lab

Teach your students what an oscilloscope is and how to perform basic measurements with the Educator’s Oscilloscope Training Kit (DSOXEDK). It includes training tools created specifically for electrical engineering and physics undergraduate students and professors. It contains an array of built-in training signals, a comprehensive oscilloscope lab guide and tutorial written specifically for the undergraduate student and an oscilloscope fundamentals PowerPoint slide set for professors and lab assistants.

Get your students to quickly put the scope to work

Intuitive localized front panel design with pushable knobs for quick access to commonly used oscilloscope functions, help students spend more time learning the concepts and less time learning how to use the oscilloscope. Enable your students to answer their own questions with the localized built-in help system that provides quick access by simply pressing and holding any button.

Stretch your budget over the long term

Save money with an industry-exclusive built-in 20 MHz WaveGen instead of buying a separate function generator. Buy what you need today and protect your investment in the future with the only oscilloscopes in this class with upgradable bandwidth, 16 digital channels (MSO), upgradable WaveGen and measurement applications. Get a long scope life and keep repair costs to a minimum with a standard 3-year warranty and an instrument reliability you’ve come to expect from the leader in test and measurement equipment.

Optimize lab bench space

With 4 instruments in 1, you will save on precious lab bench space by getting an oscilloscope, logic timing analyzer, protocol analyzer, and WaveGen function generator all in one innovative instrument with a footprint that is only 5.57 inches deep. With the large 8.5-inch WVGA display, you can easily view all signals on one screen with enough viewing area for more than one student to view.

Stretch a limited budget

Project needs change, but traditional oscilloscopes are fixed – you get what you pay for at time of purchase. With the 3000 X-Series, your investment is protected. If you need more bandwidth (up to 500 MHz) or measurement applications like mask testing in the future, you can easily add them all when you need it.

Get your technicians to quickly put the scope to work

Intuitive localized front panel design and pushable knobs for quick access to commonly used oscilloscope functions, allow technicians to spend more time testing and less time learning where the menus are on the oscilloscope. Enable your technicians to answer their own questions with the localized built-in help system that provides quick access by simply pressing and holding any button.

Faster, low failed device escape test throughput   With the fastest architecture in its class, featuring up to 1,000,000 waveforms/sec, you will capture more of those elusive problems you worry about and ensure they don’t ship to customers. With the mask limit testing measurement application, you can quickly test up to 280,000 waveforms per second to a known good waveform with a quick go/no-go test results, saving you valuable test time while having more certainty.

Optimize test bench space

With 4 instruments in 1, you will save on precious line bench space by getting an oscilloscope, logic timing analyzer, protocol analyzer, and WaveGen function generator all in one innovative instrument with a footprint that is only 5.57 inches deep. With the large 8.5-inch WVGA display, you can easily view all signals on one screen even when the scope is sitting far away from the operator.