| Model |
PicoScope
2204A |
PicoScope
2205A |
PicoScope
2206B |
PicoScope
2207B |
PicoScope
2208B |
| VERTICAL |
| Input channels |
2 |
| Bandwidth |
10 MHz |
25 MHz |
50 MHz |
70 MHz |
100 MHz |
| Rise time (calculated) |
35 ns |
14 ns |
7 ns |
5 ns |
3.5 ns |
| Input type |
BNC(f) |
| Vertical resolution |
8 bits |
| Enhanced vertical resolution |
Up to 12 bits |
| Input sensitivity |
4 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions) |
| Input ranges |
±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V, ±20 V |
±20 mV, ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V, ±20 V |
| Input coupling |
AC/DC |
| Input characteristics |
1 MΩ ± 1% ∥ 14 pF ± 2 pF |
1 MΩ ± 1% ∥ 16 pF ± 1 pF |
| DC accuracy |
±3% of full scale ±200 μV |
Analog offset range
(vertical position adjust) |
none |
±250 mV (50 mV to 200 mV ranges)
±2.5 V (500 mV to 2 V ranges)
±20 V (5 V to 20 V ranges) |
| Overvoltage protection |
±100 V (DC + AC peak) |
| HORIZONTAL (TIMEBASE) |
|
Maximum sampling rate (real-time)
1 channel
2 channel |
100 MS/s
50 MS/s |
200 MS/s
100 MS/s
100 MS/s |
500 MS/s
250 MS/s |
1 GS/s
500 MS/s |
1 GS/s
500 MS/s |
| Maximum sampling rate (repetitive signals, ETS mode) |
2 GS/s |
4 GS/s |
5 GS/s |
10 GS/s |
10 GS/s |
| Maximum sampling rate (continuous streaming mode) |
1 MS/s |
9.6 MS/s (31 MS/s with SDK) |
| Shortest timebase |
10 ns/div |
5 ns/div |
2 ns/div |
1 ns/div |
1 ns/div |
| Longest timebase |
5000 s/div |
5000 s/div |
5000 s/div |
5000 s/div |
5000 s/div |
| Buffer memory (block mode, shared between active channels) |
8 kS |
16 kS |
32 MS |
64 MS |
128 MS |
| Buffer memory (streaming mode, SDK) |
Up to available PC memory |
128 000 |
256 000 |
500 000 |
| Buffers (SDK) |
1 |
128 000 |
256 000 |
500 000 |
| Buffers (PicoScope software) |
10 000 |
10 000 |
| Timebase accuracy |
±100 ppm |
±50 ppm |
| Sample jitter |
20 ps RMS typical |
20 ps RMS typical |
3 ps RMS typical |
| DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE (typical) |
| Crosstalk (full bandwidth) |
Better than 200:1 (equal ranges) |
Better than 400:1 (equal ranges) |
| Harmonic distortion |
< -50 dB at 100 kHz, full–scale input |
| SFDR (100 kHz, full-scale input, typical) |
> 52 dB |
±20 mV range: > 44 dB
±50 mV range and higher: > 52 dB |
| Noise |
< 150 μV RMS (±50 mV range) |
< 200 μV RMS (±50 mV range) |
< 300 µV RMS (±20 mV range) |
| Bandwidth flatness (at scope input) |
(+0.3 dB, -3 dB) from DC to full bandwidth |
| TRIGGERING |
| Sources |
Ch A, Ch B |
| Trigger modes |
None, auto, repeat, single |
None, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory)/td> |
| Advanced triggers |
Edge, window, pulse width, window pulse width, dropout, window dropout, interval, logic |
Edge, window, pulse width, window pulse width, dropout, window dropout, interval, runt pulse, logic |
| Trigger types, ETS |
Rising or falling edge |
Rising or falling edge (available on Ch A only) |
| Trigger sensitivity, real-time |
Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth |
Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth |
| Trigger sensitivity, ETS |
10 mV p-p, typical, at full bandwidth |
10 mV p-p, typical, at full bandwidth |
| Maximum pre-trigger capture |
100% of capture size |
| Maximum post-trigger delay |
4 billion samples |
| Trigger rearm time |
PC-dependent |
< 2 μs on fastest timebase |
< 1 µs on fastest timebase |
| Maximum trigger rate |
PC-dependent |
10 000 waveforms in a 12 ms burst typical |
10 000 waveforms in a 6 ms burst typical |
| Function generator |
| Standard output signals |
Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage, ramp, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine |
| Pseudorandom output signals |
None |
White noise, PRBS |
| Standard signal frequency |
DC to 100 kHz |
DC to 1 MHz |
| Sweep modes |
Up, down, dual with selectable start/stop frequencies and increments |
| Triggering |
None |
Free-run or up to 1 billion waveform cycles or frequency sweeps. Triggered from scope trigger or manually. |
| Output frequency accuracy |
Oscilloscope timebase accuracy ± output frequency resolution |
| Output frequency resolution |
< 0.02 Hz |
< 0.01 Hz |
| Output voltage range |
±2 V |
| Output adjustments |
Any amplitude and offset within ±2 V range |
| Amplitude flatness (typical) |
< 1 dB to 100 kHz |
< 0.5 dB to 1 MHz |
| DC accuracy |
±1% of full scale |
| SFDR |
> 55 dB @ 1 kHz full–scale sine wave |
> 60 dB @ 10 kHz full–scale sine wave |
| Connector type |
Front panel BNC with 600 Ω output impedance |
| Overvoltage protection |
±10 V |
±20 V |
| ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR |
| Update rate |
1.548 MHz |
20 MHz |
| Buffer size |
4 kS |
8 kS |
32 kS |
| Resolution |
8 bits |
12 bits |
| Bandwidth |
>100 kHz |
>1 MHz |
| Rise time (10% to 90%) |
< 2 µs |
< 120 ns |
| SPECTRUM ANALYZER |
| Frequency range |
DC to analog bandwidth of oscilloscope |
| Display modes |
Magnitude, average, peak hold |
| Windowing functions |
Rectangular, Gaussian, triangular, Blackman, Blackman-Harris, Hamming, Hann, flat-top |
| Number of FFT points |
Selectable from 128 to half available buffer memory in powers of 2, up to a maximum of 1 048 576 points |
| 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, freq, derivative, integral, min, max, average, peak, delay, duty, highpass, owpass, bandpass, bandstop |
| Operands |
A, B (input channels), C, D (input channels, 4-channel models only), T (time), reference waveforms, constants, pi, digital channels (MSO models only) |
| AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS |
| Scope mode |
AC RMS, true RMS, frequency, cycle time, duty cycle, DC average, falling rate, rising rate, low pulse width, high pulse width, fall time, rise time, minimum, maximum, peak to peak |
| Spectrum mode |
Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, THD dB, SNR, SINAD, SFDR, total power, average amplitude at peak, THD %, THD+N, IMD, |
| Statistics |
Minimum, maximum, average and standard deviation |
| SERIAL DECODING |
| Protocols |
1-Wire, ARINC 429, CAN, DCC, DMX512, FlexRay, Ethernet 10Base-T, USB 1.1, I²C, I²S, LIN, PS/2, SPI, SENT, UART/RS-232 (subject to bandwidth and sampling rate of chosen oscilloscope model) MASK LIMIT TESTING |
| Statistics |
Pass/fail, failure count, total count |
| DISPLAY |
| Interpolation |
Linear or sin(x)/x |
| Persistence modes |
Digital color, analog intensity, custom, fast or none |
| GENERAL |
| PC connectivity |
USB 2.0 (USB 3.0 compatible). USB cable included. |
| Power requirements |
Powered from USB port |
| Dimensions (including connectors and feet) |
142 x 92 x 18.8 mm (PicoScope 2204A and 2205A only)
130 x 104 x 18.8 mm (all other models, including PicoScope 2205A MSO) |
| Weight |
< 0.2 kg (7 oz) |
| Temperature range, operating |
Operating: 0 °C to 50 °C |
| Temperature range, operating, for stated accuracy |
15 °C to 30 °C |
| Temperature range, storage |
–20 °C to +60 °C |
| Humidity range, operating |
5% to 80% RH non-condensing |
| Humidity range, storage |
5% to 95% RH non-condensing |
| Altitude range |
up to 2000 m |
| Pollution degree |
2 |
| Safety approvals |
Designed to EN 61010-1:2010 |
| Environmental approvals |
RoHS, WEEE |
| EMC approvals |
Tested to meet EN61326-1:2013 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B |
| Software included |
PicoScope 6 for Microsoft Windows 7, 8 (not Windows RT) and 10; 32-bit and 64-bit
SDK for Windows 7, 8 (not Windows RT) and 10; 32-bit and 64-bit
Example programs (C, Microsoft Excel VBA, LabVIEW) |
| Free software available for download |
PicoScope 6 (beta) for Linux and OS X
SDK (beta) for Linux and OS X |
| Languages supported |
Simplified Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |