| Pico 6406E Specifications |
| Vertical (analog channels) |
| Input channels |
4 |
| Bandwidth (-3 dB) |
50 Ω: 1 GHz
1 MΩ: 500 MHz |
| Rise time |
50 Ω: < 350 ps
1 MΩ: < 850 ps |
| Selectable bandwidth limit |
20 MHz, 200 MHz |
| Vertical resolution |
8 bits fixed |
| Enhanced vertical resolution (software) |
Up to 4 extra bits beyond ADC resolution |
| Input connector |
BNC(f), x10 probe readout-pin compatible |
| Input characteristics |
1 MΩ ±0.5% ∥ 12 pF ±1 pF
50 Ω ±3% |
| Input coupling |
1 MΩ AC/DC or 50 Ω DC |
| Input sensitivity |
1 MΩ input: 2 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions)
50 Ω input: 2 mV/div to 1 V/div (10 vertical divisions) |
| Input ranges (full scale) |
1 MΩ ranges: ±10 mV, ±20 mV, ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10V, ±20 V
50 Ω ranges: ±10 mV, then as above up to ±5 V |
| DC gain accuracy |
±(1.5% of signal + 1 LSB) |
| DC offset accuracy |
±(1% of full scale + 250 μV)
Offset accuracy can be improved by using the “zero offset” function in PicoScope 6. |
| LSB size (quantization step size) |
8 bits: < 0.4 % of input range |
Analog offset range
(vertical position adjustment) |
50 Ω ranges:
±125 mV (±10 mV to ±100 mV ranges)
±1.25 V (±200 mV to ±1 V ranges)
±5 V (±2 V and ±5 V ranges) |
1 MΩ ranges:
±1.25 V (±10 mV to ±1 V ranges)
±20 V (±2 V to ±20 V ranges) |
| Analog offset control accuracy |
±0.5% of offset setting, additional to DC accuracy above |
| Overvoltage protection |
1 MΩ ranges: ±100 V (DC + AC peak) up to 10 kHz
50 Ω ranges: 5.5 V RMS max, ± 10 V pk max |
| Vertical (digital channels with optional TA369 8-channel MSO pods) |
| Input channels |
8 channels per MSO pod. Supports up to 2 pods / 16 channels. |
| Maximum detectable input frequency |
500 MHz (1 Gb/s) |
| Minimum detectable pulse width |
1 ns |
| Input connector (probe tip) |
Staggered signal and ground sockets for each channel, to accept 0.64 - 0.89 mm round or 0.64 mm square pin, 2.54 mm pitch |
| Input characteristics |
101 kΩ ±1% ∥ 3.5 pF ±0.5 pF |
| Threshold range and resolution |
±8 V in 5 mV steps |
| Threshold accuracy |
±(100 mV + 3% of threshold setting) |
| Threshold grouping |
PicoScope 6: Threshold control per 8-channel pod
PicoSDK: Individual threshold for each channel |
| Threshold selection |
TTL, CMOS, ECL, PECL, user-defined |
| Maximum input voltage at probe tip |
±40 V up to 10 MHz, derated linearly to ±5 V at 500 MHz |
| Minimum input voltage swing (at maximum frequency) |
400 mV peak to peak |
| Hysteresis (at DC) |
PicoScope 6: Fixed hysteresis approx. 100 mV
PicoSDK: Selectable hysteresis per 8-channel pod; approx. 50 mV, 100 mV, 200 mV or 400 mV |
| Minimum input slew rate |
No minimum slew rate requirement |
| Horizontal |
| Up to 2 total analog channels and/or MSO pods |
5 GS/s |
| Up to 4 total analog channels and/or MSO pods |
2.5 GS/s |
| Up to 8 total analog channels and MSO pods |
1.25 GS/s |
| Max. sampling rate, USB 3.0 streaming mode, PicoScope 6 |
~20 MS/s |
| Max. sampling rate, USB 3.0 streaming mode, PicoSDK |
~312 MS/s |
| Max. sampling rate to on device buffer |
1.25 GS/s |
| Capture memory(shared between active channels) |
2 GS |
| Maximum single capture duration at maximum sampling rate (PicoScope 6) |
200 ms |
| Maximum single capture duration at maximum sampling rate (PicoSDK) |
400 ms |
| Capture memory (continuous streaming) |
100 MS in PicoScope software. Buffering using full device memory when using PicoSDK, no limit on total duration of capture. |
| Waveform buffer (number of segments) |
PicoScope 6: 10,000 |
| PicoSDK: 2,000,000 |
| Timebase ranges |
1 ns/div to 5,000 s/div |
| Initial timebase accuracy |
±2 ppm |
| Timebase drift |
±1 ppm/year |
| ADC sampling |
Simultaneous sampling on all enabled analog and digital channels |
| Triggering |
| Source |
Any analog channel, AUX trigger, plus digital channels with optional TA369 MSO pods |
| Trigger modes |
None, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory) |
| Advanced trigger types (analog channels) |
Edge, window, pulse width, window pulse width, level dropout, window dropout, interval, runt, logic. Logic allows arbitrary combinations of up to 4 analog channels or MSO ports |
| Trigger sensitivity (analog channels) |
Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth of scope |
| Advanced trigger types (digital channels, with optional MSO pods) |
Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, pattern, logic (mixed signal) |
| Pre-trigger capture |
Up to 100% of capture size |
| Post-trigger delay |
PicoScope 6: Zero to > 4x109 samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range at fastest sample rate of 0.8 s in 200 ps steps)
PicoSDK: Zero to > 1x1012 samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range at fastest sample rate of > 200 s in 200 ps steps) |
| Rapid trigger mode rearm time |
700 ns max, 300 ns typical (single channel, 5 GS/s) |
| Maximum trigger rate |
PicoScope 6: 10,000 waveforms in 3 ms; PicoSDK: Number of waveforms up to memory segment count, at a rate of 6 million waveforms per second. |
| Waveform update rate |
Up to 300,000 waveforms per second in PicoScope 6 fast persistence mode |
| Trigger time-stamping |
Each waveform is timestamped with time from previous waveform, with sample-interval resolution.
The time resets when any settings are changed |
| Auxiliary trigger |
| Connector type |
Rear-panel BNC |
| Trigger types (triggering scope) |
Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic |
| Input bandwidth |
> 10 MHz |
| Input characteristics |
2.5 V CMOS Hi-Z input, DC coupled |
| Threshold |
Fixed threshold, 1.25 V nominal to suit 2.5 V CMOS |
| Hysteresis |
1 V max (VIH < 1.75V, VIL > 0.75V) |
| Overvoltage protection |
±20 V peak max |