• Adds power quality measurement and analysis to 3 Series oscilloscopes
• Measures power quality, switching loss, harmonics, ripple, modulation, safe operating area, and slew rate
• Option can be applied to MDO32 and MDO34 models
• Model and serial number required if upgrading an existing unit
• This upgrade will be tied to the serial number of a single oscilloscope

Ever increasing consumer demands for longer battery-life devices and for green solutions that consume less power require power-supply designers to characterize and minimize switching losses to improve efficiency. In addition, the supply’s power levels, output purity, and harmonic feedback into the power line must be characterized to comply with national and regional power quality standards. Historically, making these and many other power measurements on an oscilloscope has been a long, manual, and tedious process. The 3 Series MDO optional power analysis tools greatly simplify these tasks, enabling quick, repeatable, and accurate analysis of power quality, switching loss, harmonics, safe operating area (SOA), modulation, ripple, and slew rate (di/dt, dv/dt). Completely integrated into the oscilloscope, the power analysis tools provide automated, repeatable power measurements with a touch of a button.

This upgrade will not be transferrable to additional instruments.

If you are purchasing this option to upgrade a unit that you already own, please provide the instrument model and serial number at purchase time. This may be done using the order notes box on step 2 of the online checkout process. If placing a phone order, please reply to the order confirmation email with the model and serial number. If using a purchase order, please provide the information on the PO.

The model and serial number will be sent to the manufacturer to generate a unique software option key used to upgrade the instrument. That key will be emailed to you. You will then enter the key using your instrument’s virtual keyboard. See upgrade instructions in the Manuals/Guides section of this webpage for further details.

The order will remain in our system on hold until we receive the model and serial number.