Summary of PICOSCOPE 6000E 8-CHANNEL 500MHZ MIXED-SIGNAL OSCILLOSCOPES
The PicoScope 6000E series are 8‑channel mixed‑signal oscilloscopes (with optional digital channels) offering up to 5 GSa/s sampling, 4 GSa memory, and 8–12 bits FlexRes vertical resolution. They include a 14‑bit 200 MS/s AWG, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, deep FFT capability, protocol decoders, and software features like enhanced vertical resolution and multi‑monitor support, targeting high‑performance embedded, power, mechatronics, automotive, and research applications.
Parts used in the PicoScope 6000E Series:
- PicoScope 6804E oscilloscope (8-bit A/D)
- PicoScope 6824E oscilloscope (8/10/12-bit FlexRes)
- TA369 MSO pods (optional digital channels)
- Built-in 14-bit 200 MS/s arbitrary waveform generator (AWG)
- SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface
- PicoScope 6 software (with decoders and enhanced vertical resolution DSP)
- Optional Pico Oscilloscope Probe Positioning System
- Probes with compression tips
- 4K monitor (optional, for expanded display)
The PicoScope 6000E series brings very high speed performance to an 8 analog channel, 16 digital channel oscilloscope with 5GSa/s sampling and 4GSa deep memory.
Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced the PicoScope 6000E Series 8-channel 500MHz Oscilloscopes, which provide 8 to 12 bits of vertical resolution, 5GSa/s sampling rate, and 4GSa memory, allowing these scopes to display single-shot pulses with 200ps time resolution. The two models in the 6000 series are the PicoScope 6804E with 8-bit A/D resolution and the PicoScope 6824E with 8, 10, or 12 bits “FlexRes” resolution. Both models can operate with an extra 4 bits of resolution with the enhanced vertical resolution software feature — a digital signal processing technique built into PicoScope 6. These oscilloscopes offer 8 analog channels, plus 8 or 16 optional digital channels when using the plug-in TA369 MSO pods, enabling accurate time-correlation of analog and digital channels.
Both 6000E models include a 14-bit 200MS/s arbitrary waveform generator (AWG). Its variable sample clock avoids the jitter on waveform edges seen with fixed-clock generators and allows the generation of accurate frequencies down to 100μHz. AWG waveforms can be created or edited using the built-in editor, imported from oscilloscope traces, loaded from a spreadsheet or exported to a .csv file. The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface and hardware acceleration ensure that the display is smooth and responsive even with long captures. PicoScope 6 software includes decoders for many serial protocols.
With up to a million points, PicoScope’s FFT spectrum display has excellent frequency resolution and a low noise floor. A click of a button will display a spectrum plot of the active channels, with a maximum frequency of up to 500MHz. Using a 4K monitor attached to the controlling PC, PicoScope 6 software can display more than ten times the information of ordinary oscilloscopes. PicoScope software also supports dual monitors, allowing instrument control and waveforms displayed on one, and large data sets from serial protocol decoders or DeepMeasure results on the second monitor.
An optional Pico Oscilloscope Probe Positioning System holds a circuit board firmly, as well as positioning probes hands-free for up to eight probes simultaneously. Probes with compression tips make contact with points of interest on a PCB and remain in contact while measurements are taken with PicoScope software.
The 6000E’s 8 analog channels have the timing and amplitude resolution needed to reveal signal integrity challenges such as glitches, runts, dropouts, noise, distortion and ringing. This Series gives the waveform memory, resolution and analysis tools needed to test today’s high‑performance embedded computers and next-generation embedded system designs. The 6000E oscilloscopes are ideal for design engineers working with signal processing, power electronics, mechatronics, and automotive designs, and for researchers and scientists working on multi-channel high-performance experiments in physics labs, particle accelerators, and similar facilities. Supported by the PicoScope 6 software, these devices offer an ideal, cost-effective package for design, research, test, education, service, and repair.
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- What analog channel count do the PicoScope 6000E oscilloscopes have?
They provide 8 analog channels. - Can the 6000E series support digital channels?
Yes, they support 8 or 16 optional digital channels using the TA369 MSO pods. - What is the maximum sampling rate of the 6000E series?
The oscilloscopes offer a 5 GSa/s sampling rate. - How much waveform memory do these scopes have?
They include 4 GSa deep memory. - Does the 6000E series include an AWG?
Yes, both models include a 14-bit 200 MS/s arbitrary waveform generator. - Can the AWG generate very low frequencies accurately?
Yes, its variable sample clock allows accurate frequencies down to 100 μHz. - Does PicoScope software provide protocol decoding?
Yes, PicoScope 6 includes decoders for many serial protocols. - What enhanced resolution features are available?
The 6824E supports 8, 10, or 12-bit FlexRes and both models can use enhanced vertical resolution DSP in PicoScope 6 for extra bits. - Is there FFT and spectrum analysis capability?
Yes, the scopes provide FFT spectrum display with up to a million points and maximum frequency up to 500 MHz. - Are probe positioning accessories available?
Yes, an optional Pico Oscilloscope Probe Positioning System can hold boards and position up to eight probes hands-free.
