PICOSCOPE 2204A - PICO TECHNOLOGY

PC OSCILLOSCOPES WITH ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR

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Benchtop performance in a pocket-sized scope

Up to 1 GS/s sampling rate

Arbitrary waveform generator

Advanced digital triggers

Persistence display modes

USB connected and powered

Free software upgrades

Mask limit testing

Serial bus decoding

PicoScope 2200A Series

2 CHANNELS • LOW COST • 200 MHz BANDWIDTH

Powerful, portable, and versatile

The PicoScope 2200A Series

oscilloscopes offer a small, light,

modern alternative to bulky

benchtop devices. You can now fit a

200 MHz, 1 GS/s instrument easily

in your laptop bag! They are perfect

for engineers on the move; ideal for

a wide range of applications including

design, test, education, service,

monitoring, fault finding, and repair.

A small form factor is not the only benefit of these PC-based

scopes. With our PicoScope 6 software, high-end features such as

serial decoding and mask limit testing are included as standard. New

functionality is regularly delivered through free upgrades, optimized

with the help of feedback from our customers.

USB connectivity

The USB connection makes printing, copying,

saving, and emailing your data from the field

quick and easy. The high-speed USB interface

allows fast data transfer, while USB powering

removes the need to carry around a bulky external power supply.

Fast sampling

The PicoScope 2200A Series oscilloscopes provide fast real-time

sampling rates up to 1 GS/s, equivalent to a timing resolution of only

1 ns. For repetitive signals, equivalent-time sampling (ETS) mode can

boost the maximum effective sampling rate up to 10 GS/s, allowing

even finer resolution down to 100 ps. All scopes support pre-trigger

and post-trigger capture.

Arbitrary waveform and function generators

All PicoScope 2200A Series oscilloscopes have a built-in arbitrary

waveform generator (AWG). Waveforms can be imported from data

files or created and modified using the built-in graphical AWG editor.

A function generator is also included, with sine, square, triangle, DC

level and many more standard waveforms. As well as level, offset

and frequency controls, advanced options allow you to sweep over a

range of frequencies. Combined with the spectrum peak hold option,

this creates a powerful tool for testing amplifier and filter responses.

Digital triggering

Most digital oscilloscopes still use an analog trigger architecture

based on comparators. This can cause time and amplitude errors that

cannot always be calibrated out. The use of comparators often limits

the trigger sensitivity at high bandwidths and can also create a long

trigger re-arm delay.

For over 20 years Pico have been pioneering the use of full digital

triggering using the actual digitized data. This reduces trigger errors

and allows our oscilloscopes to trigger on the smallest signals, even at

the full bandwidth. All triggering is digital, resulting in high threshold

resolution within programmable hysteresis and optimal waveform

stability.

On selected models, the reduced re-arm delay provided by digital

triggering, together with segmented memory, allows the capture of

events that happen in rapid sequence. At the fastest timebase, rapid

triggering can capture a new waveform every 2 microseconds until the

buffer is full. The mask limit testing function helps to detect waveforms

that fail to meet your specifications.

PicoScope 2200A Series Oscilloscopes

Advanced triggers

As well as the standard range of triggers found on most oscilloscopes,

the PicoScope 2200A Series offers one of the best selections of

advanced triggers available. These include pulse width, windowed and

dropout triggers to help you find and capture your signal quickly.

PicoScope 2200A Series Oscilloscopes

High signal integrity

Most oscilloscopes are built down to a price. PicoScopes are built up

to a specification.

Careful front-end design and shielding reduces noise, crosstalk and

harmonic distortion. Decades of oscilloscope design experience can

be seen in improved pulse response and bandwidth flatness. We are

proud of the dynamic performance of our products and publish these

specifications in detail. The result is simple: when you probe a circuit,

you can trust in the waveform you see on the screen.

Color persistence modes

Advanced display modes allow you to see old and new data

superimposed, with new data in a brighter color or shade. This

makes it easy to see glitches and dropouts and to estimate their

relative frequency. Choose between analog persistence, digital color,

or custom display modes.

Spectrum analyzer

With the click of a button, you can open a new window to display

a spectrum plot of selected channels up to the full bandwidth of the

oscilloscope. A comprehensive range of settings gives you control over

the number of spectrum bands, window types and display modes.

PicoScope software allows you to display multiple spectrum views

with different channel selections and zoom factors, and see these

alongside time-domain waveforms of the same data. A comprehensive

set of automatic frequency-domain measurements can be added to

the display, including THD, THD+N, SINAD, SNR and IMD. You can

even use the AWG and spectrum mode together to perform swept

scalar network analysis.

Automatic measurements

PicoScope allows you to automatically display a table of calculated

measurements for troubleshooting and analysis. Using the built-

in measurement statistics you can see the average, standard

deviation, maximum and minimum of each measurement as well

as the live value.

You can add as many measurements as you need on each view. Each

measurement includes statistical parameters showing its variability.

For information on the measurements available in scope and

spectrum modes, see Automatic Measurements in the

Specifications table.

15 scope mode measurements

11 spectrum mode measurements

Mask limit testing

PicoScope allows you to draw a mask around any signal with user-

defined tolerances. This has been designed specifically for production

and debugging environments, enabling you to compare signals. Simply

capture a known good signal, draw a mask around it, and then attach

the system under test. PicoScope will capture any intermittent glitches

and can show a failure count and other statistics in the Measurements

window.

The numerical and graphical mask editors can be used separately or

in combination, allowing you to enter accurate mask specifications,

modify existing masks, and import and export masks as files.

Custom probe settings

The custom probes menu

allows you to correct for

gain, attenuation, offsets and

nonlinearities of probes and

transducers, or convert your

waveform data to different

units such as current, scaled

voltage, temperature,

pressure, power or dB.

Definitions can be saved to

disk for later use. Definitions for standard Pico-supplied oscilloscope

probes and current clamps are built in, but you can also create your

own using linear scaling or even an interpolated data table.

High-end features as standard

Buying a PicoScope is not like making a purchase from other oscilloscope

companies, where optional extras considerably increase the price.

With our scopes, high-end features such as resolution enhancement,

mask limit testing, serial decoding, advanced triggering, automatic

measurements, math channels, XY mode, segmented memory (where

available), and a signal generator are all included in the price.

To protect your investment, both the PC software and firmware

inside the scope can be updated. Pico Technology have a long history

of providing new features for free through software downloads. We

deliver on our promises of future enhancements year after year, unlike

many other companies in the field. Users of our products reward us

by becoming lifelong customers and frequently recommending us to

their colleagues.

Math channels

With PicoScope 6 you

can perform a variety of

mathematical calculations

on your input signals and

reference waveforms.

Use the built-in list for

simple functions such as

addition and inversion,

or open the equation

editor and create complex

functions involving trigonometry, exponentials, logarithms, statistics,

integrals and derivatives.

Serial decoding

The PicoScope 2200A Series oscilloscopes include serial decoding

capability as standard. The decoded data can be displayed in the

format of your choice: In view, In window, or both at once.

•In view format shows the decoded data beneath the waveform on

a common time axis, with error frames marked in red. These frames

can be zoomed to investigate noise or distortion.

•In window format shows a list of the decoded

frames, including the data and all flags and identifiers.

You can set up filtering conditions to display only

the frames you are interested in, search for frames

with specified properties, or define a start pattern

to signal when the program should list the data.

It is also possible to create a spreadsheet to decode the hexadecimal

data into user-defined text strings.

High-speed data acquisition and digitizing

The supplied drivers and software development kit allow you to both

write your own software and interface to popular third-party software

packages such as LabVIEW and MATLAB.

The drivers support data streaming, a mode that captures gap-free

continuous data over the USB port directly to the PC’s RAM or hard

disk at a rate of 1 to 9.6 MS/s, so you are not limited by the size of the

scope’s buffer memory. Sampling rates in streaming mode are subject

to PC specifications and application loading.

PicoScope 2000 Series Oscilloscopes

PicoScope 2200A Series Oscilloscopes

Serial protocols

UART/RS-232

SPI

I2C

I2S

CAN

LIN

The PicoScope 6 Software

Oscilloscope controls: Controls such as voltage range, scope

resolution, channel enable, timebase and memory depth are placed

on the toolbar for quick access, leaving the main display area clear

for waveforms.

Movable axes: The vertical

axes can be dragged up

and down. This feature is

particularly useful when

one waveform is obscuring

another. There’s also an Auto

Arrange Axes command.

Zoom overview:

Click and drag for

quick navigation in

zoomed views.

Spectrum view:

View FFT data

alongside scope view

or independently.

Math channels: Combine input channels and reference

waveforms using simple arithmetic, or create custom

equations with trigonometric and other functions.

Views: PicoScope is carefully designed to make the best use of

the display area. The waveform view is much bigger and of a higher

resolution than with a typical benchtop scope. You can add new

scope and spectrum views with automatic or custom layouts.

Ruler legend: Absolute and differential

ruler measurements are listed here.

Tools > Serial decoding: Decode multiple serial

data signals and display the data alongside the

physical signal or as a detailed table.

Tools > Reference channels: Store waveforms in

memory or on disk and display them alongside live

inputs. Ideal for diagnostics and production testing.

Tools > Masks: Automatically generate a test mask

from a waveform or draw one by hand. PicoScope

highlights any parts of the waveform that fall outside

the mask and shows error statistics.

Waveform replay tools: PicoScope automatically records up to

10,000 of the most recent waveforms. You can quickly scan through

to look for intermittent events, or use the Buffer Navigator to

search visually.

Rulers: Each axis has two rulers that can be dragged across

the screen to make quick measurements of amplitude, time

and frequency.

Channel options: Offset, scaling, resolution

enhancement, custom probes.

Automatic measurements:

Display calculated measurements

for troubleshooting and analysis.

You can add as many measurements

as you need on each view. Each

measurement includes statistical

parameters showing its variability.

Trigger toolbar:

Quick access to

main controls,

with advanced

triggers in a

pop-up window.

Trigger marker: Drag

to adjust trigger level

and pre-trigger time.

Auto setup button: Configures

the timebase and voltage ranges

for stable display of signals.

PicoScope: The display can be as simple or as detailed as

you need. Begin with a single view of one channel, and then

expand the display to include any number of live channels,

math channels and reference waveforms.

Zoom and pan tools: PicoScope makes it easy to zoom into large

waveforms. Either use the zoom-in, zoom-out and pan tools, or

click and drag in the Zoom Overview window for fast navigation.

Signal generator: Generates standard signals or arbitrary

waveforms. Includes frequency sweep mode.

PRODUCT SELECTOR

MODEL PicoScope

2204A

PicoScope

2205A

PicoScope

2206A

PicoScope

2207A

PicoScope

2208A

Bandwidth (-3 dB) 10 MHz 25 MHz 50 MHz 100 MHz 200 MHz

Maximum sampling rate 100 MS/s 200 MS/s 500 MS/s 1 GS/s 1 GS/s

Buffer memory 8 kS 16 kS 32 kS 40 kS 48 kS

Function generator + AWG 100 kHz 100 kHz 1 MHz 1 MHz 1 MHz

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

VERTICAL

Input channels 2

Bandwidth (-3 dB) 10 MHz 25 MHz 50 MHz 100 MHz 200 MHz

Rise time (calculated) 35 ns 14 ns 7 ns 3.5 ns 1.75 ns

Vertical resolution 8 bits

Enhanced vertical resolution Up to 12 bits

Input ranges ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V, ±20 V

Input sensitivity 10 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions)

Input coupling AC / DC

Input characteristics BNC, 1 MΩ ∥ 14 pF BNC, 1 MΩ ∥ 13 pF

Analog offset range

(vertical position adjustment) -

±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)

DC accuracy ±3% of full scale

Overvoltage protection ±100 V (DC + AC peak)

HORIZONTAL (TIMEBASE)

Maximum sampling rate 1 ch.

(real-time) 2 ch. 100 MS/s

50 MS/s

200 MS/s (ChA)

100 MS/s

500 MS/s

250 MS/s

1 GS/s

500 MS/s

1 GS/s

500 MS/s

Equivalent sampling rate (ETS) 2 GS/s 4 GS/s 5 GS/s 10 GS/s 10 GS/s

Maximum sampling rate (streaming) 1 MS/s 9.6 MS/s

Timebase ranges 10 ns to 5000 s/div 5 ns to 5000 s/div 2 ns to 5000 s/div 1 ns to 5000 s/div 500 ps to 5000 s/div

Buffer memory

(shared between active channels) 8 kS 16 kS 32 kS 40 kS 48 kS

Buffer memory (streaming mode) 2 MS per channel in PicoScope software. 100 MS (shared) in PicoScope software.

Up to available PC memory when using SDK.

Maximum buffers (normal triggering) 10 000

Max. buffers (rapid block triggering) Not available 32

Timebase accuracy ±100 ppm ±50 ppm

Sample jitter < 30 ps RMS < 5 ps RMS

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 > 52 dB at 100 kHz, full-scale input

Noise < 150 µV RMS (±50 mV range) < 200 µV RMS (±50 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)

Advanced triggers Edge, window, pulse width, window pulse width, dropout, window dropout, interval, logic.

Trigger types, ETS Rising or falling edge

Trigger sensitivity Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth

In ETS mode, typical 10 mV p-p at full bandwidth

Maximum pre-trigger capture 100% of capture size

Maximum post-trigger delay 4 billion samples

Trigger re-arm time PC-dependent < 2 μs on fastest timebase

Maximum trigger rate PC-dependent Up to 32 waveforms in a 64 μs burst

PicoScope 2200A Series Oscilloscopes - Specifications

PicoScope 2204A PicoScope 2205A PicoScope 2206A PicoScope 2207A PicoScope 2208A

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 - Free-run or up to 1 billion waveform cycles or frequency sweeps.

Triggered from scope trigger or manually.

Output frequency accuracy ±100 ppm ±50 ppm

Output frequency resolution < 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 (typical) > 55 dB at 1 kHz full-scale sine wave > 60 dB at 10 kHz full-scale sine wave

Output characteristics Front panel BNC, 600 Ω output impedance

Overvoltage protection ±10 V

ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR

Update rate 2 MS/s 20 MS/s

Buffer size 4 kS 8 kS

Resolution 12 bits

Bandwidth > 100 kHz > 1 MHz

Rise time (10% to 90%) < 2 µs < 120 ns

SPECTRUM ANALYZER

Frequency range DC to 10 MHz DC to 25 MHz DC to 50 MHz DC to 100 MHz DC to 200 MHz

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

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

Operands A, B (input channels), T (time), reference waveforms, constants, Pi

AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS

Scope mode AC RMS, true RMS, cycle time, DC average, duty cycle, falling rate, fall time, frequency, high pulse width,

low pulse width, maximum, minimum, peak to peak, rise time, rising rate.

Spectrum mode Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, average amplitude at peak,

total power, THD %, THD dB, THD plus noise, SFDR, SINAD, SNR, IMD

Statistics Minimum, maximum, average and standard deviation

SERIAL DECODING

Protocols CAN, LIN, I²C, UART/RS-232, SPI, I²S, FlexRay

MASK LIMIT TESTING

Statistics Pass/fail, failure count, total count

DISPLAY

Interpolation Linear or sin(x)/x

Persistence modes Digital color, analog intensity, custom, or none

GENERAL

PC connectivity USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 and 3.0 compatible). USB cable included.

Power requirements Powered from USB port

Dimensions (including connectors) 142 x 92 x 19 mm

Weight < 0.2 kg (7 oz)

Temperature range Operating: 0 °C to 50 °C (20 °C to 30 °C for stated accuracy). Storage: –20 °C to +60 °C.

Humidity range Operating: 5% to 80% RH non-condensing. Storage: 5% to 95% RH non-condensing.

Safety approvals Designed to EN 61010-1:2010

Compliance RoHS, WEEE, and LVD compliant. Tested to meet EN61326-1:2006 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B.

Software included PicoScope 6, Windows and Linux SDK, example programs (C, Visual Basic, Excel VBA, LabVIEW)

PicoScope software PC requirements Microsoft Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (not Windows RT). 32- or 64-bit

Languages (manual) Chinese (simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Languages (software interface) Chinese (simplified & traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,

Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

Specifications continued...

ORDER CODE DESCRIPTION GBP* USD* EUR*

PP917 PicoScope 2204A 10 MHz oscilloscope without probes 99 163 120

PP906 PicoScope 2204A 10 MHz oscilloscope 119 196 144

PP907 PicoScope 2205A 25 MHz oscilloscope 199 328 241

PP908 PicoScope 2206A 50 MHz oscilloscope 299 493 362

PP909 PicoScope 2207A 100 MHz oscilloscope 399 658 483

PP910 PicoScope 2208A 200 MHz oscilloscope 499 823 604

Pack contents

• PicoScope 2200A Series oscilloscope

• USB cable

• Two x1/x10 passive probes (kits PP906 to

PP910)

• Quick Start Guide

• Software and reference CD

Ordering information

*Prices are correct at the time of publication. VAT not included. Please contact Pico Technology for the latest prices before ordering.

UK headquarters:

Pico Technology

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United Kingdom

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 +44 (0) 1480 396 296

 sales@picotech.com

Errors and omissions excepted. Windows is a registered trade mark of Microsoft

Corporation in the United States and other countries. Pico Technology and

PicoScope are internationally registered trade marks of Pico Technology Ltd.

US headquarters:

Pico Technology

320 N Glenwood Blvd

Tyler

Texas 75702

United States

 +1 800 591 2796

 +1 620 272 0981

 sales@picotech.com

USB port

Ch A

Ch B

Arbitrary waveform

generator

Matching probes included

Two x1/x10 passive probes are included,

chosen to match the bandwidth of your scope.

PicoScope

model

Probes included (kits

PP906 to PP910)

Order

code

2204A

2205A

2206A

60 MHz probes (2) MI007

2207A 150 MHz probes (2) TA132

2208A 250 MHz probes (2) TA131

Hand-held oscilloscopes

Also available in the PicoScope 2000 Series,

the PicoScope 2104 and 2105 single-channel

hand-held oscilloscopes are the ultimate in

compact design.

See www.picotech.com for details.

For deeper memory, or higher or flexible resolution, see the PicoScope 3000, 4000 and 5000 Series oscilloscopes.