| Vertical (analog channels) |
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| Input channels | 4 |
| Bandwidth (–3 dB) | 350 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Rise time (10% to 90%, −2 dB full scale) | 1.2 ns | 925 ps |
| Selectable bandwidth limit 8-bit mode | 20, 50, 100, 200, 350 MHz | 20, 50, 100, 200, 350, 500 MHz |
| Selectable bandwidth limit 10-bit mode | 20, 50, 100, 200 MHz |
| Vertical resolution | 8 bits, 10 bits |
| Enhanced vertical resolution (software) | Hardware resolution + 4 bits |
| Input connector | BNC(f) |
| Input characteristics 50 Ω | 50 Ω ±2 % |
| Input characteristics 1 MΩ | 1 MΩ ±1 % ∥ 13 pF ±2 pF |
| Input coupling 50 Ω | DC |
| Input coupling 1 MΩ | AC/DC |
| Input sensitivity 50 Ω | 1 mV/div to 1 V/div (10 vertical divisions) |
| Input sensitivity 1 MΩ | 1 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions) |
| Input ranges (full scale) 50 Ω | ±5 mV[1], ±10 mV[2], ±20 mV[3], ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V |
| Input ranges (full scale) 1 MΩ | ±5 mV[1], ±10 mV[2], ±20 mV[3], ±50 mV, ±100 mV, ±200 mV, ±500 mV, ±1 V, ±2 V, ±5 V, ±10 V, ±20 V |
[1] ±5 mV only available up to 100 MHz
[2] ±10 mV only available up to 200 MHz
[3] ±20 mV only available up to 350 MHz |
| DC gain accuracy | ±(1% of signal + 1 LSB) |
| DC offset accuracy | ±(2% of full scale + 200 µV) |
| LSB size (quantization step size) 8-bit mode | < 0.4% of input range |
| LSB size (quantization step size) 10-bit mode | < 0.1% of input range |
| Analog offset range (vertical position adjustment) | ±250 mV (±5 mV to ±200 mV ranges) ±2.5 V (±500 mV to ±2 V ranges) ±5 V (±5 V range, 50 Ω input) ±20 V (±5 V to ±20 V ranges, 1 MΩ input) |
| Analog offset control accuracy | ±1% of offset setting, additional to DC accuracy above |
| Overvoltage protection 1 MΩ | ±100 V (DC + AC peak) up to 10 kHz |
| Overvoltage protection 50 Ω | 5.5 V RMS max, ±20 V pk max |
| Horizontal |
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| Maximum sampling rate (real time, 8-bit mode) | 5 GS/s on 1 channel, 2.5 GS/s on 2 channels, 1.25 GS/s on 3-4 channels |
| Maximum sampling rate (real time, 10-bit mode) | 2.5 GS/s on 1 channel, 1.25 GS/s on 2 channels, 625 MS/s on 3-4 channels |
| Max. sampling rate, USB 3.0 streaming mode[4] (PicoScope 7) | ~50 MS/s |
| Max. sampling rate, USB 3.0 streaming mode[4] (PicoSDK) | ~300 MS/s (8-bit mode), ~150 MS/s (10-bit mode) |
| Max. sampling rate, USB 2.0 streaming mode[4] (PicoScope 7) | ~10 MS/s |
| Max. sampling rate, USB 2.0 streaming mode[4] (PicoSDK) | ~30 MS/s (8-bit mode), ~15 MS/s (10-bit mode) |
| [4] Split between active channels, PC dependent |
| Capture memory[5] | 2 GS (8-bit mode), 1 GS (10-bit mode) |
| [5]Split between active channels |
| Maximum single capture duration at maximum sampling rate (PicoScope 7) | 200 ms |
| Maximum single capture duration at maximum sampling rate (PicoSDK) | 400 ms |
| Capture memory (continuous streaming) (PicoScope 7) | 250 MS |
| Capture memory (continuous streaming) (PicoSDK) | Buffering using full device memory, no limit on total duration of capture |
| Waveform buffer (number of segments) (PicoScope 7) | 40 000 |
| Waveform buffer (number of segments) (PicoSDK) | 2 000 000 |
| Timebase ranges | 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div |
| Initial timebase accuracy | ±5 ppm |
| Timebase drift | ±1 ppm/year |
| ADC sampling | Simultaneous sampling on all active channels |
| Dynamic performance (typical) |
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| Crosstalk | Better than 500:1 (from DC to bandwidth of victim channel, equal voltage ranges) |
| Harmonic distortion (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 8-bit | Better than –50 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges |
| Harmonic distortion (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 10 bit | Better than –60 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges |
| SFDR (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 8-bit | Better than 50 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges |
| SFDR (10 MHz, −2 dBfs input). 10-bit | Better than 60 dB on ±50 mV to ±20 V ranges |
| RMS noise | | Range | /Div | Bandwidth filter:
20 MHz
10-bit | Bandwidth filter:
50 MHz
10-bit | Bandwidth filter:
100 MHz
10-bit | Bandwidth filter:
200 MHz
10-bit | Bandwidth filter:
350 MHz
8-bit | Bandwidth filter:
500 MHz
8-bit |
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| ±5 mV | 1 mV | 0.023 mV | 0.036 mV | 0.051 mV | 0.080 mV | 0.10 mV | 0.11 mV | | ±10 mV | 2 mV | 0.023 mV | 0.036 mV | 0.051 mV | 0.083 mV | 0.11 mV | 0.12 mV | | ±20 mV | 4 mV | 0.024 mV | 0.036 mV | 0.052 mV | 0.10 mV | 0.15 mV | 0.17 mV | | ±50 mV | 10 mV | 0.049 mV | 0.052 mV | 0.071 mV | 0.13 mV | 0.27 mV | 0.33 mV | | ±100 mV | 20 mV | 0.098 mV | 0.098 mV | 0.098 mV | 0.20 mV | 0.46 mV | 0.63 mV | | ±200 mV | 40 mV | 0.20 mV | 0.20 mV | 0.20 mV | 0.37 mV | 0.91 mV | 1.30 mV | | ±500 mV | 100 mV | 0.49 mV | 0.54 mV | 0.72 mV | 1.30 mV | 2.30 mV | 3.40 mV | | ±1 V | 200 mV | 0.98 mV | 0.98 mV | 0.98 mV | 2.0 mV | 4.10 mV | 6.30 mV | | ±2 V | 400 mV | 2.0 mV | 2.0 mV | 2.0 mV | 3.70 mV | 8.10 mV | 12 mV | | ±5 V | 1 V | 4.9 mV | 5.5 mV | 7.6 mV | 14 mV | 23 mV | 34 mV | | ±10 V | 2 V | 9.8 mV | 9.8 mV | 9.8 mV | 22 mV | 41 mV | 63 mV | | ±20 V | 4 V | 20 mV | 20 mV | 20 mV | 41 mV | 81 mV | 125 mV |
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| Linearity | ≤ 2 LSB 8-bit mode
≤ 4 LSB 10-bit mode |
| Bandwidth flatness | (+0.5 dB, –3 dB) from DC to full bandwidth |
| Low frequency flatness | < ±6% (or ±0.5 dB) from DC to 1 MHz |
| Triggering |
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| Source | Any analog channel, AUX trigger |
| Trigger modes | None, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory) |
| Advanced trigger types (analog channels) | Edge (rising, falling, rising-or-falling), window (entering, exiting, entering-or-exiting), pulse width (positive or negative or either pulse), window pulse width (time inside, outside window or either), level dropout (including high/low or either), window dropout (including inside, outside or either), interval, runt (positive or negative), transition time (rise/fall), logic
Logic trigger capabilities: AND/OR/NAND/NOR/XOR/XNOR function of any trigger sources (analog channels and aux input) User-defined Boolean function of any combination of analog channels plus aux input (PicoSDK only) |
| Trigger sensitivity (analog channels) | Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth of scope with adjustable hysteresis |
| Pre-trigger capture | Up to 100% of capture size |
| Post-trigger delay - PicoScope 7 | Zero to > 4x109 samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range at 5 GS/s of 0.8 s in 200 ps steps) |
| Post-trigger delay - PicoSDK | Zero to > 1x1012 samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range at 5 GS/s of > 200 s in 200 ps steps) |
| Trigger holdoff by time | Delay re-arming the trigger after each trigger event by a user-set time up to 4 x 109 sample intervals. |
| Rapid trigger mode rearm time | < 700 ns on fastest timebase |
| Maximum trigger rate - PicoScope 7 | 40 000 waveforms in 20 ms |
| Maximum trigger rate - PicoSDK | Number of waveforms up to memory segment count, at a rate of 2 million waveforms per second. |
| Waveform update rate | Up to 300 000 waveforms per second in PicoScope 7 fast persistence mode |
| Trigger time-stamping | Each waveform is timestamped with time from previous waveform, with sample-interval resolution. |
| Auxiliary trigger |
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| Trigger types (triggering scope) | Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic |
| Trigger types (triggering AWG) | Rising edge, falling edge, gate high, gate low |
| Input bandwidth | > 10 MHz |
| Input characteristics | 3.3 V CMOS Hi-Z input, DC coupled |
| Input threshold | Fixed threshold, low < 1 V, high > 2.3 V suitable for 3.3 V CMOS |
| Input hysteresis | 1.3 V max (VIH < 2.3 V, VIL > 1 V) |
| Auxiliary output function | Trigger output |
| Output voltage | 3.3 V CMOS (VOH > 3.2 V, VOL < 0.1 V into Hi-Z) |
| Output impedance | Approx. 270 Ω |
| Output rise time | Measured directly at BNC: < 15 ns |
| Coupling | DC |
| Overvoltage protection | ±20 V peak max |
| Connector type | BNC(f) |
| Function generator |
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| Standard output signals | Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage, ramp up, ramp down, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine |
| Output frequency range | 100 μHz to 20 MHz |
| Output frequency accuracy | Oscilloscope timebase accuracy ± output frequency resolution |
| Output frequency resolution | < 1 μHz |
| Sweep modes | Up, down, dual with selectable start/stop frequencies and increments |
| Triggering | Free-run, or from 1 to 1 billion counted waveform cycles or frequency sweeps. Triggered from scope trigger, aux trigger or manually. |
| Gating | Waveform output can be gated (paused) via aux trigger input or software |
| Pseudorandom output signals | White noise, selectable amplitude and offset within output voltage range Pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS), selectable high and low levels within output voltage range, selectable bit rate up to 20 Mb/s |
| Output voltage range | ±2.0 V into Hi-Z (±1.0 V into 50 Ω) |
| Output voltage adjustment | Signal amplitude and offset adjustable in approx. 0.3 mV steps within overall ± 2 V range |
| DC accuracy | ±1 % of full scale, into Hi-Z load |
| Amplitude flatness | < 1.5 dB to 20 MHz, typical, sine wave into 50 Ω |
| SFDR | > 70 dB, 10 kHz full scale sine wave |
| Output resistance | 50 Ω ±1% |
| Overvoltage protection | ±20 V peak max |
| Connector type | Front-panel BNC |
| Arbitrary waveform generator |
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| Update rate | 200 MS/s |
| Buffer size | 32 kS |
| Vertical resolution | 14 bits (output step size 0.3 mV) |
| Bandwidth (−3 dB) | > 20 MHz |
| Rise time (10% to 90%) | < 10 ns (50 Ω load) |
| Spectrum analyzer |
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| Frequency range | DC to 350 MHz | DC to 500 MHz |
| Display modes | Magnitude, average, peak hold |
| Y axis | Logarithmic (dBV, dBu, dBm, arbitrary dB) or linear (volts) |
| X axis | Linear or logarithmic |
| Windowing functions | Rectangular, Gaussian, triangular, Blackman, Blackman−Harris, Hamming, Hann, flat-top |
| Number of FFT points | Selectable from 128 to 1 million in powers of 2 |
| Math channels |
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| 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, delay, average, frequency, derivative, integral, min, max, peak, duty, highpass, lowpass, bandpass, bandstop, coupler, top, base, amplitude, positive overshoot, negative overshoot, phase, delay, moving, deskew, true power, apparent power, reactive power, power factor |
| Operands | A to D (input channels), T (time), reference waveforms, pi, constants |
| Automatic measurements |
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| Scope mode | AC RMS, amplitude, apparent power, base, cycle time, DC average, duty cycle, edge count, fall time, falling edge count, falling rate, frequency, high pulse width, low pulse width, maximum, minimum, negative duty cycle, negative overshoot, peak to peak, phase, positive overshoot, power factor, reactive power, rise time, rising edge count, rising rate, top, true power, true RMS |
| Spectrum mode | Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, average amplitude at peak, total power, THD%, THD dB, THD+N, SINAD, SNR, IMD |
| Statistics | Minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation |
| DeepMeasure |
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| Parameters | Cycle number, cycle time, frequency, low pulse width, high pulse width, duty cycle (high), duty cycle (low), rise time, fall time, undershoot, overshoot, max. voltage, min. voltage, voltage peak to peak, start time, end time |
| Serial decoding |
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| Protocols | 1-Wire, 10BASE-T1S, ARINC 429, BroadRReach, CAN, CAN FD, CAN J1939, CAN XL, DALI, DCC, Differential Manchester, DMX512, Ethernet 10BASE-T, Extended UART, Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX, FlexRay, I2C, I2S, I3C BASIC v1.0, LIN, Manchester, MIL-STD-1553, MODBUS ASCII, MODBUS RTU, NMEA-0183, Parallel Bus, PMBus, PS/2, PSI5 (Sensor), Quadrature, RS232/UART, SBS Data, SENT Fast, SENT Slow, SENT SPC, SMBus, SPI-MISO/MOSI, SPI-SDIO, USB (1.0/1.1), Wind Sensor |
| Mask limit testing |
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| Statistics | Pass/fail, failure count, total count |
| Mask creation | Auto-generated from waveform or imported from file |
| Display |
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| Display modes | Scope, XY scope, persistence, spectrum. |
| Interpolation | Linear or sin(x)/x |
| Persistence modes | Time, frequency, fast |
| Output file formats | csv, mat, pdf, png, psdata, pssettings, txt |
| Output functions | Copy to clipboard, print |
| Data transfer |
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| Captured waveform data USB transfer rate to PC | On USB 3.0, PC dependent: 8-bit mode: up to 360 MS/s; 10-bit mode: up to 180 MS/s
On USB 2.0, PC dependent: 8-bit mode: up to 40 MS/s; 10-bit mode: up to 20 MS/s |
| Hardware accelerated waveform display rate | Hardware acceleration enables over 2 GS of data to be displayed on screen per second (8-bit mode, 4 channels, 250 MS per channel at max sample rate) |
| General specifications |
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| PC connectivity | USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (USB 2.0 compatible) |
| PC connector type | USB 3.0 Type C |
| Power requirement | Powered from single USB Type-C 3 A port or from USB port plus external Type-C PSU (5V 3A) |
| Status indicators | RGB LED per BNC connector plus power and sampling |
| Thermal management | Automatic fan speed control for low noise |
| Dimensions | 221 x 173 x 30 mm |
| Weight | < 0.7 kg |
| Ambient temperature range - Operating | 0 to 40 °C |
| Ambient temperature range - For quoted accuracy | 15 to 30 °C after 20-minute warm-up |
| Ambient temperature range - Storage | –20 to +60 °C |
| Humidity range - Operating | 5 to 80 %RH non-condensing |
| Humidity range - Storage | 5 to 95 %RH non-condensing |
| Altitude | Up to 2000 m |
| Pollution degree | EN 61010 pollution degree 2: “only nonconductive pollution occurs except that occasionally a temporary conductivity caused by condensation is expected” |
| Safety compliance | Designed to EN 61010-1:2010 + A1:2019 |
| EMC compliance | Tested to EN 61326-1:2021 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B |
| Environmental compliance | RoHS, REACH & WEEE |
| Software |
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| Windows software (64-bit)[6] | PicoScope 7, PicoLog 6, PicoSDK (Users writing their own apps can find example programs for all platforms on the Pico Technology organization page on GitHub). |
| macOS software (64-bit)[6] | PicoScope 7, PicoLog 6 and PicoSDK |
| Linux software (64-bit)[6] | PicoScope 7 software and drivers, PicoLog 6 (including drivers) See Linux Software and Drivers to install drivers only |
| Raspberry Pi 4B & 5 (Raspberry Pi OS)[6] | PicoLog 6 (including drivers) See Linux Software and Drivers to install drivers only |
| [6] See the picotech.com/downloads page for more information. |
| PC requirements | Processor, memory and disk space: as required by the operating system Ports: USB 3.0 (recommended) or 2.0 (compatible) |
