PicoScope 5000D Series

FlexRes oscilloscopes and MSOs

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The complete all-rounders

FlexRes flexible 8 to 16-bit hardware resolution

Up to 200 MHz analog bandwidth
1 GS/s sampling at 8-bit resolution
500 MS/s sampling at 12-bit resolution
62.5 MS/s sampling at 16-bit resolution
Up to 512 MS capture memory
16 digital channels (on MSO models)
130 000 waveforms per second
Built-in arbitrary waveform generator
Serial decoding as standard (18 protocols)
Up to 200 MHz spectrum analyzer
Silent, fanless design

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Introduction
Today’s electronic designs employ a wide memory. The PicoScope 5000D Series
range of signal types: analog, digital, also benefits from Pico’s award-winning
serial (both high- and low-speed), parallel, DeepMeasure™ feature and FlexRes
audio, video, power distribution and so on. flexible resolution.
All need to be debugged, measured and
Other key features of the PicoScope
validated to ensure that the device under
5000D Series include:
test is functioning correctly and within
specification. • Deep capture memory – from 128
million to 512 million samples
To handle this variety of signal types,
• 2 or 4 analog channels
PicoScope 5000D Series FlexRes
• Mixed-signal models add 16 digital
oscilloscopes provide 8 to 16 bits of
channels
vertical resolution, with up to 200 MHz
• Serial decoding – analyze 18 protocols
bandwidth and 1 GS/s sampling speed.
• USB 3.0 connection for continuous
You select the most appropriate hardware
high-speed data streaming
resolution for the requirements of each
• Small, light and portable
measurement.
Supported by the free and regularly
PicoScopes include advanced features
updated PicoScope 6 software, these
such as mask limit testing, serial
devices offer an ideal, cost-effective
decoding, advanced triggering, automatic
package for many applications, including
measurements, math channels (including
design, research, test, education, service
the ability to plot frequency and duty cycle
and repair.
against time), XY mode and segmented
8-bit mode Flexible resolution 16-bit mode
What is FlexRes?
Pico FlexRes flexible resolution Whether you’re capturing and decoding
oscilloscopes allow you to reconfigure fast digital signals or looking for distortion
the scope hardware to increase either the in sensitive analog signals, FlexRes
sampling rate or the resolution. oscilloscopes are the answer.
This means you can reconfigure the
hardware to be either a fast (1 GS/s) 8-bit
oscilloscope for looking at digital signals
or a high-resolution 16-bit oscilloscope for
audio work and other analog applications.

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Advanced display
PicoScope 6 software dedicates the majority of the display area to the waveform,
ensuring that the maximum amount of data is visible at all times. The size of the display
is only limited by the size of your computer’s monitor, so even with a laptop, the viewing
area is much bigger, with much higher resolution, than that of a benchtop scope.
With such a large display area available, you can create a customizable split-screen
display and view multiple channels or different views of the same signal at the same
time – the software can even show multiple oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer views
at once.

Each view has separate zoom, pan and filter settings for ultimate flexibility.
You can control the PicoScope 6 software using a mouse, touchscreen or customizable
keyboard shortcuts.

Low-level signals
With its 16-bit resolution, the PicoScope 5000D Series can magnify low-level signals
at high zoom factors. This allows you to view and measure features such as noise and
ripple superimposed on larger DC or low-frequency voltages.
Additionally, you can use the Lowpass Filtering controls on each channel independently,
to hide noise and reveal the underlying signal.

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High bandwidth, high sampling rate DeepMeasure
Many USB-powered oscilloscopes have Equivalent time sampling (ETS) mode The PicoScope 6 DeepMeasure tool uses The current version of the tool includes
real-time sampling rates of only 100 or can be used to further boost the effective deep memory to analyze every cycle sixteen parameters per cycle, and can
200 MS/s, but the PicoScope 5000D sampling rate to 10 GS/s for a more contained in each triggered waveform display up to a million cycles.
Series offers up to 1 GS/s, and a maximum detailed view of repetitive signals. acquisition. It displays the results in a Parameters include cycle time, frequency,
bandwidth of 200 MHz. table, with the parameter fields shown in pulse width, duty cycle, rise and fall time,
columns and waveform cycles shown in overshoot, undershoot, max voltage and
rows: you can easily sort the results by min voltage. Start and end times relative to
Deep capture memory
PicoScope 5000D Series oscilloscopes decoding and hardware acceleration any parameter and correlate them with the the trigger are given for each cycle.
have waveform capture memories work with the deep memory, making the waveform display.
ranging from 128 megasamples to 512 PicoScope 5000D some of the most
megasamples – many times larger than powerful oscilloscopes on the market.
competing scopes. Deep memory enables
the capture of long-duration waveforms
at maximum sampling speed. In fact,
the PicoScope 5000D Series can capture
waveforms over 500 ms long with 1 ns
resolution. In contrast, the same 500 ms
waveform captured by an oscilloscope
with a 10 megasample memory would
have just 50 ns resolution.
Deep memory can be useful in other
ways too: PicoScope 6 lets you divide
the capture memory into a number of
segments, up to a maximum of 10 000.
You can set up a trigger condition to store
a separate capture in each segment,
with as little as 1 µs dead time between
captures. Once you have acquired the
data, you can step through the memory
one segment at a time until you find the Waveform buffer and navigator
Ever spotted a glitch on a waveform, but The buffer navigator provides an efficient
event you are looking for.
by the time you’ve stopped the scope it’s way of navigating and searching through
Powerful tools are included to allow you gone? With PicoScope you no longer need waveforms, effectively letting you turn
to manage and examine all of this data. to worry about missing glitches or other back time. When carrying out a mask limit
As well as functions such as mask limit transient events, as it can store the last test, you can also set the navigator to
testing and color persistence mode, the 10 000 waveforms in its circular waveform show only mask fails, enabling you to find
PicoScope 6 software enables you to buffer. any glitches quickly.
zoom into your waveform by a factor
of several million. The Zoom Overview
window allows you to easily control the
size and location of the zoom area. Other
tools, such as the waveform buffer, serial

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Mixed-signal models Arbitrary waveform and function generator
The PicoScope 5000D MSO models add channels simultaneously, giving you up All PicoScope 5000D units have a As well as the basic controls to set level,
16 digital channels to the 2 or 4 analog to 20 channels of data – for example built-in 14-bit 200 MS/s arbitrary waveform offset and frequency, more advanced
channels, enabling you to accurately decoding multiple SPI, I²C, CAN bus, LIN generator (AWG). You can create and controls allow you to sweep over a
time-correlate analog and digital channels. bus and FlexRay signals all at the same adapt arbitrary waveforms using the range of frequencies. Combined with the
Digital channels may be grouped and time. built-in editor, import them from existing spectrum peak hold option, this makes a
displayed as a bus, with each bus value oscilloscope traces, or load a waveform powerful tool for testing amplifier and filter
displayed in hex, binary or decimal or from a spreadsheet. responses.
as a level (for DAC testing). You can set
The AWG can also act as a function Trigger tools allow you to output one or
advanced triggers across both the analog
generator with a range of standard output more cycles of a waveform when various
and digital channels.
signals, including sine, square, triangle, DC conditions are met, such as the scope
The digital inputs also bring extra power level, white noise and PRBS. triggering or a mask limit test failing.
to the serial decoding options. You can
decode serial data on all analog and digital

Persistence mode
PicoScope 6 persistence mode options Color-coding or intensity-grading shows
allow you to see old and new data which areas are stable and which are
superimposed, with newer waveforms intermittent. Choose between analog
drawn in a brighter color or deeper shade. intensity, digital color and fast display
This makes it easy to spot glitches and modes or create your own custom setup.
dropouts and estimate their relative
frequency – useful for displaying and
interpreting complex analog signals
such as video waveforms and analog
modulation signals.
The PicoScope 5000D Series’ HAL3
hardware acceleration means that, in Fast
Persistence mode, waveform update rates
of up to 130 000 waveforms per second
are achievable.

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Serial decoding and analysis
With its deep memory, the PicoScope 5000D Series is ideally suited to serial decoding and analysis, which are included as standard.
The PicoScope 6 software has support for 18 protocols including I2C, SPI, CAN, RS-232 and Ethernet.
Decoding helps you see what is happening in your design to identify programming and timing errors and check for other signal integrity issues. Timing analysis tools help to show
the performance of each design element, identifying parts of the design that need to be improved to optimize overall system performance.

Graph format shows the decoded data (in You can zoom in on these frames to Table format shows a list of the decoded The statistics option reveals more detail
hex, binary, decimal or ASCII) in a timing investigate noise or distortion, and each frames, including the data and all flags about the physical layer such as frame
diagram format, beneath the waveform packet field is assigned a different color, and identifiers. You can set up filtering times and voltage levels. PicoScope 6 can
on a common time axis, with error frames so the data is easy to read. conditions to display only the frames you also import a spreadsheet to decode the
marked in red. are interested in or search for frames with data into user-defined text strings.
specified properties.

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Spectrum analyzer Advanced triggers
The spectrum view plots amplitude log/log) and display mode (instantaneous, The PicoScope 5000D Series offers combine the digital trigger with an edge
against frequency and is ideal for finding average or peak-hold). an industry-leading set of advanced or window trigger on any of the analog
noise, crosstalk or distortion in signals. triggers including pulse width, runt pulse, inputs, for example to trigger on data
Display multiple spectrum views with
PicoScope 6 uses a fast Fourier transform windowed and dropout. values in a clocked parallel bus.
different channel selections and zoom
(FFT) spectrum analyzer, which (unlike a
factors, and place these alongside time- The digital trigger available on MSO
traditional swept spectrum analyzer) can
domain views of the same data. Choose models allows you to trigger the scope
display the spectrum of a single, non-
from a number of automatic frequency- when any or all of the 16 digital inputs
repeating waveform.
domain measurements to add to the match a user-defined pattern. You can
With a click of a button, you can display a display, including THD, THD+N, SNR, specify a condition for each channel
spectrum plot of the active channels, with SINAD and IMD. You can apply mask limit individually, or set up a pattern for all
a maximum frequency of up to 200 MHz. testing to a spectrum and can even use channels at once using a hexadecimal or
A comprehensive range of settings gives the AWG and spectrum mode together to binary value.
you control over the number of spectrum perform swept scalar network analysis.
You can also use the logic trigger to
bins, window functions, scaling (including

Digital triggering architecture

In 1991, Pico Technology pioneered the
use of digital triggering and precision
hysteresis using the actual digitized data.
Traditionally, digital oscilloscopes have
used an analog trigger architecture based
on comparators, which can cause time
and amplitude errors that cannot always
be calibrated out. Additionally, the use of
comparators can often limit the trigger
sensitivity at high bandwidths and can
create a long trigger rearm delay.
Pico’s technique of fully digital triggering
reduces trigger errors and allows our
oscilloscopes to trigger on the smallest
signals, even at the full bandwidth, so you
can set trigger levels and hysteresis with
high precision and resolution.
The digital trigger architecture also
reduces the rearm delay. Combined with
the segmented memory, this enables you
to use rapid triggering to capture 10 000
waveforms in 10 ms in 8-bit mode.

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Mask limit testing Math channels and filters
Mask limit testing allows you to compare Mask files are easy to edit (numerically With PicoScope 6 you can perform a
live signals against known good signals, or graphically), import and export, and variety of mathematical calculations
and is designed for production and you can simultaneously run mask limit on your input signals and reference
debugging environments. Simply capture tests on multiple channels and in multiple waveforms. Select simple functions
a known good signal, generate a mask viewports. such as addition and inversion, or open
around it and then use the alarms the equation editor to create complex
to automatically save any waveform functions involving filters (lowpass,
(complete with a time stamp) that violates highpass, bandpass and bandstop filters),
the mask. PicoScope 6 will capture any trigonometry, exponentials, logarithms,
intermittent glitches and show a failure statistics, integrals and derivatives.
count in the Measurements window (which Display up to eight real or calculated
you can still use for other measurements). channels in each scope view. If you run
You can also set the waveform buffer out of space, just open another scope view
navigator to show only mask fails, and add more. You can also use math
enabling you to find any glitches quickly. channels to reveal new details in complex
signals, for example graphing the changing
Alarms duty cycle or frequency of your signal over
You can program PicoScope 6 to execute actions when certain events occur. time.
The events that can trigger an alarm include mask limit fails, trigger events and buffers
full. Custom probes
The custom probes feature allows you to
PicoScope 6 actions include saving a file, playing a sound, executing a program and
correct for gain, attenuation, offsets and
triggering the arbitrary waveform generator.
nonlinearities in probes, transducers and
other sensors, and to measure quantities
other than voltages (such as current,
power or temperature). Definitions for
standard Pico-supplied probes are built
in, but you can also create your own using
linear scaling or even an interpolated data
table, and save them for later use.

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FlexRes – how we do it High signal integrity
Most digital oscilloscopes gain their high and display signals up to 200 MHz with Here at Pico, we’re proud of the dynamic Sensitivity at 1:1 zoom is an impressive
sampling rates by interleaving multiple a high sampling rate, or lower-speed performance of our products. Careful 2 mV/div at the full resolution of the
8-bit ADCs. Despite careful design, signals with 256 times more resolution front-end design and shielding reduces oscilloscope. If you need even more
the interleaving process introduces than typical 8-bit oscilloscopes. Resolution noise, crosstalk and harmonic distortion. sensitivity, simply switch to high-resolution
errors that always make the dynamic enhancement—a digital signal processing Over 25 years of high-resolution mode and zoom in. Combining 14-bit
performance worse than the performance technique built into PicoScope 6 can oscilloscope design experience leads to mode and zoom can provide 200 µV/div
of the individual ADC cores. The FlexRes further increase the effective vertical improved pulse response and bandwidth sensitivity while still providing more than
architecture employs multiple resolution of the scope to 20 bits. flatness. 8 bits usable resolution.
high-resolution ADCs at the input channels
The PicoScope 6 software lets you choose
in different time-interleaved and parallel
between setting the resolution manually
combinations to optimize either the
and leaving the scope in “auto resolution”
sampling rate to 1 GS/s at 8 bits, the
mode, where the optimal resolution is
resolution to 16 bits at 62.5 MS/s, or
used for the chosen settings.
other combinations in between. Coupled
with high signal-to-noise ratio amplifiers
and a low-noise system architecture,
FlexRes technology enables PicoScope
5000D Series oscilloscopes to capture

ADC ADC
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ADC ADC
125 MS/s 125 MS/s

ADC ADC
125 MS/s 125 MS/s

ADC ADC
125 MS/s 125 MS/s
TIMING TIMING
ADC ADC
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SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connection
ADC
ADC
125 MS/s
PicoScope 5000D Series oscilloscopes feature a USB 3.0 connection, providing lightning-
125 MS/s
fast saving of waveforms while retaining compatibility with older USB standards. The
ADC ADC PicoSDK software development kit supports continuous streaming to the host computer
125 MS/s 125 MS/s at rates up to 125 MS/s.
ADC ADC
125 MS/s 125 MS/s

TIME-INTERLEAVED PARALLEL

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PicoSDK® - write your own apps Kit contents and accessories
Our software development kit, PicoSDK, so you are not limited by the size of your Your PicoScope 5000D Series oscilloscope kit contains the following items:
allows you to write your own software scope’s capture memory. Sampling rates
• PicoScope 5000D Series oscilloscope
and includes drivers for Windows, macOS in streaming mode are subject to PC
and Linux. Example code supplied on our specifications and application loading. • 1 x TA155 Pico blue USB 3 cable 1.8 m
GitHub organization page shows how to
There is also an active community of • 60 MHz models: 2/4 x TA375 probes
interface to third-party software packages
PicoScope 6 users who share both code
such as National Instruments LabVIEW • 100 MHz models: 2/4 x TA375 probes.
and whole applications on our Test and
and MathWorks MATLAB. • 200 MHz models: 2/4 x TA386 probes.
Measurement Forum and the PicoApps
Amongst other features, the drivers section of the website. The Frequency • 4-channel models: 1 x PS011 5 V 3.0 A PSU
support data streaming, a mode that Response Analyzer shown here is one of
captures continuous gap-free data directly the most popular of these applications. • MSO models: 1 x TA136 MSO cable
to your PC at rates of up to 125 MS/s, • MSO models: 2 x TA139 set of MSO clips
• Quick start guide

• 20-way 25 cm digital MSO cable

• Oscilloscope probe • MSO test clips

Probes, cables and clips Part numbers:

Your PicoScope 5000D Series oscilloscope kit comes with probes specifically trimmed
to match the performance of your oscilloscope. 60 MHz probe 100 MHz probe 200 MHz probe MSO cable 10 test clips

MSO models are also supplied with an MSO cable and 20 test clips. TA375 TA375 TA386 TA136 TA139

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Connections

The front panel of the 2-channel PicoScope The front panel of the 4-channel PicoScope
5000D Series oscilloscopes has: 5000D Series oscilloscopes has:
2 x BNC analog input channels 4 x BNC analog input channels
1 x probe compensation pin 1 x probe compensation pin
1 x BNC external trigger input 1 x BNC external trigger input
1 x BNC AWG/function generator output 1 x BNC AWG/function generator output

The rear panel has: The rear panel has:

1 x ground terminal 1 x ground terminal
1 x USB 3.0 port 1 x USB 3.0 port
1 x DC power input

The front panel of the 2-channel PicoScope The front panel of the 4-channel PicoScope
5000D MSO Series oscilloscopes has: 5000D MSO Series oscilloscopes has:
2 x BNC analog input channels 4 x BNC analog input channels
1 x probe compensation pin 1 x probe compensation pin
16 digital inputs 16 digital inputs

The rear panel has: The rear panel has:

1 x BNC AWG/function generator output 1 x BNC AWG/function generator output
1 x ground terminal 1 x ground terminal
1 x USB 3.0 port 1 x USB 3.0 port
1 x DC power input

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PicoScope 6 software Tools: Including Waveform replay tools: Zoom and pan tools: Signal generator: Ruler legend:
The display can be as simple or as serial decoding, PicoScope 6 automatically PicoScope 6 allows a Generates standard Absolute and
advanced as you need. Begin with reference records up to 10,000 of the zoom factor of several signals or arbitrary differential ruler
a single view of one channel, and channels, macro most recent waveforms. You million, which is necessary waveforms. measurements
then expand the display to include recorder, alarms, can quickly scan through to when working with the Includes frequency are listed here.
any number of live channels, math mask limit look for intermittent events, deep memory of the sweep mode.
channels and reference waveforms. testing and math or use the Buffer Navigator to 5000D Series scopes.
channels. search visually.
Auto setup button:
Configures the collection
time and voltage range for Rulers: Each axis
clear display of signals. has two rulers
that can be
Channel options: dragged across
Filtering, offset, resolution the screen to
enhancement, custom make quick
probes and more. measurements
of amplitude,
time and
Oscilloscope controls: frequency.
Controls such as voltage
range, scope resolution,
channel enable, timebase Views:
and memory depth. PicoScope 6
is carefully
Movable axes: The designed to
vertical axes can make the best
be dragged up and use of the
down. This feature display area. You
is particularly useful can add new
when one waveform scope, spectrum
is obscuring another. and XY views
There’s also an with automatic
Auto Arrange Axes or custom
command. layouts.

Zoom overview: Click

and drag for quick Trigger toolbar: Quick Automatic measurements: Display calculated measurements Trigger marker: Drag
navigation in zoomed access to main controls, for troubleshooting and analysis. You can add as many the yellow diamond to
views. with advanced triggers measurements as you need on each view. Each measurement adjust trigger level and
in a pop-up window. includes statistical parameters showing its variability. pre-trigger time.

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 PicoScope 5000D Series PicoScope 5242D PicoScope 5442D PicoScope 5243D PicoScope 5443D PicoScope 5244D PicoScope 5444D
Technical Specifications and 5242D MSO and 5442D MSO and 5243D MSO and 5443D MSO and 5244D MSO and 5444D MSO
2-channel, 60 MHz 4-channel, 60 MHz 2-channel, 100 MHz 4-channel, 100 MHz 2-channel, 200 MHz 4-channel, 200 MHz

Vertical (analog channels)

Analog input channels 2 4 2 4 2 4
Input type Single-ended, BNC(f) connector
Bandwidth (–3 dB) 60 MHz 100 MHz[1] 200 MHz[1]
Rise time (calculated) 5.8 ns 3.5 ns[1]
1.75 ns[1]
Bandwidth limiter 20 MHz, selectable
Vertical resolution [2] 8, 12, 14, 15 or 16 bits
8-bit mode: < 0.6% of input range
12-bit mode: < 0.04% of input range
LSB size (quantization step size)[2] 14-bit mode: < 0.01% of input range
15-bit mode: < 0.005% of input range
16-bit mode: < 0.0025% of input range
Enhanced vertical resolution Hardware resolution + 4 bits
Input ranges ±10 mV to ±20 V full scale, in 11 ranges
Input sensitivity 2 mV/div to 4 V/div (10 vertical divisions)
Input coupling AC / DC
Input characteristics 1 MΩ ±1% || 14 ±1 pF
12 to 16-bit modes: ±0.5% of signal ±1 LSB[3]
Gain accuracy
8-bit mode: ±2% of signal ±1 LSB[3]
±500 µV ±1% of full scale[3]
Offset accuracy
Offset accuracy can be improved by using the zero offset function in PicoScope 6.
±250 mV (10, 20, 50, 100, 200 mV ranges)
Analog offset range
±2.5 V (500 mV, 1 V, 2 V ranges)
(vertical position adjust)
±20 V (5, 10, 20 V ranges)
Analog offset control accuracy ±0.5% of offset setting, additional to basic DC offset accuracy
Overvoltage protection ±100 V (DC + AC peak)
[1]
In 16-bit mode, bandwidth reduced to 60 MHz and rise time increased to 5.8 ns.
[2]
On ±20 mV range, in 14 to 16-bit modes, hardware resolution reduced by 1 bit. On ±10 mV range, hardware resolution reduced by 1 bit in 12-bit mode, 2 bits in 14 to 16-bit
modes.
[3]
Between 15 and 30 °C after 1 hour warm-up.
Vertical (digital channels) – D MSO models only
Input channels 16 channels (2 ports of 8 channels each)
Input connector 2.54 mm pitch, 10 x 2 way connector
Maximum input frequency 100 MHz (200 Mbit/s)

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Technical Specifications and 5242D MSO and 5442D MSO and 5243D MSO and 5443D MSO and 5244D MSO and 5444D MSO
2-channel, 60 MHz 4-channel, 60 MHz 2-channel, 100 MHz 4-channel, 100 MHz 2-channel, 200 MHz 4-channel, 200 MHz

Minimum detectable pulse width 5 ns

Input impedance 200 kΩ ±2% || 8 pF ±2 pF
Input dynamic range ±20 V
Threshold range ±5 V
Threshold grouping Two independent threshold controls. Port 0: D0 to D7, Port 1: D8 to D15
Threshold selection TTL, CMOS, ECL, PECL, user-defined
Threshold accuracy < ±350 mV including hysteresis
Threshold hysteresis < ±250 mV
Minimum input voltage swing 500 mV peak to peak
Channel-to-channel skew 2 ns, typical
Minimum input slew rate 10 V/µs
Overvoltage protection ±50 V (DC + AC peak)
Horizontal
Maximum sampling rate 8-bit mode 12-bit mode 14-bit mode 15-bit mode[4] 16-bit mode[4]
Any 1 channel 1 GS/s 500 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s 62.5 MS/s
Any 2 channels 500 MS/s 250 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s
Any 3 or 4 channels 250 MS/s 125 MS/s 125 MS/s
More than 4 channels 125 MS/s 62.5 MS/s 62.5 MS/s
”Channel” means any analog channel or 8-bit digital port.
Maximum equivalent sampling rate
(repetitive signals; 8-bit mode only, 2.5 GS/s 5 GS/s 10 GS/s
ETS mode)
USB 3, using PicoScope 6: 15 to 20 MS/s
Maximum sampling rate
USB 3, using PicoSDK: 125 MS/s (8-bit mode) or 62.5 MS/s (12 to 16-bit modes)
(continuous USB streaming into PC
USB 2, using PicoScope 6: 8 to 10 MS/s
memory)[5]
USB 2, using PicoSDK: ~30 MS/s (8-bit mode) or ~15 MS/s (12 to 16-bit modes)
Timebase ranges (real-time) 1 ns/div to 5000 s/div in 39 ranges
Fastest timebase (ETS) 500 ps/div 200 ps/div 100 ps/div
Buffer memory (8-bit)
[6]
128 MS 256 MS 512 MS
Buffer memory[6] (≥ 12-bit) 64 MS 128 MS 256 MS
Buffer memory[7]
100 MS in PicoScope 6 software
(continuous streaming)
Waveform buffer (no. of segments) 10 000 in PicoScope 6 software

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 PicoScope 5000D Series PicoScope 5242D PicoScope 5442D PicoScope 5243D PicoScope 5443D PicoScope 5244D PicoScope 5444D
Technical Specifications and 5242D MSO and 5442D MSO and 5243D MSO and 5443D MSO and 5244D MSO and 5444D MSO
2-channel, 60 MHz 4-channel, 60 MHz 2-channel, 100 MHz 4-channel, 100 MHz 2-channel, 200 MHz 4-channel, 200 MHz

Waveform buffer (no. of

segments) when using PicoSDK 250 000 500 000 1 000 000
(8 bits)
Waveform buffer (no. of
segments) when using PicoSDK 125 000 250 000 500 000
(12 to 16 bits)
Initial timebase accuracy ±50 ppm (0.005%) ±2 ppm (0.0002%) ±2 ppm (0.0002%)
Timebase drift ±5 ppm/year ±1 ppm/year ±1 ppm/year
Sample jitter 3 ps RMS, typical
ADC sampling Simultaneous on all enabled channels.
[4]
Any number of 8-bit digital ports can be used in 15-bit and 16-bit modes without affecting the maximum sampling rate.
[5]
Shared between enabled channels, PC dependent, available sample rates vary by resolution.
[6]
Shared between enabled channels.
[7]
Driver buffering up to available PC memory when using PicoSDK. No limit on duration of capture.
Dynamic performance (typical, analog channels)
Crosstalk Better than 400:1 up to full bandwidth (equal voltage ranges).
8-bit mode: −60 dB at 100 kHz full scale input
Harmonic distortion
12 to 16-bit modes: −70 dB at 100 kHz full scale input
8 to 12-bit modes: 60 dB at 100 kHz full scale input
SFDR
14 to 16-bit modes: 70 dB at 100 kHz full scale input
8-bit mode: 120 μV RMS
12-bit mode: 110 μV RMS
Noise (on ±10 mV range) 14-bit mode: 100 μV RMS
15-bit mode: 85 μV RMS
16-bit mode: 70 μV RMS
Bandwidth flatness (+0.3 dB, −3 dB) from DC to full bandwidth
Triggering (main specifications)
Source Analog channels, plus: MSO models: Digital D0 to D15; other models: Ext trigger
Trigger modes None, auto, repeat, single, rapid (segmented memory)
Advanced trigger types (analog
Edge, window, pulse width, window pulse width, dropout, window dropout, interval, runt, logic
channels)
Trigger types (analog channels,
Rising or falling edge ETS trigger available on ChA only, 8-bit mode only
ETS)
Trigger sensitivity (analog
Digital triggering provides 1 LSB accuracy up to full bandwidth of scope
channels)

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Technical Specifications and 5242D MSO and 5442D MSO and 5243D MSO and 5443D MSO and 5244D MSO and 5444D MSO
2-channel, 60 MHz 4-channel, 60 MHz 2-channel, 100 MHz 4-channel, 100 MHz 2-channel, 200 MHz 4-channel, 200 MHz

Trigger sensitivity (analog

At full bandwidth: typical 10 mV peak to peak
channels, ETS)
Trigger types (digital inputs) MSO models only: Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic, pattern, mixed signal
Maximum pre-trigger capture Up to 100% of capture size.
Maximum post-trigger delay Zero to 4 billion samples, settable in 1 sample steps (delay range on fastest timebase of 0 to 4 s in 1 ns steps)
8-bit mode, typical: 1 μs on fastest timebase
Trigger rearm time 8 to 12-bit modes: < 2 μs max on fastest timebase
14 to 16-bit modes: < 3 μs max on fastest timebase
Maximum trigger rate 10 000 waveforms in a 10 ms burst, 8-bit mode
External trigger input – not MSO models
Connector type Front panel BNC(f)
Trigger types Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic
Input characteristics 1 MΩ ±1% || 14 pF ±1.5 pF
Bandwidth 60 MHz 100 MHz 200 MHz
Threshold range ±5 V
External trigger threshold accuracy ±1% of full scale
External trigger sensitivity 200 mV peak to peak
Coupling DC
Overvoltage protection ±100 V (DC + AC peak)
Function generator
Standard output signals Sine, square, triangle, DC voltage, ramp up, ramp down, sinc, Gaussian, half-sine
White noise, selectable amplitude and offset within output voltage range.
Pseudorandom output signals
Pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS), selectable high and low levels within output voltage range, selectable bit rate up to 20 Mb/s
Standard signal frequency 0.025 Hz to 20 MHz
Sweep modes Up, down, dual with selectable start / stop frequencies and increments
Can trigger a counted number of waveform cycles or frequency sweeps (from 1 to 1 billion) from the scope trigger, external trigger or from
Triggering
software. Can also use the external trigger to gate the signal generator output.
Output frequency accuracy Oscilloscope timebase accuracy ± output frequency resolution
Output frequency resolution < 0.025 Hz
Output voltage range ±2 V
Output voltage adjustments Signal amplitude and offset adjustable in approx 0.25 mV steps within overall ±2 V range
Amplitude flatness < 1.5 dB to 20 MHz, typical
DC accuracy ±1% of full scale

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 PicoScope 5000D Series PicoScope 5242D PicoScope 5442D PicoScope 5243D PicoScope 5443D PicoScope 5244D PicoScope 5444D
Technical Specifications and 5242D MSO and 5442D MSO and 5243D MSO and 5443D MSO and 5244D MSO and 5444D MSO
2-channel, 60 MHz 4-channel, 60 MHz 2-channel, 100 MHz 4-channel, 100 MHz 2-channel, 200 MHz 4-channel, 200 MHz

SFDR > 70 dB, 10 kHz full scale sine wave

Output resistance 50 Ω ±1%
Connector type BNC(f)
Overvoltage protection ±20 V
Arbitrary waveform generator
AWG update rate 200 MHz
AWG buffer size 32 kS
AWG resolution 14 bits (output step size approx 0.25 mV)
AWG bandwidth > 20 MHz
AWG rise time (10% to 90%) <10 ns (50 Ω load)
Other AWG specifications including sweep modes, triggering, frequency accuracy and resolution, voltage range, DC accuracy and output characteristics are as function generator.
Probe compensation pin
Output characteristics 600 Ω
Output frequency 1 kHz
Output level 3 V peak to peak, typical
Overvoltage protection 10 V
Spectrum analyzer
Frequency range DC to 60 MHz DC to 100 MHz DC to 200 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
−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,
Functions
derivative, integral, min, max, peak, duty, highpass, lowpass, bandpass, bandstop
Operands A, B, C, D (input channels), T (time), reference waveforms, pi, D0−D15 (digital channels), constants
Automatic measurements
AC RMS, true RMS, frequency, cycle time, duty cycle, DC average, falling rate, rising rate, low pulse width, high pulse width, fall time, rise time,
Scope mode
minimum, maximum, peak to peak
Spectrum mode Frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, average amplitude at peak, total power, THD %, THD dB, THD+N, SFDR, SINAD, SNR, IMD
Statistics Minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation

PicoScope 5000D Series oscilloscopes

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 PicoScope 5000D Series PicoScope 5242D PicoScope 5442D PicoScope 5243D PicoScope 5443D PicoScope 5244D PicoScope 5444D
Technical Specifications and 5242D MSO and 5442D MSO and 5243D MSO and 5443D MSO and 5244D MSO and 5444D MSO
2-channel, 60 MHz 4-channel, 60 MHz 2-channel, 100 MHz 4-channel, 100 MHz 2-channel, 200 MHz 4-channel, 200 MHz

DeepMeasure™
Cycle number, cycle time, frequency, low pulse width, high pulse width, duty cycle (high), duty cycle (low), rise time, fall time, undershoot,
Parameters
overshoot, max. voltage, min. voltage, voltage peak to peak, start time, end time
Serial decoding
1-Wire, ARINC 429, CAN & CAN-FD, DCC, DMX512, Ethernet 10Base-T and 100Base-TX, FlexRay, I²C, I²S, LIN, PS/2, MODBUS, SENT, SPI, UART
Protocols
(RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485), USB 1.1
Mask limit testing
Statistics Pass/fail, failure count, total count
Mask creation User-drawn, table entry, auto-generated from waveform or imported from file
Display
Interpolation Linear or sin(x)/x
Persistence modes Digital color, analog intensity, custom, fast
General
PC connectivity USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (USB 2.0 compatible)
2-channel models: powered from single USB 3.0 port
Power requirements
4-channel models: AC adaptor supplied. Can use 2 channels (plus MSO channels if fitted) powered by USB 3.0 or charging port supplying 1.2 A.
Dimensions 190 x 170 x 40 mm including connectors
Weight < 0.5 kg
Operating: 0 to 40 °C
Temperature range 15 to 30 °C for quoted accuracy after 1 hour warm-up
Storage: –20 to +60 °C
Operating: 5 to 80 %RH non-condensing
Humidity range
Storage: 5 to 95 %RH non-condensing
Environment Up to 2000 m altitude and EN61010 pollution degree 2
Safety approvals Designed to EN 61010-1:2010
EMC approvals Tested to EN61326-1:2013 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B
Environmental approvals RoHS and WEEE compliant
PicoScope 6: Windows 7, 8 and 10 (32-bit and 64-bit versions). Beta software also available for 64-bit Linux and macOS.
Software PicoSDK: Windows 7, 8 and 10 (32-bit and 64-bit versions). Drivers also available for 64-bit Linux and macOS.
Example programs for supported languages and development environments
Processor, memory and disk space: as required by the operating system
PC requirements
Port(s): USB 3.0 or USB 2.0
Simplified and traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Software languages
Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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Ordering information More oscilloscopes in the PicoScope range...
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Model number Description The pocket-sized High precision
PicoScope 12 to 16 bits
PicoScope 5242D 60 MHz 2-channel oscilloscope
PicoScope 5242D MSO 60 MHz 2-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope
PicoScope 5442D 60 MHz 4-channel oscilloscope
PicoScope 5442D MSO 60 MHz 4-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope
PicoScope 5243D 100 MHz 2-channel oscilloscope PicoScope PicoScope
PicoScope 5243D MSO 100 MHz 2-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope 6000 Series 9000 Series
PicoScope 5443D 100 MHz 4-channel oscilloscope High performance Sampling scopes
PicoScope 5443D MSO 100 MHz 4-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope Up to 1 GHz and TDR to 25 GHz
PicoScope 5244D 200 MHz 2-channel oscilloscope
PicoScope 5244D MSO 200 MHz 2-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope
PicoScope 5444D 200 MHz 4-channel oscilloscope
PicoScope 5444D MSO 200 MHz 4-channel mixed-signal oscilloscope

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