Tektronix releases two oscilloscopes

BANGALORE, INDIA: Tektronix Inc. announced the availability of MSO2000 mixed signal and DPO2000 digital phosphor oscilloscopes. 

The new series provide powerful tools to simplify debug of mixed signal designs including Wave Inspector search and navigation tools, automatic decoding of serial data busses, unique FilterVu variable low pass filters to reduce unwanted noise from signals, all in a portable, affordable package. 

With bandwidths up to 200MHz, the new series complement the existing MSO4000, DPO4000, and DPO3000 oscilloscope series models providing the most complete and
capable oscilloscope offerings for engineers working on embedded system designs. 

Virtually every electronic product designed and produced today is an embedded system and may contain microprocessors, microcontrollers, DSPs, RAM, Flash, EPROM's, FPGAs, A/Ds, D/As, and other I/O. In recent years, embedded system designs have replaced parallel buses with serial data buses such as I2C, SPI, RS-232, CAN and LIN. 

On a serial bus, a single signal may include address, control, data, and clock information; the complexity presents significant debug challenges for design engineers. The MSO2000 and DPO2000 series address these problems with the most integrated serial data triggering, protocol decoding, and analysis capabilities in an entry-level oscilloscope.

Furthermore, the MSO2000 provides the ability to time-correlate analog and digital signals with up to four analog and 16 digital channels, for troubleshooting the mixed signal portions of embedded systems.

The MSO2000 and DPO2000 series are ideal for embedded designers and educators teaching design principles.

Bob Bluhm, vice president, value scopes product line,  Tektronix, said: "Designers need powerful yet easy-to-use tools for debugging both analog and digital signals and at different price ranges. The MSO2000 and DPO2000 provide excellent performance, serial data debug for common standards, and compelling value."

"They are part of our new-generation platform that includes the MSO4000, DPO4000 and DPO3000 series, providing engineers a continuum of options from 100 MHz to 1GHz. The newest models offer intuitive operation, measurement confidence, a portable package, and are ideal for engineers wanting to more efficiently test their designs."

Alfred Mora, electrical engineer, Fixed Scanning Business Unit, Datalogic Scanning, Inc., said: "The new Tektronix MSO/DPO2000 series scopes will meet many needs, from design to manufacturing and from production repair to service. It combines scope, logic analyser, and protocol analyser features into an easy-to-use, portable package. The mixed signal functionality, serial decode, small footprint, and affordable price provide compelling value."