PicoScope 6407, Digitizer

The PicoScope 6407 Digitizer is a compact USB plug–in device that turns your PC or laptop into a 4–channel, high–speed digitizer. With a PicoScope 6407 you can easily digitize a 1 GHz  sine wave with a timing resolution of 200 ps.

Your PicoScope 6407 digitizer has a memory depth of one billion samples. Other digitizers have high maximum sampling rates, but without the deep memory of the PicoScope 6407 they can’t sustain these rates on long timebases. Your PicoScope 6407 can sample at 5 GS/s  at timebases all the way down to 20 ms/div, giving a total acquisition time of 200 ms. If that’s not enough, the driver supports streaming mode for capturing unlimited gap–free data directly to your PC’s RAM or hard disk at over 10 MS/s.

The large buffer enables the use of segmented memory. Each captured waveform segment is stored in the buffer so you can rewind and review thousands of previous waveforms. No longer will you see a glitch on the screen only for it to vanish before you stop the scope.

As well as the standard range of triggers found on all oscilloscopes, your PicoScope 6407 offers a comprehensive set of advanced triggers including pulse width, windowed and dropout triggers to help you capture the data you need.

USB–connected. Why make things difficult?

Many digitizers use complicated — and often expensive — interfaces to connect the digitizer to your PC. The PicoScope 6407 doesn’t. Your PicoScope high–speed digitizer simply connects to a USB port on any compatible Windows–based PC or laptop. So there’s no need to buy a separate interface or waste time dismantling your PC to connect the digitizer. (The ability to just plug–in your digitizer to a USB port, along with the small size and weight of the PicoScope 6407, also means that you can take your PicoScope Digitizer with you — giving you access to a high–speed digitizer wherever you are.)

At Pico we are committed to providing value for money. That’s why when you buy a PicoScope 6407 USB Digitizer you don’t just get a digitizer. Using the power of the supplied PicoScope software you can use your PicoScope 6407 as a 4–channel, 1 GHz  oscilloscope with a voltage range of -100 mV to +100 mV. Alternatively you can use the spectrum analyzer function in PicoScope for recording measurements in the frequency domain. But that’s not all… Your PicoScope 6407 also includes a built–in function generator and an arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) with a 16,000 sample buffer.

Your PicoScope Digitizer comes with a software developement kit (SDK) that includes drivers for Windows–based PCs and example code for various programming languages and third–party software such as LabVIEW. Using the SDK you can develop your own programs to collect and analyse data from the digitizer.

At Pico we don’t do “optional extras”. Other companies may think that you should pay for high–end features such as mask limit testing, serial decoding, advanced triggering, automatic measurements, math channels, XY mode, digital filtering and segmented memory. We don’t. When you buy a PicoScope Digitizer everything is included in the price.

Power. Performance. Portability

With 4 channels, 1 GHz  bandwidth, 1 GS  buffer size and 5 GS/s  real–time sampling, a USB–connected PicoScope 6407 Digitizer gives you the power, performance and portability you need at a price you can afford.


Technical Data:

Oscilloscope — Vertical
Model	PicoScope 6407
Bandwidth (-3 dB)	1 GHz
Rise time (calculated)	350 ps
Input channels	4
Vertical resolution	8 bits
Enhanced vertical resolution	12 bits
DC accuracy	±3%
Input sensitivity	20 mV/div
Input impedance	50 Ω  ±2%
Input type	SMA
Input coupling	DC
Input ranges (full scale)	±100 mV
Overvoltage protection	±2 V  (DC + Peak AC)

Oscilloscope — Horizontal
Maximum sampling rate (single shot) 1 channel in use 2 channels in use 3 or 4 channels in use	5 GS/s 2.5 GS/s (using A+C, A+D, B+C, B+D) 1.25 GS/s
Maximum sampling rate (continuous streaming mode)	1 MS/s  using PicoScope >10 MS/s  using the supplied SDK (PC dependent)
Buffer memory (shared between active channels)	1 GS
Waveform buffer	Up to 10,000 waveforms
Timebase accuracy	±5 ppm

Dynamic Performance (typical)
Crosstalk DC to 100 MHz 100 MHz to 1 GHz	100:1 30:1
Step response	±3% after 3 ns, typical
Noise	<0.5 mV RMS

Triggers
Basic triggers	Rising, falling
Advanced triggers	Edge: single edge or dual edge; adjustable hysteresis Pulse width: negative or positive pulse; wider or narrower than a specified width Window: entering or leaving a voltage range Dropout: inactivity over a user–defined time interval Window dropout: signal does not enter or exit a voltage range for at least a set time Interval: time between two edges is greater or less than a set time, or inside/outside a time range Logic level: arbitrary logic state of Channels A, B, C, D and AUX Runt pulse: crosses one threshold but not the other
Trigger modes	Edge, pulse width, dropout, interval, logic, delayed
Maximum trigger rate	Up to 10,000 waveforms in a 20 ms  burst
Trigger sources	Channels A to D, AUX
Trigger level	Adjustable over whole of selected voltage range
Re–arm time	<1 µs  on fastest timebase
Maximum trigger delay pre–trigger post–trigger	Up to 100% of capture duration Up to 4 billion samples

Auxiliary Trigger/Reference Clock Input (AUX)
Input type	Rear panel BNC
Input impedance	50 Ω  ±1%
Input coupling	DC
Voltage range	±5 V
Bandwidth (AUX TRIGGER)	25 MHz
Input threshold	±1 V
Overvoltage protection	±5 V
Frequency range (CLOCK INPUT)	5 MHz  to 25 MHz

Signal generator
Standard output waveforms	Sine, square, triangle, ramp (up/down), sin (x)/x, Gaussian, half–sine, white noise, PRBS, DC level
Frequency range	DC to 20 MHz
Output frequency accuracy	±5 ppm
Output voltage range (peak to peak)	±250 mV  to ±2 V  (into high impedance load)
Offset voltage adjustment	±1 V  (maximum combined output ±2.5 V)
Amplitude flatness	1.5 dB  DC to 20 MHz, typical
Connector type	Rear panel BNC
Overvoltage protection	±5 V
Sweep modes	Up, down, dual with selectable start/stop frequencies and increments

Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Sample rate	200 MS/s
Buffer size	16,384 samples
Resolution	12 bits
Bandwidth	20 MHz
Rise time (10 – 90%)	10 ns, typical

PC Requirements
Minimum	Processor: Pentium II processor, or equivalent Memory: 64 MiB (XP) / 512 MiB (Vista) / 1 GiB (Win 7) Operating system: 32– or 64–bit edition of Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Vista or Windows 7 Ports: USB 2.0 compliant port
Recommended	Processor: 2 GHz  Pentium IV processor, or equivalent Memory: 256 MiB (XP) / 1 GiB (Vista / Win 7) Operating system: 32– or 64–bit edition of Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (or above), Vista or Windows 7 Ports: USB 2.0 compliant port

Environmental
Operating environment Temperature range	0 °C to 40 °C (20 °C to 30 °C for quoted accuracy)
Storage environment Temperature range Humidity	-20 °C  to +60 °C 5% to 95% RH, non–condesning
IP rating	IP 20

Physical Properties
Dimensions	255 x 170 x 40 mm (approx 10 x 6.7 x 1.6 in)
Weight	<1 kg (approx 2 lb  2 oz)

Software
PicoScope 6 for Windows	PicoScope 6 is your complete test and measurement lab in one application. Features include: Capture modes: oscilloscope, spectrum and persistence. Channel maths: calculate the sum, difference, product, inverse or create your own custom function using standard arithmetic, exponential and trigonometric functions. Mask limiting testing: pass/fail, failure count, total count. Serial Decoding: decode data from a serial bus such as I²C. Automated 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 and rising rate. Spectrum mode: frequency at peak, amplitude at peak, average anplitude at peak, total power, total harmonic distortion (THD % and THD dB), total harmonic distortion plus noise (THD+N), spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR), signal+noise+distortion to signal+noise ratio (SINAD), signal to noise ratio (SNR) and intermodulation distortion (IMD). Export data formats: comma separated values (CSV), tab delimited (TXT), windows bitmap (BMP), graphics interchange format (GIF), portable network graphics (PNG), MATLAB 4 format (MAT).
Software development kit	Includes drivers and example code for various programming languages including C, Excel and LabVIEW.

Language Support
Software PicoScope 6	Full support for: English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español Menus and dialogs only for: 中文 (简体), 正體中文 (繁體), Čeština, Dansk, suomi, Ελληνικά, Magyar, 日本語, Norsk, Polski, Português, română, Русский, Svenska, Türkçe
Documentation User’s guide Programmer’s guide Quick Start Guide	English English English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español

General
Data sheet	English, 中文 (简体), Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano
Additional hardware (supplied)	USB 2.0 cable, carry case, user manuals and software CD–ROM
PC interface	USB 2.0
Power supply AC adaptor	12 V  ±2 V  @ 3.5 A External adaptor supplied (suitable for USA, UK, Europe and Australasia)
Compliance	European EMC and LVD standards FCC Rules Part 15 Class A RoHS compliant
Warranty	5 years