USB instrument maker Pico Technology has re-written the host software for its head-less vector network analysers to run on PCs, Macs and Linux computers,
UK made: two-channel PC scopes at 5GHz and 16GHz
Pico Technology has introduced two-channel versions of its 5GHz and 16GHz ‘sampling-extended real-time oscilloscopes’, branded SXRTOs.
Called PicoScope 9402-05 and 9402-16, they are suited to repetitive or clock-derived signals.
All models have 12bit channels, each supported by real-time sampling to 500Msample/s/channel and up to 2.5Tsample/s (0.4ps) random equivalent-time sampling. “These are voltage and timing resolutions that match or more typically exceed the best available amongst broadband real-time oscilloscopes today,” according to the company. They “display and measure transitions as fast as 22ps and pulses and impulses down to 45ps wide, and allow clock performance and eye diagram analysis of up to 10Gbit/s signals – to third harmonic”.