The future is here, a new generation of mid-range oscilloscopes from Tektronix

Oscilloscope industry leader Tektronix has launched two new products, the 3 Series MDO and 4 Series MSO, to create a new generation of oscilloscopes for new-age engineers. Their "faster", "more accurate" and "worry-free" features give engineers confidence in every design stage, greatly improve debugging efficiency and accelerate product development cycles.

The new 3 Series MDO and 4 Series MSO continue the award-winning industrial design, with larger screens and higher resolution displays than similar products, especially the subconscious user interface design, which greatly improves the efficiency of learning and instrument operation, allowing you to test faster and see more. The hardware upgrade uses a new amplifier technology, and the background noise is reduced by 30% compared with the previous generation of products, allowing you to test more accurately. Tektronix's first-class product portfolio provides more choices for a variety of demanding applications, with advanced measurement and analysis functions, providing engineers with a wealth of test options.

"Tektronix has always been adhering to the principle of 'born for engineers'," said Chris Witt, vice president and general manager of the Time Domain Products Division of Tektronix. "When developing new products, our team has spent hundreds of hours meeting with engineers around the world to test and design new features and new models. We are very confident in bringing what we believe to be the best oscilloscopes to the market because it is designed entirely based on engineers' usage habits and perspectives."

“This new generation of oscilloscopes is more focused on the engineer experience,” said Witt. “We put ease of use and versatility first, so engineers can spend more time innovating and solving problems instead of worrying about learning how to use an oscilloscope.” The interface design, touch screen, and front panel of the 3 and 4 series put key control functions at hand. Instead of flipping through layers of menus to find settings, engineers can simply double-click the corresponding reading or measurement on the display.

4 Series MSO: New Tek049 Platform, 12-bit ADC with up to 6 FlexChannel® Inputs

The new 4 Series MSO has a 13.3-inch display and supports 1920 x 1080 HD resolution. It provides up to 1.5 GHz bandwidth and uses a 12-bit ADC, which has a resolution 16 times higher than traditional oscilloscopes, allowing you to test signal amplitudes, especially small signals, more accurately. It also has six channels and FlexChannel™ innovative technology. Simply connect a logic probe and any input channel can be converted from an analog channel to eight digital channels. Each digital channel has a sampling rate of up to 6.25Gs/s, and the digital signal time resolution is increased by 12 times, making digital signal debugging more accurate.

To meet various application requirements, the 4 Series MSO offers a variety of bandwidth options starting from 200 MHz, supporting multiple options including serial decoding and analysis, arbitrary waveform/function generator and DVM/frequency counter. The new Spectrum View function provides time-correlated frequency domain analysis and independent spectrum control. It also provides a power analysis suite that automates AC, switching device, ripple and timing measurements.

Bandwidth and options are field upgradeable. All models offer 6.25 GS/s sample rate on all analog and digital channels. Standard record length is 31.25 M, optional record length is 62.5 M.

3 Series MDO: More features, lower noise, setting a new industry benchmark

The 3 Series MDO is designed to be a compact and versatile test platform that is a must-have on every engineer's desk. It features a stylish industrial design and an 11.6" display with Full HD resolution. Like other Tektronix products, it features an intuitive user interface and is less than 6" deep on the bench.

The 3 Series MDO is not only an oscilloscope that can complete a variety of debugging and verification tasks, it also has a built-in spectrum analyzer up to 3 GHz and a separate RF input channel, and its performance is comparable to that of a separate spectrum analyzer. Engineers can quickly debug wireless signals in their designs, quickly view sources of EMI radiation without the need for additional instruments, 16 digital input channels for mixed signal analysis, optional comprehensive serial protocol decoding and triggering options, power measurement options, and AFG options. After product registration, you can also get the DVM/frequency counter function for free.

The new 3 Series MDO bandwidth starts at 100 MHz and reaches up to 1 GHz. All analog channels offer 2.5 GS/s or 5 GS/s sampling rates, and digital channels offer up to 8.25 GS/s sampling rates, support 121.2 ps timing resolution, and a standard record length of 10 M. Bandwidth and options can be fully upgraded.

Probe

The signal connection between the oscilloscope and the device under test is critical to understanding difficult circuits. Both the 3 Series MDO and 4 Series MSO use the TekVPI probe interface, which can access the full range of Tektronix differential voltage probes, active voltage probes, and current probes, as well as the latest low-noise power supply ripple probes and optically isolated differential probes.