PicoScope® 5000D Series oscilloscopes

PicoScope 5000D Series

Technical Specifications

PicoScope 5242D

and 5242D MSO

2-channel, 60 MHz

PicoScope 5442D

and 5442D MSO

4-channel, 60 MHz

PicoScope 5243D

and 5243D MSO

2-channel, 100 MHz

PicoScope 5443D

and 5443D MSO

4-channel, 100 MHz

PicoScope 5244D

and 5244D MSO

2-channel, 200 MHz

PicoScope 5444D

and 5444D MSO

4-channel, 200 MHz

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

Any 1 channel

Any 2 channels

Any 3 or 4 channels

More than 4 channels

8-bit mode

1 GS/s

500 MS/s

250 MS/s

125 MS/s

12-bit mode

500 MS/s

250 MS/s

125 MS/s

62.5 MS/s

14-bit mode

125 MS/s

125 MS/s

125 MS/s

62.5 MS/s

15-bit mode[4]

125 MS/s

125 MS/s

16-bit mode[4]

62.5 MS/s

”Channel” means any analog channel or 8-bit digital port.

Maximum equivalent sampling rate

(repetitive signals; 8-bit mode only,

ETS mode)

2.5 GS/s

5 GS/s

10 GS/s

Maximum sampling rate

(continuous USB streaming into PC

memory)[5]

USB 3, using PicoScope 6:

15 to 20 MS/s

USB 3, using PicoSDK:

125 MS/s (8-bit mode) or 62.5 MS/s (12 to 16-bit modes)

USB 2, using PicoScope 6:

8 to 10 MS/s

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[6] (8-bit)

128 MS

256 MS

512 MS

Buffer memory[6] (≥ 12-bit)

64 MS

128 MS

256 MS

Buffer memory[7]

(continuous streaming)

100 MS in PicoScope 6 software

Waveform buffer (no. of segments) 10 000 in PicoScope 6 software

Waveform buffer (no. of segments)

when using PicoSDK

(8 bits)

250 000

500 000

1 000 000