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pulse INNOVATIONS & INNOVATORS Agilent uprates general-purpose scope range with 1-GHz models gilent Technologies has extended the feature set of its InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series oscilloscopes, first introduced one year ago. Four new 1-GHz bandwidth models increase the upper real-time signal bandwidth limit from 500 MHz, for this general-purpose bench-top instrument line. The variants are two or four channels, and a DSO (digital storage) or MSO (mixed-signal) configuration. As at launch, the instruments are upgradable, in the case of some features by software update, or in the case of major uplifts such as the 1-GHz input-amplifier specification, by return-to-base. Mixed-signal models add 16 channels of logic analysis to the waveform display. Previously added was an arbitrary waveform generator that acts via the instrument’s WaveGen feature, integrating stimulus with oscilloscope response measurements. Also new in the specification is an integrated digital voltmeter; as it uses the 8-bit analogue-to-digital converter of the scope’s main signal processing path, this is limited to three-digit resolution; however, although it connects via the same probes as the main scope display, its measurements are decoupled from the oscilloscope triggering system, allowing engineers to make DVM and triggered oscilloscope measurements with the same connection. There is also a five-digit counter that operates via the same connections, and the instruments’ software includes protocol analysis for a range of common bus standards. With these new models, Agilent has A announced a new 1-GHz active probe. The company believes that 500 MHz represents a realistic limit for passive probes, and has designed the N2795A active probe to match the performance needs of the 3000 X-Series oscilloscopes, at a price Agilent says is similar to equivalent-bandwidth passive probes, while cutting circuit loading to make high-frequency measurements. Base prices range from €7700 for a 2-channel DSO to €12,000 for a fourchannel MSO; the new active probes cost €775 for 1 GHz and €1550 for 2 GHz. Enabling the DVM, which is a software feature, costs €60. —by Graham Prophet Agilent Technologies, www.agilent.com/find/InfiniiVisionXSeries Agilent’s InfiniiVision 3000 X-Series integrates a four-in-one feature set - analogue, digital, and protocol analysis, plus function generator – and now a DVM. 8 EDN EUROPE | APRIL 2012 www.edn-europe.com http://www.agilent.com/find/InfiniiVisionX-Series http://www.edn-europe.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of EDNE April 2012

Cover
Contents
International Rectifier
Contents
RS Components
Masthead
Comment
International Rectifier
Pulse
Analog Devices
FTDI
Digikey
Mouser
Baker's best
Digikey
Test & Measurement
Agilent Technologies
Digikey
Protect POE systems
Hirose
Coilcraft
Mesago
Cover Story
Digikey
Signal Integrity
RS Components insert
Balancing GBWP and quiescent current
Noise wars
Design Idea
Product Roundup
Tales from the cube

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