MSO5

Let no detail go unseen, with up to 16 bits of vertical resolution.

12-bit analog to digital converters deliver up to 16 bits of vertical resolution using advanced digital signal processing. See and measure small signal details, even if they’re riding on large signals.

More than a remarkably intuitive user interface: a delightful experience.

Get the big picture and take total control, with the 15.6-inch HD touchscreen display. Use the capacitive pinch-zoom-swipe touchscreen, front panel controls, or mouse to analyze and manage multiple signals without fighting through menus.

Don’t run out of channels. Available with 4, 6, or 8 FlexChannel inputs. Each can be used to look at 1 high-resolution analog waveform or 8 digital logic waveforms, just by changing the probe.

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Strength in numbers.

Input Channels
4, 6, or 8 FlexChannel inputs Each FlexChannel provides 1 analog signal input or 8 digital logic inputs with TLP058 logic probe

Bandwidth¹350 MHz, 500 MHz, 1 GHz, 2 GHz

Sample Rate
6.25 GS/s on all analog/digital channels

Record Length
62.5 Mpoints on all analog/digital channels
125 Mpoints optional on all analog/digital channels¹

Vertical Resolution
12-bit standard, up to 16-bits in High-res mode

Trigger Types
Edge, Pulse Width, Runt, Timeout, Window, Logic, Setup & Hold, Rise/Fall Time, Sequence, I²C¹, SPI¹, USB¹, Ethernet¹, CAN¹, LIN¹, FlexRay¹, RS-232/422/485/UART¹, I²S/LJ/RJ/ TDM¹, Parallel

Standard Analysis
Cursors: Waveform, V Bars, H Bars, V&H Bars, Split Measurements: 36 standard along with Trend, Histogram and Spectrum Plots of measurement results.
Math: Basic Waveform Arithmetic, FFT and Advanced Equation
Editor Search: Search on any trigger criteria Jitter: TIE and Phase Noise

Signal Generator¹Arbitrary, Sine, Square, Pulse, Ramp, Triangle, DC Level, Gaussian, Lorentz, Exponential Rise/Fall, Sin(x)/x, Random Noise, Haversine, Cardiac

Digital Voltmeter²
4 digit

Trigger Frequency Counter²8 digit

Display
15.6-inch (385 mm)

TFT color HD (1,920 x 1,080) resolution

Capacitive (multi-touch) touchscreen

Connectivity
USB Host (x7), USB Device, LAN (10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet; LXI Compliant), Display Port, DVI-D, Video Out

Optional Serial Bus Decode and Analysis¹I²C, SPI

RS-232/422/485/UART

USB 2.0

Ethernet

CAN, LIN, FlexRay

I²S, LJ, RJ, TDM

Optional Analysis¹Advanced Jitter and Eye Diagram Analysis

1. Optional and Upgradeable 2. Free with product registration

MSO 5 Series: “Designed by engineers for engineers”

One of the first reviews, well more of a mini-review, of the new Tektronix 5 Series Mixed Signal Oscilloscope that officially launched today has posted on YouTube. Blogger Shahriar Shahramian, who runs the popular The Signal Path (TSP) electrical engineering video blog, shows excitement about the new scope, declaring that it’s “designed by engineers for engineers.”

We were able to let Shahriar have an 8-channel, 2 GHz instrument overnight before he headed out on the road for several business trips. He plans a full review down the road. As he notes, the 5 Series MSO is a complete, built from the ground up new-design and has a number of never-seen-before features including 4, 6 or 8-channel models, analog and digital flexible inputs (FlexChannels), a large HD 15.6 display and a new touch user interface unlike any other GUI available on a scope -- to name a few.