New Scopes Tout Biggest Display, Fastest Waveform Update Rate

February 26th, 2008

Agilent Technologies has just introduced the next-generation InfiniiVision 7000 Series of oscilloscopes.

The series offers bandwidths up to 1 GHz and a deep memory waveform update rate of up to 100,000 waveforms per second. According to Agilent, this eliminates two common errors that can cause engineers to miss critical information: unresponsive controls with deep memory turned on, and traditional architectures that are blind to changes in signals being tested.

Agilent claims that the 700 Series has the industry’s largest display — a 12.1-inch XGA LCD display — comes in a package that is just 7 inches deep and weighs only 14 pounds. Agilent says that this is nearly 40 percent more display area than any other scope on the market.

* Fastest update rate: InfiniiVision Series 7000 models provide the industry’s fastest update rate — up to 100,000 waveforms per second — For designs with both digital and analog signal measurements, the update rate is 5,000 times faster than any other available scope. This allows the user to view critical signal detail that competitive scopes miss with their longer dead times.

The 7000 Series oscilloscopes can be customized with a number of unique software options. Applications include:

• serial decode and trigger for I2C, SPI, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, RS-232 and other UART;
• rapid core-assisted debug of designs with Xilinx or Altera FPGAs;
• segmented memory for analysis of laser pulses, radar bursts and serial packets;
• offline PC viewing and sharing of previously acquired scope data; and
• RF contextual viewing of scope data using Vector Signal Analysis software.

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