Siglent SDS6000A Oscilloscopes Introduction

Product Overview

SIGLENT’s SDS6000A series Digital Storage Oscilloscopes are available in bandwidths of 2 GHz, 1 GHz and 500 MHz, have sample rate of 5 GSa/s (10 GSa/s ESR) at each channel, maximum record length of 500 Mpts/ch, and display up to 4 analog channels + 16 digital channels mixed signal analysis ability.

The SDS6000A series employs Siglent’s SPO technology with a maximum waveform capture rate of up to 170,000 wfm/ s (normal mode, up to 750,000 wfm/s in Sequence mode), 256- level intensity grading display function plus a color temperature display mode. It also employs an innovative digital trigger system with high sensitivity and low jitter. The trigger system supports multiple powerful triggering modes including serial bus triggering. Tools such as History waveform recording, Search and Navigate functions, Mask Test, Bode Plot, Power Analysis and Eye/Jitter Analysis allow for extended waveform records to be captured, stored, and analyzed. An impressive array of measurement and math capabilities, options for a 25 MHz arbitrary waveform generator, as well as serial decoding are also features of the SDS6000A.

The large 12.1’’ display capacitive touch screen supports multi-touch gestures, with the addition of user-friendly UI design, can greatly improve the operation efficiency. It also supports mouse control, and remote web control over LAN.

Key Features

◼ 4 analog channels, up to 2 GHz bandwidth with 5 GSa/s (10 GSa/s ESR) sample rate at each channel

◼ Low background noise, supports 0.5 mV/div to 10 V/div vertical scales

◼ SPO technology

• Waveform capture rates up to 170,000 wfm/s (normal mode), and 750,000 wfm/s (sequence mode)
• Supports 256-level intensity grading and color temperature display modes
• 500 Mpts Record length in total for all 4 channels
• Digital trigger system

◼ Intelligent trigger: Edge, Slope, Pulse, Window, Runt, Interval, Dropout, Pattern, Qualified, Nth edge, Setup/hold, Delay and Video (HDTV supported). Zone Trigger simplifies advanced triggering

◼ Serial bus triggering and decoder, supports protocols I²C, SPI, UART, CAN, LIN, CAN FD, FlexRay, I²S, MILSTD-1553B, SENT and Manchester

◼ Segmented acquisition (Sequence) mode, dividing the maximum record length into multiple segments (up to 80,000), according to trigger conditions set by the user, with a very small dead time between segments to capture the qualifying event

◼ History waveform record (History) function, the maximum recorded waveform length is 80,000 frames

◼ Automatic measurements on 50+ parameters, supports statistics with histogram, track, trend, Gating measurement, and measurements on Math, History and Ref

◼ 4 Math traces (8 Mpts FFT, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, integration, differential, square root, etc.), supports formula editor

◼ Abundant data analysis functions such as Search, Navigate, Digital Voltmeter, Counter, Waveform Histogram, Bode plot, Power Analysis and Eye/Jitter Analysis

◼ High Speed hardware-based Average, Hi-Res; High Speed hardware-based Mask Test function, with Mask Editor tool for creating user-defined masks

◼ 16 digital channels (optional)

◼ 25 MHz function/arbitrary waveform generator, built-in multiple predefined waveforms

◼ Large 12.1” TFT-LCD display with 1280 * 800 resolution; Capacitive touch screen supports multi-touch gestures

◼ Interfaces include: USB Hosts, USB Device (USBTMC), LAN (VXI-11/Telnet/Socket), micro SD card, Pass/Fail, Trigger Out, HDMI

◼ Built-in web server supports remote control over the LAN port using a web browser. Supports SCPI remote control commands. Supports external mouse and keyboard

Functions & Characteristics

Excellent User Interface and User Experience

• 12.1” display with 1280*800 resolution
• Capacitive touch screen, supporting multi-touch gestures, can move or scale the waveform traces quickly by finger-touch movements, which greatly improves the operation efficiency
• Built-in WebServer supports remote control on a web page over LAN
• Supports external mouse and keyboard

High Waveform Update Rate

With a waveform update rate of up to 170,000 wfm/s, the oscilloscope can easily capture unusual or low-probability events. In Sequence mode, the waveform capture rate can reach 750,000 wfm/s.

Deep Record Length

Using hardware-based Zoom technique and record length of up to 500 Mpts, users can select a slower timebase without compromising the sample rate, and then quickly zoom in to focus on the area of interest.

Multiple Trigger Functions

Edge, Slope, Pulse, Video, Windows, Runt, Interval, Dropout, Pattern, Qualified, Nth edge, Setup/hold, Delay and serial trigger.

Trigger Zone

Trigger Zone is available for advanced triggering.

Advanced Math Function

In addition to the traditional (+, -, X, /) operations, FFT, integration, differential, square root, and more are supported. Formula Editor is available for more complex operations. 4 math traces are available.

Hardware-accelerated FFT supports up to 8 Mpts operation. This provides high-frequency resolution with a fast refresh rate. The FFT function also supports a variety of window functions so that it can adapt to different spectrum measurement needs. Three modes (Normal, Average, and Max hold) can satisfy different requirements for observing the power spectrum. Auto peak detection and markers are supported.

Measurements of a Variety of Parameters

Parameter measurements include 4 categories: horizontal, vertical, miscellaneous, and CH delay providing a total of 50+ different types of measurements. Measurements can be performed within a specified gate period. Measurements on Math, Reference, and History frames are supported.

Parameter Statistics Function

Statistics show the current value, maximum value, minimum value, standard deviation, and mean value of up to 12 parameters simultaneously. A histogram is available to show the probability distribution of a parameter. Trend and Track are available to show the parameter value vs. time.
For horizontal parameters such as period, all results are extracted from a frame, instead of just calculating the first one. This accelerates statistics on horizontal measurements much more and enables distribution observation in a frame using Histogram and Track.

History Mode

History function can record up to 80,000 frames of waveforms. The recording is executed automatically so that the customer can playback the history waveforms at any time to observe unusual events and quickly locate the area of interest using the cursors or measurements. The failed frames of the Mask Test can be stored as history.

Sequence Mode

Segmented memory collection will store the waveform into multiple memory segments (up to 80,000) and each segment will store a triggered waveform as well the dead time information. The interval between segments can be as small as 1.3 μs. All of the segments can be played back using the History function.

Search and Navigate

The oscilloscope can search events specified by the user in a frame. Events flagged by the Search can be recalled automatically using Navigate. It can also navigate by time (delay position) and history frames.

Serial Bus Decode

Display the decoded characters through the events list. Bus protocol information can be quickly and intuitively displayed in tabular form. I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, LIN, CAN FD, FlexRay, I2S, MIL-STD-1553B, SENT, and Manchester are supported.

Hardware-based High Speed Mask Test Function

The oscilloscope utilizes a hardware-based Mask Test function, performing up to 18,000 Pass / Fail decisions each second. It is easy to generate user-defined test templates to provide trace mask comparisons, making it suitable for long-term signal monitoring or automated production line testing.

Built-in Mask Editor application helps to create custom masks.

Eye/Jitter Analysis

Bode Plot

The oscilloscope can control the isolated USB AWG module or a stand-alone SIGLENT SDG generator, to scan the amplitude and phase-frequency response of the DUT, and display the data as a Bode Plot. This makes it possible to replace expensive network analyzers in some applications.

Power Analysis (Optional)

The Power Analysis option provides a full suite of power measurements and analysis, which greatly improve the measurement efficiency in switching power supplies and power devices design.

Digital Channels / MSO (Optional)

Four analog channels plus 16 digital channels enable users to acquire and trigger the waveforms then analyze the pattern, simultaneously with one instrument.

25 MHz Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator (Optional)

The oscilloscope can control the SAG1021I isolated USB Function/Arbitrary waveform generator to output waveform with up to 25 MHz frequency and ±3 V amplitude. Six basic waveforms plus multiple types of arbitrary waveforms are builtin.

Complete Connectivity