MSO5104

Specifications

All specifications apply to all models unless noted otherwise.

Model overview

Vertical system analog channels

Input coupling

AC, DC

Input resistance

1 MΩ ±1%, 50 Ω ±1%

Input sensitivity range

1 MΩ: 1 mV/div to 10 V/div

50 Ω: 1 mV/div to 1 V/div

Vertical resolution

8 bits (>11 bits with Hi Res)

Maximum input voltage, 1 MΩ

300 V_RMS CAT II, with peaks ≤ ±425 V

For <100 mV/div derate at 20 dB/decade above 100 kHz to 30 V_RMS at 1 MHz, 10 dB/decade above 1 MHz

For ≥100 mV/div derate at 20 dB/decade above 3 MHz to 30 V_RMS at 30 MHz, 10 dB/decade above 30 MHz

Maximum input voltage, 50 Ω

5 V_RMS, with peaks ≤ ±20 V

Position range

±5 divisions

Delay between any Two Channels (Typical)

≤100 ps (50 Ω, DC coupling and equal V/div at or above 10 mV/div)

Offset range

1 mV/div - 50 mV/div

1 MΩ: ±1 V

50 Ω: ±1 V

50.5 mV/div - 99.5 mV/div

1 MΩ: ±0.5 V

50 Ω: ±0.5 V

100 mV/div - 500 mV/div

1 MΩ: ±10 V

50 Ω: ±10 V

505 mV/div - 995 mV/div

1 MΩ: ±5 V

50 Ω: ±5 V

1 V/div - 5 V/div

1 MΩ: ±100 V

50 Ω: ±5 V

5.05 V/div - 10 V/div

1 MΩ: ±50 V

50 Ω: NA

Offset Accuracy

±(0.005 × |offset – position| + DC Balance)

Note: Both position and constant offset term must be converted to volts by multiplying by the appropriate volts/div term

Channel-to-channel isolation (Any two channels at equal vertical scale settings) (typical)

≥100:1 at ≤100 MHz and ≥30:1 at >100 MHz up to the rated BW

Vertical system digital channels

Input Channels

16 Digital (D15 - D0)

Thresholds

Per-channel Thresholds

Threshold Selections

TTL, ECL, User

User-defined Threshold Range

±40 V

Threshold Accuracy

±(100 mV + 3% of threshold setting)

Maximum Input Voltage

±42 V_peak

Input Dynamic Range

30 V_p-p ≤200 MHz

10 V_p-p >200 MHz

Minimum Voltage Swing

400 mV

Input Impedance

100 kΩ

Probe Loading

3 pF

Vertical Resolution

1 bit

Horizontal system analog channels

Maximum Duration at Highest Real-Time Sample Rate

25 ms

Time Base Range

12.5 ps/div to 1000 s/div

Time resolution (in ET/IT mode)

2.5 ps/div

Time base delay time range

–10 divisions to 1000 s

Channel-to-channel deskew range

±75 ns

Time base accuracy

±5 ppm over any ≥1 ms interval

Horizontal system digital channels

Maximum Sample Rate (Main)

500 MS/s (2 ns resolution)

Maximum record length (main)

12.5 M Standard

Up to 40 M with Record Length options

Maximum sample rate (MagniVu)

16.5 GS/s (60.6 ps resolution)

Maximum record length (MagniVu)

10k points centered around the trigger

Minimum detectable pulse width

1 ns

Channel-to-channel skew (typical)

200 ps

Maximum input toggle rate

500 MHz at minimum input swing; higher toggle rates can be achieved at higher amplitudes

Trigger system

Main trigger modes

Auto, Normal, and Single

Trigger coupling

DC, AC, HF Rej (attenuates >50 kHz), LF Rej (attenuates <50 kHz), Noise Reject (reduces sensitivity)

Trigger holdoff range

250 ns to 8 s

Enhanced triggering

User-selectable; corrects the difference in timing between the trigger path and the acquired data (not available in FastAcq)

Trigger jitter

≤100 fs_RMS using Enhanced Trigger

≤10 ps_RMS without Enhanced Trigger and in Fast Acq mode

≤100 ps_RMS for non-Edge-type trigger modes

Trigger sensitivity

Internal DC coupled

For 1 MΩ: 1 mV/div to 4.98 mV/div: 0.75 div from DC to 50MHz, increasing to 1.3 div at instrument bandwidth ≥5 mV/div: 0.40 div from DC to 50 MHz, increasing to 1 div at instrument bandwidth

For 50 Ω (MSO5204, DPO5204, MSO5104, DPO5104): 0.40 div from DC to 50 MHz, increasing to 1 div at instrument bandwidth

For 50 Ω (MSO5054, DPO5054, MSO5034, DPO5034): 1 mV/div to 4.98 mV/div: 0.75 div from DC to 50MHz, increasing to 1.3 div at instrument bandwidth ≥5 mV/div: 0.40 div from DC to 50 MHz, increasing to 1 div at instrument bandwidth

External (auxiliary input) 1 MΩ

200 mV from DC to 50 MHz, increasing to 500 mV at 250 MHz

Trigger level range

Any channel

±8 divisions from center of screen

External (auxiliary input)

±8 V

Line

Fixed at about 50% of line voltage

Trigger modes

Edge

Positive or negative slope on any channel or front-panel auxiliary input. Coupling includes DC, AC, HF reject, LF reject, and noise reject

Glitch

Trigger on or reject glitches of positive, negative, or either polarity. Programmable glitch width is 4 ns minimum to 8 s maximum

Runt

Trigger on a pulse that crosses one threshold but fails to cross a second threshold before crossing the first again

Width

Trigger on width of positive or negative pulse either within or outside selectable limits (4 ns to 8 s)

Timeout

Trigger on an event which remains high, low, or either, for a specified time period (4 ns to 8 s)

Transition

Trigger on pulse edge rates that are faster or slower than specified. Slope may be positive, negative, or either

Setup/Hold

Trigger on violations of both setup time and hold time between clock and data present on any two input channels

Pattern

Trigger when any logical pattern of signals goes false or stays true for specified period of time (4 ns to 1 s). Pattern (AND, OR, NAND, NOR) specified for all analog and digital input channels defined as High, Low, or Don't Care

Parallel Bus

Trigger on specified data value on defined parallel bus

State

Any logical pattern of analog channels and digital channels (MSO models) clocked by edge on another channel. Trigger on rising or falling clock edge

Video

Any logical pattern of analog channels and digital channels (MSO models) clocked by edge on another channel. Trigger on rising or falling clock edge

Trigger Sequences

Main, Delayed by Time, Delayed by Events. All sequences can include separate horizontal delay after the trigger event to position the acquisition window in time

A/B Sequence Event Trigger Types

Edge

Trigger Delay by Time

4 ns to 8 s

Trigger Delay by Events

1 to 4,000,000 events

Visual Trigger (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. VET. Trigger on up to 8 user-specified areas, including rectangle, triangle, trapezoid, hexagon, and user-specified shapes on any of the analog channels

I²C (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-EMBD. Trigger on Start, Repeated Start, Stop, Missing ACK, Address (7 or 10 bit), Data, or Address and Data on I²C buses up to 10 Mb/s

SPI (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-EMBD. Trigger on Slave Select, Idle Time, or Data (1-16 words) on SPI buses up to 10 Mb/s

CAN (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-AUTO. Trigger on Start of Frame, Type of Frame (Data, Remote, Error, or Overload), Identifier, Data, Identifier and Data, EOF, Missing Ack, Bit Stuff Error, and CRC Error on CAN buses up to 1 Mb/s

LIN (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-AUTO. Trigger on Sync, Identifier, Data, Identifier and Data, Wakeup Frame, Sleep Frame, and Error on LIN buses up to 1 Mb/s

FlexRay (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-AUTO. Trigger on Indicator Bits (Normal, Payload, Null, Sync, Startup), Cycle Count, Header Fields (Indicator Bits, Identifier, Payload Length, Header CRC, and Cycle Count), Identifier, Data, Identifier and Data, End Of Frame, and Error on FlexRay buses up to 10 Mb/s

MIL-STD-1553 (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-AERO. Trigger on Sync, Command Word, Status Word, Data Word, Idle Time, and Error on MIL-STD-1553 buses up to 1 Mb/s

Ethernet (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-ENET. Trigger on Start of Packet, MAC Address, MAC Q-tag, MAC Length/Type, MAC Data, IP Header, TCP Header,

TCP/IPV4 Data, End of Packet, and FCS(CRC) Error on 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX buses.

RS-232/422/485/UART (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-COMP. Trigger on Start Bit, End of Packet, Data, and Parity Error up to 10 Mb/s

USB 2.0 Low Speed: (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-USB.

Trigger on Sync, Reset, Suspend, Resume, End of Packet, Token (Address) Packet, Data Packet, Handshake Packet, Special Packet, Error.

Token Packet Trigger – Any token type, SOF, OUT, IN, SETUP; Address can be specified for Any, OUT, IN, and SETUP token types. Address can be further specified to trigger on ≤, <, =, >, ≥, != a particular value, or inside or outside a range. Frame number can be specified for SOF token using Binary, Hex, Unsigned Decimal, and Don't Care digits.

Data Packet Trigger – Any data type, DATA0, DATA1; Data can be further specified to trigger on ≤, <, =, >, ≥, != a particular data value, or inside or outside a range.

Handshake Packet Trigger – Any handshake type, ACK, NAK, STALL.

Special Packet Trigger – Any special type, Reserved.

Error Trigger – PID Check, CRC5 or CRC16, Bit Stuffing.

USB 2.0 Full Speed: (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-USB.

Trigger on Sync, Reset, Suspend, Resume, End of Packet, Token (Address) Packet, Data Packet, Handshake Packet, Special Packet, Error.

Token Packet Trigger – Any token type, SOF, OUT, IN, SETUP; Address can be specified for Any, OUT, IN, and SETUP token types. Address can be further specified to trigger on ≤, <, =, >, ≥, != a particular value, or inside or outside a range. Frame number can be specified for SOF token using Binary, Hex, Unsigned Decimal, and Don't Care digits.

Data Packet Trigger – Any data type, DATA0, DATA1; Data can be further specified to trigger on ≤, <, =, >, ≥, != a particular data value, or inside or outside a range.

Handshake Packet Trigger – Any handshake type, ACK, NAK, STALL.

Special Packet Trigger – Any special type, PRE, Reserved.

Error Trigger – PID Check, CRC5 or CRC16, Bit Stuffing.

USB 2.0 High Speed: (Optional)

Provided as part of Opt. SR-USB.

Trigger on Sync, Reset, Suspend, Resume, End of Packet, Token (Address) Packet, Data Packet, Handshake Packet, Special Packet, Error.

Token Packet Trigger – Any token type, SOF, OUT, IN, SETUP; Address can be specified for Any, OUT, IN, and SETUP token types. Address can be further specified to trigger on ≤, <, =, >, ≥, != a particular value, or inside or outside a range. Frame number can be specified for SOF token using Binary, Hex, Unsigned Decimal, and Don't Care digits.

Data Packet Trigger – Any data type, DATA0, DATA1, DATA2, DATAM; Data can be further specified to trigger on ≤, <, =, >, ≥, != a particular data value, or inside our outside a range.

Handshake Packet Trigger – Any handshake type, ACK, NAK, STALL, NYET.

Special Packet Trigger – Any special type, ERR, SPLIT, PING, Reserved. SPLIT packet components that can be specified include:

Hub Address

Start/Complete – Don't Care, Start (SSPLIT), Complete (CSPLIT) Port Address

Start and End bits – Don't Care, Control/Bulk/Interrupt (Full-speed Device, Low-speed Device), Isochronous (Data is Middle, Data is End, Data is Start, Data is All)

Endpoint Type – Don't Care, Control, Isochronous, Bulk, Interrupt

Error Trigger – PID Check, CRC5, CRC16, Any.

Note: USB 2.0 High-speed triggering, decoding, and search only available on 1 GHz and 2 GHz models.

Acquisition system

Acquisition modes

Sample

Acquire sampled values

Peak detect

Captures narrow glitches as narrow as 100 ps (2 GHz and 1 GHz models) or 200 ps (500 MHz and 350 MHz models) at all real-time sampling rates

Averaging

From 2 to 10,000 waveforms included in average

Envelope

Min-Max envelope reflecting Peak Detect data over multiple acquisitions

Hi-Res

Real-time boxcar averaging reduces random noise and increases resolution

Roll mode

Scrolls sequential waveform points across the display in a right-to-left rolling motion at sweep speeds slower than 50 ms/div. Up to 20 MS/s with a maximum record length of 10 M

FastAcq™

FastAcq optimizes the instrument for analysis of dynamic signals and capture of infrequent events

Maximum FastAcq waveform capture rate

>250,000 wfms/s on all 4 channels simultaneously

Waveform database

Accumulate waveform database providing three-dimensional array of amplitude, time, and counts

FastFrame™

Acquisition memory divided into segments; maximum trigger rate >310,000 waveforms per second. Time of arrival recorded with each event. Frame finder tool helps to visually identify transients

Automated Search and Mark

Automatically mark events and document waveforms. Search positive/negative slopes or both, glitches, runts, pulse widths, transition rate, setup and hold, timeout, windows, or find any logic or state pattern, up to 8 different event types on any of the 4 analog channels. Search DDR Read or Write bursts with Opt. DDRA. Event table summarizes all found events. All events are time stamped in reference to trigger position. Stop acquisitions when an event is found

Waveform analysis

Waveform measurements

Cursors

Waveform and Screen

Automatic measurements

53, of which 8 can be displayed on-screen at any one time. Measurements include: Period, Frequency, Delay, Rise Time, Fall Time, Positive Duty Cycle, Negative Duty Cycle, Positive Width, Negative Width, Burst Width, Phase, Positive Overshoot, Negative Overshoot, Peak-to-Peak, Amplitude, High, Low, Maximum, Minimum, Mean, Cycle Mean, RMS, Cycle RMS, Area, Cycle Area

Eye-pattern measurements

Extinction Ratio (absolute, %, dB), Eye Height, Eye Width, Eye Top, Eye Base, Crossing %, Jitter (p-p, RMS, 6sigma), Noise (p-p, RMS), Signal/Noise Ratio, Cycle Distortion, Q-Factor

Measurement statistics

Mean, Minimum, Maximum, Standard Deviation

Reference levels

User-definable reference levels for automatic measurements can be specified in either percent or units

Gating

Isolate the specific occurrence within an acquisition to take measurements on, using either screen or waveform cursors

Waveform histogram

A waveform histogram provides an array of data values representing the total number of hits inside of a user-defined region of the display. A waveform histogram is both a visual graph of the hit distribution as well as a numeric array of values that can be measured. Sources – Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Channel 4, Ref 1, Ref 2, Ref 3, Ref 4,Math 1,Math 2,Math 3,Math 4 

Types – Vertical, Horizontal

Waveform histogram measurements

Waveform Count, Hits in Box, Peak Hits, Median, Maximum, Minimum, Peak-to-Peak, Mean (μ), Standard Deviation (sigma), μ +1sigma, μ +2sigma, μ +3sigma

Waveform processing/math

Arithmetic

Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide waveforms and scalars

Algebraic expressions

Define extensive algebraic expressions including waveforms, scalars, user-adjustable variables, and results of parametric measurements. Perform math on math using complex equations. e.g. (Integral (CH1 – Mean(CH1)) × 1.414 × VAR1)

Math functions

Average, Invert, Integrate, Differentiate, Square Root, Exponential, Log10, Log e, Abs, Ceiling, Floor, Min, Max, Sin, Cos, Tan, ASin, ACos, ATan, Sinh, Cosh, Tanh

Relational

Boolean result of comparison >, <, ≥, ≤, ==, !=

Frequency domain functions (FFT)

Spectral Magnitude and Phase, Real and Imaginary Spectra

FFT vertical units

Magnitude: Linear, dB, dBm

Phase: Degrees, radians, group delay

FFT window functions

Rectangular, Hamming, Hanning, Kaiser-Bessel, Blackman-Harris, Gaussian, Flattop2, Tek Exponential

Waveform definition

As an arbitrary math expression

Filtering functions

User-definable filters. Users specify a filter containing the coefficients of the filter. Filter files provided

Custom math functions

Custom MATLAB and .NET plug-ins can be included in the math waveform definition

Mask function

A function that generates a waveform database pixmap from a sample waveform. Sample count can be defined

Software

NI LabVIEW SignalExpress Tektronix Edition

A fully interactive measurement software environment optimized for the MSO/DPO5000 Series, enables you to instantly acquire, generate, analyze, compare, import, and save measurement data and signals using an intuitive drag-and-drop user interface that does not require any programming.

Standard MSO/DPO5000 Series support for acquiring, controlling, viewing, and exporting your live signal data is permanently available through the software. The full version (SIGEXPTE) adds additional signal processing, advanced analysis, mixed signal, sweeping, limit testing, and user-defined step capabilities and is available for a 30-day trial period standard with each instrument.

IVI driver

Provides a standard instrument programming interface for common applications such as LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Microsoft .NET and MATLAB. IVI-COM standard

LXI Class C web interface

Connect to the MSO/DPO5000 Series through a standard web browser by simply entering the oscilloscope's IP address in the address bar of the browser. The web interface enables viewing of instrument status and configuration, as well as status and modification of network settings. All web interaction conforms to LXI Class C specification

Display system

Display type

10.4 in. (264 mm) liquid-crystal active-matrix color display with touch screen

Display resolution

1024 horizontal × 768 vertical pixels (XGA)

Waveform styles

Vectors, dots, variable persistence, infinite persistence

Color palettes

Normal, green, gray, temperature, spectral, and user defined

Display format

YT, XY

Computer system

Operating system

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Instrument operation verified with version 1.1 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) DSS Baseline Requirements, also known as the United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB)

CPU

Intel Core 2 Duo, ≥2 GHz processor

PC system memory

≥4 GB

Hard disk drive

Removable hard disk drive, ≥500 GB capacity (2.5 in. SATA)

Mouse

Optical wheel mouse, USB interface

Keyboard

Order 119-7083-xx for small keyboard; USB interface and hub

Input output ports

USB 2.0 High-speed host ports

Supports USB mass storage devices, printers, keyboard, and mouse. Two ports on front and four ports on rear of instrument. Can be disabled individually

USB 1.1 Full-speed device port

Rear-panel connector allows for communication/control of oscilloscope through USBTMC or GPIB (with a TEK-USB-488 adapter)

LAN port

RJ-45 connector, supports 10/100/1000BASE-T

Video out port

DB-15 female connector, connect to show the oscilloscope display on an external monitor or projector. Support for extended desktop and clone mode

Audio ports

Miniature phono jacks

Keyboard port

PS/2 compatible

Mouse port

PS/2 compatible

Auxiliary input

Front-panel BNC connector. Input impedance 1 MΩ. Max input 300 V_RMS with peaks ≤ ±425 V

Auxiliary out (software switchable)

Trigger Out: A TTL compatible pulse when the oscilloscope triggers

Time Base Reference Out: A TTL compatible output of internal 10 MHz reference oscillator

External reference in

Time base system can phase lock to an external 10 MHz reference (10 MHz ±1%)

Probe compensator output

Front-panel pins

Amplitude: 2.5 V

Frequency: 1 kHz

LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI)

Class: LXI Class C

Version: 1.3 

Optional TekVPI® external power supply

Required when total oscilloscope probe power usage exceeds 15 W.

Output Voltage

12 V

Output Current

5 A

Power Consumption

50 W

Power source

Power source voltage

100 to 240 V ±10%

Power source frequency

45 Hz to 66 Hz (85 to 264 V)

360 Hz to 440 Hz (100 to 132 V)

Power consumption

275 W maximum

Physical characteristics

Dimensions

	mm	in.
Height	233	9.16
Width	439	17.29
Depth	206	8.12

Weight

	kg	lb.
Net	6.7	14.9
Shipping	12.5	27.5

Rackmount configuration

5U

Cooling clearance

	in.	mm
Top	0	0
Bottom	0	0
Left Side	2	51
Right Side	0	0
Front	0	0
Rear	2	51

EMC environmental and safety

Temperature

Operating

5 °C to +50 °C (with Hard Disk Drive)

0 °C to +50 °C (with Solid State Drive)

Nonoperating

–20 °C to +60 °C

Humidity

Operating

8% to 90% relative humidity with a maximum wet-bulb temperature of 29 °C at or below +50 °C (upper limit de-rates to 20.6% relative humidity at +50 °C). Noncondensing

Nonoperating

5% to 98% relative humidity with a maximum wet-bulb temperature of 40 °C at or below +60 °C (upper limit de-rates to 29.8% relative humidity at +60 °C). Noncondensing

Altitude

Operating

3,000 m (9,843 ft.)

Nonoperating

9,144 m (30,000 ft.)

Regulatory

Electromagnetic compatibility

2004/108/EC

Certifications

UL61010-1; CSA61010-1, EN61010-1; IEC 61010-1