350-MHz To 2-GHz DSOs Span Wide Range Of Price/Performance Ratios

Oct. 27, 2003

The WaveRunner 6000 series of DSOs represents a new industry standard for performance in a bench oscilloscope. Five models cover the 350-MHz to 2-GHz band. Each DSO WaveRunner 6000 channel except the 6030 has a 5-Gsample/s real-time...

Roger Allan

The WaveRunner 6000 series of DSOs represents a new industry standard for performance in a bench oscilloscope. Five models cover the 350-MHz to 2-GHz band.

Each DSO WaveRunner 6000 channel except the 6030 has a 5-Gsample/s real-time analog-to-digital converter that can be interleaved to 10 Gsamples/s on two channels on the 1-GHz model 6100 and the 2-GHz model 6200. Standard features for the DSOs include 1 Mpoint of memory per channel, 5-ppm clock stability, and an 8.4-in. color touchscreen. A product support package includes a three-year warranty.

The series offers a robust set of trigger features and options for a variety of application-specific test packages. Included are an advanced user interface, an Ethernet 10/100BaseT port, Windows 2000 compatibility, and "smart" triggers.

Prices are $25,990 for the four-channel, 2-GHz, 10-Gsample/s 6200; $15,990 for the four-channel, 1-GHz, 10-Gsample/s 6100; $10,900 for the four-channel, 500-MHz, 5-Gsample/s 6050; and $7490 for the two-channel, 500-MHz, 5-Gsample/s 6051 and the four-channel, 350-MHz, 2.5-Gsample/s 6030. Delivery is 6-8 weeks.

LeCroy Corp.www.lecroy.com (800) 453-2769

About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.