• Tektronix India Private Limited

Mixed Domain Oscilloscope

Tektronix Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, has introduced the world’s first Mixed Domain Oscilloscope (MDO) that delivers the functionality of an oscilloscope and a spectrum analyser in a single instrument. The new MDO4000 mixed domain oscilloscope series gives engineers the unique ability to capture time-correlated analog, digital and RF signals for a complete system view, helping them to rapidly solve complicated design issues. More than 60 per cent of oscilloscope users also use a spectrum analyser to troubleshoot embedded system designs with integrated wireless functionality, requiring them to work in both the time and frequency domain. Traditionally, an engineer was either a mixed signal/digital engineer or an RF engineer. But with wireless becoming more commonplace, design engineers must often work in both domains. The MDO4000 is the first oscilloscope ever to integrate the functionality of a spectrum analyser to provide a unique toolset, which will save days, or even weeks of debug time. Advantages: with the MDO4000, engineers can replace both a scope and spectrum analyser with a single instrument. This enables them to continue using their tool of choice, the oscilloscope, to look at the frequency domain rather than having to find and relearn a spectrum analyser. In another industry first, the MDO4000 allows designers to see the RF spectrum of a signal at any point in time within a long acquisition to see how the spectrum changes over time or with device state. In addition to the standard RF power level trigger, an optional module (MDO4TRIG) allows additional trigger types to use the RF power level as a source, enabling customers to further isolate an RF event of interest.