Handheld digital oscilloscope

Test & Measurement

27 January 2016 Test & Measurement

New from Rohde & Schwarz comes a handheld oscilloscope with the functionality and touch and feel of a state-of-the-art lab oscilloscope. The R&S Scope Rider combines five instruments in a compact format, and its rugged design makes it perfect for mobile installation and maintenance work.

The instrument features isolated input and communications interfaces, meets CAT IV standards and can carry out measurements on low voltage installation sources up to 600 V. It has an acquisition rate of 50 000 waveforms per second, a 10 bit A/D converter developed by Rohde & Schwarz and a maximum bandwidth of 500 MHz for the analog input channels.

Scope Rider is based on a high-performance oscilloscope, featuring a precise digital trigger system, 33 automatic measurement functions, mask test and XY diagram mode. Plus, it can function as a logic analyser with eight additional digital channels, as a protocol analyser with trigger and decoding capability, as a datalogger and a digital multimeter.

The oscilloscope is equipped with a large format capacitive touchscreen, allowing it to be operated as intuitively as a tablet PC. It also features large buttons for use with gloves and a practical multifunction wheel for convenient parameter adjustment.

Well prepared for harsh environments, Scope Rider’s IP51 certified housing offers protection from environmental hazards such as dust and dripping water. The handheld oscilloscope has passed all mechanical load tests in line with military standards. The fully isolated instrument offers maximum safety and meets the measurement category requirements defined in IEC 61010-1 for CAT IV up to 600 V and for CAT III up to 1000 V.

In addition to a microSD card, the instrument features USB and Ethernet ports for uncomplicated storage and transfer of measurement data. It also has an integrated WLAN interface that can be configured as a hotspot to allow the instrument to be remotely controlled via a smartphone, tablet PC or laptop. A simple web browser on the mobile device is all that is required - there is no need for additional software or apps.

With more than four hours of battery runtime, the 2,4 kg Scope Rider is available as a four-channel or a two-channel instrument, the latter with a digital multimeter, with bandwidths of 60 MHz, 100 MHz, 200 MHz, 350 MHz and 500 MHz. Trigger and decoding options are available for I²C, SPI, UART, RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485.

For more information contact Trevor Grundlingh, Protea Electronics, +27 (0)11 719 5700, [email protected], www.protea.co.za

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