Digital oscilloscope workstations ease design and test

2 July 2003 Test & Measurement

Spescom MeasureGraph offers the new Sigma series of digital oscilloscope workstations from Nicolet Technologies. The Sigma series is claimed to be the only DSO in its class to include an integrated, full-featured Windows PC offering acquisition, analysis and connectivity in a single, portable workstation.

The distributor says that the Sigma Series integrates high accuracy signal acquisition, extensive analysis capabilities and a fully featured Windows PC in an affordable family of products. Whether it is the 12-bit high resolution Sigma 30, the 8-bit high speed Sigma 60 or even the mixed mode Sigma 90, Nicolet offers capabilities normally reserved for high end digital scopes.

Premium features include: up to eight input channels; memory lengths to 4 million samples; up to 12 bit, 0,25% accuracy at probe tip; mix and match sample rates and resolutions; differential input mode; full-featured integrated Windows PC with Windows 2000, Ethernet, USB, and more; sophisticated range of realtime measurements including custom analysis; high resolution 10,4" touch-screen display; IntelliProbe interface seamlessly integrates probe ID, scaling and probe power; optional direct to disk mode enables ultra-long memories to 1 G samples; optional dual independent monitor mode; optional synchroscope module enables rotational measurements.

For more information contact Van Zyl Koegelenberg, Spescom MeasureGraph, 011 266 1572, [email protected]

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