Test & Measurement


4-channel, 30 GHz oscilloscope solution

31 March 2010 Test & Measurement

LeCroy has extended the power of its WaveMaster 830 Zi 30 GHz real-time oscilloscope by providing a simple and fast method to combine two oscilloscopes and provide four channels at 30 GHz. This solution is targeted at measurement and analysis of 28 to 56 Gbps IQ modulated signals where real-time bandwidth and four channels are required, or for capture and detailed analysis of other leading edge technologies. The solution is enabled with the Zi-8CH-SYNCH oscilloscope synchronisation kit, which is compatible with all WaveMaster 8 Zi models, so it may be used to create four channel data captures from 20 GHz to 30 GHz or eight channel data captures from 4 GHz to 16 GHz.

The synchronisation kit is comprised of a small hardware module that plugs into one of the two oscilloscopes. Once attached, it identifies that oscilloscope as the ‘master’ for display and control purposes. A variety of other cables for trigger synchronisation, clock sharing and data transfer are connected between the master and a slave oscilloscope. Triggering of both oscilloscopes may be performed in a pseudo-auto trigger mode, or by application of a customer trigger signal. Upon successful trigger, all waveforms from both the master and the slave are displayed on the master oscilloscope grid for easy viewing, debug and analysis. The complete setup time is no less than 5 minutes prior to deskewing channels.

For more information contact Comtest, +27 (0)11 608 8520, [email protected], www.comtest.co.za



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